mrdot
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Post by mrdot on Aug 27, 2010 16:43:26 GMT -8
yes indeed, these are great shots and will fit nicely into my Alberni folder of great pics. from all over the years! mr.dot.
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Post by novabus9228 on Aug 27, 2010 18:00:52 GMT -8
Passing between Gallows Pt and Jack Point as seen from Cameron Island on Aug 25, 2010  Attachments:
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Post by Northern Exploration on Aug 27, 2010 20:57:13 GMT -8
Thanks for the kind words about the sunrise pictures. Those scenes makes getting out of bed at 4:00am worthwhile. Although I don't think I'd do that every day ! It's nice to live so close to such amazing scenery, and to be able to capture fleeting-moments with my camera. Your camera skills Flug has been on a very sharp rise, and they were pretty good to start with. You obviously have a good eye for composition or take 100 photos we don't see and only show the best  . 4am! That beats me up some mornings and you are three time zones away. |
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Post by FerryDude2012 on Sept 4, 2010 23:04:28 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 11, 2010 7:15:53 GMT -8
Found an old disk today with pictures taken with my old film camera and scanned. The rest were taken with a first generation digital camera.   |
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Post by Alberni on Sept 15, 2010 18:40:42 GMT -8
I found a bunch of old pictures I took in 1990-91. Here's QoAlberni as the Mid-Island Express around the summer of 1990. My attempt of stiching a picture. ;D    Alberni with her new doors in May 1991 in Berth 4 with Berth 5 behind her being rebuilt.  |
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 15, 2010 18:52:00 GMT -8
Great photos, Alberni! I didn't know what the Departure Bay berths looked like back then!
Would I be correct to state that the last photo is at Tsawwassen?
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Post by Alberni on Sept 15, 2010 19:24:02 GMT -8
Thanks, I forgot I took them and found them a couple of months ago.
Yes, that is Tsawwassen on board the QofSaanich when she was coming into berth 3.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 18, 2010 7:41:48 GMT -8
Photos of 'Alberni near Duke Point, on Sept 17, 2010. I was on Protection Island, so I had a nice close vantage point for the arriving & departing ferry. ------------------------------- 'Alberni heading toward Duke Point, with Gabriola's Descanso Bay in the background:  Shortly after blasting her departure horn, the 'Alberni emerges from behind Jack Point, just a couple of minutes after leaving her Duke Point berth:    Seen here in Northumberland Channel, the 'Alberni has that listing illusion, caused I think by the starboard aft pickle-fork deck. - also, I usually find that the 'Alberni's black masts "disappear" in my photographs' backgrounds, but here I can actually see them.  More of that listing-illusion, as she heads towards Snake Island.  |
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Post by mrdot on Sept 18, 2010 9:34:18 GMT -8
those are neat pics. you have posted of the Q of Alberni as she is today, and I was just vueing a pic. that I took all those years ago in swartz bay that is in my brothers flickr site and the forum thread, that shows the first generation truck ferry alongside the visiting Q. of Surrey, later the Q of the North. Its quite a contrast to todays vessel, still giving good service! mr.dot.
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 18, 2010 9:45:27 GMT -8
You know what, Mike? I think she really is listing!
I covered up that pickle-fork and looked at it again, and there's a definite list. I'm guessing there's a big fuel-tanker truck on-board, or maybe two?
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Post by Ferryman on Sept 18, 2010 9:59:49 GMT -8
Yeah, I agree. I think she's listing as well. Probably a combination of that, and the fact that they're turning to starboard almost that whole time maybe.
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Post by ferryfanyvr on Sept 18, 2010 20:50:54 GMT -8
Beautiful pics of the ferry I used to love to hate back in the '80's. I also think she is definitely listing. Before her MLU she used to always list to her starboard side due to the fact the extra washrooms and other facilities along with that narrow corridor were on that side compared with the more open seating lounge on the opposite side.
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Post by Curtis on Oct 3, 2010 21:25:29 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 8, 2010 19:51:21 GMT -8
Here's a photo from Deas Dock on November 7th, 2010: She's getting some touch-ups on her paint job!   |
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 22, 2010 19:09:45 GMT -8
Some photos from the newly painted Queen of Alberni, taken November 20th, 2010: How long has this Queen of New Westminster zodiac been on the Alberni?    NOTE: For full Queen of Alberni fire-escape and deck plans, see my facebook album. They're posted there.   Her lower car deck tunnel.  Her galley  I like how her car deck doors slide open on a track, unlike the other C's. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 27, 2010 12:57:16 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 27, 2010 14:57:31 GMT -8
From the BC Archives. originally posted by Retro in April 2006. ------------ What I presume is the Queen of Alberni (Scott: I've made this easy for you. If I've guessed the wrong ship, you can just move this entire post to the correct thread. Thanks.  ) - a mid-1980's view of the backside of a wheelhouse, before the solarium was installed. www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_15/i_17406.gif |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 28, 2010 21:09:46 GMT -8
from an archived post from Sept.2006 done by member Wett Coast: ============ Original 'C' class as first designed with Coat of Arms on side  DOT CollectionThe logo seems to have gone out of favour and is not being used anymore. Just as well, I think. BTW, the design of the original C Class vehicle ferries (the Cow & the Coq) was modified, I believe, during construction to accommodate the use of life-saving equipment other than the conventional life boats shown in these models. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 2, 2010 21:43:02 GMT -8
Today, I've moved a bunch of old archived 2007 photos of the Queen of Alberni's mid-life upgrade into this here thread.
- the photos appear near the start of this thread.
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Post by Curtis on Dec 10, 2010 18:04:41 GMT -8
A Tour of the Alberni is now up on Youtube. The first part of 4 Videos that were Filmed on the same day.
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Post by Ferryman on Dec 10, 2010 20:13:16 GMT -8
The cafeteria end is always the Number 2 end (stern) on the C-Class.
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PS: I liked that transition you made on Deck 3 where you focused on a door, then you turned around and you were already at the other end. Nice job.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 13, 2010 21:05:45 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 28, 2010 8:48:51 GMT -8
Karl has given me permission to post some photos from his Facebook albums. - I've adjusted the contrast & colours a bit, and here are some of his photos relating to this thread: -------------------------------  |
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Post by Dane on Dec 29, 2010 0:21:09 GMT -8
28 Dec 10 From the Coastal Inspiration  |
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