Happy Anniversary to the MV Coho
The MV Coho will celebrate its Golden Anniversary this Tuesday, December 29th. In fifty years, the Coho has made 88,000 crossings between Port Angeles and Victoria, carried 21 million passengers and traveled more than two million miles.
On Tuesday, Coho passengers will be offered free cake and refreshments.
On Tuesday, Coho passengers will be offered free cake and refreshments.
Labels: MV Coho Golden Anniversary
posted by Tom Harper at 5:47 PM
19 Comments:
She seems to be holding up well after 50 years.
On Tuesday, Coho passengers will be offered free cake and refreshments.
A free trip would be nicer, it would reduce the price of a hooker in Victoria.
That is really cool. This venerable old boat continues to serve us well.
You know the Coho is owned by the Oregon University, and they are going to be reviewing whether they want to be in the ferry biz.
Rumor has it that the Coho is headed up to Alaska.
As the article notes, passenger numbers have been declining for years.
I hope it stays here, but economics are what they are.
You know the Coho is owned by the Oregon University, and they are going to be reviewing whether they want to be in the ferry biz.
Really? I didn't know that, I thought that the Black Ball line owned it.
Anyway, been by the old Kmart store recently? They sure have that site tore up.
Love it or hate it, Walmart gets a heck of a lot of business judging by all the cars always parked there so I suppose a super store will do just fine here.
Oh, I sure hope we can keep the Coho. I much prefer it to the Victoria Express, where I always get seasick.
You are a very smart person!
"Really? I didn't know that, I thought that the Black Ball line owned it."
Yes.. but Black Ball was willed to Oregon U a few years back upon the death of the Mrs.
Not good timing, with the down turn in the global economy, and the tourism traffic dropping. As OU assesses their role, they may just decide to bail out.
Well, I've only been on the Coho once, to go camping in a crazy eyed Canadian chicks yard and party on her birthday with her.
Needed to take the truck for my camping gear, the next time I went I took the fast ferry, it gets to the crazy eyed chicks faster and I don't get sea sick.
Oh, those of you that are prone to motion sickness, take some ginger. It's natural and often works better than over the counter things.
Woe! What shocking news! Can it be true that the Coho's new Oregon owners might actually be considering divesting themselves of the ferry-from-Port Angeles business? If so, what are our civic leaders doing to ensure that this beloved and venerable maritime icon stays here?
Wasn't the "Gateway" built to welcome international travelers and connect them "multi-modally" with the rest of the Olympic Peninsula? If there is no Coho to ferry cars and passengers to/from Victoria, what will fill that new double-decker parking garage during the months when the Victoria Express isn't running? Who will come to walk upon the City's proposed new "Waterfront Promenade"?
Attention - HarborWorks Board: Please forget about the Rayonier site and do due diligence to acquire the Coho and it's shoreline facilities instead!
Maybe a smaller car ferry? I guess there needs to be some kind of a ferry that will transport cars and trucks.
Well, there hasn't got to be I guess, becoming a smaller town is fine with me but governments always want places to grow so they have more to be lords over.
Politics is just a King/Queen thing.
Keep working ,great job!
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Looks like the city could buy the ferry and it's holdings for about $7 million..
They sure are not going to be getting out of the Rayonier mess for anything close to that kind of money!
" Port of Port Angeles" and " .. essential ferry service.." seem somehow .. RELATED!
Personally I don't think the Coho is going anywhere! They're still making money!!!
"Personally I don't think the Coho is going anywhere! They're still making money!!!"
We'll see. From what I'm told, the costs rise, the regulations get strickter, and ridership declines year after year.
And, from the previous posts, it looks like it is not just about making money, but whether OSU even WANTS to be in the ferry business.
So, why wouldn't Harbor-Works want to buy the Coho? Makes WAY more sense than what they're doing now.
Economic Development? Imagine Port Angeles if the Coho does move to Alaska!
Well, we're going to build the new downtown on the Rayonier site so we won't be needing the Coho, will we?
But hey! If the the Coho goes to Alaska and gets turned into a fih procesing place we can get all nostaglic about it, paint a mural on the side of a building and then in a few years some entrprenuer can have the rotting hulk towed back to us, we'll buy it and it can become Bob Stokes's new art project!
Maybe Bob will move to Alaska!
With all the increases in travel related security, I'll bet tourism will see a banner year! NOT!
Aside from the obvious concern that the country's over-reaction towards Uber-Security, one can't help but see that ever increasing efforts for absolute security and the devestating impacts to the economy is clearly helping the terrorists in their goals.
I don't think the goal is to kill as many people as they can, but to instill fear. To drag down the country through paralyzing fear, and the reactions to it. As has been seen in even Isreal, at some point the population says "Enough is enough", and starts to demand the government pursue negotiations towards peace.
Even if OSU wanted to get out of the ferry business, who would buy into it, with these circumstances. Other than "government", as in Port Angeles/Harbor-Works.
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