SolDuc
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Post by SolDuc on Nov 25, 2012 22:31:18 GMT -8
This is probably the best place to put this. Today, while in an antique store in PT i found this painting of the Tourist NO. 3. Tourist NO 3 painting by BrasegaliWA, on Flickr (the quality of the painting is too low to find a signature, but I obviously did not paint this (because I'm really bad at drawing, not that I don't like it))
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Post by Neil on Nov 25, 2012 22:54:47 GMT -8
This is probably the best place to put this. Today, while in an antique store in PT i found this painting of the Tourist NO. 3. (the quality of the painting is too low to find a signature, but I obviously did not pint this ) I don't necessarily agree wth you that that's a bad painting. The artist may very well have been intending something other than an absolutely literal rendering of the boat. There's very little creativity in most marine-theme works; people seem to be aiming often to reproduce rivet for rivet the original. I find most work by artists like Robert Bateman really boring. If one wants to see pure 'reality' , a camera works best. I'll give this artist the benefit of the doubt.
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Post by Steve Rosenow on Nov 25, 2012 23:02:03 GMT -8
I would disagree with that on the "Ken Marschall" principle of maritime art. It's not a bad thing to have a painting faithfully reproduce the actual vessel down to the rivets and weld seam lines. Ken Marschall himself has done an exemplary job of this in his hundreds of Titanic paintings.
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Post by SolDuc on Nov 26, 2012 14:58:17 GMT -8
This is probably the best place to put this. Today, while in an antique store in PT i found this painting of the Tourist NO. 3. (the quality of the painting is too low to find a signature, but I obviously did not paint this ) I don't necessarily agree wth you that that's a bad painting. The artist may very well have been intending something other than an absolutely literal rendering of the boat. There's very little creativity in most marine-theme works; people seem to be aiming often to reproduce rivet for rivet the original. I find most work by artists like Robert Bateman really boring. If one wants to see pure 'reality' , a camera works best. I'll give this artist the benefit of the doubt. Oops. What I mean by "I obviously did not paint this" was that I'm really bad at painting, not that I don't really like the painting. But I agree on the camera works best though. Even though in a painting you can modify little things to apply a message, your opinion or something like that. I should be more clear on that one next time
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Post by EGfleet on Jun 5, 2013 19:46:31 GMT -8
I thought we had a thread for the Kirkland aka Tourist #2 but I can't find it...either way, this interesting story popped up on KIRO tonight: www.kirotv.com/news/news/thieves-stealing-wash-boat-history/nYC72/Interesting enough on its own, but this line caught my eye: The boat is in a group of vessels Lint and his company are refurbishing for tours—including a ferry that ran between Astoria, Ore., and Megler, Wash., until 1966.
I'd heard the ferry had been towed to Everett, but I didn't know where. A little searching turned up a Facebook page on the yacht, which had the address listed. As it was on a public Facebook page I don't have any problem putting up the Google Earth photos of the location here--and there she is. So it seems she's still with us, and, according to this story, being refurbished to be return to cruising service. I'll take that with a grain of salt until I see her sailing again, but at least we know where she is and that it appears as though she's being cared for. Update--and she's for sale. Here's her listing, with photos: www.yachtworld.com/boats/1924/Classic-Ferry---Commercial-2313558/Everett/WA/United-States#.UbAIwpywXXs
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Post by SS San Mateo on Oct 23, 2013 20:43:31 GMT -8
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Post by Kahloke on Dec 27, 2013 19:55:48 GMT -8
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Post by FNS on Aug 3, 2016 2:35:22 GMT -8
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Post by EGfleet on Oct 7, 2016 14:29:17 GMT -8
Traveled through Astoria the other day and spotted the Tourist #2. She's in a private marina that had No Trespassing signs posted everywhere, but I managed a shot or two from a distance with my telephoto lens. It's hard to make out because I resized the shot, but she has Tourist #2 painted on her bow once again.
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Post by EGfleet on May 10, 2018 6:30:31 GMT -8
Astoria ferry gets electric grantThe ferry group is trying to refurbish the 94-year-old ferry The Daily Astorian Published on May 9, 2018 4:07PM The Oregon Community Foundation has awarded the nonprofit Astoria Ferry Group $20,000 to overhaul the Tourist No. 2 ferry’s electrical system. The ferry group is trying to refurbish the 94-year-old ferry, which used to transport people across the Columbia River, into a tourist attraction and event space. The grant will help repair and replace distribution panels that provide electricity for navigation, bilge pumps, the engine compartment heater, air circulation and lighting. The restoration will be supervised by Stephen Gleaves, a retired electrical engineer from the Washington State Ferries agency and advisory board member for the ferry group. Gleaves helped design all the electrical systems for Washington state ferries since 1991. Students in the seamanship program at Tongue Point Job Corps Center and in the historic preservation program at Clatsop Community College will assist in the project. www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20180509/astoria-ferry-gets-electric-grant
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Post by Ferryman on May 10, 2018 8:54:11 GMT -8
I just spent the past two days staying down in Astoria. I happened to see the Tourist II moored in front of the Maritime Museum there. However I never thought to take a good look at the ship nor did I bother to take any photos, unfortunately.
Nice to see restoration efforts being made though. Could only imagine the tremendous upkeep involved with a 94 year old wooden vessel....so this project seems to have a strong backing compared to other (failed) attempts.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Jan 29, 2021 12:55:59 GMT -8
The Tourist II has been put up for sale. link
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Post by SS San Mateo on Jul 29, 2022 14:24:30 GMT -8
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Post by EGfleet on Sept 2, 2022 5:49:32 GMT -8
The Tourist No. 2 is being broken up onsite in Astoria. It seems there was no effort at all to try and raise her.
and here you can see the remains on the barge
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Post by SS San Mateo on Feb 5, 2024 18:39:04 GMT -8
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