In 1998 (or 1999) we were living in the Seabeck area and is commute to Everett to work at the Boeing plant, there. One night there was a major storm when the power went out, trees down allover, and a lot of rain. I stayed up most the night because if the storm and to make sure I was up in time to get to work. I made it to the Kingston Docks on time, meet up with the vanpools and got on the ferry when it was safe to do so Being very tired I laid down in the van and tried to get some sleep. Well, that wasn't too be. About a quarter of the way to Edmonds the boat hit some huge waves where one in particular cause the bow to lurch high and then slapped down hard. I sat up to see nothing but sea spray. Cars, and a motorcycle, around the van were pushed back by the on-rushing water, as the bow pushed under the waves. I immediately got out of the van as the captain got on the PA and ordered everybody up to the passenger deck. As I got up to the passenger deck I noticed many had spilled their coffees and they were trying to clean them up. When we arrived in Edmonds the captain told us that the ferries would not be operating anymore until the storm abated. We were able to get the ferry ride back at the end if the day. What a fun time.
I was on a final run from Kingston to Edmonds and hit a windstorm...blew a window out. But also on that route...we got close to a container ship crossing our path and their wave sent in a slow motion rock from side to side.
@@jugeebean Yesterday we were coming home from Orcas to Anacortes - totally calm. But Coupeville to Port Townsend was another story. Holy shit was that scary!! Been fortunate all these years to never have taken a ferry in a storm.
For those not from the area, there are also wicked tidal currents to deal with. I think this is often the hardest landing in all of Washingtons Ferry system.
We took the Kennewick from Coupeville to Pt. Townsend yesterday afternoon and my god that was stressful as hell! Ferry was all over the place and slamming down. Cars were hopping and rocking. 10' swells easy. I had to focus out the back at Whidbey for something to concentrate on. I have never taken a ferry in rough weather like that before. Makes it a completely different experience.
@@THX-ov8rv Pretty wild ride. I remember commuting on the old foot ferries on the Bremerton-Seattle run. 1990/1991. If you sat down in the bottom of the boat, you could FEEL the waves and the logs hammer the hull you had your back against, for the entire ride on a stormy day. Not the most comforting feeling and why I used to refer to those particular boats as "The Tin Cans".
I work for WSF and can confirm this is the hardest route in the fleet and often if it's a new captian to the route they send a 2nd captian for the first few crossings on rough days to make sure all goes well.
I have been on the Mukilteo ferry during rough weather. Water always splashes up on to the car deck and the ship rocks around. It is really fun! (Make sure that you wash your car if you take one of these ferries during rough weather because salt water rusts your car much more easily than fresh water.
The ferry system at Seattle is one of those things that is just COOL! I would sometimes just Walk-on the ferry and spend a Saturday afternoon riding back and forth....The food and beverages are OK and not too terribly overpriced....Try it!
@@notsoaverageslovenian Regrettably....No. But, given the opportunity, I would. I haven't lived in Seattle for many years. But, that ferry ride would be on my Top 10 Things To Do List if I should return.
There are heavy duty Rip Tides just outside the cove there. The weather didn’t especially look stormy to me, but the Rip Tides are pretty dangerous as you can tell by the rocking of the boat!
We lived in Yakima and been to Seattle numerous times to visit,stay,n play... caught a lot of ferries over the waters, but this one you definitely got your money's worth on a ride.. those ships are so cool to ride on.. definitely Pacific northwest!
RUclips: *recommends videos* Me: *scrolls through recommendations* RUclips: *recommends video of the ferry I ride where I live* Me: At this point I'm waiting for the google hitman
OMG I've taken that ferry to Port Townsend and back to Ft. Casey travelling between my home here in Everett and Port Angeles SO MANY times lol on foot back when I was a teenager, all the way up to last summer. The Whidbey Island route between Seattle and the Olympic Peninsula is the ONLY way to go!
I have road this ferry many, many times. Once I brought a friend along and we were seriously being tossed like this. All she could say was OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG... 🤣 My grandpa lived right on the other side off Fort Casey Rd. I love Ebey's landing awesome little camp ground there and large park with old bunkers from WW2. people should check it out. Coupeville, WA. My husband (rip) was a joker and when my nieces and nephews were little we would ride the old ferries. Once we were on the Klickatat and the kids asked why it was called Klickatat. My husband said, because when it goes across the water it makes the sound Klickatat, Klickatat, Klickatat 😉 🤣😂
Port Townsend Washington is one of my favorite places in the world. I have been there so many times before when I was still a seaman. We always go to Port Hudlock.
