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Post by Elwha on the Rocks on Jun 20, 2013 7:45:50 GMT -8
Hello everyone,
On June 22-23 2013 I will be taking a two day trip to Canada to ride the BC Ferries. I thought I would tell you what I am going to be doing, and share photos from the trip after I take the trip. I will start out on June 21, by watching the Columbia depart Bellingham for Ketchikan. Here is the rest of the schedule:
June 22:
Ride the 7:45 Coastal Inspiration sailing to Duke point
Watch the Quinsam depart Nanaimo for it's 10:40 sailing to Gabriola Island
Ride the 1:30 Powell River Queen sailing to Quadra Island
Ride the 3:05 Tenaka sailing to Cortes and back
Ride the 5:00 Powell River Queen sailing to Campbell River
Ride the 7:15 Queen of Burnaby sailing to Powell River
June 23:
Ride the 9:25 Island Sky sailing to Earls Cove
Ride the 12:35 Queen of Surrey sailing to Horseshoe Bay
Ferry watch at Horseshoe Bay from about 1:30 to 3:00
Ride the 2:35 Queen of Capilano sailing to Bowen Island and back
Ferry watch at Horseshoe Bay from about 3:40 to 7:30
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Post by compdude787 on Jun 20, 2013 16:43:47 GMT -8
Wow, that's quite a trip. Have fun!
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Post by Elwha on the Rocks on Jun 20, 2013 16:52:03 GMT -8
Thank you!  I'm very much looking forward to it. |
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jun 20, 2013 18:57:07 GMT -8
You mean the 7:30 to Horseshoe Bay??
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Jun 20, 2013 19:05:16 GMT -8
You mean the 7:30 to Horseshoe Bay?? does an extra sailing at 1830 this Sunday. As of Saturday, the Renaissance will be the No. 1 from Departure Bay, so she'll be doing the 1930. |
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Post by SolDuc on Jun 20, 2013 19:59:46 GMT -8
Are you planning on filming some of the crossings with your new camrecorder and tripod? Just wondering.
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Post by Elwha on the Rocks on Jun 21, 2013 6:01:05 GMT -8
You mean the 7:30 to Horseshoe Bay?? Yes, thanks for correcting me.  Check my edited post to see what my updated plan is. |
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Post by Elwha on the Rocks on Jun 21, 2013 6:02:02 GMT -8
Are you planning on filming some of the crossings with your new camrecorder and tripod? Just wondering. You guessed it!  |
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Post by Elwha on the Rocks on Jul 10, 2013 9:52:09 GMT -8
OK, here is my trip report, finally.  I don't have very many photos worth posting of the Columbia, so I am starting off at Tsawwassen. I do have a sped up video of the Columbia departing Bellingham which I will Post on Youtube once I create an account. So, without further ado, here is my report!
I arrived at Tsawwassen a little early, so I wandered around looking for a good place to setup, the SoBC was loading, the New West was firing up, and the Bowen Queen was tied up. Does anybody know why the New West sounded her horn when she powered on, she was not moving or anything, so I'm confused.
I then looked the other way and saw the 'Inspiration coming towards Tsawwassen, no time to power the camera off now!
I then raced back to the car to board the Coastal Inspiration.
I'm onboard!
Coastal Inspiration by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr
Coastal Inspiration and Bowen Queen by Elwha On The Rocks, on Flickr
I'm hoping that the quality of this picture is OK, I was shooting through the window.
After arriving at Duke Point, I headed off for Campbell River to ride the Powell River Queen.
I love the "old" feeling of the PRQ, definitely one of my favorites!
I then raced across Quadra to board the Tenaka, I got there just in the nick of time!
The awesome part of this trip was that I got to drive the Tenaka, it was the highlight of the whole trip!
After dinner, I headed to Comox to ride the Queen of Burnaby.
It was a very quiet sailing from Comox to Powell River, which I liked.
Day two started off at Saltery Bay, watching the Island Sky arrive.
The final BC Ferry terminal for this trip was Langdale, the Coquitlam was tied up in berth 2, waiting to start summer service.
I didn't get many shots of the Queen of Surrey landing at Langdale, but here is one of the ones that I did get.
Instead of riding the Capilano, I finished off the trip by riding the Whatcom Chief.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoyed!
