We should also remember there is a world of difference between the Ben & the Mannannannannannannan.
The fastcraft suffers a lot more than the Ben in rough sea, presume because it's got 2 hulls it's twice as bad!.
When the first Seacat arrived they put on a daytrip from Fleetwood (about 20 years ago?) during Manx GP practice week.
That was a gimmee!!,
a grand day out it was.
It wasn't that rough out there, but a lot of (new) staff were being sick, we were Ok though.
I always panic in the run up to the TT (specially last year) that the wind will pick up & lead to cancellations for the Mannannan, then what would we do?
At this moment I can see (on the AIS website) that she is ontime, heading to Douglas, but that the Ben is slowly circling round in Douglas bay, she should have landed 10 minutes ago!

Anyone interested in boats & that can see where they are here - (if that's Ok, Malcolm?)
http://www.shipais.com/showship.php?refr...=235070199