Calmac vocabulary

[awol]

Calmac are running out of ships (again!). The Loch Nevis and Isle of Cumbrae have "technical issues" and the Loch Shira remains hors de combat after a "collision with the seabed". Surely that should be "allision" not "collision" or did the seabed take an active part?

 

[Stemar]

Considering the routes Calmac used, and how well they are surveyed, it would seem likely that a rock did jump out in front of the Loch Shira.

Shades of the Cowes Chain ferry, which I see has yet more problems

 

[oldharry]

More than half the fleet over 25 years old.... what happened to their rolling investment programme? Small wonder they are having problems with worn out equipment. I am reading that they have not even kept up a proper maintenance programme on some of their older vessels, which seems incredible when they are providing essential 'lifeline' services to the Islands. Makes you wonder how much longer we will see the familiar CalMac colours flying round the Islands?

As for the ''collision with the seabed'... they ran aground! Why cant they admit it? A sad chapter in the History of CalMac.

 

[Fiddlesticks]

The use of language to obfuscate true meaning is a curse of our modern age. At least they didn't encounter "buoyancy issues resulting in a negative floatation event".

 

[ProDave]

Don't worry, the 2 ships at Fergusons will be ready soon.............

It is a debacle. When I first started using CalMac nearly 40 years ago, all the ships in the fleet were built on the Clyde. Now it seems we are incapable of doing that, no wonder they will be looking abroad for the next ones.

 

[penfold]

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark Gourock.

 

[SaltIre]

A safety hazard is being (has been?) removed at the Largs slipway this evening.
Ferry sailings cancelled due to safety hazard at Largs slip

 

[oldharry]

A safety hazard is being (has been?) removed at the Largs slipway this evening.
Ferry sailings cancelled due to safety hazard at Largs slip

One of the older ferries?

 

[SaltIre]

Haha.
The one at the link is the one attacked by the seabed and still out of service. The knock on effect of the shortage of ferries is that the service across the entrance of Loch Fyne, Tarbert-Portavadie, is compromised. Most other routes are to islands...
CalMac island vessel out of action for a week brings ferry route to a halt
Service suspended:
Service status & info - CalMac Ferries

 

[alan_d]

The use of language to obfuscate true meaning is a curse of our modern age. At least they didn't encounter "buoyancy issues resulting in a negative floatation event".

Yes. I see the government have at a stroke got rid of the curse of health inequalities (by rebranding them as "health disparities").

 

[Deleted member 36384]

From ferry issues to politics. The Old Forge thread is to be deleted because of the drift from a pub buy out to the politics that allowed the buy out.

You can’t really talk about Calmac issues, beyond a bland statement that a service is unavailable, or alternative transport methods, without encroaching on politics.

As this thread does neither should this not be in the ship forum anyway, as it has nothing to do with sailing?

 

[ctva]

So, without getting in to banned territory, who is ultimately responsible for the non-functionality of the mobile road replacement network?

 

[awol]

Back to vocabulary - The Loch Nevis is now undergoing "unscheduled essential maintenance". I think is of great importance that all sailors learn euphemisms for their indiscretions.

 

[afterpegassus]

Don't worry, the 2 ships at Fergusons will be ready soon.............

It is a debacle. When I first started using CalMac nearly 40 years ago, all the ships in the fleet were built on the Clyde. Now it seems we are incapable of doing that, no wonder they will be looking abroad for the next ones.

I'm sure the Suiliven ( which my neighbour skippered for many years) was built in Norway.
As for the phraseology - well, its hardly confined to Calmac is it?

 

[awol]

Further, it could be construed that islanders human rights are being violated as noted in community policy regulations.

Possibly why the only service withdrawn has been Tarbet/Portavadie. Kintyre is only an island if both bridges at Ardrishaig are open together!

 

[SaltIre]

MV Suilven was indeed built in Norway in 1974 - before ProDave started using CalMac. She capsized and sank in Fiji in 2015.
MV Suilven - Wikipedia

 

[SaltIre]

Possibly why the only service withdrawn has been Tarbet/Portavadie. Kintyre is only an island if both bridges at Ardrishaig are open together!

Policy in 1978 & 1979 when I worked on the canal was that both bridges were never opened at the same time - for emergency vehicle access.

 

[afterpegassus]

MV Suilven was indeed built in Norway in 1974 - before ProDave started using CalMac. She capsized and sank in Fiji in 2015.
MV Suilven - Wikipedia

Indeed.
She was still in service when the lad commenced his ferrying.

 

[Humblebee]

Slight thread drift but...
"The Good Lord made the whole of this land
And all that it contains.
Except of course the Western Isles
And they belong to MacBraynes!"
Sorry, couldn't resist it.

 

[ProMariner]

Spending so much on wages and bonuses, am surprised they can afford ships too. The solution is simple, increase the subsidy, but get rid of all the pesky expensive accident prone labour intensive ships, what were folk thinking when they moved to islands anyway.