The inter Island Supply boat, the Lyonesse Lady, and the Penzance based cargo boat the Gry Maritha will both be dry docked this Month for vital repair works and renovations.
The two boats, both owned by the Steamship Company, will be dry docked in Penzance where they are thought to stay for the next few weeks. The Lyonesse will be away for ten days, starting on the 20th of October, and following that, the Gry will be away for twenty days. These renovations come just a year after the Scillonian III had a major re-fit in Plymouth.
The Scillonian will have to take all the freight to the Islands from Penzance for the next few weeks while a smaller boat will deliver it to the off islands. This smaller, replacement boat does not have a crane so all cargo will have to be shifted by hand.