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Post by futureferrydriver on Jul 14, 2018 11:11:15 GMT -8
In what has become a somewhat regular Saturday occurance, the Quinitsa is following the Skeena to carry the overloads. Its nice to see a legitimate response by BCF to the heavy traffic SSI experiences for Saturday market.
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Post by Neil on Jul 14, 2018 13:23:20 GMT -8
In what has become a somewhat regular Saturday occurance, the Quinitsa is following the Skeena to carry the overloads. Its nice to see a legitimate response by BCF to the heavy traffic SSI experiences for Saturday market. And now, for some reason, both marine traffic and the BC Ferries map are showing Salish Eagle in Fulford Harbour. Three ferries on that route?
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Post by futureferrydriver on Jul 14, 2018 14:10:15 GMT -8
In what has become a somewhat regular Saturday occurance, the Quinitsa is following the Skeena to carry the overloads. Its nice to see a legitimate response by BCF to the heavy traffic SSI experiences for Saturday market. And now, for some reason, both marine traffic and the BC Ferries map are showing Salish Eagle in Fulford Harbour. Three ferries on that route? I’ve been following along on Twitter; apperently there was a pretty serious accident on Long Harbour Road resulting in diversion of the Eagle to Fulford. It sounds like they’re going to load Tsawwassen traffic and leave from Fulford as well.
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Post by Ferryman on Jul 14, 2018 17:33:46 GMT -8
In what has become a somewhat regular Saturday occurance, the Quinitsa is following the Skeena to carry the overloads. Its nice to see a legitimate response by BCF to the heavy traffic SSI experiences for Saturday market. And now, for some reason, both marine traffic and the BC Ferries map are showing Salish Eagle in Fulford Harbour. Three ferries on that route? I can confirm that the Salish Eagle re-routed to Fulford Harbour instead of Long Harbour today because of a serious head-on crash that closed down Long Harbour road. By the time traffic had discharged from the Eagle, the road was re-opened to single lane, alternating direction. The Eagle proceeded to Long Harbour with only foot passengers who still needed to go to Long Harbour, and has carried on the rest of the afternoon schedule from there.
I was aboard today
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Post by Neil on Jul 14, 2018 21:11:38 GMT -8
And now, for some reason, both marine traffic and the BC Ferries map are showing Salish Eagle in Fulford Harbour. Three ferries on that route? I can confirm that the Salish Eagle re-routed to Fulford Harbour instead of Long Harbour today because of a serious head-on crash that closed down Long Harbour road. By the time traffic had discharged from the Eagle, the road was re-opened to single lane, alternating direction. The Eagle proceeded to Long Harbour with only foot passengers who still needed to go to Long Harbour, and has carried on the rest of the afternoon schedule from there.
I was aboard today I think that still might qualify as a first for any Salt Spring terminal: revenue sailings by three different vessels, in one day. Quite open to being corrected on that.
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Post by chinook2 on Aug 2, 2018 17:07:22 GMT -8
I can confirm that the Salish Eagle re-routed to Fulford Harbour instead of Long Harbour today because of a serious head-on crash that closed down Long Harbour road. By the time traffic had discharged from the Eagle, the road was re-opened to single lane, alternating direction. The Eagle proceeded to Long Harbour with only foot passengers who still needed to go to Long Harbour, and has carried on the rest of the afternoon schedule from there.
I was aboard today I think that still might qualify as a first for any Salt Spring terminal: revenue sailings by three different vessels, in one day. Quite open to being corrected on that. If it happened in the past, would have been ages ago--but if/when in the past has route 9 operated a trip in or out of Fulford??
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 29, 2019 16:17:33 GMT -8
I hadn't been on a ferry since early February, and so there was no better ship for me to ride recently than the mighty Quinitsa, on her new SSI route. Here's a glance at the Monday morning car-deck, surprisingly empty for a 7:40am sailing. Quinitsa by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr Video here: The foot-passengers found their way to the variety of 4 lounges, and they seemed to be evenly dispersed into those side-lounges. I don't know if the frequent foot-passengers have found their favourite side-lounge yet.
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Post by futureferrydriver on Jun 29, 2019 20:52:10 GMT -8
I hadn't been on a ferry since early February, and so there was no better ship for me to ride recently than the mighty Quinitsa, on her new SSI route. Here's a glance at the Monday morning car-deck, surprisingly empty for a 7:40am sailing. Quinitsa by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr Video here: The foot-passengers found their way to the variety of 4 lounges, and they seemed to be evenly dispersed into those side-lounges. I don't know if the frequent foot-passengers have found their favourite side-lounge yet. I took my first trip on the Qunitsa today. I’ve been around the ship a bit working at Swartz Bay last summer but this was my first experience from a passenger perspective. I was upset by the lack of outdoor seating compared to that of the other similar style ships (the K-barges, Skeena and Quinisam). Adding to my disappointment was the volume of the engines in all 4 of the lounges. I might have more sensitive ears than most but I can’t be alone in thinking a little sound proofing in the lounges would go a long way to improve passenger comfort.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 18, 2019 9:28:53 GMT -8
Here is a link to an article on how Quinitsa is doing on her Crofton - Vesuvius route: H E R E
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 18, 2019 12:36:50 GMT -8
Here is a link to an article on how Quinitsa is doing on her Crofton - Vesuvius route: H E R ENothing at all surprising here ...
