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| Name: | Victoria Star 2 |
| Namesake: | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Owner: | San Juan Cruises |
| Operator: | San Juan Cruises |
| Port of registry: | Bellingham, Washington |
| Route: | Bellingham-Victoria, Bellingham - Friday Harbor |
| In service: | purchased by SJC in 1995 |
| Identification: | MMSI number: 367091440 |
| Status: | in active service |
| Notes: | The largest passenger-only vessel in Bellingham |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | passenger ferry, charter boat |
| Length: | 96 ft (29 m) |
| Installed power: | 3 x Detroit Diesel 12V-71 TI |
| Propulsion: | 3 propellers |
| Capacity: | 149 passengers |
| Crew: | 4 |
Victoria Star 2 is a 96-foot (29 m) passenger only foot ferry owned and operated by San Juan Cruises. [1] The ferry has operated during the summer months between Bellingham, Washington, United States, and the Inner Harbour in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, making one round trip daily. For the 2011 season, service to Victoria has been cancelled and the ferry is operating to Friday Harbor and other destinations in the San Juan Islands. [2]
A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi.
Bellingham is the county seat and most populous city of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. Located 52 miles southwest of Vancouver, 90 miles north of Seattle, and 21 miles south of the Canada-US border, Bellingham is in between two major metropolitan areas, Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. The city’s population was 80,885 at the 2010 United States Census. With an April 1, 2018 population estimate of 88,500 per the Washington State Office of Financial Management, Bellingham is the twelfth-most populous city in the state of Washington.
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The vessel started her life as a mud boat ferrying supplies and personnel in the Gulf of Mexico. Converted into a passenger ferry, she later served the islands off Los Angeles, California (including Catalina Island). In 1992 and 1995 she served as a spectator's vessel during the America's Cup races held off the coast of San Diego, California. She was purchased later in 1995 by her current owner and brought to her current homeport of Bellingham, Washington where she continues to serve as a ferry and tourist vessel.
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Primary power is provided by three (3) Detroit Diesel 12V-71 TI (Turbo - Intercooled) engines each driving its own propeller. Auxiliary power is supplied by Detroit Diesel generators. Typically a crew consists of one captain, one mate (unlicensed), and two deckhands to operate the vessel during each trip.
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A propeller is a type of fan that transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust. A pressure difference is produced between the forward and rear surfaces of the airfoil-shaped blade, and a fluid is accelerated behind the blade. Propeller dynamics, like those of aircraft wings, can be modelled by Bernoulli's principle and Newton's third law. Most marine propellers are screw propellers with fixed helical blades rotating around a horizontal axis or propeller shaft.
