Updated Research & Different Conclusion on Plattsburgh Ferry

<my apologies – I meant to post this 10 day ago but forgot to hit ‘publish’.  wynne> Jim Dickinson has responded to Frank Abart’s 2008 report to Pete Kremen (included in full here, from a B’ham Herald blog post by John Stark). That report, after some more investigation by PW, was sent recently to Jack [...]

Louws and Crawford Emails re Plattsburgh (early Feb 2012)

Here are emails from Sam Crawford (Feb 6, 2012) and Jack Louws (Feb. 3, 2012) in response to Jim Dickinson’s email encouraging Whatcom County to conside acquiring the Plattsburgh Ferry (via Ed Scott from a NextDoor Lummi Island post by Bill Fox).  All such emails are public, under Washington State law. ******************************* Date: Mon, 6 [...]

Abart on County Research into Plattsburg Ferry

Important correction to last sentence in Frank’s email — he amended it to include not” after “Public Works does  … believe” I put it in red.  Whether this is the end of this story remains to be seen. I’ve heard that more data may be on the way. After writing about the County’s 2008 findings [...]

County’s Research on Plattsburg Ferry

You can read what the County Dept. of Public Works reported to the County Executive about the Lake Champlain ferry when PW  investigated it as a replacement option in 2008, in John Stark’s Feb. 3, 2012 post on the B’Herald Politics blog.  The report, submitted as an email and quoted in full on Stark’s Politics [...]

Replacement Ferry Opportunity

From Jim Dickinson, an idea for a new/replacement Ferry. I have emailed Jim and asked him to send the Ferry Forum details so we can post them here.   Thanks, Jim, for sending this information far and wide.  (Note:  I deleted B Brenner’s home email address from Jim’s list, since the County Council has passed [...]

Our New Ferry Boat?

Here’s a time-honored proposal for our new ferry boat, from Bill Lee who always has his internet-eye open to new and old technologies.

Washington State Passenger Ferries Sold to Tanzania

On their Facebook page, The Task Force posted a link to a Seattle story about the two Washington State passenger ferries that were just sold at a bargain basement price to Tanzania: $400,000 total for both. Yes, $200,000 each.  On e-bay. The state tried to sell these passenger ferries in Washington state, but no one [...]

The Importance of the Right Ferry Design

Nancy Ging sent us the following information about the Guemes Island ferry and the lessons learned when it comes to ferry design and rough water.  It’s definitely something we need to keep in mind. ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Nancy Ging <nancy@turtlehome.com> Date: Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:03 PM Subject: Side Wheelhouse Effects To: [...]

Taxing district for new ferry in 2011?

On Tuesday, January 11, 2011, in a day-time (apparently mostly) open meeting, the Whatcom County Council’s Committee of the Whole will discuss and maybe adopt a list of actions that Sam Crawford (as 2010 WCC chair) suggested as priorities for the County Council in 2011. Item #3 is to explore a taxing district to raise [...]

Alternative ferry that needs no dock!

And now, as Monty Python would say, for something completely different . . . though still ferry-related, of course. We need a new ferry & aren’t sure where to dock it on the mainland? Well, here’s a novel idea/solution from “Singlecheek”, who wrote a comment in response to a B’ham Herald Letter to the Editor, [...]