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Post by Mike C on Sept 9, 2009 14:42:58 GMT -8
THE RUMOUR IS BUSTED!The only ships at the Deas Facility are the Vancouver, Saanich, QPR, a T-class (tachek?) and Klitsa. So unless it left earlier this week, it was only a rumour. Photos to be posted soon I believe your T-Class will be the Tenaka. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 14, 2009 18:54:30 GMT -8
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Post by Curtis on Nov 28, 2009 11:25:54 GMT -8
50 Years Ago Today.  A Happy 50th Anniversary to you all of the Launch of the Queen of Tsawwassen. |
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Post by Curtis on Nov 28, 2009 13:55:05 GMT -8
Sorry to double post, but I have something special for her 50th.
Here is the full Last Sailings Video I recorded last year on the forum's last trip aboard the Tsawwassen.
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Post by lmtengs on Nov 28, 2009 17:02:15 GMT -8
Latitude 50°11.049'N (50.184150)Longitude Longitude 124°51.253'W (-124.854223) and the pacific mariner is currently going 2.8 knots. at a unnamed cove on west redonda island. i'm thinking that's her new home. Heheh, I was just poking around on this thread and found this quoted post. So I copied and pasted the coordinates into google maps, then yahoo maps to make sure the former was correct, and I looked for a place name and found it to be Teakearne Arm, which just happens to have been one of our evening anchorages on my SALTS trip this past summer. So, as of July 26th, 2009, the Ex-QoTsawwassen is NOT at Teakearne Arm. Helifor must have moved her to a new anchorage. And, since some of you might not believe me, I'll post some photographic evidence of my stay at Teakearne Arm Provincial Marine Park:  |
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Post by faller on Apr 2, 2010 15:48:51 GMT -8
I am on the Inlet Explorer right now. Still very much resembles a B.C. Ferry. Basically the only thing that has been noticeably changed is the the main passenger deck now has rooms similar to dorm rooms built in. Everything else is B.C. Ferries right down to the stylish carpet.
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Post by Neil on Apr 2, 2010 16:53:14 GMT -8
I am on the Inlet Explorer right now. Still very much resembles a B.C. Ferry. Basically the only thing that has been noticeably changed is the the main passenger deck now has rooms similar to dorm rooms built in. Everything else is B.C. Ferries right down to the stylish carpet. Want to win the 'Favorite New Member' prize for April, complete with a handsome cash reward? (just kidding). More info, and some photos, and you'll win, hands down.  |
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Post by Ferryman on Apr 5, 2010 19:25:26 GMT -8
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Post by faller on Apr 6, 2010 20:02:21 GMT -8
Trying to figure out adding the picture... Attachments:
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Post by novabus9228 on Apr 11, 2010 11:31:12 GMT -8
Looks Like theres room to land a chopper if they wanted to on the bow.
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Post by Mill Bay on Apr 11, 2010 15:29:07 GMT -8
Looks Like there's room to land a chopper if they wanted to on the bow. I think that's the idea, actually. |
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Post by hullnumbers on May 14, 2010 22:49:18 GMT -8
I have been letting this slip my mind for awhile  but I am wondering who is who in the group picture with the Tsawwassens bell. Since I am part of this forum I'd like to see who you are??? |
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Post by nolonger on May 15, 2010 5:15:25 GMT -8
Hi hullnumbers, look at page 4 of this thread. There is a group photo and names are posted 3 or 4 posts further down. I was curious as well and was happy to see who was who. As an aside, while I've never officially met any members from this forum, there are some familiar faces I remember seeing while I was still a BCFC employee. Also I'm almost certain I know Scott's parents quite well.
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Post by Ferryman on May 15, 2010 16:12:47 GMT -8
Starting from the left side of the photo, we have Newflyer (aka Mike), Coastal Skier (aka Jordan), Ferryman (yours truely  ), Flugel Horn (Mike2), The Original Mill Bay (Ernie), Koastal Karl (Karl), Neil, Esquimalt Queen (Donella), Nick, Alex, Mirrlees (Rob), Retro (Graham), and John H. Ahh, those were the days when we had huge group get togethers aboard the Ferries. These trips are pretty rare these days.  |
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Post by hullnumbers on May 15, 2010 20:59:05 GMT -8
Thanks ferryman, I am sure jealous of you guys going on the ship during the retirement day, wish I could have gone.
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 4, 2010 21:55:32 GMT -8
The Port Side door is actually a garbage chute that goes down to the Car Deck to where the garbage dolley is usually sitting. The Starboard Side door is stairway access down to the Car Deck. But almost right beside that door that goes to the car deck, is also another door that leads directly into the back end of the cafeteria I think you've got it the wrong way round... On the photo, there's a door into the ship on the port side, and a stairwell. On the starboard side their ain't no door into the cafeteria... |
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Post by Ferryman on Jun 4, 2010 22:10:38 GMT -8
For some reason I completely missed the post with the photo you're talking about....and I only just came across it now. But I'm almost 100% certain that the teak door you see in that photo is the garbage chute. That's what it is on the Nanaimo/Burnaby at least.
