Rhodes ferry

[mercury]

Let me know if the bloody thing comes back!!!

[mrkeith]

It would appear that the ferry to Rhodes is back on using the new larger one.

[Linda]

That's a good result for everyone especially Mercury after all the disruption they encountered last week. Have a FAB time in Rodos Anne and Barry, don't eat too much pork ... oink oink and give the lads in Punto our love  

[mrkeith]

Just to let people know the ferry left this morning but it's 20:15 and it aint back yet !!!

[geordieboy]

Had the misfortune to have been on this ferry,finally docked at 21.30.
Broke down at 18.00,message given out that "big boat was in its berth at Fethiye".
Finally got moving again,then stopped to take on fuel,eventually limped home and docked at 21.30.Never mind,its Turkey.

[mrkeith]

There was a boat in the birth but it was only a gulet, I'll not be setting my watch by it lol

[mercury]

Update on the new FAST cat. We had friends who were unfortunate to be on Tuesdays trip home to Fethiye. They were told the same that there was aboat in their mooring. The engines closed down while they drifted about for a while and then the captain stalled the engine and couldn't restart it. They had infact run out of diesel and had to be refilled by a small boat that came along side. As there was no diesel the air conditioning went off and people were getting very agitated. The crew offered everyone water but there wasn't enough to go around. Our friends also were given crisps as they hadn't had any lunch. Maybe they were expecting the journey to be a short one. At one point a German guy was shouting and saying that the crew were lying about there being another boat in the harbour and things started to get a bit heated.Our friends were offered a free bus home but were dumped at the end of a long road and had to walk up. They arrived home at 10.30 p.m. 6 hours total travelling. We went out on the first trip out on Monday. We were told to be at the harbour at 8 a.m Passport control opened at 8.20. We should have left at 9.00a.m. We left at 10.a.m. Big announcement. The new transport will be in Rhodes at 11 as it takes an hour. It was actually 2 hours. Naturally we were a bit apprehensive about our return trip given what our friends had been through. The trip took 2 hours. Fast? There was a strong smell of diesel the whole journey and again really really hot due to poor air conitioning. When we arrived back in Fethiye we all had to wait over an hour in the queue again baking hot. At this point an American woman started to scream and shout very loudly about how she had paid 68 euros to spend 6 hours in Rhodes and only got 3 hours. She was screaming her head off at this point that the owner of Yesil Dalyan was standing with here and did anyone else want to complain about their poor service to him? She then thumped him so hard that he nearly fell in the water and it took 3 people to pull her off him. She then ran off past passport control. Chased by the boss, 2 of his crewe,her husband and the now called for police. She was of couse found and arrested. Now I don't approve of violence but I really had to sympathise with the woman and I am surprised that someone hasn't thumped him long since. The whole company and the ferry system to Rhodes has been shambolic and a disgrace for years.

[mrkeith]

I can't believe I missed all the action from my vantage point, it is usually around 9.30am when it leaves and anybodies guess when it returns

[mercury]

I think the woman was furious because she said she wanted half of her money back but the boss and his crewe actually laughed at her and said "this is Turkey" we dont give you money back. She wanted back up but of course many didn't understand what was going on as most were different nationalities and didn't understand English. Our firnds paid 50 euros each for one way trip as they had been holidaying in Crete. Not cheap and certainly not a good experience.

[Ovacikpeedoff]

I know it is not funny for those involved but it has been one of the funniest reads I have had in a long time. Thanks to everyone for sharing their story.