Csail
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Is it up and running yet?
Ferry swansea-ilfracombe
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chrishelen
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Not going to happen.
Madhatter
New member
channel
Member
The owner of the two catamaran's to be used sold/moved them to Russia. I understand Severnlink are still intending to operate a service when they find a new backer/suitable ships.
No doubt any such fast ferry would see a lot of cancellations on that route unless it was one of the larger incats!
No doubt any such fast ferry would see a lot of cancellations on that route unless it was one of the larger incats!
chrishelen
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The high cost of the initial set up,plus the seasonal nature of the venture = dampend enthusiasm.
Csail
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Real shame, i'm sick of driving right round.
channel
Member
The real shame is that Waverley and Balmoral have big financial problems so even the Bristol Channel day trip cruises could end . . .
Somehow the Bristol Channel won't be the same without them . . .
http://www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/supportus.htm
Somehow the Bristol Channel won't be the same without them . . .
http://www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/supportus.htm
Csail
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Also what happened to that seaplane idea in cardiff bay?
Csail
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Supprised they can't get grants.
channel
Member
They get a few small grants but in the current climate not enough to bail her out. Sad when you see stuffed and mounted ships like the Cutty Sark having over £50 million ploughed into them.
Paddle Steamer Waverley is a piece of living maritime history giving many the only opportunity to sail the coastline yet on Sunday evening it could very well be the final time her master rings down 'finished with engines'. A very sad day if that is the case . .
Bosun Higgs
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Why should we subsidise ( ie give grants to) a ferry? If it doesnt pay on its own then its not sufficiently wanted.
Coaster
Active member
Hear hear.
channel
Member
Was the reference to grants not aimed at PS Waverley not the proposed ferry?
There is no demand for a Ferry, the Severn Bridge does that job.
PS Waverley, in my view deserves a grant to keep sailing - she is not commercially viable in her own right but is an historic ship providing her passengers with a living museum experiance. She offers an experiance no other ship can, most members here are boat owners, without the PS Waverley and her fleetmate Balmoral there are few opportunities for public to see our wonderful coastline.
Madhatter
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Barry Jones
New member
I didn't know this.
Did some work on the boats that Severnlink were buying pre-purchase. I assumed the sale went through, but heard any more.
Now I know.
Did some work on the boats that Severnlink were buying pre-purchase. I assumed the sale went through, but heard any more.
Now I know.
Sneds
Well-known member
A big vote from me for the Balmoral and the Waverly, if ever was a lottery grant deserved?
Assuming there is some money left from all the their worthwhile causes.
Assuming there is some money left from all the their worthwhile causes.
wotayottie
New member
Why should museums, floating or otherwise, be subsidised? Wouldnt we be better off subsidisng modern start up industries that might re-build our economy and provide jobs with a future rather than being sentimental about the past?
lukecsmith
Member
Cant resist joining in the debate ..
Why should anything be subsidised? Because for centuries, subsidies have always been required to keep things like opera companies, or theatres, or galleries, or even specialized schools afloat. Because they enrich the cultural life of our country. If we had never subsidised anything, we would have no national gallery, no natural history museum, no national opera, etc etc.
You could just decide that everything should operate purely on commercial terms. But our country would be immeasurably poorer for it. Fact is its been an accepted part of modern civilizations since the renaissance, that unless the powers that be subsidize the arty sides of our culture, they disappear.
Why should anything be subsidised? Because for centuries, subsidies have always been required to keep things like opera companies, or theatres, or galleries, or even specialized schools afloat. Because they enrich the cultural life of our country. If we had never subsidised anything, we would have no national gallery, no natural history museum, no national opera, etc etc.
You could just decide that everything should operate purely on commercial terms. But our country would be immeasurably poorer for it. Fact is its been an accepted part of modern civilizations since the renaissance, that unless the powers that be subsidize the arty sides of our culture, they disappear.
Madhatter
New member
Hear Hear (wish I had said that )
Sneds
Well-known member
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