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Post by Chris City on Jun 16, 2017 18:14:08 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni arriving at Duke Point while Queen of Oak Bay and Queen of Cowichan lurk in the background:  |
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Post by mybidness459 on Jun 17, 2017 16:16:14 GMT -8
Chris, if this is a recent picture that should be the Queen of COQUITLAM not the COWICHAN as the Cowichan should be nearing Horseshoe Bay while the Oak Bay is nearing Departure Bay until next week when the Renaissance becomes #1 out of Departure Bay and 🐄ichan is #2.
Great picture though.
Cheers.😉
I just zoomed in and could tell by the elevator room behind the wheelhouse that she is indeed the Queen of COQUITLAM.
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Post by Scott on Jun 28, 2017 20:44:22 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 2, 2017 18:25:21 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni at 6:15am, half-way through her first sailing of the day. - August 31, 2017. A hard working ship in a big sea  DSC06156 by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr |
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Post by Charles on Oct 1, 2017 20:05:29 GMT -8
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 4, 2017 19:17:38 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni outbound from Tsawwassen Terminal for Duke Point on a beautiful mid summer's morning - 27 July 2017 I was waiting for to take my last trip not to Nanaimo, but aboard the Nanaimo ...  © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr
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Post by princessofvanfan on Oct 4, 2017 21:06:49 GMT -8
 What a scow. Hard to believe she was so graceful and balanced at one time. |
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 24, 2017 16:56:54 GMT -8
The lovely Queen of Alberni, seen off Gabriola Island while en route from Tsawwassen to Duke Point on 31 July 2017  © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 12, 2017 8:22:31 GMT -8
Q'Alberni rounding Malaspina Point (Gabriola Island) at 10:08pm on July 13, 2017: She's on her way to Duke Point for the final time of her service day. I'm at Malaspina Point, enjoying a night on Gabriola Island, which would entail driving to various landmarks on an all-night-photography-trip to that lovely island.  DSC03681 by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 3, 2018 18:58:51 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni seen behind Entrance Island on a May 2018 day. - seen from Orlebar Point on Gabriola Island  DSC00892 by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 7, 2018 16:18:41 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni on a pretty day in May, seen from Berry Point Road on Gabriola Island  . by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr |
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Post by Scott on Jun 29, 2018 22:01:07 GMT -8
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Post by princessofvanfan on Jul 3, 2018 14:10:49 GMT -8
Took the 3:15 sailing from Tsawwassen to Duke Point on the Alberni on Sunday. It was the first time in about 20 years that I had been on the Alberni and I must say the Coastalization has done wonders for her interior. Extending the cafeteria all the way to the forward/aft facing windows was a smart move - similar layout to the Coastal ships. The last few times I sailed on her she seemed very crowded and the interior layout just didn't make sense.
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Post by Departure Bay on Nov 13, 2018 9:28:01 GMT -8
Looks like the Queen of Alberni is out of service for the four weeks or so. She's docked at Tsawwassen this morning and I don't see her on the schedule again until December 10.
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Post by Kam on Jan 28, 2019 0:19:32 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni running out of Departure Bay  Queen of Alberni DSC_7169 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  Queen of Alberni DSC_7206 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  Queen of Alberni DSC_7212 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  Queen of Alberni DSC_7221 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  BC Ferry Queen of Alberni by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  Queen of Alberni DSC_7244 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  Queen of Alberni DSC_7245 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  Queen of Alberni DSC_7264 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  Queen of Alberni DSC_7275 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  Queen of Alberni DSC_7278 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  Queen of Alberni DSC_7281 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  Queen of Alberni DSC_7286 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr  Queen of Alberni DSC_7295 by Kam Abbott, on Flickr |
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 17, 2019 18:24:21 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni, just underway from Tsawwassen Terminal, heading for Duke Point - 13 February 2019.
