ICTM
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Filled up with diesel at Cowes this afternoon and it was still running at just before 5pm...... I have too say the yachtists are giving it a particularly wide swerve when passing, not surprisingly !
Cowes chain ferry
- Thread starter Mr Googler
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ashtead
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Any sign of the council taking any responsibility for this continuing farce? I have heard of normal for Norfolk but maybe this is " NFW" ? Do feel sorry for East Cowes business though who I suspect must have been adversely impacted by this situation .
hector
New member
My understanding is that it is being taken out of service on Monday for the foreseeable future, and the council have called in the lawyers.
ashtead
Well-known member
Hopefully the lawyers will make a better job of designing a ferry that works -or just copying the last one which had worked for years ?
rafiki_
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Probably what went wrong this time. Not good to get lawyers involved.
Mr Googler
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burgundyben
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But they changed the slipways....can the old one still be used?
BTW - the old one was built by Fairey Marine.
Mr Googler
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Never knew that. Not much like a huntsman though!
Fantasie 19
Well-known member
You'd have thought that as a short term solution that (re-commisioning the old one) would be far the better idea...
burgundyben
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Same designer! Alan Burnard, who bought us some of the best looking British motorboats ever, designed a chain ferry.
I think it was their biggest boat and the one that covered most miles.
petem
Well-known member
And despite not having CAD or other computer modelling, he still managed to design one that worked. Unlike the latest effort I understand.
ashtead
Well-known member
Might be worth the County Press running this advert ?
