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These pages list amendments to the booklet 'Trip Out 2013/14 A guide to the passenger boat services of the British Isles'.
Entries are listed in the order in which they appear in the booklet.
A completely revised edition of the guide will be published in 2015.
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Apollo Canal & River Trips, Leeds
Delete entry - ceased trading.
Pennine Boat Trips of Skipton now Skipton Boat Trips.
Skipton Boat Trips
See Pennine Boat Trips of Skipton.
B A Snedden, Whitby
Address now 15 Sandgate, Whitby, YO22 4DB;
telephone mobile 07779 318948.
Sprotbrough Riverboat
Telehone now (01709) 860293.
Whitby Coastal Cruises
Telephone now mobile 07941 450381. Delete
trips to Staithes.
DFDS Seaways
Telephone 0871 522 9955. Delete SIRENA SEAWAYS
(transferred to Baltic Sea). Delete Harwich-Esbjerg route.
The Captain's Table, Ely
See Huntingdon Passenger Cruises.
Huntingdon Passenger Cruises
Delete address; telephone now
(01763) 449274. The CAPTAIN'S TABLE is now based at Ely.
Searles Sea Tours, Hunstanton
Delete SEA LION (sold).
Wivenhoe, Fingringhoe & Rowhedge Ferry
Telephone (01206) 808704.
Bewl Cruise
Address now c/o Greencap Nursery, Cousley Wood,
Wadhurst, TN5 6QX; telephone mobile 07739 759202
Fords Wharf Marine, Maidstone
ALLINGTON BELLE not operating in
2014.
Lady Essex, Wallasea Island
Delete entry - ceased trading.
Lee & Stort Boat Co
Add cruises from Bishop's Stortford (1 hr 30
mins) and cruises in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park at Stratford
(45 mins).
Bateaux London
Delete NATICIA (sold).
Capital Pleasure Boats
Address Downe House, 303 High Street,
Orpington, BR6 0NN; telephone unchanged.
Havengore
Telephone now (020) 7183 0110.
King Cruises
Address now 16 Buckles Lane, South Ockendon, RM15
6RS; telephone mobile 07525 776650.
London Party Boats
Add JEWEL OF LONDON (previously NATICIA of
Bateaux London).
London River Cruises
Delete address; telephone now (01277)
899021.
River Thames Boat Hire
Delete sailings to Kew and Hampton Court.
Thames Cruises
CHEVENING rebuilt and renamed RIVER PRINCESS.
Thames Leisure
Delete address; telephone unchanged.
Thames River Boats (WPSA)
Delete reference to River Thames Boat
Hire.
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The Electric Barge, Little Venice
Address now Unit 122, Great
Western Studios, 65 Alfred Road, London, W2 5EU; telephone (020)
3214 3118.
The Floating Boater, Little Venice
LAPWING now carries 12
passengers.
The Basingstoke Canal Society
Delete JOHN PINKERTON (sold).
John Cale Canal Cruises, Mytchett
Delete entry – ceased trading.
Guildford Boat House
Delete entry – ceased trading.
JGF Passenger Boats, Walton-on-Thames
Add BRISSAGO (1970, 29.0
m, 160 pass, previously in Germany), to be renamed PRIDE OF
SURREY.
Oxford River Cruises
Address now 60 St Aldgates, Oxford, OX1
1ST; telephone unchanged.
Salter's Steamers
Windsor-Maidenhead and Windsor-Staines limited
to group bookings.
Windsor Duck Tours (new entry)
PO Box 545, 24-28 St Leonard's
Road, Windsor, SL4 3BB; telephone (01753) 581158. WHITE BEAR
(2010, 26 pass). Sightseeing trips in Windsor in amphibious craft
Windsor & Maidenhead Boat Co (new entry)
Telephone (01628)
621286. Charter trips from Windsor and Maidenhead.
Kennet & Avon Canal Trust, Devizes
Telephone now mobile 07975
854503.
Kennet & Avon Canal Trust, Hungerford
Telephone now (01635)
255367.
Kennet & Avon Canal Trust, Newbury
Telephone now mobile 07716
460562.
DFDS Seaways
DIEPPE SEAWAYS registered in France.
Brittany Ferries
Add ETRETAT (previously NORMAN VOYAGER of DFDS
Seaways). Add route Portsmouth – Le Havre (5 hrs 30 mins).
