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PS Piemonte ia planned to operate
special International Charter
Cruise from Arona (Italy) to Locarno at the Swiss end of the lake on
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PS Rhône
is planned to operate a special ABVL Charter
Cruise from Lausanne and Morges to Amphion and Evian-les-Bains as part of her
"90th Birthday celebrations" This sailing is open to the public | |||||
| Owing to PS La Suisse having to go into dock for urgent pre-planned repairs PS Rhône is planned to operate the Lausanne based Upper Lake sailings 200-201-202-203-204-205 from Sunday 13th August to Thursday 17th August inclusive | |||||
| PS Montreux
brokedown at Lausanne with
minor "technical problems" and her evening
sailings 487-488 to and from Yvoire had to be covered by
the much smaller mv Morges She returned to service at 1415 the following day Do YOU have any further information ? | |||||
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PS Stadt Luzern remained at the
dock for the second time in less than a week with further "technical problems" PS Schiller "stepped-up" to cover the 1110 "Gotthard Panorama Express" sailings 13-24 and mv Europa was again pressed into covering advertised paddle steamer sailings on Saturday 12th August Do YOU have any further information ? | |||||
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PS Schiller remained at the
dock for the second time this year with "technical problems" Onced again mv Europa was pressed into covering advertised paddle steamer sailings on Thursday 10th August Do YOU have any further information ? | |||||
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PS Stadt Luzern remained at the dock all day with some form
of "technical problem" Unusually, rather than "stepping-up" one of the other paddle steamers, the 1110 "Gotthard Panorama Express" sailings 13-24 had to be covered by mv Europa on Sunday 6th August Do YOU have any further information ? | |||||
| Swiss National Day - Tuesday 1st August | |||||
| PS La Suisse operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Lausanne at 2015 on Tuesday 1st August | |||||
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Fireworks at Brunnen All five paddle steamers paraded in convoy followed by some of the motor vessels from Luzern at 1945 to Brunnen for the annual fireworks display on Tuesday 1st August | |||||
| PS Neuchâtel operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Neuchâtel at 2000 on Monday 1st August instead of her regular timetabled sailings | |||||
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MPV Vevey operatd
an evening Fireworks
cruise from the Upper Lake piers to Le Bouveret on
Monday
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PS La Suisse
operated an evening
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Despite PS Schiller originally
being rostered to operate her usual sailings, she
visited the dock on Tuesday
4th July for two days of repairs - DO YOU KNOW WHY ? Fortunately only four paddle steamers are advertised in service at this time of the year, so her sister PS Gallia will cover her sailings 21-30 for the two days | |||||
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Despite PS Uri
originally being planned to operate her normal
sailings 7-18 from Luzern to Flüelen on
Monday 13th June
she made a visit to dock
- DO YOU KNOW WHY ? Fortunately only four paddle steamers are advertised in service at this time of the year, so her sisters were able to "step-up" to cover She returned to service on Wednesday 14th June before returning to dock for two more days on Friday 16th June and Saturday 17th June | |||||
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PS Rhône operated
three special "Creux de Sciez" circuits serving
the piers at Margencel, Sciez and Excenevex which
are no longer served by regular timetabled sailings on
Sunday 11th June | |||||
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PS Rhône operated
the mid-morning sailing from Lausanne to Yvoire/Nyon over the 3-Day Whit weekend commencing
Saturday 3rd June | |||||
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PS Simplon
suffered a lubrification problem in the low pressure cylinder whilst operating
sailing 102
from Geneva on
Ascension Thursday 25th May and was taken was
taken out of service at Lausanne for quick repairs In consequence return sailing 105 was covered by the much smaller ferry mv Ville-de-Genève - a rare occasion for her to visit Geneva The paddle steamer was quickly repaired and returned light to Geneva the following day allowing her to cover the weekend sailings 102-105 as originally planned | |||||
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Swiss Navigation Day - Sunday 7th
May Instead of the usual "last Sunday in April" it was held slightly later in 2017 | |||||
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To celebrate 25 years back in service PS
Blümlisalp opened her anniversary year with a special 3 hour pre-season
family "sailing day" including special offers and surprises for Adults and Children at 1114
from Thun on Sunday 7th May | |||||
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PS Stadt Rapperswil
operated an evening "Dinner
Cruise" from Zurich at 2000 on
Saturday 6th May This special sailing was originally advertised for Saturday 29th April | |||||
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PS Simplon
operated a pre-season afternoon "
Charter Cruise" for the 'ABVL' AGM from Montreux on
Saturday 29th April | |||||
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PS Savoie
