Coastal Inspiration

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M/V Coastal Inspiration
Shipbuilder:	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany
Launched:	August 31, 2007
Status:	Docked at Departure Bay, British Columbia on March 25, 2008
General characteristics
Displacement:	21,980 Tonnage
Length:	160 metres
Beam:	28.2 metres
Draft:	5.75 metres
Propulsion:	Unknown
Service Speed:	21 knots
Top Speed:	23.8 knots
Passengers:	1,650
Car capacity:	370 AEQ

M/V Coastal Inspiration is the second of three Coastal Class ships to be delivered to BC Ferries. Amenities include a Coast Cafe, Coast Cafe Express, Passages gift shop, coffee bar, SeaWest Lounge, Kid Zone play areas, arcade, business work stations, a conference room, and staterooms. The Coastal Inspiration (along with the Coastal Renaissance) are equipped with 'future galleys' which at this point in time are little more than empty rooms. At some point in the future, BC Ferries may elect to outfit this space as a complete galley and open a buffet style restaurant (a service currently available on the two S-Class vessels). The third Coastal Class vessel, the Coastal Celebration will be fitted with the full buffet and this second galley.

Due to the Coastal Class vessel's ability to carry a large quantity of overheight vehicles, BC Ferries has decided to operate the Coastal Inspiration on the Duke Point-Tsawwassen route.

The Coastal Inspiration was launched on August 31, 2007 and departed Flensburg on February 9, 2008, transited the Panama Canal on March 7, 2008, and arrived in Nanaimo, British Columbia at Departure Bay on March 25, 2008.

The Coastal Inspiration is scheduled to enter into service on June 16th, 2008. The vessel is expected to make unscheduled training runs during the week leading up to this date. Although the crew will have completed extensive onboard training by this time, these training runs will give the vessel's crew the opportunity to practise providing the additional services to the passengers that are not normally available on the other vessels in the BC Ferries fleet.

[edit] External links

• Shipbuilder's Specifications of Coastal Inspiration
• BC Ferries Newbuild Program
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[edit] References

• BC Ferries Press Release, September 17, 2004
• BC Ferries Press Release (vessel names), May 11, 2006
• BC Ferries Press Release (construction begins), August 29, 2006

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