Thread: Pattaya-Hua Hin ferry service to begin January 1 next year

Originally Posted by taxexile

parking is a doddle and the town begins to resemble the sleepy little place it was 10 years ago.

Better go back another 20.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Indeed, whatever but I always seem to get bitten by mossies, the restaurants are mostly ersatz and that sleepy quietude which normally I seek in other quarters generally amounts to a listless tedium.

Also, there is a quarter where the beer bars converge, but I don't mean the whore places, near the beach where farang congregate and shoot the breeze. Unfortunately, they have proven to be the most insufferable and sanctimonious bunch of self satisfied bores it has been my misfortune to meet.

Of course, here in Pattaya one generally only meets trash and blue collar oiks trying their best but at least they have a certain honesty and occasionally a rustic charm about them.

Ah well.

Jesus Christ Thegent,

Ya only ever fookin happy when you arrived back home from some coonts funeral.

Aint anyone ya know died today. ??

Weather spoils first Pattaya-Hua Hin ferry service

1 Jan 2017 at 13:54 1,018 viewed0 comments
WRITER: CHAIYOT PUPATTANAPONG



Passengers are on board the Royal 1 ferry for the first service between Pattaya and Hua Hin, which did not leave the Bali Hai pier. (Photo by Chaiyot Pupattanapong)


The much-publicised ferry service between Pattaya and Hua Hin could not make a debut on Sunday after the Marine Department and the operator decided to call it off for the safety of passengers.

More than 200 passengers were on board the Royal 1 catamaran at Laem Bali Hai pier in Pattaya for the first service across the Gulf of Thailand to Hua Hin district in Prachuap Khiri Khan. Some of them showed up at 5am to make sure they got tickets for the voyage.

The ferry, operated by Royal Passenger Liner Co, was scheduled to leave Pattaya for Hua Hin at 8.30am for a 105km trip which takes about one hour and 10 minutes.

But all were disappointed after the department made the announcement to all passengers that the trip had to be cancelled due to strong winds and high waves of up to four metres en route to the destination.

Aekarat Khantharo, director of the marine office in Pattaya, said the cancellation was for the safety of passengers after the Meteorological Department had warned his office of unfriendly weather conditions including rough seas in the upper part of the gulf.

The double decker can withstand waves up to only two metres but the weather forecast showed it could encounter waves twice as high along the way.

Preecha Tantipura, chief executive of Royal Passenger Liner, said safety came first for the service and asked the passengers to use their tickets for the Monday schedule.

The firm offers free rides as a New Year's gift between the two destinations until Jan 15, after which the normal fare of 1,250 baht will apply. The service is on a trial basis until Jan 12, when it will be officially launched.

The latest weather warning issued by the Meteorological Department on Sunday forecast strong winds and high waves in the gulf until Monday in Prachuap Khiri Khan and until Wednesday for southern coastal provinces.

Passengers are advised to check the weather with the operator for the service schedule, Mr Preecha said.

Weather spoils first Pattaya-Hua Hin ferry service | Bangkok Post: news

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The Gulf of Thailand can turn into a nightmare very Quickly.

Jesus, there is no way this crossing will be profitable given the Gulfs tenancy to get very fookin Nasty and i for one would not want to be on that boat when it kicks off.

Anyone who has been on the Cats from Chumphon to Koh Tao will attest to that lot.

A dream trip on a nice day but fooking horrible when the weather kicks in.

The season is way to short for them to turn a Buk.

Im surprised they let a little thing like rough seas spoil the big day. When have the Thais ever giving a flying fuck about health and safety?

Originally Posted by terry57

The season is way to short for them to turn a Buk.

Spot on especially when the season has some of the worst gulf conditions of the year.

Originally Posted by taxexile

The ferry, operated by Royal Passenger Liner Co, was scheduled to leave Pattaya for Hua Hin at 8.30am for a 105km trip which takes about one hour and 10 minutes.

Show me the math~~~

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From Pattaya to Hua Hin the ferry will be sailing south-west. Therefor, to Thais looking at a map or chart it's down-hill all the way.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Everything about this heralded service is just so gimcrack and typically Thai in that half-arsed way they seem to achieve in most of their endeavours.

Only one outfit tendered for the contract but another has recently surfaced with a suspiciously grandiose plan but their provenance is somewhat obscure and it has yet to materialise any plans beyond mere fresh air.

The craft to commence service is an old boat which has had to be refurbished - a bit of paint no doubt and some new plastic seat covers but what of the turbines, jet/impellors/propellors?

And the voyage duration from sleaze town to sleepy hollow? The distance is apparently 113 kilometres and the craft has a maximum speed of 27 kts. In other reports the journey time by the company has been estimated at 1 hour 30 mins. Mmmmmm.......

Contrast this with the Brittany Ferry HSF 'Normandie Express' operating between Portsmouth and Cherbourg in the summer season - a distance of 94 miles in a vessel capable of 42 kts but the journey time is given of 3 hours.