suffered a failure just before operating the 1140
sailing 920 from Lausanne to Château-de-Chillon
(it turned out to be a minor technical problem with an engine pump that occurred
just before sailing) which was quickly repaired to enable the
paddle steamer to return to service with the afternoon
sailings 922-923 To cover, the CGN turned out the much smaller | |||||
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| Easter Sunday 16th April | |||||
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| PS Unterwalden operated an Easter Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Easter Sunday 16th April resulting in her morning timetabled sailings 7-18 had to be replaced by a mv Gotthard | |||||
| PS Stadt Rapperswil operated the lunchtime timetabled sailings 109-110 from Zurich to Rapperswil and return on Easter Sunday 16th April | |||||
| Good Friday 14th April | |||||
| As a result of a very good weather forecast PS La Suisse was rostered to operate the Upper Lake sailings 920-921-922-923 from Lausanne in order to provide additional capacity on Good Friday 14th April | |||||
| PS Stadt Rapperswil operated the lunchtime timetabled sailings 109-110 from Zurich to Rapperswil and return on Friday 14th April and all over the Easter weekend | |||||
| As a result of a major overhaul of the regular ferry mv Léman PS La Suisse operated most of the weekday Evian-les-Bains ferry sailings for several weeks commencing Monday 10th April | |||||
| PS La Suisse operated a rare winter afternoon ABVL "Charter Cruise" from Lausanne dock in conjunction with a special Steam-Hauled train from Le Bouveret to Rivaz/St-Saphorin (hauled by Pacific loco 01 202) on Sunday 9th April | |||||
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PS Stadt Rapperswil
operated a pre-season evening "Charter
Cruise" for the 'Aktion pro Raddampfer' AGM from Zurich Wollishofen on
Tuesday 28th March This "suggests" all the repair work following her breakdown on Sunday 8th May 2016 has been successfully completed If you want to sail on this cruise and are not already a member of the supporters group - join NOW | |||||
| PS Unterwalden operated a rare winter evening "Candlelight Dinner Cruise" from Luzern at 2000 on Saturday 18th March | |||||
| MPV Italie and MPV Vevey operated special Evening Valentines Dinner Cruises from Geneva and Lausnne respectively on Tuesday 14th February | |||||
| MPV Italie and MPV Vevey re-started the weekly winter-Friday Fondue Cruises from Geneva and Lausanne respectively on Friday 3rd February | |||||
| New Year's Day - Sunday 1st January | |||||
| MPV Vevey and MPV Italie operated New Year's Day Lunch Cruises from Geneva and Lausanne respectively on Sunday 1st January | |||||
| PS Uri operated a New Year's Day Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Sunday 1st January | |||||
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New Year's Eve - Saturday 31st December | ||||
| MPV Vevey and MPV Italie operated evening Dinner Cruises from Geneva and the Upper Lake respectively on Saturday 31st December | |||||
| PS Uri operated an evening Gala Dinner Cruise from Luzern at 1930 on Saturday 31st December | |||||
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In additional to the regular timetabled
sailings | |||||
| Christmas Day - Sunday 24th December | |||||
| MPV Vevey and MPV Italie operatead Christmas Lunch Cruises from Geneva and Lausanne respectively on Sunday 25th December | |||||
| PS Uri operated a Christmas Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Christmas Day - Wednesday 25th December | |||||
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| Christmas Eve - Saturday 24th December | |||||
| PS Uri operated an evening Gala Dinner Cruise from Luzern at 1930 on Saturday 24th December | |||||
| MPV Itale unusually operated the evening Thonan-les-Bains ferry sailings 1213-1214-1221-1222-1225-1226 from Lausanne on Thursday 22nd December | |||||
| PS Uri operated the first of her season of Advent Evening Cruises from Luzern on Friday 25th November | |||||
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PS Savoie
operated winter timetabled sailings - something normally restricted to the
motor paddle vessels This will be her first timetabled sailing for several years outside the Little Lake (her only other "escape" this year was a special sailing for the Naval Review) She will sail from Lausanne to both Evian-les-Bains (in France) and Château-de-Chillon (in the Upper Lake) when she operates sailings 1107-1108-1109-1110-930-931 on Sunday 30th October | |||||
| PS Stadt Zürich operated an evening "Fondue Cruise" from Zurich at 2000 on Thursday 6th October | |||||
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Owing to a problem with
her low-pressure cylinder lubrication system
PS Blümlisalp was unable to sail and her daytime
sailings 15-16 to Interlaken
were covered by mv Beatus Repairs continued on the Tuesday and mv Beatus again covered the daytime sailings but the larger mv Berner Oberland operated the evening sailings 125-126 to Interlaken The paddle steamer returned returned to service on Wednesday 31st August | |||||
| MPV G Zanardelli operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Riva at 2115 on Saturday 27th August | |||||
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At approximately 1330 on
Friday 19th August Meanwhile mv Gotthard was quickly dispatched from Luzern and the 321 passengers on board PS Schiller were transferred to the motor vessel which completed sailings 21-30 - the paddle steamer then returned light to dock to assess her damage - she was back in service the following day Do you have any further details ? | |||||
