ms Amsterdam & ms Volendam in Juneau August 4, 2017

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[Happily@Sea]

Should be here shorty - AIS passing Thane is 5 minutes old.

[Copper10-8]

 

Capt. Mercer on the far left; Staff Captain Thomas center, and the SE Alaska pilot on the right

[rafinmd]

Juneau Island. Not long now.

 

Roy

[Happily@Sea]

 

Capt. Mercer on the far left; Staff Captain Thomas center, and the SE Alaska pilot on the right

 

Speaking of Capt Mercer - he's been doing time lapses of the ship's arrivals on his blog.

 

 

ETA: and there she is.

[Scrapnana]

Here she comes!

[Copper10-8]

Coming around the corner

[Copper10-8]

Speaking of Capt Mercer - he's been doing time lapses of the ship's arrivals on his blog.

 

 

ETA: and there she is.

 

Yes; he always has his GoPro on the bridge, as well as his very nice digital setup with lenses. The man likes photography

[rafinmd]

Hiding behind the trees.

 

Roy

[Happily@Sea]

Yes; he always has his GoPro on the bridge, as well as his very nice digital setup with lenses. The man likes photography

 

He was bemoaning the lack of whales to photograph.

[Copper10-8]

Speaking of SE Alaska pilots, here's a map of the various SE Alaska pilot stations (pickups/drop offs) for those interested

 

[Copper10-8]

He was bemoaning the lack of whales to photograph.

 

I read that, especially since there is/was a large pod 'hanging around' the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Juneau fire dudes responding

[rafinmd]

Do ships go halfway from the Canadian border to Ketchikan sans pilot?

 

Roy

[Copper10-8]

Wrong dam ship sister :cool:

[Happily@Sea]

Wrong dam ship sister :cool:

 

 

I guess as long as there is a 'dam' on the end, they will answer to any name.

[Scrapnana]

Must be a fantastic view from the float planes today.

[Copper10-8]

Do ships go halfway from the Canadian border to Ketchikan sans pilot?

 

Roy

 

No Canadian pilot requirement for those ships heading north "outside" Vancouver Island, i.e when Amsterdam departs Seattle, she has a Puget Sound pilot on board who is dropped off at Port Angeles, WA. No pilot required off Canadian waters on the voyage north, and then a SE Alaska pilot picked up at Pt McCartey, before arrival in Ketchikan. Ships going to Tracy/Endicott Arm Fjord pick up a SE Alaska pilot at Kake. Ships going to Glacier Bay at Cape Spencer. Those ships doing the Inside Passage from Vancouver require a (Canadian) BC pilot from departure

[Copper10-8]

August is here and we have nice sunny days in Alaska's state capital :D

[Happily@Sea]

Noisemakers are all back, so I'll be leaving soon. See you all Monday for other scheduled twins.

[Scrapnana]

August is here and we have nice sunny days in Alaska's state capital :D

Don't get too used to it - middle of next week the weather is supposed to go back to "normal".:(

[Copper10-8]

Did you see those two Wings Airlines ground workers cross over to the other dock, using that "parked" Twin Otter in the center as a bridge? :D

[rafinmd]

I'm assuming the red line just above "Dixon Entrance" is the US border. Did I think wrong? I'm wondering about the space between there and Twin Island which appears to be about halfway to Ketchikan. US pilot, Canadian pilot or none?

 

 

And Volendam is tucked behind the Amsterdam.

 

Thanks Kathi, Lou & Dave, Copper, and fellow addicts.

Roy