I grew up on Bainbridge Island, 8 miles west across Puget Sound from Seattle. That was the 1950s, when they were still running wooden flat bottoms smaller than this dating from the 1930s. We took those ferries all of the time. Only twice did I get a ride so rough that I became focused on what I should do if the boat swamped or rolled. The big steel boats used now on that run just plow through the swells - it's quite a show for the newby, particularly if you go down on the lower car deck. (Yes, you can get a salt water car wash in very rough sea.)
Um, being on that ferry yesterday in even worse conditions did NOT feel at all like the boat just 'plowed thru the swells'. She was slamming down and we were rolling a good 45degrees in every direction. Scary shit!
As a Vancouver Island resident and usually taking BC ferries why do a lot of the Washington ferries in the fleet not have a closed car deck? Is there a risk that if weather gets too rough the waves could overwhelm the open car deck and possibly cause it to sink? Makes me think of the accident with the Estonia ferry fiasco in Europe where the car deck opened up and the rough weather caused the ferry to founder.
I live in Admirals cove and took the port Townsend ferry before it's definitely a rocky ride my son couldn't handle it. We were taking a trip to Forks 😀
Have been on Salish many times, but down here between Vashon and Tacoma in some much calmer waters when she was taking over for her sister ship Chetzemoka
When it comes to boating, I'm with you all the way, even when it is rocking like this one. When I was not in school, my grand-father and I had a fifteen foot boat we go fishing every Friday and Saturday, it was fun. I wish I had a boat now, but I am not a millionaire. Can't afford it.
Really weird as part of this dosnt give you a true perspective of the conditions ie looks reasonable but second look and the ferrys been tossed around like a Cork!!! Great peice of film, thanks for sharing 👍👍
When I looked through the car deck and saw how wildly their perspective must be changing - that was the best indicator for me. Oh those folks must have felt ....sick sick sick.
Focus on the truck toward the bow of the car deck and that'll tell you how much that boat was rockin'. I rode that route during a high-wind day but it was _nothing_ like _this._
Living on Whidbey, if only cancellation s were rare occasions! I've been stranded a couple times by the Port Townsend route. Granted given that they're the smallest ships over the roughest route and trickiest docks, it's not surprising. Keystone is a hard landing.
Cancellations are more often due to tides than weather; but weather _can_ be an issue from Fall to Spring. Keystone-Pt Townsend crosses over open water to the Pacific so that route's more susceptible to rough seas and high winds. But more often I've gotten to Pt Townsend only to find out the sailing was cancelled on account of low tides.
Greetings to you from Sequim, WA! Knowing how the north sea can get, this must seem tame from your perspective. Still, the sea is the sea, and must be respected always.
Grew up on Whidbey Island not far from this ferry dock. Rode this route many times in far worse weather years ago on smaller and older ferryboats. Taking water over the bow that would then run to the stern and drain off the boat was common in winter.
This is mild compared to worse storms. Busted the hull on a ferry a few years back and found extensive damage to the other ferries for the route, this is one of the newer ones with reenforced hulls just for PT/Coupvile.
That is the most rough water capable boat in the fleet, along with its sister ships in the Kwa di tabil class. Beam seas cause rolling and those are the prevailing conditions on the route when the northwest wind sweeps in the Straits.
Actually its the least rough water capable vessel in our fleet due to it having no keel and a very shallow hull as well as a huge surface area on its sides. But since voters refused a different dock on whidbey, wsf had to build these vessels in order to navigate the very very shallow keystone harbor. Anacortes run gets hit much harder than port townsend and our larger vessels take it much better.
wrong. These ships are horribly designed pieces of crap. The ships they replaced were good ships and would never have rocked like that nor would have had any issues with those winds.
@@UberNerd When were they replaced? I have taken these ferries plenty of times over the years and not until more recently noticed the ride is much rougher. Yesterday from Coupeville to Pt Townsend was especially harry.
I've taken the PT-Keystone ferry several times, with weather rivaling this; but not this windy and rough -- not going toward Keystone anyway. That approach angle is generally not the favored approach, but in wind like that it would be very hard on the passengers to be taking beam waves all the way across.
