Heathen Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Maybe the cam doth lie then:- Just grabbed this minute. Hairy Muff. The wee French fella was lying low from my viewpoint but upon further inspection it is indeed there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Phew, I'm not seeing double then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pedantic Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Should have gone to Specsavers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Should have gone to Specsavers... Dunno about that. This is my view when I spin round in my chair so I think I'm forgiven on missing something laying low late at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pedantic Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 S'yeah, okay man, woteva! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 The carriers (or at least, one of them) DOES get government help. The government gives it help by prohibiting any competitor from coming to the island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexMcC Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Superseacat 2 appears to have been fixed, making 34 knots to Heysham... good news... at last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MALLET Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 I just hope everyone makes it over. All this travel chaos will ruin the Islands image not only for the TT but also as a place to enjoy a holiday. This will result in many people having a rethink to there future plans visiting. A complaint form regarding the actions of the Steam Packet company has been produced and details can be viewed here. http://www.ttwebsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5605 Or if you wish you can send your own certificate direct to the steam packet by filling in the form on the link here and posting it direct. http://shitlistregistry.com/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 I just hope everyone makes it over. All this travel chaos will ruin the Islands image not only for the TT but also as a place to enjoy a holiday. This will result in many people having a rethink to there future plans visiting. A complaint form regarding the actions of the Steam Packet company has been produced and details can be viewed here. http://www.ttwebsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5605 Or if you wish you can send your own certificate direct to the steam packet by filling in the form on the link here and posting it direct. http://shitlistregistry.com/index.php Isn't there some travel watch dog thingy around? These guys: http://www.travelwatch-isleofman.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman8180 Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 just seems madness they're turning people away left right and centre but then have a couple of boats sitting around doing nothing A very simplistic view of the problem really. In reality the vast majority of TT 'fans' want to travel to the Island within 2/3 days and similarly leave the Island on either the Friday or Saturday of TT week. There in lies the problem. This skews the pressure even more from a spread over the 2 weeks, to a massive demand over both weekends. I just hope everyone makes it over. All this travel chaos will ruin the Islands image not only for the TT but also as a place to enjoy a holiday. This will result in many people having a rethink to there future plans visiting. A complaint form regarding the actions of the Steam Packet company has been produced and details can be viewed here. This highlights my point exactly. The travel 'chaos' has surely been caused by the Steam Packet trying to cram in additional sailings to provide capacity for the huge demand created this year. May this tempt them in future years to say 'bollocks to it' and operate a more or less basic schedule, allowing plenty of time for loading, turnarounds and scheduled maintenance. And would this approach cause more problems than the current situation? No one has really replied on this point yet, it would be of interest to see what the feeling would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 in answer to the thread title, by the most expensive cost per mile of unreliable ferry travel or fairly reliable plane travel in the known universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman8180 Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 The old 'cost per mile' has been rolled out a few times and actually works in the Packets favour. I would also guess that they would be more than willing to compare against the planes on 'reliability' as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 perhaps you could point out the more expensive cost per mile routes on sea travel on 'normal' ferries. no QE2's round the bay. an overnighter from europe to half way up the english coast cost less than liverpool to douglas. even worse for airfare costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pedantic Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 I'd hazard a guess at the Isle of Wight for starters... Car + driver on their short break return = £74 - for what, just a few miles of water across the Solent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke4091 Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Manxman8180 You have a valid point. Yes the steam packet could say bollocks to the TT and run the std schedule, in which case for the sake of the TT, I would hope the Govt would hire a very large and relaible boat to get everybody here that wants to come. But if the Steam Packet have already taken the money from 41,000 customers they should be making the effort, in plenty of time, to secure vessels capable of servicing their committment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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