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Post by WettCoast on Oct 4, 2024 20:47:33 GMT -8
In this seascape even the Alberni is a beauty.
View is looking across to mainland mountains from Nanaimo's Departure Bay.
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Post by Ferryman on Oct 16, 2024 8:36:35 GMT -8
A little Alberni & original 'C' class history form 1976. These are from a British magazine, "The Motorship", from 1976. These have been scanned from the Mr DOT collection. I am fairly sure I have previously posted these items elsewhere on this forum. Note that where it talks about the Alberni as a 'rail ferry', it never ever carried any rail cars or had tracks on its deck. It was put into service for carrying large trucks ('semis') & other over height traffic. View Attachment View Attachment View AttachmentOne of two Reintjes reduction gearboxes on the Northern Sea Wolf, 6 October 2024. Very unique for a BC Ferries vessel to have. I believe this is the only ferry in the fleet to have gearboxes, as all the other ferries either use pods or controllable pitch propellers.
All of the C class have (or at least had) gear boxes as part of their propulsion machinery (see a post I made in 2019 on page 18 of the Queen of Alberni thread). That post contains scanned pages of an article from a British magazine named the 'Motorship' which has detailed information on the original C class vessels as they were in 1976.
The C class gear boxes were, as I understand it, not for speed control, just for connecting power from one or both engines to one or both propeller shafts. Perhaps Ferryman can shed some modern day light on how it is with the C class in 2024 ... Just following up on Wetcoast's post on the Northern Sea Wolf thread. But yes, the propulsion outlined in this post is what still exists today on all five C-Class vessels. However, there is one slight difference with the Oak Bay and Surrey, which have the Lipps propeller system instead of Kamewa. The system installed on the Oak Bay and Surrey has a faster Mode 2 engagement time than Cowichan, Coquitlam, and Alberni. It's quite interesting to see it the propulsion system in action in the Engine Room on the C-Class. |
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 16, 2024 14:52:10 GMT -8
Just following up on Wetcoast's post on the Northern Sea Wolf thread. But yes, the propulsion outlined in this post is what still exists today on all five C-Class vessels. However, there is one slight difference with the Oak Bay and Surrey, which have the Lipps propeller system instead of Kamewa. The system installed on the Oak Bay and Surrey has a faster Mode 2 engagement time than Cowichan, Coquitlam, and Alberni. It's quite interesting to see it the propulsion system in action in the Engine Room on the C-Class. Thanks very much Chris for this response. Much appreciated ... |
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 29, 2024 9:38:29 GMT -8
In transition ...
Queen of Alberni off DeltaPort - summer 2003
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 1, 2024 19:41:47 GMT -8
Queen of Alberni launch at Vancouver Shipyards, 21 February 1976
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