| PS Blümlisalp operated an evening Jazz Cruise from Thun at 1910 on Friday 12th August | |||||
| PS Stadt Luzern operated the first of several evening Jazz Cruises from Luzern at 1925 on Friday 5th August | |||||
| Swiss National Day - Monday 1st August | |||||
| PS La Suisse operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Lausanne at 2015 on Sunday 1st August | |||||
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Fireworks at Brunnen All five paddle steamers paraded in convoy followed by some of the motor vessels from Luzern at 1945 to Brunnen for the annual fireworks display on Monday 1st August | |||||
| PS Neuchâtel operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Neuchâtel at 2000 on Monday 1st August | |||||
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In additional to the regular afternoon
timetabled sailings | |||||
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MPV Vevey operated
an evening Fireworks
cruise from the Upper Lake piers to Le Bouveret on
Sunday
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PS La Suisse
operated an evening
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| PS Stadt Zürich operated an evening "Zurich Festival Fireworks Cruise" from Zürich Wollishofen on Saturday 2nd July | |||||
| PS Stadt Zürich operated an evening "Zurich Festival Fireworks Cruise" from Zürich Wollishofen on Friday 1st July | |||||
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Following a short period 'out of action' due to problems with her
condenser,
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Whilst operating sailing
107 from Zurich to Schmerikon on
Tuesday 14th June,
PS Stadt Zürich suffered problems with the burners to her boiler
and she limped as far as Rapperswil where the sailing was terminated Following quick repairs she was able to operate return sailing 108 commencing at Rapperswil at 1700 She was observed the following morning approaching Zurich pier to operate the regular sailing to Schmerikon Do you have any further information ? | |||||
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On arrival back at Neuchâtel after her regular sailings on
Tuesday 7th June
a crack was discovered in the
covering plate of the condenser and all sailings from Wednesday onwards were replaced
by a motor vessel Although a completely new plate will need to be made for her overhaul next winter, it was decided to weld the offending crack to enable her to return to service after a couple of weeks and finish the rest of the 2016 season | |||||
| PS Concordia operated special Cruises from Como at 1030 and 1815 also Bellagio at 1230 and 1430 on Sunday 5th June - then every Sunday until 18th September | |||||
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| Owing to boiler problems PS Lötschberg was unable to sail on Monday 30th May so her sailings had to be covered by a motor vessel | |||||
| PS Piemonte operated a special International Charter Cruise from Arona (Italy) to Ascona at the Swiss end of the lake on Sunday 29th May | |||||
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| PS Stadt Rapperswil operated an evening "Dinner Cruise" from Zurich at 2000 on Saturday 23rd April | |||||
| PS Unterwalden operated an Easter Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Easter Sunday 27th March | |||||
| MPV Vevey operated a special Evening Valentines Dinner Cruise from Geneva at 2015 on Sunday 14th February | |||||
| New Year's Day - Friday 1st January | |||||
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New Year's Eve - Thursday 31st December | ||||
| MPV Vevey operated an evening Dinner Cruise from Geneva at 2000 on Thursday 31st December | |||||
| PS Uri operated an evening Gala Dinner Cruise from Luzern at 1930 on Thursday 31st December | |||||
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timetabled sailings | |||||
| Christmas Day - Friday 25th December | |||||
| MPV Vevey operated a Lunch Cruise from Geneva to Nyon at 1220 on Christmas Day - Friday 25th December | |||||
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| Christmas Eve - Thursday 24th December | |||||
| PS Uri operated an evening Gala Dinner Cruise from Luzern at 1930 on Thursday 24th December | |||||
| PS Uri operated the first of her extended season of Advent Evening Cruises from Luzern on Thursday 19th November | |||||
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MPV Vevey operated the
first of the weekly Winter Friday evening Fondue
cruises from Geneva on Friday
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| MPV G Zanardelli operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Riva at 2105 on Saturday 29th August | |||||
| PS Blümlisalp operated an evening Jazz Cruise from Thun at 1910 on Friday 14th August | |||||
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PS Montreux
broke down with a leaking
superheater to her boiler at Lausanne before the start of service and her afternoon
sailings 906-907
from Lausanne to Château-de-Chilllon on
Sunday 9th August Unfortunately she remained 'out of action' for the remainder of the 2015 season Do you have any further details ? | |||||
| PS Stadt Luzern operated the first of several evening Jazz Cruises from Luzern at 1920 on Friday 7th August | |||||
| Swiss National Day - Saturday 1st August | |||||
| PS La Suisse operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Lausanne at 2030 on Saturday 1st August | PS Montreux
broke down at
Lausanne before the start of service and her afternoon
sailings 906-907 from Lausanne to Château-de-Chilllon on
