Just checked the interislander site and saw the Stena Alegra was taking bookings ,has anyone traveled on her yet?
Just checked the interislander site and saw the Stena Alegra was taking bookings ,has anyone traveled on her yet?
whats the story on the Stena Alegra broken down.Quote by Labour's Darien Fenton "it looks like we've got another floating dunger".Another tough break for interislander.![]()
i need a ferry next friday or saturday, wgtn to picton...any advice? many say take my own tie downs so ill do that, some say take the strait freight ship........i guess id better do some googling
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Cpt Edmund Blackadder
They are very similar,blue bridge more laid back,the straits man is slower than the others,book on the web,slightly cheaper and in my experience you can rock up to the terminal and change your ticket,one time I even got a 10 credit.be worth it to book at this time,school holidays ending
Im booked on the Bluebridge ferries in a couple of weeks. The megathread seems to suggest there arent that many tie down points on either of their 2 ferries. How have others tied down their bikes if there arent any spare tie down points?
Both of the blue bridge ferries have enough tie down points but they are quite widely spaced meaning if there are lots of bikes you will have to share and this is where your own (long) tie downs are good
ok, im booked on a bluebridge ferry tmw at 1.30pm and my old pile of tie downs leaves a lot to be desired (shabby greasy and not particularly long camlock style dirt bike ones) im taking my gs1100 and my brother is riding my dr650 so if i go and buy some now ill need to buy 8 of the bastards to nail bith bikes down....is it imperitive to have ones own tie downs or do they have some onboard we can use? otherwise itd be about $200 for four pairs of decent tie downs eek!
'the stickiest situation since sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun'
Cpt Edmund Blackadder
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down ones life for his friends. (John 15:13)
thanks shrek, just been to bunnings and got a 4pack for $20.00!! which consisted of two ratchet tiedowns and two camlocks which, whilst cheapish dont look like complete rubbish so that combined with my old dogs we should be sweet, we can cadge off them if need be
btw, whats bike travel time between picton and chch? 4 to 5 hours? will be travelling around speed limit to avoid tickets lol...fist time on the mainland for me
'the stickiest situation since sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun'
Cpt Edmund Blackadder
You should be able to run it in 3.5 hrs, non-stop and maintaining the speed limit. Add more if your pace is a little cruisy. Remember a 1 hour check-in applies for ferries.
I use 3 tie downs per bike. One on each side on the front, one looped through the rear wheel and tied both ends, as said, to stop it sliding sideways.
Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
yeehaa, thanks gremlin, time wise sounds good.we get in at picton at 5pm and will truck on straight to chch, with a bit of luck get in about dark
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Cpt Edmund Blackadder
Booked to go Feb 10th on the Arahura paid $201 on the 22nd Jan , week later the price was $156 WTF? , so you can guess what i did.![]()
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