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[kxl]

When we docked in Seattle we could see all three Clippers together and the difference between Clipper V and the original Clipper is dramatic, the new one is so much larger. Apparently Clipper V is big enough to fit all the passengers from both Clippers I and IV.

Clipper I + Clipper IV = Clipper V

[57WestHills]

The III is still around, isn't it?! I never see it because of it's American service.

Side note - in the US foreign built boats cannot run between two American destinations without an intermediate stop - hence cruise ships coming here. So Clipper III is an American built boat so can serve the San Juans from Seattle. The other Clippers cannot.

[VicHockeyFan]

Oh ya interesting. There is a plain white Big catamaran around the harbour this morning. I’ll try to post a photo soon.

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 10 March 2018 - 10:28 AM.

[Nparker]

... in the US foreign built boats cannot run between two American destinations without an intermediate stop ...

As per the Jones Act: "the Jones Act prohibits any foreign-built, foreign-owned or foreign-flagged vessel from engaging in coastwise trade within the United States."
 

[VicHockeyFan]

So why don’t we have a Phillipino crew on the Clipper?

[kenmuir]

So why don’t we have a Phillipino crew on the Clipper?

 

Something to do with the US Merchant Marine act.  It's the same reason that Carnival has (or had?) a single US-flagged vessel to operate within Hawaii.  

[Nparker]

...It's the same reason that Carnival has (or had?) a single US-flagged vessel to operate within Hawaii.  

I think it is only Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) that operates the US-flagged Hawaiian cruises.

...In order to ferry passengers to a number of different ports in the Hawaii Islands, the Pride of America sails under a U.S. flag. As such, it has to have a crew that consists only of U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents...

[VicHockeyFan]

Oh ya interesting. There is a plain white Big catamaran around the harbour this morning. I’ll try to post a photo soon.

 

 

Mike Grover photo.

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 10 March 2018 - 02:32 PM.

[Nparker]

It's the good ship Generica.

[VicHockeyFan]

It's the good ship Generica.

 

Second most boring looking ship in the harbour after the Coho.

[laconic]

It is the Finest. Used to be a New Jersey ferry so it is a long way from home. Currently in Langley, so possibly it was bought to be repurposed on our coast.

 

https://www.vesselfi...-MMSI-366990580

[kenmuir]

I think it is only Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) that operates the US-flagged Hawaiian cruises.

Yes, you're right, it's NCL, not Carnival.

[VicHockeyFan]

Looks like Kitsap Transit bought it:

 

To keep its promise of opening a fast ferry on the Kingston route next summer, the board also approved the purchase of a used catamaran, the M/V Finest, for $2.3 million.

A 21-year-old, 350-person fast ferry from New York, the Finest will run the Kingston-Seattle route until a full-time boat can be built. Then it will serve as a backup for both the Kingston and Southworth routes.

The Finest was owned by the private ferry company NY Waterway, and did trips between Manhattan and New Jersey. 

The Finest will be shipped from New York, which will cost $150,000. Redoing the electronics and navigation systems will cost $300,000. Depending on their condition, the Finest’s engines will have to be refurbished or replaced, which could cost between $1 and $1.5 million.

 

 

https://www.kitsapsu...oute/635556001/

[shoeflack]

Not exactly sure if it was an overboard or a training session, but the Coho just did a couple doughnuts in the Juan de Fuca Straight and launched a zodiac.

[Mike K.]

Oh oh. Were they enroute to PA at the time?

[shoeflack]

Oh oh. Were they enroute to PA at the time?

It was the 5:15 pm sailing from PA. They looped back, blasted the horn a number of times, then dropped the zodiac. The zodiac came into the Victoria Harbour on its own but couldn’t tell if they had someone on board. The Coho followed in behind the zodiac. Haven’t seen anything online though so assuming it was just a drill.

[Mike K.]

Interesting!

[Bingo]

Not exactly sure if it was an overboard or a training session, but the Coho just did a couple doughnuts in the Juan de Fuca Straight and launched a zodiac.

 

Drug smugglers?

[Mike K.]

Blackball got back to me and confirmed it was a standard training exercise and test of the life boat.

[Rob Randall]

August 7, 1974