Celtic Link Ferries now run by Stena Line. CELTIC HORIZON renamed
STENA HORIZON. Address is Ferry Terminal, Dun Laoghaire, Co
Dublin, Ireland. Telephone reservations (IE) (01) 204 7777.
Condor Ferries
Add AUSTAL HULL 270 (2010, 6231 gt, 102.0 m, 1165
pass, >mC, to be renamed). Weymouth service ends on 23 March 2015.
DFDS Seaways
Delete NORMAN VOYAGER (charter ended). Add SEVEN
SISTERS of Transmanche Ferries. Service ceases on 1 January 2015.
Telephone 0800 917 1201.
Irish Ferries
Add route Dublin - Cherbourg (19 hrs,
),
passengers travelling with vehicles only, by EPSILON (see 'Irish
Sea').
Stena Line
See Celtic Link Ferries.
Action Boat
Delete entry - see Littlehampton Ferry.
Blue Line Cruises, Poole, now City Cruises Poole. Address Cherry
Garden Pier, Cherry Garden Street, London, SE16 4TU; telephone
(020) 7740 0400. Delete JURASSIC SCENE (sold). Add ISLAND SCENE
(previously PRIDE OF TENBY on page 57, then ESKABELLE). Delete
sailings from Bournemouth.
J Butcher & Sons, Portsmouth
Delete entry – ceased trading.
City Cruises Poole
See Blue Line Cruises.
Dorset Cruises, Poole
Add DORSET DUCHESS (previously FAITHFULL
SERVANT of D & P Faithfull).
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D & P Faithfull, Portsmouth
Delete FAITHFULL SERVANT (sold).
Gosport Ferry
Add HARBOUR SPIRIT (due 2015, 32.9 m, 300 pass).
Littlehampton Ferry (new entry)
The Rope House, Rope Walk,
Littlehampton, BN17 5DH; telephone mobile 07532 193590.
Littlehampton ferry.
MB Cruises, Littlehampton (new entry)
Telephone 01273 930030.
THE BELLE (previously DEVON BELLE on page 46). Trips between
Littlehampton and Arundel.
Nauti Fast Ferries (new entry)
Telephone (023) 9298 4090.
Portsmouth - Cowes (35 mins), starting date unknown.
Needles Pleasure Cruises
Add YARMOUTH ROSE (2013, 15.3 m, 87
pass).
Isle of Sark Shipping Co
Add coastal cruises from St Peter Port
(2 hrs 15 mins, Sundays mid-May - Aug).
Manche Iles Express
Delete MARIN MARIE (sold). Add GRANVILLE
(2006, 325 gt, 41.0 m, 245 pass, previously BORNHOLM EXPRESS in
Denmark).
Brixham Express (new entry)
22 Moorings Reach, Brixham, TQ5 9TB;
telephone 07553 359596. Torquay - Brixham (25 mins).
Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Co
Delete EDGCUMBE BELLE
(sold). Delete excursions from Teignmouth.
Exe Fishing, Exmouth
See Tiger Charters.
K Lane (Paignton Pleasure Cruises)
Delete ISLAND PRINCESS
(sold). Add JOYBELLE (1947, 13.7 m, 35 pass).
Tiger Charters, Exmouth
SOUTHERN ANGLER now trades as Exe
Fishing. Delete address; telephone (01395) 279693.
FERRIES
Stonehouse-Cremyll service run by Cremyll Ferry.
Calstock Ferry (new entry)
Telephone (01822) 833314. Calstock Cotehele (15 mins, weekends Easter - Oct, daily in school summer
holidays).
Cremyll Ferry
NORTHERN BELLE is laid-up. Add EDGCUMBE BELLE
(from page 42) and ISLAND PRINCESS (from page 44).
Mount Batten Ferry
Telephone mobile 07515 370000.
Plymouth Boat Trips
Delete DEVON BELLE (sold).
FERRIES
Falmouth-Flushing run by Newmans Cruises.
Great Western Riverboats, Falmouth (additional entry)
The
Hideout, Carnon Gate, Devoran, Truro, TR3 6PF; telephone mobile
07868 424391. WESTERN ENDEAVOUR (from page 103). Cruises from
Falmouth (Prince of Wales Pier) up River Fal.
G Hudson, Falmouth
Ferry now run by Newmans Cruises.
