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Post by Dane on Oct 18, 2019 17:41:17 GMT -8
I wonder why BC Ferries is being so quiet about this? I'm not sure the public invitation is quiet? Or do you mean about the new boats in Europe? It would be cool if they did the announcement for the new class names. It could be a BC Ferries "oh, and one more thing" moment! |
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 18, 2019 19:07:21 GMT -8
I wonder why BC Ferries is being so quiet about this? I'm not sure the public invitation is quiet? Or do you mean about the new boats in Europe? It would be cool if they did the announcement for the new class names. It could be a BC Ferries "oh, and one more thing" moment! Rename the Island Sky. |
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Post by pacificcat99 on Oct 19, 2019 21:46:32 GMT -8
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Post by princessofvanfan on Oct 20, 2019 0:09:54 GMT -8
I'd be willing to bet that all future ships will get names which are first nations in origin. Political correctness is everything nowadays.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 20, 2019 2:07:01 GMT -8
I'd be willing to bet that all future ships will get names which are first nations in origin. Political correctness is everything nowadays. Or perhaps the name of an Italian explorer who was also a Spanish naval officer. That's also everything nowadays. PS: why is a first nations name about political correctness? Isn't it just a first nations name, which is connected with the land and water of the coast? Why is using a local (both current and historical) term considered by you to be politically correct? Isn't is simply just a name with strong local connection? (...and why am I using so many words in the middle of the night?) I should shut-down and go to sleep. Sleep correctness is everything nowadays. |
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 20, 2019 8:02:17 GMT -8
I'd be willing to bet that all future ships will get names which are first nations in origin. Political correctness is everything nowadays. I guess than the our neighbours in Washington State have been being 'politically correct' since 1950 something with their name choices. |
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 20, 2019 8:19:12 GMT -8
If BCFS renames Island Sky as Malaspina Sky they end up giving the vessel a link to a specific area of the BC coast, something that I was under the impression they were trying not to do. What if the Malaspina Sky was to be permanently transferred to another route such as Bowen Island? Would they leave it there just like the Queen of Nanaimo serving the southern Gulf Islands? Or would they rename it for a third time, this time going with Snug Sky?
If they insist on renaming it how about doing this just once and going with Marmalade Sky. They could put psychedelic decals on the hull even.
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Post by Kahn_C on Oct 20, 2019 8:26:30 GMT -8
I'd feel safe betting against there being a "Sky" class of vessels in the near or intermediate future. This is most likely a one-off name for a one-off vessel. |
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Post by Dane on Oct 24, 2019 13:18:03 GMT -8
Excuse me why isn't the thread renamed yet? It has been like thirty minutes 😂
Malaspina Sky confirmed!
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 24, 2019 13:29:09 GMT -8
Excuse me why isn't the thread renamed yet? It has been like thirty minutes 😂 Malaspina Sky confirmed! Where did this? |
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 24, 2019 13:32:18 GMT -8
Excuse me why isn't the thread renamed yet? It has been like thirty minutes 😂 Malaspina Sky confirmed! Where did this? Never mind found out. Why this only fleet page? I think this should be information in media. I don’t mind the name. |
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Post by Olympic Ferries on Oct 24, 2019 13:40:39 GMT -8
Excuse me why isn't the thread renamed yet? It has been like thirty minutes 😂 Malaspina Sky confirmed! How disappointing a change. 😕 |
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Post by Kahloke on Oct 24, 2019 13:54:32 GMT -8
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Post by Dane on Oct 24, 2019 14:17:52 GMT -8
West Coast Ferries 2009: ships should have local names.
West Coast Ferries 2019: ships shouldn't have local names.
I like it, it's actually a tie to the local area. Personally I'm never too triggered on the Queens that could never even arrive at their named locations.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 24, 2019 14:25:47 GMT -8
I wonder how long it will take to put her new name on the vessel because it will require maintenance period which I don’t see happening until 2020.
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 24, 2019 14:33:25 GMT -8
Sorry, I like my name better. Hence forth this is the Marmalade Sky.
There will be newspaper taxis down on the deck, waiting to take you away ...
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Post by Kahloke on Oct 24, 2019 15:43:16 GMT -8
Sorry, I like my name better. Hence forth this is the Marmalade Sky. There will be newspaper taxis down on the deck, waiting to take you away ... And plasticine porters with looking glass ties? |
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Post by Curtis on Oct 24, 2019 17:43:06 GMT -8
I wonder how long it will take to put her new name on the vessel because it will require maintenance period which I don’t see happening until 2020. It’s already done. I imagine they painted the name on her sides last night after her last run of the day. |
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Oct 24, 2019 17:56:18 GMT -8
I wonder how long it will take to put her new name on the vessel because it will require maintenance period which I don’t see happening until 2020. It’s already done. I imagine they painted the name on her sides last night after her last run of the day. That is amazing how fast that happens. Has BC Ferries finish the renaming process with Transport Canada? |
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Post by Ferryman on Oct 24, 2019 18:36:28 GMT -8
It’s already done. I imagine they painted the name on her sides last night after her last run of the day. That is amazing how fast that happens. Has BC Ferries finish the renaming process with Transport Canada? Yes, everything is complete. The ceremony itself was likely one of the final steps. So many considerations when renaming a vessel and would likely have been working on a month or two prior to now. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/4/vrqs-srib/eng/vessel-registrations/details/832720 |
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Post by pacificcat99 on Oct 24, 2019 18:48:22 GMT -8
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Post by princessofvanfan on Oct 25, 2019 1:11:55 GMT -8
I'd be willing to bet that all future ships will get names which are first nations in origin. Political correctness is everything nowadays. I guess than the our neighbours in Washington State have been being 'politically correct' since 1950 something with their name choices. It is all about political correctness. If it wasn't, BCF would still be calling their ships "Queens". The Spirits were so named because BCF felt that using gender-specific female terminology to name the ships was sexist, or at the very least would be interpreted as such. Utter rubbish, but anyway... |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 25, 2019 6:33:01 GMT -8
I guess than the our neighbours in Washington State have been being 'politically correct' since 1950 something with their name choices. It is all about political correctness. If it wasn't, BCF would still be calling their ships "Queens". The Spirits were so named because BCF felt that using gender-specific female terminology to name the ships was sexist, or at the very least would be interpreted as such. Utter rubbish, but anyway... It's only utter rubbish in your own opinion, and likely also only political correctness in your own opinion, looking through your own personal lens. One person's lens is not another person's lens. Situations are different, and people have different places of privilege from each other. |
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Post by Dane on Oct 25, 2019 12:49:53 GMT -8
Off Topic - the Spirit of BC was a job programme in the mid to late 1980s, likely named after the provincial logo of the time (also the Spirit of BC) - the timing of the ferry name isn't coincidental at all.
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 25, 2019 13:16:06 GMT -8
Off Topic - the Spirit of BC was a job programme in the mid to late 1980s, likely named after the provincial logo of the time (also the Spirit of BC) - the timing of the ferry name isn't coincidental at all. I don't think they started constructing it till about 1990. But you are right about the name. The BC Government had the 'Spirit' at that time. |
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