Wednesday saw a lot of heavy flying as the Scillonian III was out of service. Some thought that the Scillonian would be unable to serve the Islands for the WPGC?s coming this weekend.
Fortunately, the Scillonian sailed today (Thursday) after repairs on her gear box.
In a statement from the Steamship Company, they wrote: “The coupling failed on her return to Penzance Tuesday evening in the area of Lamorna Cove, one engine was immediately shut down and Scillonian proceeded on to Penzance on the other engine.”
Lisa Soper of the Steamship Company writes: “In the interests of passenger safety the decision was made not to sail Scillonian until the repair work was completed and our engineers, joined by those of Penzance Dry Dock, worked overnight to remedy the problem.”
“The work was completed this morning and after testing the engines Scillonian sailed at 12:45 with 450 passengers on board.”
“All passengers were in good spirits looking forward to an enjoyable Gig Championship.”
“Scillonian III will resume her normal schedule tomorrow and has a full manifest of 600 passengers.”
p class=”small”Pictured above: Charlestown’s Mystery was the last arrival before the Scillonian broke down. Courtesy of George Kershaw.