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The Ben my Chree collided with a seaward fender in Douglas last night damaging the vessel and the fender. The sailing from the Isle of Man to Heysham last night and return to the Island this morning was carried out by the fast craft, Manannin. The scheduled Heysham sailing this morning has been cancelled and tonight's sailing is in the ballance. Manannin is sailing between Douglas and Liverpool today, as scheduled. It looks like the TT problems are starting early this year, hopefully they will be sorted earlier this year and all sailings will be on time.

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21 days til we're on the Ben.. best they get it sorted

and on the note of great transport systems, are you going on strike again Jamie!?

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In the words of the Black Knight, "tis but a scratch"
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Father, you're sacked! You can't spell 'balance'!

It's an annual tradition to crash the Ben just before TT to give us all a scare and give the papers and radio something to talk about...don't panic.... yet....lol!

Did`nt the Muppets make a record called Mannanin?? De dum de da da

long as they got it fixed by the 31st all is good for me

How on earth can that happen in good weather? Was the driver drunk?

I think his foot slipped off the brake, Simon...

Be fair Simon, they only get about 720'ish goes each year to get it right.Perhaps they were trying it a bit faster so they can provide a speedy and efficient and trouble free service for you TT visitors.Or perhaps they were watching that squadron of pigs flying over!