Agreed. Far as I'm concerned it will always be Keystone. No it's not a town, it's a landing. If anything call it Fort Casey if you can't handle Keystone for whatever reason. But Coupeville just ain't right. It's well north of Keystone on the lee side of the island, with its own cove FCOL!
@@briane173 I know, that was confusing to me too? I lived on Whidbey back in the 90's and recently visited. Couldn't quite visualize how the ferry was coming out of Coupeville to Port Townsend. It doesn't. But man, that ferry ride home was too, too much. Very scary.
Yeah weather can get kinda screwy in the Puget Sound my folks live on Orcas island and I went back to visit from college during what ended up as a really big winter storm 80+ mph gusts of wind, waves that went down the center of the car area of ferry and me being the forward most car and being tired stayed in the car sleep... No sleep was had, thought I was going to die from the windshield caving in on me the force the water was hitting it with... still shutter when I see that I will be riding on the elwha even now years later
We took the Kennewick yesterday out of Coupeville to Pt Townsend. Hole lee shit!! That was some scary shit I will tell you! I have ridden the ferries in Puget Sound many, many times but I never remember it being so violent like yesterday. We were being thrown every which way and the ferry was slamming down, cars bouncing and rocking, alarms going off. Makes me not want to take a ferry again :(
FYI have done shipyard work on WSF. Have absolutely no watertight redundancy . Just a giant bathtub below the car deck. Once it starts taking water goodby
and Dog if that was the case you know as much as i that the Coast Guard wouldn't let them sail.same with the Victora run since any of the ships that sail 'international' have to meet certain maritime codes and standards.
One more thing, during the Summer Tourist Season I figured out that it is much better to be the last car out on a busy get than to be the first off. Those of you from WA, Seattle area, will fully understand this. Others, well, think it through... It'll make sense when you figure it out.
Geographically speaking, the ferry lands in Keystone , Coupeville is across the Island on the east side. The worse thing for the ferries is the 2 to 3 knt cross current thats possible here. During heavy larger seasonal tides times of crossing are actually canceled due to the extreme cross current. Keystone is the scariest dock of all the Puget sound runs. The wind makes it even more challenging.
@@THX-ov8rv I know the area well. The old ferries used to roll big time in a north north westerly wind. Especially on an ebb tide. It can be a nasty place. Damn I posted this comment 2 years ago!!
@@captbad9313 Been several years since I have been up to the San Juans. We visited Orcas the last few days and Doe Bay was alot like I remember it from my way younger days ;) That ferry home though . . . yikes!!
@@THX-ov8rv I baled on the coast 15 years ago Don't want anything to do with the place anymore, it's not the geography, its the people. I am happy to be living 480 miles inland where heavy traffic is 5 cars in 20 miles. I hope your well and happy where you are. Stay safe and watch ur back. Lots of very weird carp is going on the way I see it. Take care and good luck..
@@captbad9313 Oh hell no!! As soon as my husband retires we are hoping to head to N. Idaho! We do NOT belong in WA! Insleeze gang is gutting this state.
I wonder how many people threw up during that roll, because i see nobody on the upper deck, if anyones was up there they are super brave in those conditions
It’s one of my favorite ferry runs that WSF does. But I’ve seen far worse footage. Theirs one where the WSF is getting pounded by waves/wind in a winter storm. Water nearly eclipsing the bow of the ferry,
My sister and I were on the Bainbridge Ferry in November storm in the 80’s and it was so violent the vending machines fell over. Now they just cancel runs.
It’s not Coupeville, it’s Keystone. Coupeville is on the other side of the island. Yes, I know the city annexed the area solely so they could attach their name to the ferry run, but Coupeville is on the other side of the island. The ferry dock is at Keystone. 😾
...And off-balance straight out of the shipyard too! The single smokestack is on one side only, and as a result, the cars and fuel loads must be precisely balanced every single time, or they will _always_ list to one side! The three ships of the class were slapped together so fast (because they didn't want to pay that private contractor boat anymore than they absolutely had to) that they didn't think of that. Also, because they're intentionally so shallow in their draft (specifically so they can dock at Coupeville), it makes them even more unstable in the rough seas here!
And the bow is wide open, should have a bow visor that opens to let vehicles on and closes when the ship is under way. From stem to stern that whole design is terrible.
