Mother Nature thwarts inaugural sailing for new B.C. ferry company

It was set up as an alternative to B.C. Ferries for foot passengers travelling between Nanaimo and Vancouver. But it was a disappointing launch day for Hullo Ferries after it had to cancel all its sailings for the day. As Claire Palmer reports, the company says Mother Nature refused to co-operate.
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[@jlang4492]

We have had a nice cool summer here on the East coast. Coolest summer in years

[@Dbodell8000]

Seems the CBC will never say anything about Nanaimo unless it's negative.

[@SnowPink90]

Didn’t they try years ago with the Fast Cat(As that was what they called them.) Ferries? Google: The PacifiCat class of fast ferries was operated from June 1999 to March 2000 by BC Ferries in British Columbia, Canada. They lost there shirts and pants with those. I wonder why they think these ones will work? 🤷‍♀️

[@pong9000]

1) This company is not BC Ferries Corporation. 2) Fast Cats were enormous and prone to terrific vibrations, plus had to slowly and painfully turn around at dock to let the cars drive off. These little new ones only need accommodate foot passengers.

[@BC_Geoff]

These boats are much smaller and also this is a private company, not BC Ferries.

[@tnbrfller]

I travel by Motorcycle, and I look forward to trying one of their sailings. Good luck.

[@Dbodell8000]

If this was BC ferries the media would be a lot more critical.

[@nathansheng2769]

It’s cancelled for Aug 15 too… I got the email earlier 😭

[@murmurpictures]

Hullo? Goodbye. It's not as easy as it looks to operate a ferry service from Vancouver Island to the mainland... V2V and others have failed, Hullo has an uphill battle if it plans to be around for any length of time.

[@georgen9755]

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[@ianhowes8141]

Typical government - they know what west coast weather conditions are but still don't design and build ferries that can deal with the conditions.

[@cheesebun19]

this isn't even a government company...

[@-First-Last]

@@cheesebun19 I doubt that some dudes build a boat for PUBLIC transportation without GOVERMENT APPROVAL for use. Do you even know government companies that build something ?

[@sifumalcolmmacquarrie2124]

"Mother Nture" is under the control of Father God.

[@flodareltih9825]

So carbon tax didn’t change mother nature’s mind after all

[@ransom182]

Really? I don’t think you want to understand climate science. How old are you?!

[@trickolas78]

@@ransom182please enlighten those with inferior brain capacity

[@dougrobbins5367]

It's hard to see how your comment makes any sense, on any level. I bet you can't say what it means, because it means nothing.

[@-First-Last]

@@dougrobbins5367 It's sad to see that you do NOT have the level of comprehension "on ANY level" (as you mentioned). It's surprising that you can still write.

[@dougrobbins5367]

Your insult is empty. You offer no evidence, or thought process, for your conclusion, which is a meaningless insult on the level of a toddler in a sandbox. As adults we try to make sense. Give it a try. Telling people about your feelings is generally not useful. Grow up.@@-First-Last