Saturday 1st August She was quickly repaired in time for her to operate her regular evening sailings 906-907 to Yvoire and return Do you have any further details ? |
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Fireworks at Brunnen All five paddle steamers paraded in convoy followed by some of the motor vessels from Luzern at 1945 to Brunnen for the annual fireworks display on Saturday 1st August | |||||
| PS Neuchâtel operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Neuchâtel at 2000 on Saturday 1st August | |||||
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In additional to the regular afternoon
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MPV Vevey operated
an evening Fireworks
cruise from the Upper Lake piers to Le Bouveret on
Friday
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At approximately 1630 whilst operating
sailing 108 from Schmerikon strong winds blew
PS Stadt Rapperswil
aground near Pfäffikon
where she sustained damage to her port paddle wheel and was immediately
taken out of service After the Lake Police had taken 7 passengers direct to land, mv Limmat which was operating sailing 115 was summoned and the remainder of the 91 passengers on board were transferred and taken back to Zurich The paddle steamer was later towed to the Zurich-Wollishofen dock by mv Phanta Rhei for repairs Commencing the following day the sailings previously allocated to PS Stadt Rapperswil were re-allocated to PS Stadt Zürich The revised ZSG on-line "ships roster" for Swiss Nationl Day initially appreaed without her and the ZSG late announced she will be 'out of action' for eight weeks, but this had subsequently been amended to 'out of action' for the remainder of the 2015 season Do you have any further information ? | |||||
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PS La Suisse
operated an evening
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Shortly after returning to Thun following the evening cruise, a small fire broke out in deep frier in
the kitchen on board PS Blümlisalp She was taken out of service for a couple of days and was replaced by mv Bubenberg on the Monday (she it is expected she will return to service on Tuesday 14th July) Do you know who covered for her on the Sunday or have any more information ? | |||||
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PS Stadt Luzern
broke down at
Luzern on Sunday
28th June with generator problems and her place on the Sunday
Wilhelm Tell Express sailings
13-24 was covered by Do you have any further details ? | |||||
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PS Simplon
broke down with engine
problems at Nyon on the outward
sailing 102 from Geneva on
Wednesday 24th June The sailing was terminated and the rest of her roster was cancelled for the day - both mv Valais and mv Col-Vert conveyed the 200 passengers on to Yvoire She later made her own way slowly to Ouchy dock for repairs, but not until after PS Rhône had been forced to abandon her morning call at Nyon on sailing sailing 101 Over the "next few days" four different motor vessels covered parts of her sailings She is expected to remain out of service for a week to ten days Do you have any further details ? | |||||
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These were the only sailings on Lake Biel during 2015 | |||||
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PS Schiller
broke down at
Vitznau with generator problemson the return sailing 30
from Flüelen on Monday
15th June In consequence PS Stadt Luzern on sailing 29 had to 'double bank' at 1809 in order to pick up her passengers for onward travel to Luzern She was still at Vitznau pier at 2010 when PS Unterwalden operating the evening Sunset Cruise also had to 'double-bank' with her but eventually left Vitznau just after 2030 under her own steam She returned to service the following day Do you have any further details ? | |||||
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Whilst operating sailing 108 on
Sunday 7th June,
owing the machanical failure
of the recently installed funnel lowering equipment, the
paddle steamer had
to remain at Altendorf pier until the crew eventually managed to lower it manually
after dismantling part of the outer casing - during which time most passengers had
returned home by alternative transport After the funnel was lowered, she later continued 'limited stop' back to Zurich with a handfull of passengers Do you have any further details ? | |||||
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Following alterations to her boiler over the winter,
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| All operational paddle steamers operated a special pre-season Parade from Luzern at 1130 on Saturday 2nd May | |||||
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PS Gallia
was unusually rostered to operate the main 1112 sailings 13-24 from
Luzern to Fluelen and return on
Tuesday 28th April It is probably the first time that this particular steamer has even been the sole one in service any day (certainly this century) - unless of course you know anything different It seems the SGV had decided to give all their paddle steamers a turn operating timetables sailings before the parade the following Saturday as her sister PS Schiller had her turn two days later | |||||
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MPV Vevey spent the day at
Ouchy dock whilst repairs were carried out to her bow propeller on
Monday 27th April Her sailings from the Upper Lake piers were covered by the much smaller mv Lavaux Do you have any further details ? | |||||
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