faraway saint Posted May 26, 2014 Report Posted May 26, 2014 Surprised to see you here.... Mind you while your waiting for the 'Roasters & Basters, thread to come up whatcha gonna do..? Quote
HSS Posted May 26, 2014 Report Posted May 26, 2014 A Hovercraft service did run between Largs and Millport but only for a few months. Found some footage.The 1st one featuring the Keppel.... Quote
shull Posted May 26, 2014 Author Report Posted May 26, 2014 Found some footage.The 1st one featuring the Keppel.... Thanks HSS ! Quote
WeeBud Posted May 28, 2014 Report Posted May 28, 2014 I used to enjoy being terrified whilst travelling almost horizontally, worried I would be ejected out of the porthole in the toilets on any of the Juno, Jupiter, Saturn, or Neptune (can't remember which were the regular ferries and which were the relief ones!) between Wemyss Bay and Rothesay... :-D Folks these days don't realise how good they've got it with their ferries!!! You should have tried crossing to Tiree onboard the Pioneer in a South-Westerly Force 6 Quote
Isle Of Bute Saint Posted May 28, 2014 Report Posted May 28, 2014 The were known as the clyde streakers. They were the first of the fleet to have a fore propeller in addition to the more traditional aft propeller. As you say, it allowed them to "turn on a sixpence". It was quite a sight seeing one of them steaming at a fair speed directly towards the pier, only to switch on the fore propeller and it would swing right round and berth at the car ramps with relative ease. The days just flew by then.................................. The Jupiter and the Juno have been scrapped. The Saturn's last berth was at Rosneath pier, in storage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5OMd23sguk The were known as the clyde streakers. They were the first of the fleet to have a fore propeller in addition to the more traditional aft propeller. As you say, it allowed them to "turn on a sixpence". It was quite a sight seeing one of them steaming at a fair speed directly towards the pier, only to switch on the fore propeller and it would swing right round and berth at the car ramps with relative ease. The days just flew by then.................................. The Jupiter and the Juno have been scrapped. The Saturn's last berth was at Rosneath pier, in storage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5OMd23sguk The were known as the clyde streakers. They were the first of the fleet to have a fore propeller in addition to the more traditional aft propeller. As you say, it allowed them to "turn on a sixpence". It was quite a sight seeing one of them steaming at a fair speed directly towards the pier, only to switch on the fore propeller and it would swing right round and berth at the car ramps with relative ease. The days just flew by then.................................. The Jupiter and the Juno have been scrapped. The Saturn's last berth was at Rosneath pier, in storage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5OMd23sguk Front propeller ( prop thruster ) are built in to the font of vessels depending on the size of ship normally a Clyde ferry will have three on each side. Props are there more for pulling the ship in along side in a safe manner however as you said you can have a sharp turn with them. Have a sports boat which has a planning hull this means it's sits on top of the water with very littlie hull below the water better for seed but makes it hard to come along side if there is any sort of wind you just have to use your sailing skills which get better with time It always amazes me that the ship can stay in the exact position even with strong currents and bad weather with no anchor down. Thrusters are controlled by computer and satellite to keep it in the exact position. Quote
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