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Post by WettCoast on Nov 13, 2015 11:39:14 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni off the north end of Gabriola Island while heading to Duke Point, on 23 September 2015. This is obviously a long telephoto shot. The Alberni was probably a couple of kilometres away from my position on the Queen of Oak Bay. I was zoomed in to the max on my 55-210 mm zoom lens. The resulting image has then been majorly cropped to produce what you see here (in other words, this is like using 'digital zoom'. As such, this is about an 8X magnification. When shooting subjects a long ways away such as with this, atmospheric haze becomes your foe/ friend depending on your point of view. It is impossible to get a 'sharp' image at such a distance. Rather, you end up with an image that is a bit like a painting, and I think that is okay.  © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 27, 2016 21:10:45 GMT -8
The lovely Queen of Alberni loading @ Tsawwassen Terminal for Duke Point - 27 December 2015. If the C-class vessels are the 'plain Janes' of BC Ferries' major vessels, is this one the plainest of the plain?  © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr |
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Post by mrdot on Jan 28, 2016 14:40:56 GMT -8
 well to some she might be 'considered the plainest of the lot, but is far more to my likeing than the new plain connector! mr.dot.
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 8, 2016 10:14:46 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni, Nanaimo bound off Bowen Island* - 31 July 1988. The Alberni must have been serving as an 'extra' on route 2 at the time of this photo. It was the 'BC Day' long weekend. I was heading for North Van, where I would be getting 'hitched', the next day. *I am not entirely sure about the location of this photo. If anyone thinks that this is not where I think it is, please chime in ...  © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr
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Post by princessofvanfan on Feb 8, 2016 18:32:48 GMT -8
The Alberni was on route 2 full time until the Mid Island Express was created.
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Post by Luke on Feb 8, 2016 18:45:45 GMT -8
The Alberni was on route 2 full time until the Mid Island Express was created. Didn't she spend some time on Route 3? |
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 8, 2016 19:58:42 GMT -8
The Alberni was on route 2 full time until the Mid Island Express was created. As the third vessel, I think. The Oak Bay & Surrey were the #1 vessels at that time, IIRC. The Surrey had not yet been captured by the Langdale crews ... As the third vessel it would have been idle, or a refit fill-in vessel during low demand periods. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 22:20:08 GMT -8
The Alberni was on route 2 full time until the Mid Island Express was created. Didn't she spend some time on Route 3? Around 1985 when the Langdale berth was double decked (it was the intention to have her on route 3 long term), and again in early 2005 for refit relief. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Mar 17, 2016 19:55:03 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni is my noon-hour buddy, seen from my employer's window. - here she is, arriving at 12:15pm on March 17, 2016. Behind Protection Island, with the Cameron Island condos in the foreground.  DSC002a44 by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr The Duke Point ferry occasionally impacts my commute. If I merge onto the Nanaimo Parkway (Hwy-19) at approx 5:45pm, I will be in the middle of the 3:15pm ferry's load of big trucks and slow RVs. It is usually a full 30 minutes between sailing arrival and when that big traffic is in Jingle Pot / Hwy'19 area. |
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Post by Kather Anne on Apr 5, 2016 15:20:44 GMT -8
| | Queen of Alberni passing Entrance Island Lighthouse en route Vancouver |
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Post by Kather Anne on Apr 5, 2016 15:23:06 GMT -8
And a mystery ferry in the background - you get points if you can identify her based on the track she is taking across the straits, and that this was a Wednesday afternoon...
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 5, 2016 17:00:38 GMT -8
And a mystery ferry in the background - you get points if you can identify her based on the track she is taking across the straits, and that this was a Wednesday afternoon... I'm singing "Heart of Oak" when I see that video. |
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Post by Kather Anne on Apr 5, 2016 18:02:21 GMT -8
And a mystery ferry in the background - you get points if you can identify her based on the track she is taking across the straits, and that this was a Wednesday afternoon... I'm singing "Heart of Oak" when I see that video. When I think of the price of a trip to Vancouver I sing Corrigan's Barrett's Privateers... |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 5, 2016 18:37:53 GMT -8
I'm singing "Heart of Oak" when I see that video. When I think of the price of a trip to Vancouver I sing Corrigan's Barrett's Privateers... How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now. |
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Post by Chris City on Jun 12, 2016 14:38:18 GMT -8
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Post by Neil on Jun 18, 2016 21:42:43 GMT -8
My schedule seems to always find me on the 'Alberni on the Tsawwassen to Duke Point run, and last time, when I was checking out the lower car deck, it seemed to me that the vessel isn't really all that efficiently designed as a 'truck' ferry.
