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Post by Kahloke on Jan 10, 2013 5:29:55 GMT -8
Cruise ships today still use wooden hand rails, as seen in this example from last summer: Holland America's MS Westerdam - wooden hand rails on the Promenade Deck  |
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Post by FNS on Jan 10, 2013 8:44:26 GMT -8
Down here on Puget Sound, the OLYMPIC and RHODODENDRON had wooden rail tops.
The OLYMPIC had them until the 1980s when new steel railings were installed on the sides on the Saloon Deck, leaving the end bulwarks with wood on their tops. That was when her cabin lost its charm as a wrongful coating of paint covered the nice stained wood trim under the windows and colorless tiles replaced beautiful green ones on the flooring.
The RHODY had hers until her 1991 renovation that gave her new steel railings. Her end bulwarks retained the wood tops. I guess we'll count the RHODY in as the last ferry on our coast to have any wood as rail tops.
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 10, 2013 11:41:11 GMT -8
Having the teak handrails on the Ferries again would look really nice for sure. I'll admit that I always admired that about the Sidney and how they managed to keep hers right up until retirement. Even the Queen of the North had teak hand rails. I think if they would be brought back out on the Ferries, they would be a real novelty. They would look great. But maintaining them would be the next question. It's hard enough maintaining paint work  , especially with all of the rain we recieve every year. |
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Post by cobblehillian on Jan 10, 2013 19:17:35 GMT -8
I have some teak grab rails on my boat and can attest to how much work they require to look good. Both the sun and the rain take their toll. They need oiling and cleaning on a regular basis.
I would imagine good teak railing in the size required by ships cost somewhere between $5 and $10 a lineal foot.
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Post by mvsidney59 on Jan 21, 2013 19:00:00 GMT -8
Flugel Horn, by the way, the videos on your youtube channel are awesome! I have to say my number one favorite is the Route 5 tour sped up. Favourite part in the video is the sped up horn.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 21, 2013 20:08:48 GMT -8
Flugel Horn, by the way, the videos on your youtube channel are awesome! I have to say my number one favorite is the Route 5 tour sped up. Favourite part in the video is the sped up horn. Thanks very much for those kind words. That November day, and the resulting video, were one of my ferry highlights from the past few years. It was a lot of fun to do. I watch that video quite a bit too. My favourite parts are the arrival path into Otter Bay Pender Island (a few quick turns), and how when we arrive at Village Bay (Mayne Island) the Mayne Queen leaves just at the moment when we arrive. |
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Post by mvsidney59 on Jan 22, 2013 7:26:39 GMT -8
I have a relative that lives on Pender, so I make regular trips over there, but it was just great to see more than just the Pender run! I also had a few laughs when the camera slips in the tripod.  |
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Post by SS San Mateo on May 6, 2013 18:15:55 GMT -8
I spotted this at another forum I visit frequently: pbs.twimg.com/media/BJlgEEdCcAAeSuO.jpgIt's the Japanese DVD cover for the movie The Marine 3. The Queen of Sidney (as well as the San Mateo) appear in the lower right corner. |
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Post by mvsidney59 on Aug 7, 2013 9:17:39 GMT -8
I spotted this at another forum I visit frequently: pbs.twimg.com/media/BJlgEEdCcAAeSuO.jpgIt's the Japanese DVD cover for the movie The Marine 3. The Queen of Sidney (as well as the San Mateo) appear in the lower right corner. Wow! kindof interesting to see her on the cover of anything really, cool! I wonder how she's been doing lately! Anybody been out there recently? |
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Post by QueenOfEsquimalt on Aug 15, 2013 19:47:21 GMT -8
I spotted this at another forum I visit frequently: pbs.twimg.com/media/BJlgEEdCcAAeSuO.jpgIt's the Japanese DVD cover for the movie The Marine 3. The Queen of Sidney (as well as the San Mateo) appear in the lower right corner. Oh wow, that is just wild! I agree it seems odd to see the Queen of Sidney as a cover girl these days, but at least she is being put to good use somehow. I haven't been out there recently might have to go out for a visit soon. Thanks for sharing! |
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Post by Cable Cassidy on Aug 17, 2013 23:06:41 GMT -8
Wow! kindof interesting to see her on the cover of anything really, cool! I wonder how she's been doing lately! Anybody been out there recently? Still rotting away, as usual.  CWC_1698 by BusShots, on Flickr |
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Post by soundy on Sept 25, 2013 9:04:30 GMT -8
Drove out that way just recently and noticed it looked like the upper levels have been cleaned. Only caught it in passing, so I'm not entirely sure, it just looked a lot whiter than the last time I'd seen her.
Also, just watching Marine 3: Homefront now, there's actually a LOT of stuff shot on the QoS, as they use it for the bad guys' home base.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 7, 2014 20:28:03 GMT -8
2005 video of a group-tour taken by some young (then) members of this forum.
