Cowes Floating bridge ,,, Its gone!

[ashtead]

Just in time to break down for Easter then .

 

[Giblets]

Cowes Floating Bridge: Ferry crashes on return from inspection

 

[Stemar]

If it was a comedy, you'd say it was too far-fetched to be plausible!

I really don't know if I'm , or ?. If I needed it to get to work, I really think I'd be out for blood. How do you impeach a dozen councillors?

 

[Elessar]

The council excel at everything.

Isle of Wight: Council's electric vehicle chargers hacked to show porn site Isle of Wight: Council's electric vehicle chargers hacked to show porn site

 

[dgadee]

Why did it have to be taken to Falmouth? Could it not have been inspected somewhere nearer?

 

[Giblets]

Why did it have to be taken to Falmouth? Could it not have been inspected somewhere nearer?

Are there any commercial (not RN) dry docks operating nearer to Cowes?

 

[Elessar]

Are there any commercial (not RN) dry docks operating nearer to Cowes?

There’s one in Southampton in the Itchen.
(Don’t know if it’s wide enough for the bridge or has availability but it’s an accurate answer to your question!!)

 

[Robin]

Bridge out of action again already hard docking smashed some windows ...

 

[VicS]

Bridge out of action again already hard docking smashed some windows ...

Not actually expected back in service until 13th so plenty of time to board up a couple of windows

 

[penfold]

Do they not have red and white hazard tape? Or is it such a terrible bit of design the windows constitute part of the watertight integrity?

Bridge out of action again already hard docking smashed some windows ...

 

[Giblets]

Bridge out of action again already hard docking smashed some windows ...

See post #42

 

[Giblets]

There’s one in Southampton in the Itchen.
(Don’t know if it’s wide enough for the bridge or has availability but it’s an accurate answer to your question!!)

Not wide enough at 13.62m whereas FB #6 has a beam of 16m.

 

[ashtead]

What I don’t understand even now is why our learned representatives ordered a new vessel? Larger than FB5 ? I can see they might need one with new engines,chains or whatever but why did they ever commission a different model to one that had worked for years? I guess the builders worked to the spec provided by the council so is this farce down to council consultants or the actual council officers ? Surely some form of enquiry should take place by now? My guess is the FB6 was built to a council provided spec but all is cloaked in usual council smoke and mirrors sadly.

 

[burgundyben]

Govt funded vanity project, it had to be bigger and better.

Unfortunately it turned out to be bigger and shitter.

I think it was originally SEEDA, then LEP, there was central govt money to be spent in East Cowes on regeneration, that looked a bit costly/difficult so in an effort to delivery something/anything, they delivered FB6.

I suspect that had it been left to IOW council FB5 would be soldiering on.

 

[northwind]

At least you actually got a ferry, the farse in Scotland is another council cock up.. I loved that some decided to paint on windows to make them looked more finished..
Nothing to see here: Black shapes painted on control room of £48m Glen Sannox ferry to make it look like windows

 

[penfold]

Oh that it had only cost £48m. Conservatively £125m and rising, by some accounts £150m already. It would have been a massive rip-off at the sticker price, what's happened and is continuing to happen is a fraud on the scottish people, a farce and a disgrace. Now the brassneck crew are announcing more overpriced ferries ordered from Turkey(at least they stand a chance of being delivered on time but the price sticks in the throat) and £500m worth of ferries in the next decade. Take that announcement as you will but bear in mind about 7 years ago they issued a statement about £250m worth of ferries being delivered in the next decade. My chin is itchy.

 

[burgundyben]

I think the Cowes ferry is working.....shhh....

 

[Chiara’s slave]

I think the Cowes ferry is working.....shhh....

Well enough to be a bloody nuisance to passing yachts. Nobody seems to know what to do there any more.

 

[Elessar]

It was working yesterday. The operators appear to have a chain and a manual winch connected to the upstream main chain to haul it upstream and tighten it on the ebb. Don’t know if it was operating at peak ebb.

 

[benjenbav]

It was working yesterday. The operators appear to have a chain and a manual winch connected to the upstream main chain to haul it upstream and tighten it on the ebb. Don’t know if it was operating at peak ebb.

A sort of spring arrangement? Sounds a good idea to give them more control on the ebb.