[BITList] Fwd: [IrishSeaShips] NEWS: BALMORAL (WSN) will not sail in 2013

[M.j. Feltham]

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> From: "isshipping" <groups at irishseashipping.com>
> Subject: [IrishSeaShips] NEWS: BALMORAL (WSN) will not sail in 2013
> Date: 12 December 2012 08:10:20 GMT
> To: IrishSeaShips at yahoogroups.com
> Reply-To: IrishSeaShips at yahoogroups.com
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> The following has appeared on the National Steamship Preservation Forum this morning:
> 
> Since 1986, the Waverley organisation has operated its two ships, Waverley, and Balmoral, each summer on a programme of cruises around the coast of the United Kingdom. 
> 
> Balmoral's operation has been hampered increasingly in recent years by extreme weather conditions. This has led to many cancelled or disrupted sailings, which has had a significant impact on that ship's contribution to operating results. Waverley's timetable is less susceptible to such disruptions. 
> 
> Clearly, we are unable to predict the weather for 2013, but none of the forecasters is predicting a significant improvement over recent years. After taking a wide range of considerations into account, we have decided, reluctantly, that it would be too great a risk to operate Balmoral next year and that doing so would increase the threat to the future of both ships. We are not in a position to take such a risk and so we will not be operating Balmoral on a programme of cruises in 2013.
> 
> At the moment Balmoral is being looked after on a care and maintenance basis by volunteers in Bristol. We are looking at alternative ways of utilising the ship in 2013 and, over the coming months, we will seek to identify a robust operating programme to offer the prospect of returning her to service in 2014 and beyond. 
> 
> Waverley will operate her usual extensive programme visiting all the areas she has served for so many years.
> 
> This has been a very difficult decision but we consider that it offers the best way in the current circumstances to ensure Waverley's continued operation. As a stakeholder in our organisation, we were keen to advise you of this as soon as possible.
> 
> Should you wish to discuss the implications of this decision on your own organisation, please communicate with your normal contact at the company or e-mail info at waverleyexcursions.co.uk.
> 
> Yours faithfully
> 
> 
> Kathleen O'Neill
> Chief Executive 
> 
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