Manxman1234 Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 14 hours ago, Omobono said: Newspaper in at 4pm Sunday afternoon and my newsagent tells me there will be no papers next Sunday as Steam packet dont have a boat available the joys of being stranded on this rock ! Why should stream packet just put on a sailing at tax payers expense, just to go and pick up the papers. For years they were flown in and all of a sudden people expect steam packet to change schedule just to pick them up. makes zero sense for them to do that. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 16 hours ago, Omobono said: Newspaper in at 4pm Sunday afternoon and my newsagent tell's me there will be no papers next Sunday as Steam Packet don't have a boat available. The joys of being stranded on this rock! Stranded? You know what they say yessir, "there's a boat in the morning!" Possibly. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldhamJ Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 (edited) Manxman doing a round the Island cruise next Sat evening, not going to Heysham or Belfast overnight Sat/Sun Edited July 15 by OldhamJ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 10 minutes ago, OldhamJ said: Manxman doing a round the Island cruise next Sat evening, not going to Heysham or Belfast overnight Sat/Sun And your point is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 29 minutes ago, OldhamJ said: Manxman doing a round the Island cruise next Sat evening, not going to Heysham or Belfast overnight Sat/Sun Have they sold tickets for this? First I've heard of it happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Just now, cissolt said: Have they sold tickets for this? First I've heard of it happening They sold out before they'd even advertised it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccsnet Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 38 minutes ago, OldhamJ said: Manxman doing a round the Island cruise next Sat evening, not going to Heysham or Belfast overnight Sat/Sun What time does it start please as I will watch from the bow camera ? Thanks T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 2 minutes ago, ccsnet said: What time does it start please as I will watch from the bow camera ? Thanks T Starts at 7pm for about 4 hours according to the press release. Which is mainly concerned with trying to sell you food. However: As the vessel is not licensed to sell alcohol while it is in Manx waters, passengers who would like to enjoy an alcoholic beverage will be welcome to bring your own (BYO) for this sailing only. So anyone lucky enough to have got tickets will have a unique opportunity to get pissed on the ocean wave cheaply. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swoopy2110 Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 19 minutes ago, cissolt said: Have they sold tickets for this? First I've heard of it happening Yeh basically sold out in 48 hours. There was 300 people on the Ben-My-Chree last time that did it. Wonder if they're sailing Manxman at capacity this time round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 I did the lap on the Ben for 175 years or something, only time I've been allowed to wander around the car decks while at sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 22 hours ago, John Wright said: It’s to do with the SPCo having decided to send Manxman to Belfast on Saturday evenings/overnights during the summer. It’s all to do with timetabling, nothing to do with ability of the boat. Of course, they could use Manannan to Heysham on Saturday evening/Sunday overnight, or even use it for Belfast. Just imagine the flexibility if we used Ben, got rid of Manannan. Would we even need Arrow? If we got rid of manannan then we would have no vessel that could do Liverpool and back twice in a day. I reckon that would be a big knock for all the sports teams that go back and forth during the summer and the Liverpool booze ups. I know the Manxman can get a lot of foot passengers on these days but it's too slow to get there and back in time. We don't do the manannan unless it's an emergency and I don't like it, but it has it's uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 42 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: Starts at 7pm for about 4 hours according to the press release. Which is mainly concerned with trying to sell you food. However: As the vessel is not licensed to sell alcohol while it is in Manx waters, passengers who would like to enjoy an alcoholic beverage will be welcome to bring your own (BYO) for this sailing only. So anyone lucky enough to have got tickets will have a unique opportunity to get pissed on the ocean wave cheaply. you'd think they'd do a lap outside of manx waters then ?? maybe the alcohol sales wouldn't cover the extra fuel ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 1 hour ago, Roger Mexico said: Starts at 7pm for about 4 hours according to the press release. Which is mainly concerned with trying to sell you food. However: As the vessel is not licensed to sell alcohol while it is in Manx waters, passengers who would like to enjoy an alcoholic beverage will be welcome to bring your own (BYO) for this sailing only. So anyone lucky enough to have got tickets will have a unique opportunity to get pissed on the ocean wave cheaply. Thank you Roger. I can't see it advertised on any of their social media Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 21 minutes ago, WTF said: you'd think they'd do a lap outside of manx waters then ?? maybe the alcohol sales wouldn't cover the extra fuel ?? Ridiculous situation anyhow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 22 minutes ago, WTF said: you'd think they'd do a lap outside of manx waters then ?? maybe the alcohol sales wouldn't cover the extra fuel ?? It would be 2pi R times further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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