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A co-workers wife took these shots of one of our ferries during the windstorm we had on October 19. This is the Cathlamet, which is 328' long, 78'8" wide and displaces 2477 tons. I ride the ferry every day, and was on my way home during this storm. The boat I rode was significantly larger, but some of the same effects were there. I normally ride the Walla Walla or the Spokane, each of which are 440' long, 87' wide and displace 3246 tons.
On my commute, the van I ride was on the lower deck, in the tunnel almost all the way forward. I stayed in the van to nap and saw some of those waves dousing the cars on the upper wing walls (second deck). It was quite the ride...
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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Whoa! That's awesome! I mean that nothing sank but cool to see the shots of it looking like it's taking off!
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| Wow, that's crazy. A couple years back I went to Victoria, BC, on the way there from washington on the ferry, things were real nice and calm and it was pretty pleasant. On the way back into washington though, that's another story. Felt like the ship was doing exactly what was in those pictures, could see straight down at water looking forward into the windows. The idea of ferry rides scare me now lol. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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"I'm a boat nut, I'm a boat nut... let Olympic Boat Centers, make a boat nut out of you."
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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is that the vashon ferry?
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Al Hasse
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That was the Clinton - Mukilteo ferry that goes to and from Whidbey Island.
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Al Hasse
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| Kage87Z wrote: | | Amazing pics. Just amazing. |
Agreed, I wish I could take credit for them. I didn't take them, I didn't think my friend's wife would mind if I shared them.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:02 am Post subject: |
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| Were barf bags passed out? Cause thats what I would be doing. |
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| blue89 wrote: | I've been on the Port Townsend-Keystone ferry when it does stuff like that. NOT COOL! Cars were almost sliding around on deck.  |
I wonder how insurance companies would cover that.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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well that is an enlightening picture....guess thats why the car i just looked at was rusting in the weirdest of places
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| Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:31 am Post subject: |
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| that is nuts! |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder what those cars will look like in a few years after that much salt water? |
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