Hey! I took a look at your channel, lots of cool content! Please though, for your own safety, you and your friends should wear masks to protect you from the asbestos that is in these old places. We tried to go in the large office section, we had the masks and filters ready but security chased us off. Asbestos is a serious thing, so please take a look into it.
thank you for the info and feedback! I have since gotten a good respirator for these older places, I just need to buy a new filter next time I go. Sorry to hear that you were unable to get into the office area. Keep up the great work!@@BreadEx-
Thank you for the comment! And yes, unfortunately the day after I posted this a juvenile caught it ablaze. Thankfully we had taken the videos weeks prior.
Blade switches and what looked like Triple Expansion engines very cool definitely a different era. As mentioned void spaces on ships can have very low O2 levels and even poison gas. Looks like who every docked this did place vent hoses to help prevent this or just odd placement who knows. Be safe
Hahaha. Nope. Electro Motive Division of General Motors. Detroit Diesel division started in 1939, merged with Allison in '65, merged with Penske in '88 to form DDC. Diamler acquired DDC in 2k.
So many abandoned ships,houses, cars etc and then I mean there is clearly nobody interested in it anymore and things are rotting away….take what you can take so it can start a new usefull life
Interesting ship. I used to go urbexing many years ago - the the unwritten rules are 'take nothing but photos - leave nothing but footprints'. We NEVER took a thing from any building or vehicle we went on or in! People already think Urbexers are TROUBLE so please dont get us a worse name by stealing stuff! If we ever got stopped by the cops we showed them our cameras and they searched us - NEVER carry matches or any ignition source or you can get charged with attempted arson - NEVER carry a knife of any kind - thats even worse if caught ! They usually let us go some with a telling off not to return others to BE CAREFUL out there and BEHAVE but you get on now!! Sometimes IF they were just security guards - they would take your memory cards or tell you to delete them whilst they watched. Other times we just RAN! My camera runs TWO memory cards that record simultaneously - so I would give them ONE card and they never knew!
Hey scope! We were so new to this when we filmed it years ago, and we understand the rules to this now. Unfortunately the area we are in is not exactly safe to be exploring places without some sort of protection. For the future we are bringing pepper spray because there can be homeless people in these places who are extremely violent and high on drugs. We definitely don’t want to take anything from anywhere moving forward and I appreciate you looking out for us.
When I see stuff like this, ostensibly in good exterior condition, I always think what a waste and surely it must be more economic to renovate and re-engine such vessels rather than build new from scratch. But I suppose ferry design has moved on considerably since 1938 with more advanced safety requirements. The Olympic here had a long working history until her final trip in 1994, and was mothballed in 1997. She was sold for $91 million to an entrepreneur who had unrealised plans to turn her into a tourist vessel, and now it is being slowly dismantled on the beach at Ketron Island.
Engine looks to be toast or missing a lot of parts, would be expensive to try to fix that outdated thing. So a new engine is needed. Hull would need to be inspected for signs of fatigued or broken welds, panels or other metals and then have all the faults fixed. Electrical system also need to be inspected and without doubt is in such a shape that it would need to be modernized. And many of these works are much more time consuming and costly to do on a already built ship than just build a new one. If the ship was of historical importance then I would support to renovate this heap of scrap, but that is sadly all it is, a heap of scrap that should be scrapped.
Hey! Thank you so much for your excitement. If you would like to contact me, I would love it if you sent an email. What is your email address? I’ll msg you promptly.
I was able to visit the Olympic and capture some drone footage. I half expected someone to run out with a shotgun and shoot me down. Thanks for sharing your adventure.
The brainless spray can people always remind me of dogs peeing to mark their territory, they do it blindly without thinking about how they deface things.
I saw 'Vita' written on the inside of this abandoned ferry, it reminded me of my childhood in Portsmouth during the 70's, a ferry ran across the harbour called 'Vita'.
..Yes, most ferries built in the past did, so that way the ship could be sailed in both directions, without having to turn around, to load or unload it's cargo, in this case vehicles it was transporting.
This must be by fresh water to be in such good condition, but if the water is not tidal, then how did this ship become high and dry? Correction, I can see it is tidal after all, so how can it be in such good condition?
Just a word of caution: Seafarers die on a regular basis when they enter "Enclosed Spaces" on ships, the steel structure absorbs oxygen in the rusting process which leads to an inert gas situation so people die from Hypoxia. You should test the atmosphere of an enclosed space with a gas monitor device to ensure the air is breathable.
Thank you for the advice! Someone else mentioned something like this and I will not be forgetting any time soon! I appreciate everyone looking out for our safety
You need to get a girlfriend Mate. What you did here and Post it for the World to see is fairly Incredible. Exactly, what did you expect to get? A Secret Pot gold? You must have Zero Respect for your life in a situation where you had absolutely no idea where your next foot was coming down. Presumably, the Rope trick was your escape route?? I Strongly Recommend you try to join the British Marines like i did as a kid. Beleive me, that will sort you out and you will get all the excitement you need! It may even make a responsible, self-respecting human being out of you. bizarre video!
This comment is oddly insulting and supportive at the same time. Thank you for your concern but both of us are happy with the way things are right now. And this video was filmed 3 years ago.
All in all a pretty dull and boring video. Ferries aren't the most interesting of vessels anyway. I agree with exploring but not looting. Better luck next time. be safe.
Thank you for the video. Perhaps you can take a look at my most recent video, or my RU-vid short. They are much more interesting, although the recent video is a longer one, it’s an interesting look at an uncommon place.
Is the engine on your boat really 8.0 HP? That must not go any faster than 15 MPH with the wind and waves at your back. I don't think it was meant to propel a boat that weight. That is a very interesting ferry boat. When was it actually abandoned/no longer maintained? That was definitely maintained way more recently than 1938. Old boats like that are sad. They are beautiful but cost so much to restore than it becomes nearly impossible.
The Olympic and The Rhododendron used to be the main boats on the Mukilteo/Clinton run. I believe they were both ex-Maryland vessels. Sad to see her in such poor shape.
I grew up on Whidbey Island in the 1960's The Olympic and the Rhododendron were the regular boats assigned to the Clinton to Mukilteo route. Rode each of them more times than I can count. The wooden hulled Chetzemoka was the backup boat and was also used when traffic was heavy, such as on holiday weeekends.
