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    Martin-Mars Bomber performing for the members of YF.
    This is the same Bomber that helped in putting out the California fires.

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    The 1st of 3 brand new Ferries has finally arrived from Germany, sporting 2010 Olympic livery.
    I believe these are the worlds largest double-ended Ferries.

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    What the heck were the Mars Bombers doing in Vancouver?
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    It's doing a capability demonstration for a Forestry Convention.
    Those pictures don't do it justice, this is a HUGE plane with a 200 foot wingspan, and can cover 4 acres with every drop.
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    Yes, I know they're huge. I've seen them up in Sproat Lake a few years back.
    unique birds...Is there only two now?
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    Local Mariner News

    Last False Creek boat-fuel station due to close

    By Christina Montgomery, The Province
    Published: Wednesday, February 06, 2008
    Thousands of recreational boaters who moor in Vancouver's False Creek -- and sail in English Bay -- could lose their only refuelling station by April.

    That would leave boaters with the choice of motoring for an hour through First Narrows to Coal Harbour's Chevron station, or toting their own jerry cans up and down docks at the creek's marinas.

    Imperial Oil now operates the gas dock tucked under the Burrard Street Bridge, the last of three that once served the busy commercial harbour, which is now home to a largely recreational fleet and a small number of commercial fishing boats.

    The station now sells about two million litres of fuel a year, down from about 20 million at the height of its operations.

    The fuel dock is also used by the creek's commuter ferries and Aquabuses.

    Imperial is pulling out of the marine-gas wing of its operations and closing seven stations along the coast of B.C.


    Stations in Fisherman's Cove in West Vancouver and in Steveston, Nanaimo, Campbell River, Port Hardy and Prince Rupert are also affected.

    The False Creek station was due to close next week, but the company has put the move off until the end of March in hopes of finding someone to take it over.

    Allan Keefe, who has managed the station for 22 years, made an offer, but Imperial told him he had insufficient financial backing.

    Keefe, who does most of his business during the summer, says he is worried that given the choice of battling the strong current at First Narrows, boaters will opt to haul their own gas to their boats -- risking spills and environmental damage.

    Company spokesman Pius Rolheiser said Imperial has approached the Vancouver park board and other parties about taking over the station, which the company would continue to supply, but no deal has been struck.

    Keefe has said Imperial wants a $10-million indemnity for the operation to continue, even though the new operator would act as an independent and not an Esso-brand station.

    Keefe can't provide that indemnity, but says that if the city leased the waterlot from the province and became his landlord, it would ensure the station would remain in the spot where it's been since 1938.

    Rolheiser declined to comment on any commercial negotiations, or on which other parties the company had spoken with.

    Korina Houghton, chair of the Vancouver park board, confirmed that Imperial approached the board in January with information.


    The board manages the False Creek site, which is adjacent to the city's Burrard Street marina.

    cmontgomery@pngcanwest.com
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    When I was a kid, my parents kept a boat off Middle River, MD. on Frog Mortar Creek. The end of the runway at the Glenn L. Martin Company was just beyond the marina. I remember those huge planes taking off and landing there. The biggest boat ramp ever is, I believe still there, at whats left of the old Martin plant. The ramp was to accomodate the Martin "flying boats" that they tested on the waters of Middle River.
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    M/Y Evergreen going through her Metamorphoses into Attessa IV...

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    Hey Outmywindow,

    Do you have any idea when the Attessa IV refit will be concluded?
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    I don’t know, but seeing what he did with the current Attessa, this one will be worth waiting for.
    No doubt, it will parade in front of my place in due time.
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    Love those Rayburns!
    I checked out thier website and I also like the 85' flybridge with the woodwork and the 108' Pilothouse with blacked out window mullions.
    Nice looks.
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    They are nice, I just wish they added some colour or wood, just to brake up the all white monotony.
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    Well that 85' flybridge would do it for the wood.
    And they do have renderings of dark hulls on thier site.
    The thing is to get someone to commit to building a yacht with a coloured hull or more wood trim.
    Why (when colour looks so much nicer) do so many white on white boats get built?
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    I guess there are people out there that don't like teak decking or highlight detail.
    Or it's just a cost and or maintenance decision.
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    A couple of Cruise Ship shots from yesterday's stroll..

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    Boy, the person in the second photo must feel like a number! How many cabins are in these behemoths!!
    And what the heck are those fore deck "thingies"
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