Exploring an abandoned Ferry from 1938 

Kids will be kids - we've all done the exploring thing, and I probably would have done this one as well at you age. Having said that, It's a highly irresponsible thing to do; a careless step here and you would soon be in big trouble. While that's bad enough, I don''t hold with the idea of removing things that are not your property! It's theft at the end of the day. The fact that the locals don't like you being there, and that you had to have someone keep watch, tells it all, for you abused their wishes and used the opportunity to steal. The fact that the vessel is an abandoned wreck does not absolve your behaviour or intentions.

Take only photos, leave only footprints, thats the golden rule of urbex guys. 😊

I spent a summer riding the ferries back and forth to work. Lived on Bainbridge. Earned enough to get back to Rhode Island by bus for my steady ”winter” job. They were beautiful boats, in a stunning location.❤️

Sad to see Olympic in such poor shape. I remember riding on this vessel once from Orcas to Anacortes during the 80's. It was filling in for another vessel - only time I was ever on this ferry. That would have been not long before she was retired. For a number of years after Washington State Ferries unloaded it, you could see it in Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island, and then the current owners (I'm guessing) moved it to Ketron. Olympic's near sistership (not exactly identical) was Rhododendron, which served the Point Defiance-Tahlequah run for the last decade or so of her career, and was retired in 2012. That ship is up in British Columbia now, anchored in Fanny Bay on Vancouver Island.

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.

Interesting video. To make a point if everyone took a souvenir there would nothing left to see on the boat for future explorers.

Well done all around...Thank You!

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'.

Cool but sketchy watch your step. Thanks for the tour .Be safe our there fellas .

Somewhere, I still have a picture I took of the Olympic, back when it was still moored at Eagle Harbour, on Bainbridge Island. The owner was going to turn it into a floating restaurant that would do leisurely sailings up and down the island, but the story goes that the state told him he would get the ferry "as is", then they turned around and ripped all the navigation gear out of it. He lobbied for years to get it back but they never gave it up, Eventually, the excuse was it was all thrown out and that they didn't even have it anymore. He's since sold the ferry and the new owners have moved it off the island and moored it at Ketron Island, where this video was shot. ...btw, the picture at the end of the video, labeled "1938" was actually shot in the mid 1970's. The boat is leaving the old Keystone dock (now called "Coupeville", even though that town is actually several miles away from that dock) on Whidbey Island.

nice explore thanks

That's a cool design, almost like a space ship, 1930s art deco style 😎

I have used stuff from abandoned places, vehicles, etc. I feel it's good luck because I'm letting these things live the life they're supposed to have

You shouldn't take anything from abandoned locations, it's bad luck.

Sad to see it in such a poor state😔

It already looks like somebody started scrapping the top deck

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

Kool video, thanks

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

Surprised to see this old ferry still around and more or less still in one piece. It’s probably on its last respite before being broken up. Except for being converted into an old house boat or a pier side store, there is not much that can be done with this old boat. She is to big to haul around and to far gone to bring back into operational condition. It’s way to expensive to do that. She just aged out and her arrangement made it difficult and expensive to be upgraded. And now, much of her hull plating and structure would probably need to be replaced to be made seaworthy and safe.

Remember take nothing but photos, and leave only footprints

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.

Thanks for the great video. Sad to see you don't adhere to the old "take nothing but pics..." edict.

Thats so cool

Great video waiting for more of such videos. Hope you are fine.

I see this ferry every day and have been curious what condition the inside was in. That’s really sad and cool.

Sad to see all that machinery and parts in the engine go to waste

Now I know what your rucksack looks like!

I knew that was Puget Sound because I use to walk that area.

Better lighting for the down below shots would be beneficial, looks like there was a problem with the crank with the inspection cover off, more engine pictures if poss next time please

That's my pipe wrench, I'm calling the cops.

If it was abandoned it wouldn’t have a relatively new “Private property” sign on it.

Why humans always let expensive things decay instead of using it elsewhere. All this huge waste everywhere.

He11, I thought for a minute there you guys just went there for a snatch rope, and figured you'd film it !

thx for the video guys ! you deserve more views and subscribers

Probably don’t take stuff even if it is abandoned

Surprising it was taken and converted for use in WW2 certainly would have been if it was in Europe as a lot of ships were taken converted for military use then handed back even Superyahcts of the time were taken in Europe by both sides.

Hey ! I need that big 36" Stillson wrench back there !

I'd say those engines are definitely seized up

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!

By the way, nice Jeff Spicoli sneakers!

She was beached in 2009. Currently is being dismantled for the metal.

Well, somebody lives in the house, at 1:39 nice new windows installed and some work going on inside the house

0:59 Rhododendron class ferry.

That looks like an old Washington State Ferry

Guy in blue got a dump truck

I would have grabbed that big pipe wrench and kept it.

That is a stupid light to bring.

Probably built by the Skansie brothers shipbuilding in Gig Harbor who were the only ones building ferries for WA State Puget Sound area with them building the 1st one in 1927.

Pretty risky walking on that old pier

Vintage pipewrench. I would have grabbed that as well 👍

Love this music, who is it? Also, is this in Washington state?

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.

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.

New subscriber here..Great video dude 👍

Wonder if was diesel electric with GE or Westinghouse DC propulsion motors, ?

The end-video shot of it from 1938 looks like it was taken at Keystone landing in Coupeville. I live right up the hill from there. Wild. Can I join your exploration team? lol

Old ships are probable asbestos-contaminated sites, take care.

looks like maybe the Ocean City currently beached on Anderson Island?

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?

Wait - it's got a prop and rudder at each end?

Started off enjoying the video till the theft

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.

This would make a fine home until it deteriorates enough for someone’s feet to fall to the gluggy rusted engine room

That is still sound .

Only watching this now as it just came up as i was browsing through. Great vid but it seems a shame that not much has happened in the 2 years since u made this lads, do u have another channel now or just other projects taking priority 😂🎉🍺

sad to see it like that i never rode on it. but heard story's of it.

Pretty cool how the hull sort of resembles the Monitor from ground level, looking up

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.

Society is very wasteful.

You guys should have to worry about a captain or look out on that very boat in the only reason why I say that because its onshore not in the water

Where is this ferry ⛴?

Was it a car Ro Ro ferry.

Pacific Northwest somewhere?

Started to watch and was then disappointed by the lack of voice over, giving any details to the ferry etc, which they could of added afterwards, so overall not as good as it could of been

Where is it?

Yep. The Olympic.

I wonder if they are aware of all that asbestos in this ship

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Not quite as stylish as the Kalakala was

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.

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Boys.. This seems tobe useless exploration without any commentary and details of the place explored.

now we no who thiefts are. incomeing lawsuit.

Where was this

As I'm from the other side of the Atlantic as an English man it's certainly not in the UK, without reading the comments is it in Alaska or Canada . What's with the face been covered Gents surely Police won't bust you for looking round a ship. In the UK there's a ship in land that was used as a huge market or their was .

Steam powered.

Does the word TRESPASS mean anything to you????

Terrible job filming, prob mist half of the shots

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.

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!

Boring , I'd rather watch a fury dogs turd grow more fur

Coolt!!!

He's wearing a mask outside. That's all I need to know.

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