Bonus:
A video of the Tenaka sounding her horn as she departs Heriot Bay
www.flickr.com/photos/83856767@N08/9256282572/in/photostream/
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 10, 2013 9:56:26 GMT -8
OK, here is my trip report, finally. I don't have very many photos worth posting of the Columbia, so I am starting off at Tsawwassen. I do have a sped up video of the Columbia departing Bellingham which I will Post on Youtube once I create an account. So, without further ado, here is my report! Thanks for all that. If you think that some of your photos would be good additions to our ship-specific threads, please post some of them there, as well. (hint hint: Whatcom Chief !) |
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Post by Elwha on the Rocks on Jul 10, 2013 10:07:21 GMT -8
I would be happy to do that!
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Post by compdude787 on Jul 11, 2013 20:06:11 GMT -8
That's cool that you got to pilot the Tenaka! That's my favorite BCF minor vessel. I also liked seeing pictures of her interior, showing that she doesn't--and never will--have that seaweed carpet (aka Coastalized interior).
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Post by Curtis on Jul 11, 2013 20:42:46 GMT -8
I also liked seeing pictures of her interior, showing that she doesn't--and never will--have that seaweed carpet (aka Coastalized interior). Looks can be deceiving... her port saddle lounge surprisingly has the Seaweed Carpeting. I guess they didn't have the time to do the rest of her lounges. (To the benefit of us Dogwood fans) |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 27, 2013 8:14:18 GMT -8
I'm am back home after a 10 day vacation trip. It was a close-to-home trip, with us going only 200km or so away from home, by car.
5 nights at Campbell River.
- actually it was Oyster Bay, approx. 20 minute drive south of Campbell River. "Oyster Bay Resort" chalets, across the old highway from the ocean, are highly recommended by me for good quality chalet accommodations and a nice view of the marine traffic entering/leaving the Discovery Passage funnel.
4 nights on Quadra Island.
- stayed at our favourite place: Taku Resort, near Heriot Bay. Our cabin had a nice view of Rebecca Spit and the comings and goings of the ferry Tenaka.
Day trips included a day on the Uchuck III ship from Gold River to Friendly Cove and return.
I also drove up to Kelsey Bay one evening to ship-spot the southbound AMHS Columbia ferry.
We also visited Cortes Island for a day.
Plenty of video was shot, and I've now started the process of organizing what I took, and will be posting video compilations and various stills in the forum threads over the next number of weeks.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 15, 2013 18:03:55 GMT -8
A brief description of a short & successful ferry-filming trip: On Wednesday afternoon/evening Nov.13 2013, I travelled from home in Nanaimo to Heriot Bay on Quadra Island, and returned. The purpose was specific and simple: to film Tenaka in low light, hopefully in lower-light than the last time I tried this (in early October 2013). There was a sense of urgency for this, because: 1) Tenaka might be finished on that route soon; once Tachek's rebuild is completed. 2) Tenaka might be retired in the next few years (but who knows with BC Ferries) 3) Wednesday was ok weather, with rains starting late that evening. 4) I had the time available, but I won't for the next few weeks. Ok, so I hopped in my car at 1:15pm and drove up to Campbell River. I took the 3:30pm sailing from CR to Quathiaski Cove, and it was the "high school sailing."  A bunch of slow-moving twits, who took their time boarding and disembarking. So it was one of the longer boarding & disembarking processes that I've seen. I suspect that is the everyday regular occurrence on high-school sailings on that route. After the horde of twits finally slowly disembarked at Q-Cove, I was able to drive off the ferry and drive up the road to Heriot Bay to my favourite ferry watching place (the Gov't wharf) My filming strategy was to use my Canon camera on my good tripod to film video of Tenaka. - I'd also use my wife's Fujifilm camera to shoot stills, using my old bad tripod as a wobbly base. This worked well, as I got uninterrupted video and some good stills. Here are a few shots of my setup that evening:   I left the Heriot Bay float at 5:30pm and was at Q-Cove in time for the 5:50pm sailing back to Campbell River. - then a drive home in the dark on Hwy-19, including a swerve to miss a deer walking across the highway (no contact made, and I was happy that I wasn't speeding - I had time to react and avoid.) A fun day. ...and my video was posted by 7:00am the next day ! How's that for member service? |
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I'm very much looking forward to it. 
Check my edited post to see what my updated plan is.
I don't have very many photos worth posting of the Columbia, so I am starting off at Tsawwassen. I do have a sped up video of the Columbia departing Bellingham which I will Post on Youtube once I create an account. So, without further ado, here is my report!
A bunch of slow-moving twits, who took their time boarding and disembarking. So it was one of the longer boarding & disembarking processes that I've seen. I suspect that is the everyday regular occurrence on high-school sailings on that route.