Wightlink has been forced to cancel a number of sailings on its Fishbourne-Portsmouth service today (Thursday) due to a mechanical fault with the St Clare ferry.
It was at around 07:00 this morning that the vessel developed what is understood to be an engine fault whilst mid-Solent.
A tug had to be called in to take the ferry safely into Portsmouth Harbour.
Wightlink initially said it was keeping an eye on the situation, predicting some level of delay.
Now, the cross-Solent operator has confirmed that it has had to cancel several sailings – 7 in total.
Sailings scrubbed for today include the 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 and 17:00 from Fishbourne, and the 12:00, 14:00 and 16:00 from Portsmouth.
Customers are being moved to alternative sailings, with Victoria of Wight and the ageing St Faith continuing to operate.
Other operators are also having problems today – due to the weather. Hovertravel’s cross-Solent service is suspended until further notice due to windy conditions, with Red Funnel’s 10:55 Red Jet from West Cowes also not running due to the adverse weather.
Time for a Bridge or Tunnel
in Hong Kong the Macau Bridge is 34 miles long
All we need is a small Bridge from Colwell to the other side
1 mile long
WHO NEEDS FERRY COMPANIES IN 2026 and before numpties
start moaning about certain persons coming to the island
IT WON’T BE A PROBLEM STILL CHARGE A FEE TO USE THE
BRIDGE
We were waiting for the self opinionated little man to spout the normal carbage on a bridge/tunnel etc oh well once a numpty always a numpty i suppose.
Already has he’s simple drives an EV so have to allow the mental one have a say.
Beats paying £2 a litre for diesel
ONLY NUMPTIES PAY SUCH CHARGES
Don’t worry Numpty I don’t expect the island to build a
Bridge, they cannot STOP numpties speeding yet alone
build a bridge.
Once a Numpty always a Numpty, you are not alone.
The normal pathetic childish reply we were expecting from the self opinionated little man you are, grow up or is it too late for you now.
Bless you Numpty
Don’t indulge the little narcissist
Cost hundreds of millions who’s going to pay for it? never happen.let it go move on..take years of development new chain ferry wont be around for at least 5 years maybe more..
It would be worth every penny, get a Chinese company
to build it, much cheaper.
Bit like your shit EV you bought I bet it’s Chinese shit utter turd.
It’s actually Japanese made in England
Bellend
You live up to your name.
Bless
Think about how many mainland drivers would be speeding around the Island on a weekend jolly.
They wouldn’t if the island had Khan like speed
cameras.
Can’t wait for all those illegal migrants to be roaming the streets here eh? Phone snatching gangs, shoplifting gangs, grooming gangs. I can see why you hanker for easy access.
Ridiculous they wouldn’t want to come to the
island not enough opportunities for them to
prosper.
Something needs to change. It’s becoming a joke now
Nothing will change the island is run by Numpties