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« Reply #45 on: March 16, 2026, 10:55:36 »
I have booked to go on the trip from WSM around the bay, steep and flat holm, then back to Clevedon
Never done this trip or been on the Waverley before
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« Reply #46 on: March 16, 2026, 11:11:12 »
Booked a trip from Penzance to Falmouth (coach return).
Hopefully it will go ahead this year!
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« Reply #47 on: May 12, 2026, 20:39:52 »
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Waverley surprises Oban with early arrival - 12 May 2026

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Waverley tied up at Oban's North Pier having arrived earlier on Tuesday morning. Image supplied

Paddle Steamer Waverley steamed into Oban Bay to berth at North Pier just after 9:30am on Tuesday morning, almost 11 hours earlier than planned but without any passengers. With only her crew aboard Waverley sailed overnight from Glasgow to Oban having cancelled her planned cruise due to forecast strong winds off the Mull of Kintyre.

General Manager, Paul Semple, explained, “Unfortunately the shipping forecast for Tuesday afternoon predicted strong winds and rough sea conditions which we decided would not be suitable for passengers to experience. With Waverley offering pleasure trips, we are conscious that sailing her through storm conditions is not what our passengers have come to expect and therefore on this occasion we decided to make a run for it and take Waverley north with just her crew to ensure she can carry on with her full Inner Hebrides sailings from Wednesday 13th May. We never like cancelling a cruise but there will be occasions when the weather isn’t suitable and this is necessary.”

Waverley will operate from Oban on 13th May and then across four days from Saturday 16th May until Tuesday 19th May. This year sees her visit Iona for the first time in over a decade with passengers being able to enjoy a couple of hours ashore. Tuesday’s sailing from Oban to Salen, Tobermory and Round Eigg offers Seniors the opportunity to being a friend for Free.

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« Reply #48 on: May 16, 2026, 16:06:18 »
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"Was lucky to catch the the Waverley arriving into Largs," says Sylvia Watson. "Always a lovely sight to see." - Image © Sylvia Watson
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« Reply #49 on: May 21, 2026, 18:25:27 »
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Waverley paddle steamer helps out passengers after CalMac ferry breaks down

The crew of a 79-year-old paddle steamer offered passengers a lift from Mull to Oban after their CalMac ferry was hit by a fault.

The Waverley was headed down the Sound of Mull when MV Isle of Mull broke down on Tuesday.

Another CalMac ferry, the MV Loch Frisa, was available but not all the passengers could be accommodated on a 18:40 sailing and the Waverley's crew asked if it could help out.

Some 42 foot passengers were picked up at Craignure and returned to Oban.

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« Reply #50 on: May 22, 2026, 06:06:57 »
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Waverley paddle steamer helps out passengers after CalMac ferry breaks down

The crew of a 79-year-old paddle steamer offered passengers a lift from Mull to Oban after their CalMac ferry was hit by a fault.

The Waverley was headed down the Sound of Mull when MV Isle of Mull broke down on Tuesday.

Another CalMac ferry, the MV Loch Frisa, was available but not all the passengers could be accommodated on a 18:40 sailing and the Waverley's crew asked if it could help out.

Some 42 foot passengers were picked up at Craignure and returned to Oban.

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Something of a co-incidence, Mull comes up again (and indeed Craignure) "On this day" today with the first steam locomotive run on the island in May 1983

Your report, Chris, also brings back memories of a trip of my own on Waverley in - it must have been 1976 or 1977 - when we were sailing up the Clyde and one of the paddle boards came loose. A dreadful thump every time the paddle wheel turned and we dropped to a crawl, and tied up at the nearest emergency place we could which happened to be an oil terminal.  A tiny figure of a security guard appeared on the jetty and shouted "You can't tied up here".  Wanna bet - big ship, lots of people on a beautiful sunny evening.

TS Queen Mary - in her last year or 2 - was also coming up to Glasgow that evening, and she tied up alongside Waverley and all the passengers transferred across to complete our journey into Glasgow - a rescue story from many years ago.  And the last two steam powered passenger boats on the Clyde tied up at - oops - the fuel depot.   That was my final trip on Waverley in CalMac hands and I suspected it might have been my last ever.  Little did I realise ...
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« Reply #51 on: May 23, 2026, 09:55:34 »
I'm having a Bank Holiday treat on Monday on the Waverley, Falmouth - Penzance - Lands End - Penzance - Falmouth.
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