santander Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 What about the dogs who always have to travel inside vehicles? They´re not allowed on board on the Seacat. With the vehicles still on the car deck - have the dogs been rescued? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexMcC Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 The seacat is owned by the Steam Packet's owners, and I very much doubt they will bother to repair her, she's 16 years old and only worth about £2 million. The repairs will cost a few million more than that methinks.... The nearest available fastcraft is Stena Lynx III, sister to the Rapide and sitting in the dock system, I wouldn't be surprised if she was in service by next Friday, but shes only available until April, so either the SPC will screw us over, or we will get a new fastcraft, and there are only a few readily available. She's stuck on the landing stage, and they will not move her until she is checked out, I think any open contact with the tidal stream would flood her quicker then she could be pumped, and it would take a bit of skill to get her into the dock system safely. As for the dogs, well, her cardeck isn't underwater, yet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allrightyessa Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 yep looks like junes sausage sucking invasion is offhooray there is a god What a strange attitude!!! TT creates a great chunk of MONEY for our economy... Get a grip of the times freak 20 years ago maybe when the economy was tourist based but not now with all the offshore banking so come back to reality little boy all you want to see is thoughs lap danceing slags anyway you dirt little fecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 What about the dogs who always have to travel inside vehicles? They´re not allowed on board on the Seacat. With the vehicles still on the car deck - have the dogs been rescued? I hope they got out. However, dogs etc. come last in situations like this, and any idiot who starts diving in the car deck of a sinking ferry, where vehicles can often be moving from side to side etc. just to rescue a family pet deserves all he gets IMO. Too many stupid people drown or die in fires trying to rescue pets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Last Bulgam Miner Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 The company's just gone down hill since the last purchase - they seem to think the route can run itself. Most of the senior staff who knew what they were doing and understood how to operate sailings on a unique route like this have gone. I'd be interested if its the usual captain and crew or the rent-a-mob that they had on last time I used the service. General rule of the sea: small manoerverable boat keeps out of the way of large lumbering vessel which cannot manoerver quickly. Today the word 'experienced' means old - and that does not fit in with current labour practices, where 'young' means cheap labour. One sees this all over. A lot of experienced knowledge has gone to waste. Knowledge that cannot be learnt in a class room. Class rooms are good for learning your English language, health & safety, and hey presto, you are an expert at anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberalis Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Video available http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6327539.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 yep looks like junes sausage sucking invasion is offTT creates a great chunk of MONEY for our economy... Get a grip of the times freak this statement has never actually been proved - sometime ago someone made the same comment that after all the expenses (many of them hidden such as policeing, skewed road maintenance,inconvenience to many others etc) the Island still made a profit but neglected to indicate any public confirmation of even the magnitude of the profit. The year that it was cancelled was not a major disaster but proved that considerable tourist money came from other sources - many in tourist trade (eg the previous owner of the Sefton) claim that the peak loading of the TT is actually not good and promotes the wrong image. The loss of the Sea Express may make life somewhat more difficult in a year when the loading was expected to be very high - they are now dangerously reliant on two vessels for pax - freight can always be handled by the slow rusty tubs that normally do duty in TT week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skig Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 The company's just gone down hill since the last purchase - they seem to think the route can run itself. Most of the senior staff who knew what they were doing and understood how to operate sailings on a unique route like this have gone. I'd be interested if its the usual captain and crew or the rent-a-mob that they had on last time I used the service. To take a ship up the Mersey you have to have the required pilots ticket and every SP captain has one. What you mean by "rent a mob" I do not know. If the skipper does not have a ticket, he has to have a pilot. Some years ago when the Superseacat was operating with an Italian skipper, there was always a SP skipper riding shotgun. Dont be to quick to blame the crew. Wait until the facts are known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allrightyessa Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 the only people you will be welcoming over will be warring next to fuck all and handing out flyer's in the beer tent will you be doing all your wages in on private dances again Mr pillar of the community get a life you dirty fecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Wait until the facts are known. Probably the tanker jumped out in front of the Seacat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Wait until the facts are known. Probably the tanker jumped out in front of the Seacat? Maybe a couple of scousers tried to perform a handbrake turn in it after a few bottles of WKD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 The SP website claims that the Cat was in collision with a tug - not the tanker - "reported a collision with a Liverpool tug in close proximity to the Landing Stage." - probably an honest mistake but I would have expected the owners to have some inside info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberalis Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 With a friends permission Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Ten Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 This is Liverpool Airport What the hell is the Sea Express going to look like in a few days time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneArmedScissor Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 lazy outdated stereotype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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