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12th Jul 09, 10:42
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Wight Ryders ride in
The BBC Georgia sailed into Portsmouth Harbour at about 08.10 this morning with the two new Wightlink Wight Ryder
 catamarans aboard. The vessel is now moored at the Continental Ferryport Berth 2 where the vessels are being offloaded.
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12th Jul 09, 20:02
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Re: Wight Ryders ride in
Pictures of Wight Ryder
1 moored on the hulk here:http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/galler...p?photo=185730 http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/galler...p?photo=185732 http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/galler...p?photo=185734 (registration required) |
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12th Jul 09, 22:21
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Re: Wight Ryders ride in
Certainly better proportioned than Our Lady Pamela/Patricia, though IMHO
not a patch on the Red Jets (or the wonderful hydrofoils they replaced). I don't suppose there are any interior shots yet - I wonder who on here is going to be the first to try them?
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12th Jul 09, 23:18
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Re: Wight Ryders ride in
Wight Ryder I
photos attached. The Wight Ryder II was being put in the water just as Bretagne was departing this evening.
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13th Jul 09, 10:49
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Re: Wight Ryders ride in
without trying to sound like a fanboy (!) they do look smart... the only improvement i can think of would be galloping maggot livery
 , anybody fancy doing a mock up?
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13th Jul 09, 11:12
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Re: Wight Ryders ride in
I'll have a go if Andy doesn't mind me using one of his pics...
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14th Jul 09, 13:02
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Re: Wight Ryders ride in
WRI is now on AIS, Destination : Home.... marinetraffic has a fairly decent picture of her and BBC Georgia... Click Here
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15th Jul 09, 21:59
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Re: Wight Ryders ride in
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16th Jul 09, 09:53
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Re: Wight Ryders ride in
Good find, although i still think that Wightlink should have specified a faster service speed then they did, they are about to lose a LOT of custom IMO
to hovertravel, especially now the Hoverbus is a proven reliable service.
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16th Jul 09, 10:16
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Re: Wight Ryders ride in
How fast are the Wight Ryders, are they going to be much slower? Seems a bit going backwards if they are going to make the crossing time longer...
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