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Post by princessofvanfan on Feb 18, 2019 16:28:54 GMT -8
Does anyone know why the Alberni has had her exterior bridge, or wheelhouse,stairs removed?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 10:44:37 GMT -8
no she has not to my knowledge I will be riding her soon with my dad so I will take some pics and hopefully a horn video so I will post it here ad soon as I get them! ☺
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Post by princessofvanfan on Apr 11, 2019 13:37:11 GMT -8
no she has not to my knowledge I will be riding her soon with my dad so I will take some pics and hopefully a horn video so I will post it here ad soon as I get them! ☺ Yes, her exterior bridge stairs are gone - check out the pic in the above post. Strange. |
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Post by Kahloke on Apr 11, 2019 14:11:33 GMT -8
no she has not to my knowledge I will be riding her soon with my dad so I will take some pics and hopefully a horn video so I will post it here ad soon as I get them! ☺ Yes, her exterior bridge stairs are gone - check out the pic in the above post. Strange. It looks like they were removed at Alberni's MLU in 2007. If you look at photos showing Alberni in refit, you can see the stairs in the first photos, and then not there in later photos. ferriesbc.proboards.com/thread/8510/queen-alberni-photos-discussion?page=2 |
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Post by princessofvanfan on Apr 11, 2019 19:13:33 GMT -8
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Post by Starsteward on Apr 12, 2019 7:15:44 GMT -8
Just a wild guess here but removing the stairs to the wheelhouse/bridge increased the security level in that critical area of the vessel. No outside direct access. If officers or crew were required to attend at a location on the main outside deck, the added time to get there from the bridge via inside stairways etc. would be negligible. |
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Post by jwjsamster on Apr 14, 2019 6:10:18 GMT -8
I have a question regarding the addition of the second deck of the Alberni. When they raised her why did they not elect for a similar door configuration as the other C classes? Surely with they ships' similarities it would have been better to just use the same deign instead of developing a completely new door.
Furthermore considering the significant increase in car capacity why didn't they elect to extend the passenger cabin? I have never been on the Alberni but I have been on other C class vessels and can only imagine that it gets very cramped in there considering the similar car capacities.
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Post by ferryfanyvr on Apr 14, 2019 9:16:15 GMT -8
I have a question regarding the addition of the second deck of the Alberni. When they raised her why did they not elect for a similar door configuration as the other C classes? Surely with they ships' similarities it would have been better to just use the same deign instead of developing a completely new door. Furthermore considering the significant increase in car capacity why didn't they elect to extend the passenger cabin? I have never been on the Alberni but I have been on other C class vessels and can only imagine that it gets very cramped in there considering the similar car capacities. As far as the passenger cabin extension goes, the Alberni did get the passenger deck extended slightly toward each end in 1986, a couple years after her conversion to double car deck. The reason it didn't get extended even further was because it would have interfered with the sightlines from the bridge while docking. The Alberni's wheelhouses are not as close to either end of the vessel compared to her C class sisters. As for the doors, they were not added at time she was raised, but rather shortly after she commenced service on route 30 (from what I remember). A deckhand told me at the time that they were of a different design so they wouldn't take up as much car deck space by swinging inward when opening and closing...back in those days I sometimes saw cars on a full sailing parked within a foot of the doors. Newer safety procedures probably no longer allow that practice. |
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Post by Neil on Apr 14, 2019 10:06:24 GMT -8
I have a question regarding the addition of the second deck of the Alberni. When they raised her why did they not elect for a similar door configuration as the other C classes? Surely with they ships' similarities it would have been better to just use the same deign instead of developing a completely new door. Furthermore considering the significant increase in car capacity why didn't they elect to extend the passenger cabin? I have never been on the Alberni but I have been on other C class vessels and can only imagine that it gets very cramped in there considering the similar car capacities. Passenger lounge crowding on the ' Alberni isn't as bad as you might think, due to the relatively small number of foot passengers on route thirty. They certainly couldn't use the ferry comfortably on routes one or two. |
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