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Post by roeco on Jul 21, 2019 16:42:12 GMT -8
What is the difference in capacity between the Bowen Queen and the Quinitsa? For commercial and passenger
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 21, 2019 17:57:01 GMT -8
What is the difference in capacity between the Bowen Queen and the Quinitsa? For commercial and passenger For overheight commercial vehicles, the Quinitsa would be higher capacity than Bowen Queen. Smaller ship, but 100% of the deck is available for all-heights. As to the numbers for total vehicles or total passengers, your Googling is as good as mine.
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Post by articulated on Jul 21, 2019 19:06:53 GMT -8
What is the difference in capacity between the Bowen Queen and the Quinitsa? For commercial and passenger For overheight commercial vehicles, the Quinitsa would be higher capacity than Bowen Queen. Smaller ship, but 100% of the deck is available for all-heights. As to the numbers for total vehicles or total passengers, your Googling is as good as mine. Bowen Queen is listed at 61 vehicles and 400 passengers/crew; Quinitsa is listed at 44 vehicles and 300 passengers/crew. But as Low Light Mike mentioned, Quinitsa has all 4 lanes available for overheight vehicles; Bowen Queen has only 1 of 5 lanes. Here is Quinitsa on her new assignment, arriving at Crofton on the 3:00 sailing from Vesuvius. Photo taken June 18, 2019.
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 21, 2019 19:29:16 GMT -8
What is the difference in capacity between the Bowen Queen and the Quinitsa? For commercial and passenger For overheight commercial vehicles, the Quinitsa would be higher capacity than Bowen Queen. Smaller ship, but 100% of the deck is available for all-heights. As to the numbers for total vehicles or total passengers, your Googling is as good as mine. To what extent do they (or can they; they being BCFS) put overheights in outer lanes by having them drive through the centre tunnel and then shift into an outer lane once through the tunnel, or park in an outer lane and then shift into the centre lane prior to driving off? I realize that this is probably not possible with long overheights but it ought not to be a big deal with panel vans & camper trucks, for example?
About 80% of the car deck on the BQ & the MQ has no height restriction. Perhaps the issue is more with vessel turn around time if they were to use outer lanes for overheights ...
The photo below shows the BQ with overheights shifted into outer lanes.
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Post by bigcountry on Jul 21, 2019 19:39:30 GMT -8
For overheight commercial vehicles, the Quinitsa would be higher capacity than Bowen Queen. Smaller ship, but 100% of the deck is available for all-heights. As to the numbers for total vehicles or total passengers, your Googling is as good as mine. To what extent do they (or can they; they being BCFS) put overheights in outer lanes by having them drive through the centre tunnel and then shift into an outer lane once through the tunnel, or park in an outer lane and then shift into the centre lane prior to driving off? I realize that this is probably not possible with long overheights but it ought not to be a big deal with panel vans & camper trucks, for example?
About 80% of the car deck on the BQ & the MQ has no height restriction. Perhaps the issue is more with vessel turn around time if they were to use outer lanes for overheights ...
I don’t know the exact weight or why however Transport Canada requires all commercial vehicles over a certain weight to be loaded in the Center lane regardless where on the deck they are parked on the Mayne and Bowen Queen
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 21, 2019 19:45:53 GMT -8
I don’t know the exact weight or why however Transport Canada requires all commercial vehicles over a certain weight to be loaded in the Center lane regardless where on the deck they are parked on the Mayne and Bowen Queen Would this not also apply to the Powell River Queen?
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Post by blackshadow on Jul 22, 2019 1:31:00 GMT -8
I don’t know the exact weight or why however Transport Canada requires all commercial vehicles over a certain weight to be loaded in the Center lane regardless where on the deck they are parked on the Mayne and Bowen Queen Would this not also apply to the Powell River Queen?
No, Powell River Queen had much of the car deck renew to allow her carry heavier loads in spring 2008. Last fall she transported between 6-9 dump trucks with pups during chartered sailings but the other two vessel only three trucks. Powell River Queen often load a load low bed trucks through one of the out side lanes as center lane is too narrow.
Bowen and Mayne both have extra plating in center lane help carry heavy loads therefore heavy vehicles are restricted to center lane only even then there are restriction on weight. Both vessel can only wing out high vehicles if the weight of vehicle is under a certain amount, thus dump truck can not but RV can. Restriction is something to do with distance between support structures, thickness of deck steel, framing, how framing is welded and more. Nothing to do with Transport Canada but have more as to how vessels with built. One needs to remember the outer ends on these vessel are 1965, thus were constructed for much smaller vessel and not to today's heavy commercial vehicles capacities.
