Ride on this tub at your peril!!! The biggest maritime disaster ever to sail New Zealand waters, it was built in Spain and has a Northern Hemisphere bow with a southern Hemisphere stern. It's not a wave piercing bow, so reacts terribly to the rough seas of the strait... and sat so proud of the waves for months after it arrived concrete trucks sat on the Picton wharf laden with concrete which was emptied into the bow to get the thing to ride low enough in the water to even dock at low tide in Wellington. It's still so unstable the hardwood sleepers wear out in six months and need replacement they last for years bearing tracks that are passed over at speed by fully laden trains Disgusting boat
Dude I currently work for the contractor to Interislander that drives both the truck and trailers and the big semis and b trains etc. It takes some getting used to, but they train you pretty good. Next time your on one of the ferries and you see a b train with one of the wee tugs pulling it, just watch they just do a slow u turn...... easy peezey my friend. I do that every day.
@@slpnz Thank you! I didn't know that..I'm off to google Thomas Picton. You are bang on the money. Both named after the Lt. General Thomas Picton.{Whom I'd not heard of before}.
@@michaelgrey7854 You'd put on your handbrake and the floors are very grippy. Even on the Lynx (the old fast ferry) which was a pretty wild ride, I don't remember hearing any reports of vehicles getting damaged. When I caught it, the waves were so rough that most people on the boat got seasick, it was pretty difficult to walk around. I don't remember any cars getting damaged or anything though.
@@michaelgrey7854 to be able to tie cars down there would need to be certified lashing points on cars which there aren't. And the trucks aren't lashed on board to protect the them they are lashed to make sure they can't move and affect the ships stability. Whereas cars don't weigh enough to affect the stability in the unlikely event they moved. Which is more unlikely due to the lower centre of gravity and less weight.
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Ride on this tub at your peril!!!
The biggest maritime disaster ever to sail New Zealand waters, it was built in Spain and has a Northern Hemisphere bow with a southern Hemisphere stern. It's not a wave piercing bow, so reacts terribly to the rough seas of the strait... and sat so proud of the waves for months after it arrived concrete trucks sat on the Picton wharf laden with concrete which was emptied into the bow to get the thing to ride low enough in the water to even dock at low tide in Wellington. It's still so unstable the hardwood sleepers wear out in six months and need replacement they last for years bearing tracks that are passed over at speed by fully laden trains
Disgusting boat
Heyyy why have to turn around tho????
OK, this is how to drive into interislander. Thanks.
I wonder how that double trailer DHL truck at 6:55 is supposed to turn around to get off the boat
There is enough room for trucks to turn just as the trucks you see when boarding the ferry had already done
Dude I currently work for the contractor to Interislander that drives both the truck and trailers and the big semis and b trains etc. It takes some getting used to, but they train you pretty good. Next time your on one of the ferries and you see a b train with one of the wee tugs pulling it, just watch they just do a slow u turn...... easy peezey my friend. I do that every day.
Picton street Bristol, UK. Named after NZ?
Both the town here in NZ and the street in the UK are apparently named after Thomas Picton
@@slpnz Thank you!
I didn't know that..I'm off to google Thomas Picton.
You are bang on the money. Both named after the Lt. General Thomas Picton.{Whom I'd not heard of before}.
How are the cars meant to be tied down if the cars are covering the tie down points?
The cars are not tied down
@@slpnz should they be though? It's not like the cook straight is always a calm body of water.
@@michaelgrey7854 They don't care because the terms and conditions of using the service say they are not liable for damage
@@michaelgrey7854 You'd put on your handbrake and the floors are very grippy. Even on the Lynx (the old fast ferry) which was a pretty wild ride, I don't remember hearing any reports of vehicles getting damaged. When I caught it, the waves were so rough that most people on the boat got seasick, it was pretty difficult to walk around. I don't remember any cars getting damaged or anything though.
@@michaelgrey7854 to be able to tie cars down there would need to be certified lashing points on cars which there aren't. And the trucks aren't lashed on board to protect the them they are lashed to make sure they can't move and affect the ships stability. Whereas cars don't weigh enough to affect the stability in the unlikely event they moved. Which is more unlikely due to the lower centre of gravity and less weight.
why no tunnel between wellington and picton?
Huh?
Big cost, small country
Why does everyone insert the most god-awful 80s musack into so many water crossing videos?
The real sounds are more interesting.
Could be because they like it or it was a random choice of free to use music to cover the bad audio from the day of shooting (too much wind noise as an example).
We offer video production services and will gladly make a custom video for you, email us with your ideas for a quote.