A P & E R Newman now trade as Newmans Cruises. Telephone mobile
07527 542166. Add MIRANDA (from G Hudson) and Falmouth - Flushing
ferry.
G Pill, Falmouth (additional entry)
Telephone mobile 07968
317206. MEDINA MIST (1070, 19 grt, 12.8 m, 50 pass). Cruises
from Falmouth (Prince of Wales Pier); angling trips.
St Anthony Holidays (additional entry)
Manaccan, Helston, TR12
6JW; telephone (013426) 231357. Ferry across Gillan Creek from St
Anthony to Halamana (April - Oct).
Bryher Boat Services
Delete entry - see Tresco Boat Services.
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Tresco Boat Services (new entry)
Telephone (01720) 423373.
FIRETHORN OF BRYHER (from Bryher Boat Services). Services
previously run by Bryher Boat Services.
Aquabus, Cardiff
"ENTERPRISE" is actually ENTERPRISE OF CARDIFF.
Cardiff Boat (new entry)
Telephone mobile 07445 440874. PRINCESS
KATHARINE (from page 103). Trips in Cardiff between Mermaid Quay
and Bute Park.
HMS69/ Cardiff Cruises
Add cruises from Cardiff and Penarth
around Flat Holm.
Kennet & Avon Canal Trust, Bradford
Telephone now mobile 07503
445393.
Swansea Community Boat Trust
Delete BLACK PRINCE (sold). Add
COPPER JACK (2014, 17.1 m, 43 pass).
M Woolls (MW Marine), Weston-super-Mare
Add trips from Weston to
Cardiff and from Cardiff to Flat Holm.
Caldey Boat Service
Delete TWO BROTHERS (sold).
Tenby Sea Cruises
Delete PRIDE OF TENBY (sold).
Avonbelle River Boat Trips, Upton
Delete entry - AVON BELLE
sold.
Canal and River Tours, Stratford (new entry)
Canal Basin,
Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6AT; telephone (01789)
269669. JENNIFER MAY (2013, 19.8 m, 50 pass). Cruises on the
River Avon from Stratford (Bancroft Basin).
Ironbridge Scenic River Cruises
Address now 32 Buildwas Road,
Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7BJ; telephone unchanged.
Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust
Address is 30 St John
Street, Newport Pagnell, MK16 8HJ; telephone unchanged.
Wolverhampton Passenger Boat Services
trading.
Delete entry – ceased
Foxton Boat Services
VAGABOND replaced by VAGABOND II
(previously HARRY STEVENS on page 25).
Friends of the Cromford Canal
Telephone mobile 07552 055455.
The BIRDSWOOD is electrically powered.
Lincoln Boat Trips
Address now 22 Parkgates Avenue, Lincoln, LN6
7HP; telephone unchanged.
Norbury Wharf (new entry)
The Wharf, Norbury Junction, Stafford,
ST20 0PN; telephone (01785) 284292. SHROPSHIRE STAR (previously
STAFFORD on page 63). Cruises on the Shropshire Union Canal from
Norbury Junction.
P H Jones, Trevor
Address now The Old Wharf, Station Road,
Trevor, Llangollen, LL20 7TP; telephone (01978) 824166.
ChesterBoat
Address now The Old Palace, Little St Johns Street,
Chester, CH1 1RB; telephone unchanged.
Foulridge Canal Cruises
Delete trips from Burnley.
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Kittywake Canal Cruises, Wigan
Address now 29 Birch Grove,
Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4 0QZ; telephone mobile 07850
562043.
Liverpool Boat Charter (new entry)
Telephone mobile 07540
373838. SKYLARK (1978, 11.6 m, 38 pass). Cruises from Salthouse
Dock around the south Liverpool docks (40 mins).
The Yellow Duckmarine, Liverpool
Delete entry - ceased trading.
Coniston Launch
Add CYGNET (from page 103).
Irish Ferries
Add EPSILON (IT, 2011, 26375 gt, 186.4 m, 500 pass,
C, previously CARTOUR EPSILON). Add route Dublin – Cherbourg (see
'English Channel and Biscay').
Dublin Bay Cruises
Add sailings between Dublin and Howth or Dun
Laoghaire.
Dublin Discovered!
See Liffey River Cruises.
Liffey River Cruises, Dublin, now trades as Dublin Discovered!.
