Just caught the 09 Radio news - Larne Ferry (P&O) aground on Scottish
coast (D&G); no more details, but all safe apparently.

Martin.



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Just caught the 09 Radio news - Larne Ferry (P&O) aground on Scottish
coast (D&G); no more details, but all safe apparently.

Thee is always one isn't there!



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"Martin Rowley" wrote in
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Just caught the 09 Radio news - Larne Ferry (P&O) aground on Scottish
coast (D&G); no more details, but all safe apparently.

more here ...........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4156017.stm

Just heard that it got caught by a 100mph gust while docking, not confirmed
though.

Glad to all on board are safe, I'm just curious why they ran the service in
the first place.

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"Martin Rowley" wrote in
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Just caught the 09 Radio news - Larne Ferry (P&O) aground on Scottish
coast (D&G); no more details, but all safe apparently.

Thee is always one isn't there!



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"John DH" wrote in message
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Just heard that it got caught by a 100mph gust while docking, not confirmed
though.

Glad to all on board are safe, I'm just curious why they ran the service in
the first place.


That's a good point.
It usually takes much less severe storms than this to disrupt ferry services.

Col
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I note that Caledonian Macbrayne ferries are reported to be severly
disrupted today on most routes. When they stop it is bad!

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"John DH" wrote in message
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Just heard that it got caught by a 100mph gust while docking, not
confirmed
though.

Glad to all on board are safe, I'm just curious why they ran the service
in
the first place.


That's a good point.
It usually takes much less severe storms than this to disrupt ferry
services.

Col
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On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:02:08 +0000, Malcolm wrote in


Just heard that it got caught by a 100mph gust while docking, not confirmed
though.

Glad to all on board are safe, I'm just curious why they ran the service in
the first place.

Presumably because, at 20,000 tons, the ship is large enough to cope
with most weather conditions at sea, though not, it seems, a gust as it
was coming into dock.

The deadweight of that ferry - The European Highlander - is less than 5000
tons, so relatively light (but with a large surface area exposed to the
wind) in such winds and seas.

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 08/01/2005 11:02:42 UTC

I'll go for the Captain's decision, better to be on the dock wishing you
were out mid channel, than being mid channel wishing your were back on the
dock.

John D


As for stopping when it is bad, there are two schools of thought about
that. One, that they stop too soon and that the captain is being far too
cautious (!), the other that they don't stop soon enough! The latter
view comes from people who've spent 5-6 hours on a 2-hour crossing and
ended up back where they started!

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The message
from "John DH" contains these words:

I'll go for the Captain's decision, better to be on the dock wishing you
were out mid channel, than being mid channel wishing your were back on the
dock.

John D


As for stopping when it is bad, there are two schools of thought about
that. One, that they stop too soon and that the captain is being far too
cautious (!), the other that they don't stop soon enough! The latter
view comes from people who've spent 5-6 hours on a 2-hour crossing and
ended up back where they started!

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Malcolm

Smyril Line ferry Norrona is presently waiting in Lerwick harbour for
North Sea/Denmark conditions to improve before continuing to Hanstholm,
Denmark. (The Norrona was holed quite seriously some time ago when
trying to berth in high winds at Thorshavn, Faeroe).

Dave
Fair Isle