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Well, the chunnel is an hour and a quarter in the dark, not much scenery,
and I'm a ferryboat fanatic anyway. Besides, going from London to Paris isn't
going from Plymouth to Normandy — they are hundreds of miles apart.
You got a point, Jack. I love the water myself, and wide open spaces, which
the chunnel certainly lacks (fortunately, I guess you'd have to say).
Your proposal is best.
Ron Shafran [Farrel Co.]
When I say I love ferries I'm not kidding. I was married on one.
I'll say you're not kidding! Thinking back on it though, I met my wife on a
'converted' 1930s vintage large river ferry (people, not vehicles), which was
fun at the time but after sailing around for a few years the thrill
diminished… she (the ferry, that is) used to roll a fair bit in a decent sea.
Hull design. Ron Shafran [Farrel Co.]
We were married on the historic ROARING BULL, a car and passenger ferry
that crosses the Susquehana River about 50 miles north of Harrisburg and is, I
think, the only ferry left in Pennsylvania and the only car paddlewheel driven
ferry I've ever seen. Charles Kerault called it one of his favorites in an ON
THE ROAD piece years ago. It's still running.
Another one of my favorites even though I didn't get married on it is the
JOHN ATLANTIC BULL that crosses Lake Powell in southern Utah. Like taking a car
ferry across the Grand Canyon.
Jack,
What is a "car paddlewheel driven ferry"?
Does the "BULL" in the names of the two ferries have anything to do with the
"Bull" in "Honeywell Bull"? Ron Shafran [Farrel Co.]
No, the Roaring Bull is the name of the ferry, not anything more. There are
a hundred stories of why a ferry has had that name (the other one on the run is
the Falcon) but nobody knows how true they are.
It's a car ferry and it's driven by a belt-driven paddlewheel. Sorry if I
misphrased things.