Went this morning to the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. This is the place that the Alaska Ferry (Bellingham is the southern terminus for the Alaska Marine Highway) loads and unloads twice a week during the summer (once a week during the winter). Today, docked at the terminal were two very different eras of overwater conveyance. One one side was the massive Alaska ferry Malaspina. On the other side was the 130 foot long wooden schooner Zodiac. Zodiac was built around the turn of the century (19th to 20th) and, I believe, is the largest wooden schooner on the west coast. She was the boat (with hull painted black) in the movie of Jack London's Sea Wolf.
Alaska Ferry Malaspina docked at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal
The schooner Zodiac docked at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal.
Both boats represent the epitomy of technology for their respective eras. I wonder if the modern ferry will still be operating when it is over a hundred years old.
Thanks for looking.
David Helm
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