Ferry to connect two vacation spots, Pattaya and Hua Hin

[HooHaa]

4 hours ago, TimTang said:

 

 

With one of these (used in Singapore) it would take 2 hours to do the trip one-way. It cruises at 28 knots or 53 km/hr. It's hardly scary and is usually a very smooth ride. I've traveled back and forth from Singapore to Batam many times. The problem is, would there be the market to justify the purchase one or more of these.

 

 

These cats are in operation between samui, Phangan, chumporn and Koh tao.

 

As for a smooth ride, sure, if the water is smooth. 

 

They are essentially harbour ferries, they roll like mad in any sort of chop.

 

Try the chumporn Koh tao crossing in November if you doubt my words.

[njhorn2000]

They wanna make it profitable, make it a Booze Cruze.. That's what that demographic is looking for anyway. MAN OVERBOARD!!!

[innocenthai]

It will fail as it previously failed, ah no, sorry, it won't fail as they already forgot what they were thinking about (time for lunch !)...

[tifino]

 

just Don't employ any expat Italian Sea captains

[Morakot]

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The Marine Department has ordered a feasibility study for the project, which should be done by the end of this year.

 

 

 

How many decades has this been talked about?

[innocenthai]

4 hours ago, TimTang said:

 

Yes...the one in the photo looks a little dodgy and probably doesn't go that fast anyway. Here's a 'Thai' ferry that goes from Hua Hin to Kho Phangan which is more like the type they would use in Pataya.

 

 

 

 

 

HUA HIM TO KOH PHANGAN ?????

 

Never heard of it !

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

[Yann55]

1 hour ago, Lingba said:

Dare I ask why this will take at least 5 years to implement?

 

They have to build the road  ...

[HooHaa]

3 minutes ago, innocenthai said:

 

 

 

 

HUA HIM TO KOH PHANGAN ?????

 

Never heard of it !

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

He means chumporn.

[HooHaa]

9 minutes ago, tifino said:

 

just Don't employ any expat Italian Sea captains

 

Have you an aversion to Italian seamen?

[Sphere]

Another ferry tale "mega" project.

[tifino]

3 minutes ago, HooHaa said:

 

Have you an aversion to Italian seamen?

 

 

Oh, no - just one particular ex-one who might eventually be free'd,

then scarper off to the the other side of the world...

Edited August 24, 2016 by tifino

[ratcatcher]

22 minutes ago, HooHaa said:

 

He means chumporn.

Presumably Chumporn is where you Chumporf to get the ferry to Koh Phangan?

[Morakot]

1 hour ago, Lingba said:

Dare I ask why this will take at least 5 years to implement?

 

You really think it's going to be that quick?

 

This ferry connection has been talked about for decades!

[Cuchulainn]

Can't wait to see the leaking death-trap of a tub when it's launched (and sunk!!)

[Morakot]

1 hour ago, HooHaa said:

These cats are in operation between samui, Phangan, chumporn and Koh tao.

 

As for a smooth ride, sure, if the water is smooth. 

 

They are essentially harbour ferries, they roll like mad in any sort of chop.

 

Possibly a catamaran like this one, which was used as high-speed ferry across the North Channel next to the Irish Sea.

 

 

Edited August 24, 2016 by Morakot

[HooHaa]

48 minutes ago, tifino said:

 

 

Oh, no - just one particular ex-one who might eventually be free'd,

then scarper off to the the other side of the world...

 

leaving behind only the memory of spray on your face.

[Freed1948]

If the use of old Thai ferries and Thai crew is proposed, I envisage a lot of drownings at sea!

Wouldn't get me on one.

[ddavidovsky]

Coconuts is having a joke using the picture of that boat.

[impulse]

Bad news.  Chinese have a tendency toward motion sickness.  Comes from not having vehicles when they were growing up.  (Strangely, the smoother the car rides, the worse it gets.)

 

I'm forecasting a huge market for barf bags if they do start a 2 hour ferry.

 

Edit:  Flew once in the back section of a 747 into Beijing.  A couple of hours from landing, it got a little choppy.  Literally, I was the only passenger in the back 20 rows that didn't have to use  the bag.

Edited August 24, 2016 by impulse

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[gchurch259]

Check out the operation of High Speed ferry Kansai Airport, Osaka to Kobe !

[hansnl]

7 hours ago, TimTang said:

 

 

With one of these (used in Singapore) it would take 2 hours to do the trip one-way. It cruises at 28 knots or 53 km/hr. It's hardly scary and is usually a very smooth ride. I've traveled back and forth from Singapore to Batam many times. The problem is, would there be the market to justify the purchase one or more of these.

While also the problem of high fuel consumption might be hindrance.

Like all the stopped high speed cross channel services between UK and continent.

Although the Chunnel also played a big part.

[Morakot]

16 minutes ago, hansnl said:

While also the problem of high fuel consumption might be hindrance.

Like all the stopped high speed cross channel services between UK and continent.

Although the Chunnel also played a big part.

 

Read the article in the Bangkok Post, it says a bit about fuel consumption.

BKK_Post.pdf

[Junkyarddog]

Let me tell you how this turns out. They start the ferry service. They hire some of these useless phuychais that drive the Pattaya speedboats. Their drunk most of the time and run into a fishing boat going full speed. The ferry sinks and 300 tourist die. The authorities chalk this up to bad luck.

[gandalf12]

8 hours ago, Rorri said:

A Thai ferry travelling at an average of 53 km/h, somehow I find that scary.

Just like the 69 kph average in a car. Not a chance unless there is a lot of wreckage left behind on the road. Don't the people who give these values have any idea of what it takes to produce a good average?

[KenKadz]

Doesn't the Thai Navy have an unused aircraft carrier and a couple of submarines laying around that could fill the need?

[PETERTHEEATER]

Fear not, the dream continues. It got lost when the figures of two hours to cover 105 kilometers (of sea) were mentioned. Carry on using the road because the only ferryboat that will ever see service will take the same time.

[tifino]

8 hours ago, TimTang said:

 

Yes...the one in the photo looks a little dodgy and probably doesn't go that fast anyway. Here's a 'Thai' ferry that goes from Hua Hin to Kho Phangan which is more like the type they would use in Pataya.

 

 

 

...speaking about what's in that photo...

...a previous ply of the Koh SiChang Route

 

 

 

the insides are a little more impressive, but it would be needed for a more sea-going trip:

 

 

[Basil B]

21 minutes ago, tifino said:

 

...speaking about what's in that photo...

...a previous ply of the Koh SiChang Route

 

 

 

the insides are a little more impressive, but it would be needed for a more sea-going trip:

 

 

I can smell the diesel fumes from here, they are making me sea sick...

[tifino]

...and deaf