Queen of Sidney toured, and the ex WSF SS San Mateo is shown alongside.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jan 7, 2014 22:12:38 GMT -8
I saw me a couple of times in that movie as I was there that day. I remember watching this video before. It was really cool to watch it again! I cant imagine what she looks like now if she looked that bad in 2005 she is probably way worse now.
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Post by soundy on Apr 17, 2014 16:04:51 GMT -8
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Post by pscurr on May 17, 2014 19:50:31 GMT -8
which vessel?
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Post by WettCoast on May 18, 2014 9:30:20 GMT -8
The video is at Tsawwassen Terminal and it is without doubt from year 1 (1960). The ship is the Sidney, I think. I base this on the shortness of the name 'Sidney'. The only other vessel on the run in 1960 was, of course, its sister, the Tsawwassen, obviously with a much longer name. Remember, at that time the ships were not yet 'Queens'.
The vessel name is visible, though very fuzzy, on the ferry approaching the berth. It appears to me to be a short name, i.e. 'Sidney'.
BTW, the Sidney was Swartz Bay based, & the Tsawwassen was based at her namesake terminal. Sailing departures from either terminal were every two hours from 7 AM to 9 PM, on the odd hour. Not much has changed, at least in some ways. There was no on board Wi-Fi!
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Post by Mike C on May 26, 2014 21:20:50 GMT -8
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Post by Mike on Jun 29, 2014 8:59:42 GMT -8
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Post by princessofvanfan on Jun 29, 2014 21:14:41 GMT -8
I wonder why the Sidney was on that run. The Tsawwassen was always on that route. Maybe she was in for refit with the Sidney subbing for her.
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Post by Starsteward on Jun 30, 2014 14:14:48 GMT -8
I wonder why the Sidney was on that run. The Tsawwassen was always on that route. Maybe she was in for refit with the Sidney subbing for her. I'm not sure why the Queen of Sidney was still on that run as late as 1968 because she did do a spell starting June 14th 1964, working along with the brand new Queen of Nanaimo and the venerable old Sechelt Queen. I know of these things because I was a non-unionized busboy 'slave' on all three ships before being sent off to the Queen of Prince Rupert.  |
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 30, 2014 18:15:09 GMT -8
I wonder why the Sidney was on that run. The Tsawwassen was always on that route. Maybe she was in for refit with the Sidney subbing for her. I'm not sure why the Queen of Sidney was still on that run as late as 1968 because she did do a spell starting June 14th 1964, working along with the brand new Queen of Nanaimo and the venerable old Sechelt Queen. I know of these things because I was a non-unionized busboy 'slave' on all three ships before being sent off to the Queen of Prince Rupert. The Sidney was there very likely because it was filling in for one of the other vessels which was in refit. I think that was the Sidney's lot during the refit season back in those days. See page 17 of the Peter Favelle book The Queens of British Columbia. |
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Post by princessofvanfan on Jun 30, 2014 21:32:25 GMT -8
Makes sense. I had that book years ago...might still have it stashed away somewhere.
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Post by chinook2 on Jul 3, 2014 10:23:58 GMT -8
Makes sense. I had that book years ago...might still have it stashed away somewhere. In normal years the Sidney relieved all seven of the Victoria class plus the Tsawwassen, which took about eight months, had her own refit, then did her summer supplemental duties on route 1. In years when the stretching program demanded it, the Sechelt provided a second relief boat. Nice slide. |
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Post by Neil on Oct 31, 2014 22:32:44 GMT -8
On a cool late September day, I went for a drive, out to Fort Langley and then past, as I wanted to see what that stretch of River Road offered. Parked at Glen Falls Regional Park, with Crescent Island and accompanying sand bars in view, and walked along the park trail which petered out, forcing one to carry on along the road. After a fair ways, past Bradner Road, I think you're actually in Abbotsford, and that stretch of River Road ends, and you're back on a trail along the river. Great walk for rail enthusiasts, as there seemed to be a freight train every half hour, heading west. Some rural homesteads, some so close to the tracks that it's hard to imagine anyone enduring the pounding at all hours of the day, at that frequency.
Came to the trail's end at a rather inconspicuous spot which didn't seem to offer a lot of reason as to why it might be a destination, aside from the young aboriginal chap who was there fishing. Looking up river, there wasn't much, aside from a big hulk on the north side that looked like some sort of rusty warehouse structure, until I noticed the blue stripe... hey I know that! The poor old 'Sidney.
I had been sitting there on the muddy shore looking around for some time before I realized what I was looking at. Yes, I do need new contact lenses, but I guess it's a sign of how far a vessel has fallen when a ferry fan can't recognize straight off what he's seeing.
As I trekked back, I said to the young fisherman, "pretty sad looking ferry", and he replied that sometimes it was lit up at night, and looked like people were partying. Maybe movie shoots, maybe paintball episodes... who knows. Unlike other vessels at that sorry graveyard, she's still upright, for now, anyway. |
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