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Post by Neil on Jul 22, 2019 8:54:22 GMT -8
Would this not also apply to the Powell River Queen?
No, Powell River Queen had much of the car deck renew to allow her carry heavier loads in spring 2008. Last fall she transported between 6-9 dump trucks with pups during chartered sailings but the other two vessel only three trucks. Powell River Queen often load a load low bed trucks through one of the out side lanes as center lane is too narrow.
Bowen and Mayne both have extra plating in center lane help carry heavy loads therefore heavy vehicles are restricted to center lane only even then there are restriction on weight. Both vessel can only wing out high vehicles if the weight of vehicle is under a certain amount, thus dump truck can not but RV can. Restriction is something to do with distance between support structures, thickness of deck steel, framing, how framing is welded and more. Nothing to do with Transport Canada but have more as to how vessels with built. One needs to remember the outer ends on these vessel are 1965, thus were constructed for much smaller vessel and not to today's heavy commercial vehicles capacities.
'blackshadow', thanks for clearing up something I've always wondered about, regarding the Mayne and Bowen.
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Post by futureferrydriver on Jul 22, 2019 12:42:39 GMT -8
To what extent do they (or can they; they being BCFS) put overheights in outer lanes by having them drive through the centre tunnel and then shift into an outer lane once through the tunnel, or park in an outer lane and then shift into the centre lane prior to driving off? I realize that this is probably not possible with long overheights but it ought not to be a big deal with panel vans & camper trucks, for example?
About 80% of the car deck on the BQ & the MQ has no height restriction. Perhaps the issue is more with vessel turn around time if they were to use outer lanes for overheights ...
I don’t know the exact weight or why however Transport Canada requires all commercial vehicles over a certain weight to be loaded in the Center lane regardless where on the deck they are parked on the Mayne and Bowen Queen IIRC the magic number is above the 5,500 kg commercial threshold but still pretty low, somewhere around 8,000 kg (for the Mayne Queen). With this in mind smaller box trucks, RV's and vans etc. can be driven through the center and parked onto the sides, and they do this very frequently on route 5A. Frequently enough that we call these types of vehicles 'wingables' (in reference to their ability to be loaded on the sides of the ship) and they will usually get their own lane at the terminal so they can be loaded ahead of the heavier stuff.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Sept 7, 2019 17:39:52 GMT -8
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 22, 2019 18:06:24 GMT -8
Will Quinitsa be able to meet Gabriola Island route schedule crossing time? Will she be place on Gabriola Island route during any part of year?
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Post by Neil on Oct 22, 2019 20:33:49 GMT -8
Will Quinista be able to meet Gabriola Island route schedule crossing time? Will she be place on Gabriola Island route during any part of year? Quinitsa, not Quinista. Not clear on why you're asking this question. Bowen Queen has filled in for Quinsam in recent years. Quinitsa hasn't been seen at Gabriola for a long time. Looks like the Bowen is going to be around for a while, which makes me happy, so she'll no doubt be the vessel to fill in at Gabriola, when required.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 22, 2019 21:02:39 GMT -8
Will Quinista be able to meet Gabriola Island route schedule crossing time? Will she be place on Gabriola Island route during any part of year? Quinitsa, not Quinista. Not clear on why you're asking this question. Bowen Queen has filled in for Quinsam in recent years. Quinitsa hasn't been seen at Gabriola for a long time. Looks like the Bowen is going to be around for a while, which makes me happy, so she'll no doubt be the vessel to fill in at Gabriola, when required. But when the Quinsam moves to route 6; after, the 5 & 6 Island Class vessels enter service.
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Post by Neil on Oct 22, 2019 22:12:11 GMT -8
Quinitsa, not Quinista. Not clear on why you're asking this question. Bowen Queen has filled in for Quinsam in recent years. Quinitsa hasn't been seen at Gabriola for a long time. Looks like the Bowen is going to be around for a while, which makes me happy, so she'll no doubt be the vessel to fill in at Gabriola, when required. But when the Quinsam moves to route 6; after, the 5 & 6 Island Class vessels enter service. Okay... didn't realize you were looking so far into the future. Keep in mind that even now, they have a Salish vessel available for fill in duty, four or five months of the year. Another Salish class is destined to replace the Mayne Queen, and they will have six island class, all without Quinitsa's limitations regarding speed and seaworthiness. I think they'll have the flexibility to cover a Quinsam refit without taking Gabriola back to the '70s.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Nov 4, 2019 19:13:43 GMT -8
I hope BC Ferries takes the opportunity to put her on Quinitsa on the Hornby Island route during the peak season because she is free for peak season.
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