Well, to be fair, the -Keystone- Coupeville dock has always been plagued by low tides and heavy winds issues for the decades it has existed; it's not exactly the best kind of docking slip to get to, but once you _do_ get in there it is very sheltered from the wind. The route is already a 40min sailing when the now-retired Steel-Electric Class was working there. But, it would be quite difficult to move the dock to a new location on the western side of Whidbey Island, seeing as it's mostly a retirement and lightweight farming community with Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) on the north end. With the Mukilteo dock being moved a few miles to the north opening in 2020-ish, _perhaps_ a better alternative would have been to remove the -Keystone- Coupeville dock from service entirely, and instead run a Mukilteo-Port Townsend route instead. This would have a lot of disadvantages though- it would increase the run-time significantly and come into conflict with the crucial shipping lane in/out of Puget Sound, not to mention increasing exposure time to the elements... all of this just to avoid the tricky-but-doable irritations of the current -Keystone- Coupeville dock. A different dock could be used, though- Anacortes-Port Townsend, but Anacortes serves both the San Juan Islands _and_ the Sydney, B.C., Canada routes, and the space available on Fidalgo Island at the current dock location is not ideal for expansion. So, -Keystone- Coupeville-Port Townsend it is for now.
That's a Pro captain doing a great job under challenging conditions!
In 1998 (or 1999) we were living in the Seabeck area and is commute to Everett to work at the Boeing plant, there.
One night there was a major storm when the power went out, trees down allover, and a lot of rain. I stayed up most the night because if the storm and to make sure I was up in time to get to work.
I made it to the Kingston Docks on time, meet up with the vanpools and got on the ferry when it was safe to do so
Being very tired I laid down in the van and tried to get some sleep. Well, that wasn't too be.
About a quarter of the way to Edmonds the boat hit some huge waves where one in particular cause the bow to lurch high and then slapped down hard. I sat up to see nothing but sea spray. Cars, and a motorcycle, around the van were pushed back by the on-rushing water, as the bow pushed under the waves.
I immediately got out of the van as the captain got on the PA and ordered everybody up to the passenger deck. As I got up to the passenger deck I noticed many had spilled their coffees and they were trying to clean them up.
When we arrived in Edmonds the captain told us that the ferries would not be operating anymore until the storm abated.
We were able to get the ferry ride back at the end if the day.
What a fun time.
I was on a final run from Kingston to Edmonds and hit a windstorm...blew a window out. But also on that route...we got close to a container ship crossing our path and their wave sent in a slow motion rock from side to side.
@@jugeebean Yesterday we were coming home from Orcas to Anacortes - totally calm. But Coupeville to Port Townsend was another story. Holy shit was that scary!! Been fortunate all these years to never have taken a ferry in a storm.
For those not from the area, there are also wicked tidal currents to deal with. I think this is often the hardest landing in all of Washingtons Ferry system.
We took the Kennewick from Coupeville to Pt. Townsend yesterday afternoon and my god that was stressful as hell! Ferry was all over the place and slamming down. Cars were hopping and rocking. 10' swells easy. I had to focus out the back at Whidbey for something to concentrate on. I have never taken a ferry in rough weather like that before. Makes it a completely different experience.
@@THX-ov8rv Pretty wild ride. I remember commuting on the old foot ferries on the Bremerton-Seattle run. 1990/1991. If you sat down in the bottom of the boat, you could FEEL the waves and the logs hammer the hull you had your back against, for the entire ride on a stormy day.
Not the most comforting feeling and why I used to refer to those particular boats as "The Tin Cans".
I work for WSF and can confirm this is the hardest route in the fleet and often if it's a new captian to the route they send a 2nd captian for the first few crossings on rough days to make sure all goes well.
I have been on the Mukilteo ferry during rough weather. Water always splashes up on to the car deck and the ship rocks around. It is really fun! (Make sure that you wash your car if you take one of these ferries during rough weather because salt water rusts your car much more easily than fresh water.
Been on that ferry many times but never that rough. The captain earned his pay that day. I will wager everyone was happy to get off in Coopeville.
good memories of childhood on ferries getting tossed in the winter storms. always my favorite ferry rides.
Amazing!
That captain has ice blood. It is from another world.
The ferry system at Seattle is one of those things that is just COOL! I would sometimes just Walk-on the ferry and spend a Saturday afternoon riding back and forth....The food and beverages are OK and not too terribly overpriced....Try it!
@@notsoaverageslovenian
Regrettably....No. But, given the opportunity, I would. I haven't lived in Seattle for many years. But, that ferry ride would be on my Top 10 Things To Do List if I should return.