The fact that the main vehicle deck is divided into three results in a lot of wasted space when long commercial rigs curl themselves into the port and starboard dual lane tunnels. I'm wondering why the 'Alberni wasn't built with four lanes on either side of a central divider. Could it be that the upper car deck requires more support, thus precipitating the less efficient configuration? |
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Post by princessofvanfan on Jun 19, 2016 19:42:10 GMT -8
She did not have an upper car deck in her original configuration, so the twin bulwarks must have been to support the weight of the passenger deck more evenly. Also, this design gives her twice the amount of stairways/escalators, expediting passenger access to and exit from the passenger areas.
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Post by Neil on Jun 19, 2016 20:29:07 GMT -8
She did not have an upper car deck in her original configuration, so the twin bulwarks must have been to support the weight of the passenger deck more evenly. Also, this design gives her twice the amount of stairways/escalators, expediting passenger access to and exit from the passenger areas. I don't think you can refer to the two internal structures as 'bulwarks'... my understanding is that bulwarks means the external walls of a ship above the hull.
I actually don't recall if the 'Alberni's original vehicle deck was divided in two or three. Anyone?
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Post by Luke on Jun 19, 2016 21:40:16 GMT -8
I actually don't recall if the ' Alberni's original vehicle deck was divided in two or three. Anyone? It was divided into 3. |
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 19, 2016 21:54:24 GMT -8
She did not have an upper car deck in her original configuration, so the twin bulwarks must have been to support the weight of the passenger deck more evenly. Also, this design gives her twice the amount of stairways/escalators, expediting passenger access to and exit from the passenger areas. I don't think you can refer to the two internal structures as 'bulwarks'... my understanding is that bulwarks means the external walls of a ship above the hull.
I actually don't recall if the 'Alberni's original vehicle deck was divided in two or three. Anyone?
The Alberni's three-tunnel car deck configuration was indeed there from day one, as was the case also with all her C-class sisters. She was designed to allow modification to convert her a virtual carbon copy of the Coquitlam/ Cowichan, and that has been done (sort of). In the early days (before the upper car deck was added) I suspect long semi trucks were loaded in the centre tunnel and shorter 'over-heights' such as RV's & 'panel vans' were loaded in the 'wings'.  Queen Of Alberni & Q of Surrey 1 @ Swartz Bay c1977
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Post by northwesterner on Jun 19, 2016 22:10:22 GMT -8
She did not have an upper car deck in her original configuration, so the twin bulwarks must have been to support the weight of the passenger deck more evenly. Also, this design gives her twice the amount of stairways/escalators, expediting passenger access to and exit from the passenger areas. I was going to make a smart aleck response about escalator capacity, but you beat me to it. |
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 24, 2016 20:12:54 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni, just underway from Tsawwassen for Duke Point - 24 June 2016  © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr
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Post by Elwha on the Rocks on Jun 26, 2016 20:04:04 GMT -8
Way back in April I got to take a ride on the Queen of Alberni from Duke Point to Tsawwassen. This is a vessel that I've been wanting to ride for years now, so I was very excited to finally take a ride on her! We'll start with a shot of her docking at Duke Point. It was pouring as she arrived so I had to make do with a not-so-good vantage point that was under cover.   Onboard, ready for departure. I wish that they would leave the pickleforks open throughout the crossing like on the Coquitlam and Cowichan!  The cabin was not very full on this midday sailing, though I would imagine that it would look different during peak times.  Things aren't looking very busy on the sundeck either. (No surprise) It felt surprisingly spacious, probably because of all the space in front of the pilothouse.  And finally, here she is coming into Berth Three at Tsawwassen. My craving to ride the Queen of Alberni has been satisfied.   |
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Post by northwesterner on Jun 26, 2016 22:17:10 GMT -8
Way back in April I got to take a ride on the Queen of Alberni from Duke Point to Tsawwassen. This is a vessel that I've been wanting to ride for years now, so I was very excited to finally take a ride on her! I'm glad someone gets excited to ride her (other than Koastal Karl!!!!, of course!!!!). Also, I wonder if the bridge crew passes the time out in Georgia Strait watching body language and trying to figure out what folks are talking about on those picnic tables in front of the wheelhouse... |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 22, 2016 21:30:00 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni just pulling away from berth 3 @ Tsawwassen Terminal with the 1515 sailing for Duke Point - 24 June 2016  © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr
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well to some she might be 'considered the plainest of the lot, but is far more to my likeing than the new plain connector! 