They just cant help themselves, can they? Like children really, full of wild stupid optimism rooted in fantasy and wishful thinking.

Yes one wonders why the Chinese use imported fast ferries from Australia when they can build them themselves or is it an exact copy as only they know how. Catamarans are only suitable for sheltered waters and a monohull is the only design suitable for all weather seas. Check info available at Austal Shipyards. Henderson, Perth, West Australia

Originally Posted by Gazza

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From Pattaya to Hua Hin the ferry will be sailing south-west. Therefor, to Thais looking at a map or chart it's down-hill all the way.

reminds me of the TOT "engineer" who came to fix the slow and unreliable internet connection i had when i lived on koh samui.

he said the electric signal was slow because it had to get to the top of the hill where we lived and there was nothing he could do about it.

If the Chinese can build these ferries themselves, why do they import all their fast ferries from Australia ? And the Australians know for open seas a monohull is far more suitable for rough conditions and catamarans only used in estuaries and sheltered harbours. And with no previous experience how did the Thai's grant them a seaworthy certification for the route ? Methinks this project doomed to failure !

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My gaff is maybe 6 KLM away from Henderson factory, I've been there many times with my work.

They produce boats for clients traversing the roughest seas in the world and this factory is sought out from clients world wide. Built boats for the US Navy.

Don't think they built this boat though.

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Also Thais tend to get travel sickness, gunna be fun on that trip.

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These Cats are shit on anything other than millponds. They have a weird juddering/vibrating motion traversing small waves which is mildly disconcerting but in rough seas I should imagine they must slow right down to a snail's pace. Also, one is trapped inside for the duration of the trip, a la air travel, which in Thailand would scare me to death.

The claim that the journey would be for little over an hour and a quarter is a downright lie or the gibberish of an imbecile. Anyway, all those Thai were only there because it was free.

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Well Thegent,

When there is dead flat seas in the Gulf which occurs quite often the Cats go like a shower of shit. They really punch along.

But once the seas pick up which also occurs quite often, they don't piss along.

So it's all dictated by the weather innit.

which begs the question why on earth the einstein chickenheads didnt buy a craft capable of providing service in all weather conditions.

4m swells are common in the gulf from November until March, i.e. high season.

The strong winds force waves up to 2-4 meters high in the Gulf. All ships should proceed with caution, and small boats keep ashore. People should beware of inshore surge lasting 4 January 2017.

todays forecast from tmd.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

These Cats are shit on anything other than millponds. They have a weird juddering/vibrating motion traversing small waves which is mildly disconcerting but in rough seas I should imagine they must slow right down to a snail's pace.

You've obviously traveled on them regularly - in your imagination.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

These Cats are shit on anything other than millponds. They have a weird juddering/vibrating motion traversing small waves which is mildly disconcerting but in rough seas I should imagine they must slow right down to a snail's pace. Also, one is trapped inside for the duration of the trip, a la air travel, which in Thailand would scare me to death.

The claim that the journey would be for little over an hour and a quarter is a downright lie or the gibberish of an imbecile. Anyway, all those Thai were only there because it was free.

In the '90s before the Samui airport was built, an Australian group formed Royal Jet Ferries as they had identified the Surat Thani/Samui route as one of the world's most promising and proposed 45 knot 350 passenger monohulls for the venture. These vessels were already running successfully in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia and could easily handle 4m. waves.

Originally Posted by taxexile

which begs the question why on earth the einstein chickenheads didnt buy a craft capable of providing service in all weather conditions.

4m swells are common in the gulf from November until March, i.e. high season.

Maybe the Chicken Heads know that this is going to be a certain fail so did not want to go in Balls Deep.

maybe the owners just need a tax write off.

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Funny you say that, I was thinking the same thing or they are just blowing some black money.

Originally Posted by seagypsy

In the '90s before the Samui airport was built, an Australian group formed Royal Jet Ferries as they had identified the Surat Thani/Samui route as one of the world's most promising and proposed 45 knot 350 passenger monohulls for the venture. These vessels were already running successfully in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia and could easily handle 4m. waves.

and your point is? As the service was never initiated or I dont think even discussed.

Originally Posted by aging one

Originally Posted by seagypsy

In the '90s before the Samui airport was built, an Australian group formed Royal Jet Ferries as they had identified the Surat Thani/Samui route as one of the world's most promising and proposed 45 knot 350 passenger monohulls for the venture. These vessels were already running successfully in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia and could easily handle 4m. waves.

and your point is? As the service was never initiated or I dont think even discussed.

Perhaps a noted point is that such regular gulf ferry service is not a new venture.....goes way back to the 1960s/1970s - some survived, some didn't. Yet, there were a score of private/govt ferry and shipping companies.

Largely petered out with competing air and coach service.