There are heavy duty Rip Tides just outside the cove there. The weather didn’t especially look stormy to me, but the Rip Tides are pretty dangerous as you can tell by the rocking of the boat!
Was on the Bainbridge ferry years ago and the horizon was disappearing out of both the top and bottom of the windows. Rocky ride that evening.
Scary shit !!
We lived in Yakima and been to Seattle numerous times to visit,stay,n play... caught a lot of ferries over the waters, but this one you definitely got your money's worth on a ride.. those ships are so cool to ride on.. definitely Pacific northwest!
RUclips: *recommends videos*
Me: *scrolls through recommendations*
RUclips: *recommends video of the ferry I ride where I live*
Me:
At this point I'm waiting for the google hitman
OMG I've taken that ferry to Port Townsend and back to Ft. Casey travelling between my home here in Everett and Port Angeles SO MANY times lol on foot back when I was a teenager, all the way up to last summer.
The Whidbey Island route between Seattle and the Olympic Peninsula is the ONLY way to go!
My younger brothers and I were born in Coupeville. I miss the ferry rides in Washington.
Was just there last weekend with my hubby. We want to move our young family there. Did you like growing up in coupeville?
Nice piece of boat driving!
I admire the captain and pilot's skills in navigating a tricky approach in the best of weather, let alone gale force winds like this.
The captain is the pilot on these boats 😊
Making the wind work for the Capt. crew & passengers. Well done.
Hat's off to all the crew and captain.
So glad to watch a video with GOOD music. Thanks for posting!
Audra Odeh NO music would be right.
I have road this ferry many, many times. Once I brought a friend along and we were seriously being tossed like this. All she could say was OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG... 🤣 My grandpa lived right on the other side off Fort Casey Rd. I love Ebey's landing awesome little camp ground there and large park with old bunkers from WW2. people should check it out. Coupeville, WA. My husband (rip) was a joker and when my nieces and nephews were little we would ride the old ferries. Once we were on the Klickatat and the kids asked why it was called Klickatat. My husband said, because when it goes across the water it makes the sound Klickatat, Klickatat, Klickatat 😉 🤣😂
Port Townsend Washington is one of my favorite places in the world. I have been there so many times before when I was still a seaman. We always go to Port Hudlock.
POLLYANNA POSITIVE why Port Hadlock?
@@yonemitsu1 i was a seaman working for the U.S. Navy
I grew up on Bainbridge Island, 8 miles west across Puget Sound from Seattle. That was the 1950s, when they were still running wooden flat bottoms smaller than this dating from the 1930s. We took those ferries all of the time. Only twice did I get a ride so rough that I became focused on what I should do if the boat swamped or rolled. The big steel boats used now on that run just plow through the swells - it's quite a show for the newby, particularly if you go down on the lower car deck. (Yes, you can get a salt water car wash in very rough sea.)
Um, being on that ferry yesterday in even worse conditions did NOT feel at all like the boat just 'plowed thru the swells'. She was slamming down and we were rolling a good 45degrees in every direction. Scary shit!
As a Vancouver Island resident and usually taking BC ferries why do a lot of the Washington ferries in the fleet not have a closed car deck? Is there a risk that if weather gets too rough the waves could overwhelm the open car deck and possibly cause it to sink? Makes me think of the accident with the Estonia ferry fiasco in Europe where the car deck opened up and the rough weather caused the ferry to founder.
I live in Admirals cove and took the port Townsend ferry before it's definitely a rocky ride my son couldn't handle it. We were taking a trip to Forks 😀
I was just on that route yesterday wow didn’t know it could have been one of these trips
We took that route yesterday - and it was very scary! Ferry was all over the place and slamming down from the 10'+ swells. No thank you!!!
Have been on Salish many times, but down here between Vashon and Tacoma in some much calmer waters when she was taking over for her sister ship Chetzemoka
When it comes to boating, I'm with you all the way, even when it is rocking like this one. When I was not in school, my grand-father and I had a fifteen foot boat we go fishing every Friday and Saturday, it was fun. I wish I had a boat now, but I am not a millionaire. Can't afford it.
Really weird as part of this dosnt give you a true perspective of the conditions ie looks reasonable but second look and the ferrys been tossed around like a Cork!!! Great peice of film, thanks for sharing 👍👍
When I looked through the car deck and saw how wildly their perspective must be changing - that was the best indicator for me. Oh those folks must have felt ....sick sick sick.