Passage East Ferry Co
Telephone # (051) 382480.
Waterford Castle Hotel
LORELEY to be sold. Add MARY FITZGERALD
(cable C)
Cailín Óir Ferry Service, Cape Clear
CAILIN OIR chartered to
O'Brien Line (see 'West Coast, Shannon and Lough Erne').
Cork Harbour Cruises
Delete entry - ceased trading.
Aran Doolin Ferries
Delete entry - see Doolin2Aran Ferries.
Clewbay Cruises, Westport (new entry)
Rosehill Castle,
Carrowholly, Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland; telephone mobile # 087
606 6146. SPIORAD NAOMH PHADRAIG (13.4 m, 50 pass). Cruises on
Clew Bay from Westport.
Corrib Tours, Galway
Address now Gurran Lower, Maree, Oranmore,
Co Galway; telephone unchanged.
Donegal Coastal Cruises (Turasmara)
Telephone is # (074) 953
1320.
Doolin2Aran Ferries
Add HAPPY HOOKER and ROSE OF ARAN (both from
Aran Doolin Ferries).
Inishbofin Island Discovery
Telephone now # (095) 45819.
O'Brien Line, Doolin
CAILIN OIR chartered from Cailín Óir Ferry
Service (see 'South West Ireland') in summer 2014.
W O'Callaghan, Liscannor
Delete entry - vessel sold.
O'Malley Ferries, Clare Island
Add TRUE LIGHT (from W
O'Callaghan).
Belfast Splash Tours
Lough Foyle Ferry Co
Rathlin Island Ferry
Delete entry - ceased trading.
Delete Buncrana-Rathmullan route.
Add ST SORNEY (from page 103)
Caledonian MacBrayne
Add new vessel (2016, 523 gt, 43.0 m, 150
pass, C). Add route Mallaig – Lochboisdale (3 hrs 30 mins,
November – March).
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Clyde Marine Services
SEABUS renamed CHIEFTAIN. Delete
Kilcreggan and Govan services. Add cruises from Dunstaffnage
Marina, near Oban, to Loch Creran, Corryvreckan, Mull, etc (2 hrs
30 mins - 5 hrs, June - Aug).
ClydeLink
Delete reference to CAILIN OIR.
G Grant, Iona
Delete OSSIAN OF STAFFA (sold). Add new vessel
(2014, 15.0 m).
Oban Marina (additional entry) Ardentrive Bay, Isle of Kerrera,
Oban, PA34 4SX; telephone (01631) 565333. LADY ESSEX III (1981,
10.4 m). Oban (North Pier) - Oban Marina on Kerrera.
Sea Discoverer, Kyle of Lochalsh
Delete entry - ceased trading.
Bruce Watt Cruises, Mallaig
Delete entry – see Western Isles
Cruises.
Western Ferries
Delete SOUND OF SANDA and SOUND OF SCALPAY (both
sold).
Western Isles Cruises, Mallaig (new entry)
Pier Office, Mallaig,
PH41 4QD; telephone (01687) 462233. WESTERN ISLES (from Bruce
Watt). Service from Mallaig to Inverie and Tarbet on Loch Nevis
(April – Oct, not Sundays); day trips to Eigg; cruises to Eilean
Donan or Loch Hourn.
Cruise Loch Lomond, Tarbet
Add LOMOND HANNAH (previously ARKLET
of Inversnaid Hotel).
Inversnaid Hotel
Delete ARKLET (sold).
Sir Walter Scott Steamship Trust
Telephone (01877) 376315.
Forth & Clyde Canal Society
Contact now R Irvine, 83 Glenacre
Road, Cumbernauld, G67 2NT; telephone (01236) 735533.
D Beattie, Newburgh (additional entry)
MAID OF THE TAY (1965,
13.7 m, 60 pass, previously GIRL ALISON). Trips on the River Tay
from Newburgh.
Clyde Marine Services
See 'West Coast'. Cruises on the
Caledonian Canal from Banavie, Gairlochy, Laggan and Fort
Augustus.
Cruise Loch Ness, Fort Augustus
Telephone (01320) 366277.
Passenger Boat Association
Address now Marine House, Thorpe Lea Road, Egham, TW20 8BF.
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Copyright, Geoffrey Hamer, November 2014
PO Box 485, Southall, UB1 9BH
www.trip-out.co.uk

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