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- Vessel Name
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- Vessel Make
- 1977 Marshall Californian 34 LRC
Rather than cause thread creep on the http://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/s3/tides-forward-progress-8177.html thread, I figured I'd move the Real McCoy ferry discussion here.
(apologies for the poor quality cellphone camera pix.)
markpierce mentioned that he saw the Real McCoy ferry on the water in his neighborhood. I had an opportunity to ride and photograph the Real McCoy before its retirement and got on the Real McCoy II while it was in the yard being modified.
Here's the Real McCoy which has been removed from service. It was the oldest piece of machinery in the CalTrans inventory; serial number 0001.
Two helms...
It was replaced with the Real McCoy II pictured below, but reliability problems in the drive system immediately surfaced on the new vessel. Real McCoy was placed back into service until repairs and modifications could be made and for months, the original Real McCoy sat tied up to the ferry landing structure, as pictured above, waiting to spring into service if needed.
Here's the Real McCoy II which seems to operate reliably enough to permanently retire the Real McCoy.
Two helms...
(apologies for the poor quality cellphone camera pix.)
markpierce mentioned that he saw the Real McCoy ferry on the water in his neighborhood. I had an opportunity to ride and photograph the Real McCoy before its retirement and got on the Real McCoy II while it was in the yard being modified.
Here's the Real McCoy which has been removed from service. It was the oldest piece of machinery in the CalTrans inventory; serial number 0001.
Two helms...
It was replaced with the Real McCoy II pictured below, but reliability problems in the drive system immediately surfaced on the new vessel. Real McCoy was placed back into service until repairs and modifications could be made and for months, the original Real McCoy sat tied up to the ferry landing structure, as pictured above, waiting to spring into service if needed.
Here's the Real McCoy II which seems to operate reliably enough to permanently retire the Real McCoy.
Two helms...