@@picklesnoutpenobscott3165 It was awful!!
Focus on the truck toward the bow of the car deck and that'll tell you how much that boat was rockin'. I rode that route during a high-wind day but it was _nothing_ like _this._
That route’s got a history of occasionally being an interesting ride, even cancelled on rare instances!
Living on Whidbey, if only cancellation s were rare occasions! I've been stranded a couple times by the Port Townsend route.
Granted given that they're the smallest ships over the roughest route and trickiest docks, it's not surprising. Keystone is a hard landing.
Cancellations are more often due to tides than weather; but weather _can_ be an issue from Fall to Spring. Keystone-Pt Townsend crosses over open water to the Pacific so that route's more susceptible to rough seas and high winds. But more often I've gotten to Pt Townsend only to find out the sailing was cancelled on account of low tides.
wau, what a prof captain, so greath,, greatings from denmark
Greetings to you from Sequim, WA!
Knowing how the north sea can get, this must seem tame from your perspective. Still, the sea is the sea, and must be respected always.
The Baltic sea is rarely this bad.
That was amazing. I don't like riding on ferries, but that was really amazing.
Grew up on Whidbey Island not far from this ferry dock. Rode this route many times in far worse weather years ago on smaller and older ferryboats. Taking water over the bow that would then run to the stern and drain off the boat was common in winter.
This is mild compared to worse storms. Busted the hull on a ferry a few years back and found extensive damage to the other ferries for the route, this is one of the newer ones with reenforced hulls just for PT/Coupvile.
It is a very intense, nerve wracking ride! No thank you!
That is the most rough water capable boat in the fleet, along with its sister ships in the Kwa di tabil class. Beam seas cause rolling and those are the prevailing conditions on the route when the northwest wind sweeps in the Straits.
Actually its the least rough water capable vessel in our fleet due to it having no keel and a very shallow hull as well as a huge surface area on its sides. But since voters refused a different dock on whidbey, wsf had to build these vessels in order to navigate the very very shallow keystone harbor. Anacortes run gets hit much harder than port townsend and our larger vessels take it much better.
wrong. These ships are horribly designed pieces of crap. The ships they replaced were good ships and would never have rocked like that nor would have had any issues with those winds.
@@UberNerd When were they replaced? I have taken these ferries plenty of times over the years and not until more recently noticed the ride is much rougher. Yesterday from Coupeville to Pt Townsend was especially harry.
I need a bucket...
Nice video, well done!
God bless the Boss Man/Woman at the wheel! I’ll be taking this ferry in a couple of weeks and I truly hope I have a smoother ride! 😬
Great work Cap!
Very skillful handling of a ship that is not easy to control in conditions like that !
Couldn't tell
Wow! The captain drove that Ferry, like a pro!
Nice landing despite the weather. I'd be nice to have a wingwall on the port side on the approach as an insurance marker.
Been on that ferry MANY times in that kind of weather over the years.
How much does it cost to be on one??
Like $9 walk on, $17 on up depending on your vehicle size and probably certain ferry’s ⛴
I've taken the PT-Keystone ferry several times, with weather rivaling this; but not this windy and rough -- not going toward Keystone anyway. That approach angle is generally not the favored approach, but in wind like that it would be very hard on the passengers to be taking beam waves all the way across.
I have taken that ride in the past, but not in weather like that! Wow!
We did yesterday! I was not ok!
Great video. I wouldn't fancy being on that ! :)
Very nice video with the right background sound.
I’ve been on this ferry in calm seas, but passing through the wake of cruise ship. It’s hard to imagine a ship of this size being tossed about.
Good navigating!
I've ridden the ferry on some rough waves but probably not this rough. My rides definitely were not this dramatic.
last time i was on that ferry it was pretty calm and it was still a pretty rocky ride.
...welcome to Washington...>)
good cpt. Well done!
We sailed on the Kennewick from Coupeville to Port Townsend yesterday. Hole Lee shit!! Mukilteo from now on!!!
I LIKE PORT TOWNSEND WASHINGTON. IT'S OUR LIBERTY PORT EVERYTIME WE ARE IN PORT HUDLOCK WASHINGTON. I NEVER GET TIRED OF THAT PLACE.
Always found the naming of this run to be strange. Coupeville is actually on the opposite side of Whidbey and the ferry landing is Keystone.
coupeville is not on the other side its 5 miles away if that.
