IOM TT 2006 ferry cost?

Can anyone remember what the 2006 ferry cost for a bike and rider as a
guide to the 2007 cost, or have an idea of what it is going to be.

 

ISTR around £250 with a pillion during race week Sat to Sat.

Mark

 

£170 from Liverpool, after I picked the right combination of ferries..
I'd expect it to be more this year, mind.

 

I hate the TT ferry bollocks so much I'm assessing taking a bike over a
week before the TT and back a week after, leaving it there and flying
in/out for the race period. The ferry is cheaper and it balances well
enough.

Is there anywhere decent to leave one or two bikes over the week at
either end though? could they live in the scout hut garage, or is there
a poster or lurker in the vicinity.

Come to think of it the airport car park is possibly as good as
anywhere? I rode in/out without incurring charges last time around.

The ferry is some £78 return from Belfast out of TT season. The flights
are about the same return booked in advance. £230ish. It's seriously
worth considering folks if you are handy for an airport with IOM
flights.

 

Time? lol

 

230GBP for bike, rider and pillion - less a fiver for booking online?

Chris D

 

Thanks

Robbing fucking bastards, up from £46 - £75 the week before. The power
of monopoly.

 

do you genuinely think that if there were another operator offering
transport for bikes to the IoM that they wouldn't increase their
prices during TT week?

If so, I'm surprised, because I'd got the impression that you knew at
least the basics of business.

 

Depends on the level of competition does it not? and the desire to be a
Low Cost Operator by design. I wish I had one of the retired cross
channel hovercraft to hand )

 

Perfectly suited to conditions in the Irish Sea, I'm sure.

 

Indeed, wave heights aren't huge thereabouts and you can land on the
beach.
Average around a metre and 3 metre peaks.

Current water temp is 9degC though, brrrrrrrr

 

Of course if you really want to do it cheap, have a word with this
guy at Glasson Dock just across the Lune from Heysham...
http://www.deuchars.org.uk/temp/PICT0262sm.JPG [1]

which is moored closest to this cafe & pub...
http://www.deuchars.org.uk/temp/PICT0263sm.JPG

He reckons he often took bikes across for the TT at about 30 quid
apiece (being a biker himself) - but wasn't doing it in 2006 cos he
was having to replace some decking. The boat, BTW, is an ex-MoD
minesweeper or similar.

we aren't doing 2007, but in 2008 I would be prepared to chase this
up if a UKRM contingent would be interested [2]

HTH

Chris D
[1] really must get my TT pics on line.....
[2] in return for a DFV# naturally