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I also remember when a castle class left east cowes with the engineers still in the white hart and had to anchor whilst they were ferried out to the ship

And not forgetting one that went up the river medina and got tangled with the floating bridge

There was an incident possibly in the late 70 s when a castle ferry rammed the sea wall in cowes demolitioning a large section of it in thick fog .it just went astern and went on it’s merry way without all this fuss .you could tell where for years by the new bit being cleaner than the rest ..maybe there was a problem with engines like when the link span at Southampton was rammed

https://www.islandecho.co.uk/st-clare-pulled-from-service-on-friday-over-certification-expiry/. Here is a news clip on it ....

She broke down mid solent yesterday. Had to be taken out of service

Vow took over from Wight sun which has gone to Yarmouth.wight sky is tied up in lymington and Wight light is running .just left Yarmouth.so all is normal .just as well cause it’s busy over here

Wight sun off to Yarmouth to resume two boat service .assume vow taking over her roll at Portsmouth.lucky they have her ready

Any ideas what sort of fire it was ?

Yar to lym suspended ..5 fire engines in attendance ..

Wight sky has returned to Yarmouth to be met by fire engines and Wight light gone back to lymington

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A fire has been reported on Wight sky this evening

Victoria of Wight has gone into service as predicted..thought they have done a sterling job to turn her around so quickly hopefully her and the Clare will speed up loading with double deck link spans and traffic will no longer spill onto highways.so well done Wightlinks staff.red funnel have a new marshalling area in east cowes which has certainly reduced queue s on road .so well done to them as well

She is at east cowes .

Thanks Maybe having work done there for a new buyer I will go and have a look