Keystone isn't a town.
I'm with Jorgen. It's been called the "Keystone run" since I was a kid. Maybe WSF trying to help dinky little Coupeville get on the map...
Agreed. Far as I'm concerned it will always be Keystone. No it's not a town, it's a landing. If anything call it Fort Casey if you can't handle Keystone for whatever reason. But Coupeville just ain't right. It's well north of Keystone on the lee side of the island, with its own cove FCOL!
@@briane173 I know, that was confusing to me too? I lived on Whidbey back in the 90's and recently visited. Couldn't quite visualize how the ferry was coming out of Coupeville to Port Townsend. It doesn't. But man, that ferry ride home was too, too much. Very scary.
Yeah weather can get kinda screwy in the Puget Sound my folks live on Orcas island and I went back to visit from college during what ended up as a really big winter storm 80+ mph gusts of wind, waves that went down the center of the car area of ferry and me being the forward most car and being tired stayed in the car sleep... No sleep was had, thought I was going to die from the windshield caving in on me the force the water was hitting it with... still shutter when I see that I will be riding on the elwha even now years later
We took the Kennewick yesterday out of Coupeville to Pt Townsend. Hole lee shit!! That was some scary shit I will tell you! I have ridden the ferries in Puget Sound many, many times but I never remember it being so violent like yesterday. We were being thrown every which way and the ferry was slamming down, cars bouncing and rocking, alarms going off. Makes me not want to take a ferry again :(
"all passengers are advised to remain seated"
All passengers are to remain YEETED
I live in Coupeville and take.this ferry often. it's most frequently cancelled and have had a few pretty rough sailing myself.
Currently landlocked ... Definitely want to go back!
i have been on this crossing back in the early 2000s when it was like that . . you had to get your sea legs real quick like
What storm, a high sided vessel catching the wind, rolling a bit, nothing to get your knickers in a twist!!
No storm...just wind
FYI have done shipyard work on WSF. Have absolutely no watertight redundancy . Just a giant bathtub below the car deck. Once it starts taking water goodby
Isnt that how one sank in the late 80s?
@@shannamac3974 We had a bridge sink and one ferry run aground but don't remember a ferry going down.
and Dog if that was the case you know as much as i that the Coast Guard wouldn't let them sail.same with the Victora run since any of the ships that sail 'international' have to meet certain maritime codes and standards.
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Watertight doors. Up to two compartments can be flooded
Scary... Whoever was in charge of the ferry deserves a drink after that...
I’d ride with that skipper anytime!
HAHA AFTER THAT, I WOULD HAVE SEEN A LOT OF I-5 DRIVING BACK HOME LOL
We took this ferry yesterday precisely because I didn't want to take I-5!! WRONG decision! We were rocking and rolling extreme!!
Wooow really good vid nice one keep it up mate don 👌👌👌👌🤠🇬🇧
Such beautiful day for a storm
One more thing, during the Summer Tourist Season I figured out that it is much better to be the last car out on a busy get than to be the first off.
Those of you from WA, Seattle area, will fully understand this. Others, well, think it through... It'll make sense when you figure it out.
Geographically speaking, the ferry lands in Keystone , Coupeville is across the Island on the east side. The worse thing for the ferries is the 2 to 3 knt cross current thats possible here. During heavy larger seasonal tides times of crossing are actually canceled due to the extreme cross current. Keystone is the scariest dock of all the Puget sound runs. The wind makes it even more challenging.
It was very scary. Borderline terrifying if I am being honest.
@@THX-ov8rv I know the area well. The old ferries used to roll big time in a north north westerly wind. Especially on an ebb tide. It can be a nasty place. Damn I posted this comment 2 years ago!!
@@captbad9313 Been several years since I have been up to the San Juans. We visited Orcas the last few days and Doe Bay was alot like I remember it from my way younger days ;) That ferry home though . . . yikes!!
@@THX-ov8rv I baled on the coast 15 years ago Don't want anything to do with the place anymore, it's not the geography, its the people. I am happy to be living 480 miles inland where heavy traffic is 5 cars in 20 miles. I hope your well and happy where you are. Stay safe and watch ur back. Lots of very weird carp is going on the way I see it. Take care and good luck..
@@captbad9313 Oh hell no!! As soon as my husband retires we are hoping to head to N. Idaho! We do NOT belong in WA! Insleeze gang is gutting this state.
