Which would be cheaper, a new build Corvette or outfitting the AOPS with appropriate radar, ESSM, and a bigger gun?
The CEO of Seaspan, Kyle Washington, is a Canadian. But I just wish the company itself wasn’t owned by his American dad who owns the parent organization (the Washington Companies). Still I haven’t seen any signs of conflicted loyalties. But you never know in this day and age of Trump, Hoekstra and Lutnick. Political and economic events turn on a dime any more.
Single shaftline no thank you.It sounds as if, for the CDC, he might be looking for something like the Rasmussen (205O tonnes fully loaded, PC6, 70 m, crew of 18 + 25, helo deck, mini CB90, 1x 76, 2x 12.7, ESSMs and torpedos) but perhaps with a bit longer legs.
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Too slow, Topshee is looking for mid twenty knots. He wants a Halifax in a smaller package. Listen to Topshee’s interview with Noah:It sounds as if, for the CDC, he might be looking for something like the Rasmussen (205O tonnes fully loaded, PC6, 70 m, crew of 18 + 25, helo deck, mini CB90, 1x 76, 2x 12.7, ESSMs and torpedos) but perhaps with a bit longer legs.
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I'm thinking something like this:Too slow, Topshee is looking for mid twenty knots. He wants a Halifax in a smaller package. Listen to Topshee’s interview with Noah:
Let's Talk with Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
Noah grapples with his internal struggle (and external anxiety) as he speaks with Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy about:
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The BC Ferries buys their new ferries off shore where our dollars go further (high dollar).
Isn't it also a case where there's not really any capacity left open for something that size on BCF's timelines?
It is certainly the case for the last number of years but later delivered ferries such as the Island-class and Salish-class, were built in Romania and Poland because of pricing.
I forgot to mention the big Coastal-class ferries that were built in Germany. Before the Coastals, BC Ferries had the Queens, which were built in either North Vancouver and Victoria and stayed in service until the end of their useful lives. Somewhere in the 1990s the provincial government had 3 PacifiCat class (catamarans) built in North Vancouver and they were a failure and retired in short order. The following elected provincial government choose to buy off shore for new ferries. All succeeding governments followed suit.
