I've read that repairs are required and they're going to cost a lot so sadly for the vessel, it's just economics at work.

@@standrewpics I think it'll be closer to the end of the year probably

She needs repairs and the cost makes it uneconomic I'm told sadly

Well it does seem a real shame I agree, but I don't have access to the numbers regarding the repairs necessary to keep her going.

Well done the tug that towed it back to port yesterday. Another embarrassing shambles.

They never bloody started it

​@@joany531oh yes they did

Me too 😁

I wholeheartedly agree 👍

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It's a real shame that tourism has slumped on Arran. The constant complaints from the Islanders and the bad publicity from the press coupled with the misinformation about the ferries has really affected tourism. People stopped coming because they thought they would be stranded on the island without supplies. Perhaps if Islanders stopped demanding Subsidised fares they might have a better service. I object strongly paying my tax to supplement Islanders lifestyle fantasies.

Yes they did that and then turned in the berth afterwards

I'm hearing it might be another 6 weeks or so roughly. Yes we had a good day for it, really great by all accounts. A day to remember. Sorry about your rainfall...you'll just need to come straight back here again, on the new ferry maybe

@@davetheraverovingtherock If we come back over on the new ferry, it could mean we have to wait another 6 weeks… ☹️. I fancy coming back up tomorrow… 🤣 Dunno about a job or where we’ll sleep…

And it needed a tug to two it home. It is amazing. It is amazing how badly the whole fiasco has been handled by an incompetent government.

You’d have been told if it had been LNG.

heavy oil

Nothing along the sides, but loads of outdoor seating up top.

I think the Lochnevis is the only one that doesn’t

Glen Sannox and her sister Glen Rosa do actually have bow doors but it can be quite hard to tell. They're of a different design to the ones on the Caley Isles and the Isle of Arran in that they're of the modern "clam shell" design, a design which has so far only been seen in the CalMac fleet on the Islay ferry Finlaggan and the Lewis ferry Loch Seaforth. Clam shell bow doors slide open rather than lift up, meaning that when they're closed they are very hard to spot. I hope that wasn't too convoluted!😁

Dave actually says in the video that GS had already completed bow first and that hew as now showing the stern first maneuver.

Thanks for the explanation. Much appreciated :)

She is only 8m longer than. Caley Isles and doesn’t look much taller. And only 4 knots slower than Waverley ;)

& how late the build was....

200 million

What a great day for Scotland all the Scotland hating unionists will be pissed off

Broken down again, never to fit in Ardrossan

Strangely enough the island has suffered from a downturn in business due to the constant complaints and moans about the Ferries from the locals. Perhaps the hated Scottish Government should stop subsidising the Ferries.

@@alexanderferguson2199 The islanders should be very grateful to the Scot Government that heavily subsidises the most extensive, most reliable, newest fleet of ships and cheapest ferry service in the World right here second to none. If you disagree tell me another ferry service that compares to ours.

Well sa👍​@paparobbo62

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If the SNP dropped their silly green agenda and ordered 2 deisel ferries, they would have been sailing in 2018 at close to the budgeted cost. The Ferry fiasco lies solely at the door of the Scottish government and theyre green con! Still, good to see her finally dock at Broddick​@paparobbo62

Yes Peel Ports has owned it since 1992 and it's a private business

That’s an internal blind behind the wheelhouse window

@minko747 why is it blowing about in the wind

@@Mac-y9bProbably getting blowing air from the window demister duct

@minko747 yeah I am sure

Margaret, are there any shops left in Ardrossan? Saltcoats? Stevenston? Kilwinning? Irvine? Ayr? etc And, no, this is not something to celebrate!