Newsbot Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Morning ferry sailings between the Isle of Man and Liverpool are cancelled due to high winds. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/8039569.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 The 0730 BST service from Douglas to Liverpool did not sail and the return trip is also cancelled due to strong winds over the Irish Sea. The late morning sailing to Liverpool is not operating, but services to Heysham are still running. but they don't have a 'late morning sailing' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSpock Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 And now the new boat that had a shitload of money spent on it can't get here from Portsmouth because it's a bit windy. That bodes well for the future doesn't it! What the feck are the Steam Packet playing at!?!?! Why are they allowed to continue overcharging us all for shite service on shite boats!? And why can't they get more boats like the old ones that would sail through a fecking HURRICANE!?!?! Not fast enough!? PUT A BIGGER ENGINE IN THEM!!! GRRRRR!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piebaps Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 And why can't they get more boats like the old ones that would sail through a fecking HURRICANE!?!?! Not fast enough!? PUT A BIGGER ENGINE IN THEM!!! GRRRRR!!!! They don't buy slow boats because we don't want them......remember! There was loads of bitching and whining about having to send 4hrs on the boat getting to Liverpool and if they would only introduce a fast craft the world would be a better place. Well, we got what we asked for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 [bBC News] Winds forces ferry cancellations Perhaps I'm being pedantic (again!), but....shouldn't that read either: Winds force ferry cancellations or Wind forces ferry cancellations? BBC standards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Putting aside the supposed bad luck in changing a ships name considering all of the superstition surrounding the naming of boats anyway the choice of ‘Manannan’ is staggering. In Manx legend Manannan mac Lir is the god of the sea and just as the choice of Titanic was considered by many at the time to be unlucky on the basis that the Titan gods would take it as a challenge to their power so superstition might have it that Manannan mac Lir might just make his point by demonstrating that he’s the boss. Already bad weather has delayed the arrival of the ship. Another coincidence considering the role that Manannan. plays in the protection of the Island and how he uses the weather to do so? I’m not superstitious myself, but many people are. It will be at least interesting to watch what happens to the refurbished and re-named fast ferry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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