Quote Originally Posted by pete-blen View Post
In the plans I seen when it was first proposed.. the farries were going to be berthed
side ways to the prevailing winds... imagine the surface area of a rail ferry..
a 20knot wind will apply 100s of tons of side force..

Pete
Got to say I wondered about that too. Always seemed to be the windiest part of any trip was going over the Malvern Hills etc...