Yarmouth ferry

[RIN]

The Wight Scene usually the cowes / gun wharf quays trip boat? is docked at the Yarmouth roro ferry terminal. Isn't this unusual?

 

[burgundyben]

Yes. It is unusual.

 

[ashtead]

Maybe it's caught a ferry disease from FB 6 at East Cowes

 

[Firefly625]

Odd

 

[benjenbav]

I'm disappointed in the naming policy for the ferries: when the new vessels were commissioned for Lym/Yar I never did hear back on my suggestions:

Wight Light

Wight Heat

(I was a bit of a Velvet Underground enthusiast, back in the day)

and, of course,

All Wight on the Night

 

[burgundyben]

The Wight Scene usually the cowes / gun wharf quays trip boat? is docked at the Yarmouth roro ferry terminal. Isn't this unusual?

Was it at the RORO terminal or on the quay?

RORO Terminal - most odd.

Quay - not so odd.

This is the most exciting thing to happen in Yarmouth for a while, that's why I like it so much.

 

[RIN]

Was it at the RORO terminal or on the quay?

RORO Terminal - most odd.

Quay - not so odd.

This is the most exciting thing to happen in Yarmouth for a while, that's why I like it so much.

I'm pretty sure it was the roro. We were on the alongside walkashore. Admittedly we were on our second G&T but we could see it clearly

 

[Malabar]

The Wight Scene usually the cowes / gun wharf quays trip boat? is docked at the Yarmouth roro ferry terminal. Isn't this unusual?

Not that unusual for Solent & Wightline Cruises to plug the gap for Wightlink when they are really short of their own ferries, but that is usually on the Portsmouth Ryde fastcat route. The recent engine room fire in Yarmouth resulted in just that situation, but they must have been really pushed to replace a vehicle ferry with a passenger only ferry. Cars would have been diverted to Fishbourne.

 

[RIN]

Back on boat now and we can't see the Quay from where we are so definitely roro.

 

[dustywings]

Think I heard there had been a fire on one of the usual ferries so perhaps it was just filling in.