This is typical for this route. I take this ferry all the time. Salish not running now. It's the Kennewick . my regular schedule
Fuck Kennewick and Richland and Pasco too. Trash cities
Janet i kinda missed Port Townsend. Do you have any more vedio.
must of been crazy
i been on the klickitat on rough seas
What a ride!
i have been on this run when it was just like that. you had to get your sea legs really fast.
Lol, been on that ferry ...
Nice job!
It’s got a big hole through the hull!
The vesel is just like a toy being rocked by the wild sea.
I wonder how many people threw up during that roll, because i see nobody on the upper deck, if anyones was up there they are super brave in those conditions
It’s one of my favorite ferry runs that WSF does. But I’ve seen far worse footage. Theirs one where the WSF is getting pounded by waves/wind in a winter storm. Water nearly eclipsing the bow of the ferry,
My sister and I were on the Bainbridge Ferry in November storm in the 80’s and it was so violent the vending machines fell over. Now they just cancel runs.
@@liesbethrobison Oh god! For such a nanny state they don't seem to really give a shit about the ferry system!
luv this Job!!!!! get to work on the cardeck during this stuff and its awesome!!!!!!!
Got Sea Sick just viewing this thing, ha ha.
I never understood why Washington state ferries have no doors , even most of the smaller ones in British Columbia do....
I was on that trip!
been taking the fauntleroy ferry for 16 years
That's rough water specially the boat is trying to get to port.
Not exactly rough, certainly no storm. Just it has no freeboard! Just a bit of a roll from a beam sea off one quarter.
It’s not Coupeville, it’s Keystone. Coupeville is on the other side of the island. Yes, I know the city annexed the area solely so they could attach their name to the ferry run, but Coupeville is on the other side of the island. The ferry dock is at Keystone. 😾
Just about within her operating limits , bigger seas would have been huge problem .
Wow!!
This is three years ago wow
Wild Ride !!!
Looks like that thing would roll in the dry dock.
Bbrilliant
Looks very top heavy, a lot of superstructure in relationship to the hull. Smallest hull and tremendous superstructure.
...And off-balance straight out of the shipyard too! The single smokestack is on one side only, and as a result, the cars and fuel loads must be precisely balanced every single time, or they will _always_ list to one side! The three ships of the class were slapped together so fast (because they didn't want to pay that private contractor boat anymore than they absolutely had to) that they didn't think of that. Also, because they're intentionally so shallow in their draft (specifically so they can dock at Coupeville), it makes them even more unstable in the rough seas here!
And the bow is wide open, should have a bow visor that opens to let vehicles on and closes when the ship is under way. From stem to stern that whole design is terrible.
Well, to be fair, the -Keystone- Coupeville dock has always been plagued by low tides and heavy winds issues for the decades it has existed; it's not exactly the best kind of docking slip to get to, but once you _do_ get in there it is very sheltered from the wind. The route is already a 40min sailing when the now-retired Steel-Electric Class was working there. But, it would be quite difficult to move the dock to a new location on the western side of Whidbey Island, seeing as it's mostly a retirement and lightweight farming community with Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) on the north end.
With the Mukilteo dock being moved a few miles to the north opening in 2020-ish, _perhaps_ a better alternative would have been to remove the -Keystone- Coupeville dock from service entirely, and instead run a Mukilteo-Port Townsend route instead. This would have a lot of disadvantages though- it would increase the run-time significantly and come into conflict with the crucial shipping lane in/out of Puget Sound, not to mention increasing exposure time to the elements... all of this just to avoid the tricky-but-doable irritations of the current -Keystone- Coupeville dock.
A different dock could be used, though- Anacortes-Port Townsend, but Anacortes serves both the San Juan Islands _and_ the Sydney, B.C., Canada routes, and the space available on Fidalgo Island at the current dock location is not ideal for expansion.
So, -Keystone- Coupeville-Port Townsend it is for now.
Not as top heavy as you think she is.
I wonder how many yahoos they had to clean up behind after that crossing.
Storm? Hell I've seen worse storms in my bath tub. If you call that a storm maybe I should come work there.
If you were on that ferry you'd understand,
This is the video I show people when they complain the PT route is down for mild winds or low tides
0:26 green water on the foredeck, yarly.
Hard-a-lee!!!!
What storm?????seen bigger waves in my bath.
What storm.
what music did you use