Quote Originally Posted by islaydarkblue View Post
For the record I am not spouting nonsense.
I am telling you the facts which are freely available to read on news websites, local ferry committee websites whose islands are served by Calmac ferries and the Calmac Communities Board of directors meetings on their website.
The root problem of these problems happening on the Calmac ferries is that the management of Calmac do not allow sufficient time for their ferries to receive their annual overhaul (service). They only allow two weeks which results in them coming back either later than planned, jobs being delayed or in the case of the fire fighting equipment on the MV Hebrides and MV Lord of the Isles ferries breaking down.
No doubt you will dispute this information and that is your prerogative.
However the poster jdfc asked if anyone on this board used Calmac ferries and I was replying to him not you.
I picked up on what appears to be your preference to sail unsafe vessels - can you confirm you'd rather see essential maintenance done than not done?