Where's the KABOOM?!
Cool old ferry
Earlier this week at Journey's End Marina in Rockland, ME.
I have a great job. One of my office/studio locations is right in the center of Journey's End Marina. I am usually less than productive when I am there.
Saw this beauty being launched. (from memory) Built in 1914 as a ferry between the mainland and some of the islands. 63' long. Was repowered in 1934 with a 2 cyl diesel that is still her source of power. Variable pitch prop.
50 ton travel lift was struggling to handle her.
Bill R
There was supposed to be an earth shattering KABOOM!
Where's the KABOOM?!
Re: Cool old ferry
Bill R
There was supposed to be an earth shattering KABOOM!
Where's the KABOOM?!
Re: Cool old ferry
Bill R
There was supposed to be an earth shattering KABOOM!
Where's the KABOOM?!
Re: Cool old ferry
Supposedly, she is being restored, and my understanding is the current owner would someday like to put her back into ferry service as a tourist attraction.
Bill R
There was supposed to be an earth shattering KABOOM!
Where's the KABOOM?!
Re: Cool old ferry
Slideshow here: http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/m...view=slideshow
Bill R
There was supposed to be an earth shattering KABOOM!
Senior Member
Re: Cool old ferry
Single screw, slow turning two cylinder diesel, sixty three feet long, high, wind catcher bow and wheelhouse.
Tough to back into a slip in a crosswind.
Thanks, Bill, for putting that up. Cool pix of a great old boat. What's the ships wheel turning? Rope or cable, perhaps?
Last edited by Jim Ledger; 05-16-2008 at 06:50 PM.
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Re: Cool old ferry
She used to be in Wickford, several years ago. May be T.A.R will chime in?
43.50.918 N, 69.38.583 W
Re: Cool old ferry
IIRC she was donated to the Rockland Apprenticeshop. They may have in turn sold her to support their programs.
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Where's the KABOOM?!
Re: Cool old ferry
Don't know exactly what the wheel turns inside the pilot house, but a chain comes out thru each side into pipes along the cabin top and attach to a tiller type arrangement on the cabin top to a shaft that runs down thru the decks to the rudder.Originally Posted by Jim Ledger
Single screw, slow turning two cylinder diesel, sixty three feet long, high, wind catcher bow and wheelhouse.
Tough to back into a slip in a crosswind.
Thanks, Bill, for putting that up. Cool pix of a great old boat. What's the ships wheel turning? Rope or cable, perhaps?
Bill R
There was supposed to be an earth shattering KABOOM!
Where's the KABOOM?!
Re: Cool old ferry
You can see the shaft here at the stern running down from the cabin top thru the main deck and down to the rudder.
This must be a real b*tch in the winter with freezing rain and spray.
Bill R
There was supposed to be an earth shattering KABOOM!
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Love the speaking tube in the wheelhouse.
"The enemies of reason have a certain blind look."
Doctor Jacquin to Lieutenant D'Hubert, in Ridley Scott's first major film _The Duellists_.
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