TonyMWeaver Report post Posted June 22 Photo: Simone Uccheddu 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Techsnap Report post Posted June 24 On 22/06/2019 at 08:14, eagleeye said: Looks like she has just made it there ..quite quickly I thought .makes you wonder why she wasn’t kept for a few years as she is clearly quite reliable and customer s quite liked the saints Yes it's a strange one. I was also under the impression that St. Cecilia was in better overall condition than St. Faith so I wonder why they chose to part with Cecilia over Faith unless it was due to resale value and that Faith will follow in due course. They should have just kept hold of St. Helen and sold St. Faith, that way they wouldn't have to make any modifications. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CyberMatt Report post Posted June 24 20 minutes ago, Techsnap said: Yes it's a strange one. I was also under the impression that St. Cecilia was in better overall condition than St. Faith so I wonder why they chose to part with Cecilia over Faith unless it was due to resale value and that Faith will follow in due course. They should have just kept hold of St. Helen and sold St. Faith, that way they wouldn't have to make any modifications. I guess it's because Faith is the better freight specialist, and still five years younger at the end of the day. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martijon Report post Posted June 24 And of course the headroom on the St Helen was lower than the Faith, so they still wouldn't have been able to take double-deck trailers on the Helen 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Techsnap Report post Posted June 24 1 hour ago, martijon said: And of course the headroom on the St Helen was lower than the Faith, so they still wouldn't have been able to take double-deck trailers on the Helen Makes sense, didn't realise that was the case, I thought all 4 were equal, obviously not :). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martijon Report post Posted June 24 Yes, they were all different - Catherine was the lowest, then they got progressively higher through to the Faith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TonyMWeaver Report post Posted July 19 (edited) Carloforte: Blessing Ceremony and presentation of the new ship "Nando Murrau" to be used on passenger sailings to/from Calasetta - Carloforte. Info: Radio San Pietro Edited July 19 by TonyMWeaver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adicat Report post Posted July 19 Not seen her on Marine Traffic yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TonyMWeaver Report post Posted July 20 12 hours ago, adicat said: Not seen her on Marine Traffic yet. She's there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eagleeye Report post Posted August 18 Noticed she is in service with her sisters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eagleeye Report post Posted August 18 Noticed she is in service with her sisters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adicat Report post Posted August 18 Do we know if any vessels have been retired from Delcomar fleet when the acquired each former Saint into their set up or is it extension of operations requirement. Guess they carry more than the older vessels. Some look quite old that they have. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon F Report post Posted August 18 Arbatax has stopped sailing since the third saint started ops Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hhvferry Report post Posted August 18 1 hour ago, adicat said: Do we know if any vessels have been retired from Delcomar fleet when the acquired each former Saint into their set up or is it extension of operations requirement. Guess they carry more than the older vessels. Some look quite old that they have. The Nando Murrau has settled down on the Carloforte-Calasetta route whereas the 'Catherine' and 'Helen' operate the Carloforte-Portovesme run. The daytime Calasetta itinerary was previously shared by the old Arbatax and La Maddalena (now Luigi Biggio) - they are fun vintage little ferries which can't have much mileage left in them. I imagine they'll keep one as reserve ship and possibly sell the other unless they have further expansion in mind somewhere. When she first went to Sardinia the St Catherine ran on the Palau-La Maddalena route but Delcomar don't really need anything else there now that have taken over rival Saremar operation with its two purpose-built ships. At both Palau and Calasetta Delcomar continue the practice of having dedicated night ferries - a pair of landing craft things which take over from the day ships in the early evening. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adicat Report post Posted August 20 Looks like Faith will replace the other one eventually. Some of their vessels lookas really old. Almost as old as Fishbourne and Camber Queen would have been. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites