Advantages: A lot faster than traditional ships Disadvantages: Too many rough edges
Seacat operates a number of ferry services on the English Channel and Irish Sea routes. This op looks at all the routes between the west coast of Scotland and Northern Ireland, which I hope is helpful, and in particular at our experience of the Seacat service. (Ignore the pic that goes with this op - Seacat does have twin hulls but is otherwise nothing like the craft shown).
It seems that it is only a few years ago that the only transport links ... ...under two hours. Seacat links Belfast and Troon with a crossing time of just under three hours, using a fast ferry. Seacat originally used Stranraer as its Scottish base but moved a few years ago to Troon.
(There was a summer service between Ballycastle in Co Antrim and Campbeltown in Kintyre but that has ceased operating, though the respective local authorities are trying to resuscitate it.)
As a final part of setting the scene, a brief word on ...
confusion 24.10.2003 (23.11.2003)
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Advantages: SPEED Disadvantages: BAD WEATHER STOPS SERVICES
...last two weeks travelled with Seacat twice. The first was on Business frm Belfast to Troon driving on to Edinburgh. The Seacat service takes 2 hours and thirty minutes on this route and operates most of the year except usually January when the Irish sea can be really stormy and they would have to cancel.
Here are some of the advantages,SeaCat does not carry coaches or freight so there is no queuing behind heavy goods vehicles allowing quick turn ... ...have found you are off the Catameran within 10 mins of arrival.It has taken mostly nearly 20 minutes to get off the conventional ferrys and the HSS and then you are stuck behind lorries on the slow roads from Stranraer to Ayr. This can add at least 1 hour 30 mins to your driving time to Edinburgh or Glasgow.Troon to Edinburgh takes around 1 hour 20 mins driving and Glasgow is just over 30 mins driving time. The Seacats are operated on high-speed ...
iainkay1 31.05.2002 (18.07.2003)
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