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Mid-century Magnificence: The KAHLOKE

Captain Peabody had pulled the same trick nearly twenty years earlier: taking the hull of a vessel, stripping it down, and completely rebuilding it into a completely new ferry. When he did this in 1935 the vessel that emerged was the Kalakala, a vessel whose function as a ferry had Read more…

By Chinooksteve, 5 monthsDecember 23, 2024 ago
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Updates and Some Housekeeping

Over at WSF What’s that old saying? The more things change, the more they stay the same? WSF did the same thing several years ago when tendering the bids for the new hybrid electric ferries. This led to delays and a change in the law to bid the contract out Read more…

By Chinooksteve, 11 monthsJune 8, 2024 ago
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1/3 of a Fleet–Updates

Wenatchee, Sealth, Issaquah, Puyallup, Chimacum, Walla Walla, Kennewick. These are the ferries out of service for routine or unplanned maintenance at the end of November. Were it not for some quick work, the Tillikum wouldn’t have made back in time to take over duty on the inter-island run. As it Read more…

By Chinooksteve, 1 yearNovember 28, 2023 ago
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From the Vault

From time to time, I’m going to start posting things from the collection. There is just no point in sitting on all these images if no one gets to see them. However, please don’t steal my photos. I’m more than happy to lend images to people for their various publications(and Read more…

By Chinooksteve, 2 yearsAugust 22, 2023 ago
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And here we are, 2023

Well, let us hope this is just an anomaly and not a symbol for the year to come! The Puyallap, stalwart of the Kingston-Edmonds run, hit something in the water and bent its propeller blade, resulting in it being pulled from service and cutting Kingston down to one boat–just as Read more…

By Chinooksteve, 2 yearsJanuary 22, 2023 ago
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Summer’s winding down…

“The phrase ‘may you live in interesting times’ is the lowest in a trilogy of Chinese curses that continue ‘may you come to the attention of those in authority’ and finish with ‘may the gods give you everything you ask for.’ I have no idea about its authenticity.”–Terry Pratchett. I’m Read more…

By Chinooksteve, 3 yearsAugust 26, 2022 ago
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Spring is on the way!

Well, this kinda sucks… Not too surprising, the Sidney run is not going to sail this Spring and likely not this summer, either. Lack of available crew is to blame, and quite understandably, WSF is directing resources to getting domestic service up to normal levels. Perhaps this fall service will Read more…

By Chinooksteve, 3 yearsMarch 9, 2022 ago
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New Year…I think.

Well, here we are in 2022, which is looking suspiciously like 2021. Just when we seemed to be getting a handle on the latest covid variant, along comes omicron. It’s that maybe we’re on the downside of that now, but…you never know when the next mutation will come along. On Read more…

By Chinooksteve, 3 yearsJanuary 27, 2022 ago
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End of 2021

Well, here it is, the end of another very trying year. Just when it seemed like we might be turning the corner on the pandemic, hello omicron. In ferry-related news, we got this from the Washington State Transportation Commission on their selection of the new name: “It represents a geographic Read more…

By Chinooksteve, 3 yearsDecember 28, 2021 ago
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November

Well, it is that time of year. The idiotic time change happens, we are plunged into sunsets at 4 PM, and rain, rain, rain galore. Truthfully, I don’t mind the rain, and after such a dry summer, we sure need it. We’ve started off the month very wet and windy Read more…

By Chinooksteve, 4 yearsNovember 6, 2021 ago

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