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Post by Kahloke on Jun 5, 2010 8:37:21 GMT -8
That door you guys are talking about is also present on M/V Coho. Coho actually has two of them: one on each side. Both of them open to stairs going down to the car deck, and are accessible to the public during loading and unloading. I suspect Queen of Sidney and Queen of Tsawwassen's doors did the same thing when originally built, as Wett Coast eluded to above, although perhaps for crew access only. Here's Coho's aft stairwell doors. You can see the the port one clearly. The starboard one is partially hidden by the dock's wingwall:  |
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jun 5, 2010 13:02:41 GMT -8
That ventilator, BTW, brought odours from the galley wafting up to the sun deck resulting in either an intense hunger or the urge to toss your breakfast. The smell was usually like that from a large vat of french fry deep frying oil... The Queen of Tsawwassen had the same feature with the ventilator. Especially when breakfast was being served. It was very intoxicating standing next to the ventilator. I've always wondered why they had to ruin that nice stern deck during the stretching. The only real reason it was close off was to use the space for the upper deck kitchens for the restaurants installed which ultimately became the buffets. They should have put the kitchens at the other end, and kept those nice stern windows, but unfortunately, everything needed to be at the stern to be in the same location as cafeteria kitchen one deck below and facilitate using the dumbwaiter service to the upper deck. I think your idea would have worked when there was just a buffet located on the upper deck. Much of the food for a buffet is cooked in bulk and then put out for people to self serve. However after stretching it was a finer dining restaurant and as I have mentioned in the past was one of my favourite things to do on the ferry when we were shuttling back and forth. Since the food was a grade above the fast order style in the cafeteria, I think they needed a better quality restaurant style galley versus the diner style one for the cafeteria. Cooking these more laborious dishes might have slowed down the cafeteria service in the smaller and somewhat cramped space below. |
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Post by Mill Bay on Jun 5, 2010 16:35:36 GMT -8
I'm assuming that, at construction, the doors on the stern sundeck of the Sidney and Tsawwassen were pretty much as they are on the Coho, now, serving as access to the cardeck. However, it seems that one of the modifications that resulted from adding the extra cafeteria cabin on the ships was the removal, or relocation of those stairways and their access points. This is a shot across the Tsawwassen's stern, showing her current layout. Two watertight hatch-type doors at the back of the galley, the one to port leading into the galley, with one more door in a little portal. I have to try and match up the photos to figure out what door led where, but I believe they were something like this, from left to right: 1. Garbage chute; 2. Galley and 3. a very steep stairway down to the cardeck, generally referred to as a ladder in shipping language.  At the cardeck level, the layout was like this on the starboard side (ladder):  And this on the port side (garbage chute):  Above decks, the entrance to the chute looked like this:   |
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Post by ferrytraveller on Sept 13, 2010 9:19:32 GMT -8
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Post by Mike C on Sept 13, 2010 9:25:53 GMT -8
I love the big-screen LCD TV in the cafeteria. Would have sincerely been appreciated on long runs between Comox and Powell River, when there was all of 7 passengers on board...
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Post by Ferryman on Sept 13, 2010 10:56:55 GMT -8
Wow, as much as I've always hated to see a non operational retired ferry, I'm really happy to see these modifications to the Queen of Tsawwassen. Helifor did a great job converting her to a camp, and its good to see everything looking nice and tidy. Too bad though that they're not going to keep her, and I'm hopeful that someone else will be able to make good use of her.
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Post by Mill Bay on Sept 13, 2010 14:41:52 GMT -8
The first pic is obviously one taken of her when she was still at Deas lagoon. I like how it seems they've partitioned the forward lounge and midships lounge into separate individual cabins and smaller lounges. Would make a great overnight boat for cruising up the inside passage, now.
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Post by Neil on Sept 13, 2010 21:27:31 GMT -8
The news that the 'Tsawwassen is for sale again (which I guess should have been posted about here) makes me think that she is rather a large piece of property to serve as accommodations for a mere 52 workers. They must be using the car deck and other parts of the ship for other industrial or storage purposes. Still, these are not good times for resource industries on BC's coast, and I suspect that a vessel as large as the Queen of Tsawwassen might be too much for most companies' needs. It's hard to be optimistic that she'll be put to productive use over the long term.
(And looking back over this thread, I see I shouldn't be calling her by her BC Ferries name anymore...)
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but I am wondering who is who in the group picture with the Tsawwassens bell. Since I am part of this forum I'd like to see who you are???
), Flugel Horn (Mike2), The Original Mill Bay (Ernie), Koastal Karl (Karl), Neil, Esquimalt Queen (Donella), Nick, Alex, Mirrlees (Rob), Retro (Graham), and John H. 
