Thomas Rennie (ferry, 1951)

For the Toronto Harbour Commissioner, see Thomas Rennie (Harbour Commissioner).
Toronto ferry Thomas Rennie

The Thomas Rennie is a Toronto Island Ferry operated by the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division of the City of Toronto.[1] She was commissioned in 1951, the most recent of the three ferries that bring visitors to the Toronto Islands during the summer months.[2] She was named after a former member of the Toronto Harbour Commission.

She was built to carry 1000 passengers.[3] However, in 2012, Transport Canada new regulations limited her capacity to 500 passengers. The Rennie, the 'William Inglis and the Sam McBride had been modernized, only to find the modernization meant that they were no longer "grandfathered". After a year of lobbying, Transport Canada agreed to restore the ferries "grandfather" status.[4][5]

In October 2012 City Council decided that funds should be set aside to replace the Rennie and her two fleet-mates with modern vessels.[6]

specification[3]
Gross Tonnage: 424 t
Net Tonnage: 274 t
Length: 35.23 metres (115.6 ft)
Breadth: 10.08 metres (33.1 ft)
Depth: 2.71 metres (8.9 ft)
Draught: 1.82 metres (6.0 ft)
Self-Propelled Power: 900 brake horsepower
Speed: 10.3 knots (19.1 km/h)

References

  1. ↑ Larry Partridge (March 1976). "Toronto Island Ferry History: The Modern Fleet: 1935 - 1960". Retrieved 2003-03-14.
  2. ↑ Chris Bateman (2012-10-07). "Explaining Enwave, Ford's Jarvis figures, Island ferry names, and classic council clashes". BlogTO. Retrieved 2015-04-30. A former Toronto Harbour Commissioner, Rennie lived long enough to see the vessel christened in his honour. He died the next year aged 84.
  3. 1 2 "Vessel: Thomas Rennie". Canada Transport Agency. 2011-06-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  4. ↑ Niamh Scallan (2012-07-04). "New federal marine safety standards force Toronto ferries to carry fewer people". Toronto: Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2013-12-23. Retrieved 2015-04-30. Earlier this year, the federal agency reportedly told the city the three aging ferries were considered “new” as a result of the upgrades and ordered them to comply with current international marine safety standards.
  5. ↑ Niamh Scallan (2012-07-05). "Toronto Islands ferry passenger limits eased". Toronto: Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2015-04-30. Although the new passenger limits kicked in this spring, the trouble with Toronto’s aging ferry fleet began in 2008 when Transport Canada ordered the city to upgrade three boats — the William Inglis and Sam McBride, both built in the 1930s, and the Thomas Rennie, built in 1951. ... But what Transport Canada failed to tell parks staff, he said, was that the upgrades could cause the boats to lose their grandfathered status, which exempts the aging vessels from current marine safety standards.
  6. ↑ Niamh Scallan (2012-10-01). "Toronto's aging island ferries headed for retirement". Toronto: Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2015-04-30. After spending $5 million for ferry upgrades that had unintended negative consequences, Toronto’s cash-strapped parks department is now planning to put aside money to replace the aging fleet altogether.
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