There is something that is very unfortunate about all of this.

If the Steam Racket Company was actually owned by share holders who managed to put a face and their own cash into a company like this then you may have a chance of getting your points across and the company might actually care. Unfortunately the company that owns SPC is a financial investment company, much on the same lines as your pension funds, and we all know where they went. The main idea of their investments is to make a profit for a portfolio. This portfolio can be then invested in much in the same way as unit trusts. So they are only interested in how much they can make for the lowest out lay so their portfolio increases. Please don't for one minuite think that they are going to do anything as they are not in the business of client care as many public service companies are, they are only interested in return.

I would dare to suggest that they already knew that the boat was smaller as this would reduce outlay and they already had enough people pre booked to make the profit margins greater so they don't care. This is a clear case of them not doing things fast enough or seeing far enough ahead and then having to juggle things around to make things fit.

You will not get any joy from the MHK's as they will just go 'yes yes we understand' and then wait for all of this to just go away. Just don't let it. Then when the adverts for you all to book early for next years TT start appearing......... make your point.

I think the key here is for anything to be done it needs to be done on the UK side. MV if you let everyone know which gov department you contacted I would suggest this route. Or try to contact the media in the UK and show how much of a monopoly there is and at the time the IOM Government wants nothing but good press, this is an ideal opportunity to make your feelings known.

I am ashamed to be Manx, and can I apologise to everyone who has been affected by this.