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Portsmouth Bill
Post subject: Re: Ferries of PortsmouthPosted: April 23rd, 2012, 8:02 am
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A Damned good thread this; and again,worthy additions to the archive :)
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Charybdis
Post subject: Re: Ferries of PortsmouthPosted: April 24th, 2012, 7:08 am
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Thank you! :)

Returning to Portsmouth...

This is High Speed Catamaran OUR LADY PAMELA traveling at 30kts to Ryde (IoW) and carrying nearly 400 passengers. She was built by Incat in Hobart and entered service in 1986 in this livery.

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In the service of Wight Link...

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And her final livery before she was sold for scrap in 2009...

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Her sister ship was OUR LADY PATRICIA
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Post subject: Re: Ferries of PortsmouthPosted: April 24th, 2012, 10:23 pm
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Charybdis wrote:
carrying nearly 400 passengers.
400 passengers? What were these things like four blocks wide or something? You sure they were catamarans and not quadramarans?
Also short service life.
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Post subject: Re: Ferries of PortsmouthPosted: April 25th, 2012, 12:29 am
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klagldsf wrote:
Charybdis wrote:
carrying nearly 400 passengers.
400 passengers? What were these things like four blocks wide or something? You sure they were catamarans and not quadramarans?
Also short service life.
and she can't be much of a sea boat.


btw. 23 years is good for a aluminum boat. aluminum haw a tendency to start to be week/tired after some "XX" years!
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Charybdis
Post subject: Re: Ferries of PortsmouthPosted: April 25th, 2012, 2:19 am
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klagldsf wrote:
Charybdis wrote:
carrying nearly 400 passengers.
400 passengers? What were these things like four blocks wide or something? You sure they were catamarans and not quadramarans?
Also short service life.
395 to be precise.

They had a 12m beam so they were pretty sturdy. I remember going on them a couple of times but not in any kind of sea. When they're not moving at speed you got thrown around a bit.
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Charybdis
Post subject: Re: Ferries of PortsmouthPosted: April 25th, 2012, 2:38 am
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Just found ths little gem of the delivery...

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Post subject: Re: Ferries of PortsmouthPosted: April 25th, 2012, 9:21 am
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That is one hell of a life raft!

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Post subject: Re: Ferries of PortsmouthPosted: April 25th, 2012, 9:23 am
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What a great photo :!:

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Post subject: Re: Ferries of PortsmouthPosted: April 26th, 2012, 3:25 am
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I still find it hard to believe that thing can carry 395 people in anything but standing room.
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Post subject: Re: Ferries of PortsmouthPosted: April 26th, 2012, 3:53 am
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I still find it hard to believe that thing can carry 395 people in anything but standing room.
Oh come on; have you ever ridden a city bus? Just compare its size to that of the boat. Maybe it's not super comfy but should be good enough for an hour ride.

Nice job on the ferries, Charybdis.

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