The Queen of Burnaby, or, in this case, in her stint as the Royal Victorian.
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is courtesy of Matt Masuoka and shows the Yakima at the Lake Union Drydock Company. And no, she's not getting sprayed for ants--she's getting topside paint done. There was no denying the ferry desperately needed the paint, but WSF's new approach--painting the boats in piecemeal bits--seems a bit odd. The Yakima will return to the islands in early July, her top decks looking great, but with her curtain plating streaked with rust so orange that she and the Hyak are starting to resemble a Staten Island ferry.
And nobody else wants her or her sister it seems. Both the Skagit and Kalama are up for sale with boat brokers with nary a bite yet--this after two unsucessful attempts to sell them on eBay.
The new Chetzemoka is fitting out at Everett Shipyards in...well, Everett. Her liferafts have been tested, interior is being fitted out. Next up: engine and systems testing and sea trials. The ferry will most likely enter service in very late August or early September. Photo courtesy of WSF.
Probably the most well known location in Hitchcock's The Birds, the Potter School was a wreck when the film company came to town. In order to make the old school usable, the film crew spent a fair amount of time fixing the building up, likely saving it from demolition. The building has since been restored and is a private residence.
Second vessel to sail under this name--though the first with the name never sailed for WSF.
Has many near sisters on the west coast and around the world.
Bonus points if you can tell why the photo of the Elwha in the header is unusual--and it isn't because she's brand new in the photo (which she was.)
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Sailing into Nanaimo, the ferry cuts through a calm blue sea on a rare sunny day. This spring has been marred by gloomy, cloudy days and temperatures running fifteen degrees below normal. Photo by Mike Bonkowski.
In what appears to be a staged photo given the bored look of the woman in the front chair, the Ballard-Ludlow line showcases the main lounge of the Ballard in a brochure put out by the company in the late 1920's or early 1930's. The plush room shows a rarity in Puget Sound ferries of the era--carpeting.
Harre Demorro captured the Willapa pulling away from Colman Dock in 1966. The Hyak was building in San Diego, and soon both the Willapa and Kalakala would be put out of a job. After enduring a 40 year limbo, the Willapa was cut up last December. Author's collection.
as the saying used to go. Marine Digest in 1935 chose the brand new Kalakala to show how echo navigation worked. Radar didn't arrive to the ferries until after the WWII--and the Kalakala was the first commercial vessel to get radar after the technology was declassified. Author's collection.
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