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Post by Fenklebaum on Mar 8, 2007 13:37:18 GMT -8
 MV Dogwood Princess II, Langdale Terminal, mid 90s. The image quality is sub-par, but I rather like the composition of the shot. Fenk, mid 2000's |
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Jan 12, 2007 16:26:36 GMT -8
Any idea as to what the old gal is up to these days, and where she is? She is one of the last retired ferries that are still around that I have to see.
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 12, 2007 20:54:51 GMT -8
The last I heard, she's being used as someones pleasure craft....
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Jan 16, 2007 15:51:59 GMT -8
So nobody has any idea as to where she is? A wild guess: Is she sitting at Deas?
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Post by DENelson83 on Apr 26, 2007 22:00:32 GMT -8
So I guess the short answer is nobody knows what happened to the DPII.
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Post by sebsbcferries on Dec 18, 2011 11:32:30 GMT -8
If you go to the Maritime Museum in Victoria, BC you can see more of her. Maybe get some info to. I just looked at it but forgot to read the info. If there was info. LOL
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Post by robbennie on Jan 13, 2014 15:03:42 GMT -8
I worked on her and her predecessor the Dogwood Princess (1) for almost 30 years before the route was contracted out. Originally she had twin 6 cylinder Detroit diesels in her (653s) hooked up to Borg Warner v-drives. She was supposed to do about 16 knots but never managed much more than 13. So they changed her around and took out the Detroits and put in Volvo Pentas on straight drives. With that setup she could do about 18 knots. She was a heavy boat with extra layups of fiberglass on the bottom to take the pounding the deadheads and crap in Howe Sound dish out when you are trying to maintain a schedule and running at night. She was built by Canoe Cove in 1979 based on their Canoe Cove 41 model and was 20 tons. When the route was privatized she sat at Deas Dock for a while and then evidently was sold for the grand sum of $13,000 or there abouts which was a travesty as she had two new engines in her that were about a year old worth close to $80,000 plus a good radar, GPS, etc. Last I saw she was for sale for about $85,000 from French Creek (I think) but don't know if anyone paid that for her or where she went after that. I expect she is working as a water taxi somewhere as she was licensed for 38 passengers and two crew. She wasn't the most comfortable sea boat, would roll pretty good if you got her crossways, but if you kept her head to the seas she would punch into some pretty big seas without much fuss. I never had to cancel a trip due to weather in her and once coming back from refit we got nailed by a Squamish off Hood Point with winds at close to 80 knots and she did just fine.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 13, 2014 15:11:06 GMT -8
I worked on her and her predecessor the Dogwood Princess (1) for almost 30 years before the route was contracted out. Thanks for that information and your story of working on the Dogwood Princesses. cheers ! |
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