IN THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA
Sir,-As a Vancouver man I was ine terested in "G. le F.Y.’s" well-written article (Listener, November 30) in-which he described a trip on one of the Canadian Pacific Railway ferries . between Vancouver and Victoria, on Vancouver Island. ‘ Mr. Y. neglected to make a point of interest to New Zealanders who. trans-. port their cars on the inter-island ferries. The Canadian Pacific ships are all designed to accommodate pasengers’ cars below decks-you simply drive them into the ship through large doors in the hull, and drive them off again at the port of destination. The newest of these ferries, a 6000-ton vessel named Princess of Nanaimo, carries 1500 day passengers and between 130 and 150 cars. The Nanaimo has 22,500 square feet of parking space on two decks, New Zealand inter-island steamers, however, load cars ponderously on deck with ship’s gear, and they become saltencrusted during the voyage. Further, comparatively few cars can be carried. _ Admittedly, inter-island vessels. have "to, be thoroughly seaworthy (the, Straits of Georgia never get very rough), but this fact should not -prevent:, at © least the day-trip ships on the Picton .and Nelson runs being designed. to. accom- modate passengers’ cars bel6w decks.
CANNUCK
(Auckland)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 651, 21 December 1951, Page 5
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203IN THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 651, 21 December 1951, Page 5
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