Hairy Poppins Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 On 8/7/2024 at 3:39 PM, WTF said: yet for some reason buying a boat with a draft that fitted the harbours and tides we had wasn't an option. Which boat doesn't fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 On 8/7/2024 at 3:39 PM, WTF said: yet for some reason buying a boat with a draft that fitted the harbours and tides we had wasn't an option. Even the Ben can’t always use Victoria Pier berth at low tide. Mx is no different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 38 minutes ago, Hairy Poppins said: Which boat doesn't fit? He has been asked before but we never get an answer. It can get into every harbour comfortably. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I just wish we had a boat that could carry the Sunday newspapers , none again this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swoopy2110 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 10 hours ago, Omobono said: I just wish we had a boat that could carry the Sunday newspapers , none again this weekend We do. It just doesn't go to England on a Saturday night every week to get newspapers. It's the quietest sailing of the week and due to the User Agreement they send it to Ireland over the summer months to meet the minimum number of sailings. In the winter it has one Saturday night a month off for maintenence. Things have been this way for years. Previously GE Whites were flying them in on the first plane but it's not commercially good for them to do this anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 10 hours ago, Omobono said: I just wish we had a boat that could carry the Sunday newspapers , none again this weekend I wonder how we managed before 1978 when there were no winter Sunday sailings for 4 months of the year, and for most of the year the earliest Sunday boat left Liverpool at 11.00 and got into Douglas at 14.45. ( that’s rhetorical, and a non question, and the answer is they came over on the plane, being delivered either without the magazines or inserts or with the magazines and inserts having come over on the boat on Friday and being inserted here ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13722747/I-wish-never-moved-Furious-Isle-Wight-locals-held-ransom-ferry-companies-say-wait-charged-440-return-ticket-mainland.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 14 hours ago, WTF said: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13722747/I-wish-never-moved-Furious-Isle-Wight-locals-held-ransom-ferry-companies-say-wait-charged-440-return-ticket-mainland.html FFS, don't show this to the Steam Packet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 On 8/10/2024 at 9:10 AM, John Wright said: Manxman fits existing harbours. Stena, operating out of Heysham, has just ordered 2 new SeaMax boats that, at 147m, are another 14m (45 feet ) longer than Manxman’s 133m And perchance do you know what water these boats draw, ie what floats your boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 8 minutes ago, Dirty Buggane said: And perchance do you know what water these boats draw, ie what floats your boat. Manxman and Stena newmax 5.2m Ben 5.0m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesde Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Saw a cruise ship coming into the bay this morning ,half an hour later saw it disappearing again . There was a ship due in today ..MS Nautica... Anyone know why it sailed away and evidently went to Liverpool ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 3 hours ago, emesde said: Saw a cruise ship coming into the bay this morning ,half an hour later saw it disappearing again . There was a ship due in today ..MS Nautica... Anyone know why it sailed away and evidently went to Liverpool ? they sent a drone over strand street and thought fuck that shithole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 On 8/11/2024 at 10:14 AM, John Wright said: I wonder how we managed before 1978 when there were no winter Sunday sailings for 4 months of the year, and for most of the year the earliest Sunday boat left Liverpool at 11.00 and got into Douglas at 14.45. ( that’s rhetorical, and a non question, and the answer is they came over on the plane, being delivered either without the magazines or inserts or with the magazines and inserts having come over on the boat on Friday and being inserted here ) Absolutely true , mid 60's delivered by 'British United Airways 'Dakota from Blackpool and as a baggage loader I was paid a 30 shillings bonus . First job ( and it's been downhill ever since 😉😁 ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Feel sick just thinking about being on it. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/manannan-experiences-technical-issue-during-liverpool-crossing/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piebaps Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 On 8/12/2024 at 6:30 PM, emesde said: Saw a cruise ship coming into the bay this morning ,half an hour later saw it disappearing again . There was a ship due in today ..MS Nautica... Anyone know why it sailed away and evidently went to Liverpool ? Sea conditions too rough for the tender boats which ferry the punters ashore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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