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| Owing to morning fog, the planned morning "Niederhornexpress" sailings 111-112 by PS Blümlisalp to Beatenbucht and back had to be cancelled on New Year's Day | |||
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PS Stadt Rapperswil
operated the final sailings 107-108
of 2019 from Zurich to Schmerikon in the Obsrsee
on Sunday 29th September As this sailing is no longer included in the "draft" ZSG timetable for 2020, this may well be the last visit by a paddle steamer on a normal timetabled sailing for a considerable time | |||
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Owing to a problem with one of the engines of
mv Jungfrau and
mv Interlaken already being in the dock, mv Brienz had to cover her roster and in consequence
PS Lötschberg (which should have
finished her season the previous Sunday)
had to remain in service to cover the main roster commencing
Monday 23rd September - she was spotted still in service on
Thursday 26th September
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PS Schiller remained in dock for
further repairs on
Monday 2nd September
resulting in mv Schwyz having
to cover her lunchtime
sailings 17-26 to Flüelen for the second time in less than a month Do you have any further information why she was unable to sail or if it was a repeat of the problem on Friday 9th August ? | |||
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This meant the small mv Morges had to cover sailings 102-105 on the Monday and Tuesday 19th and 20th August, with mv Général-Guisan taking over for the following Wednesday and Thursday Do you have any further information ? | |||
| PS Blümlisalp operated an evening Jazz Cruise from Thun at 1910 on Friday 16th August | |||
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PS Schiller remained in dock for
repairs on
Friday 9th August
instead of operating her previously advertised lunchtime
sailings 17-26 to Flüelen - her sailings were covered by
mv Schwyz Do you have any further information why she was unable to sail ? | |||
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MPV Italie
broke down at
Montreux due to problems with her starboard paddle wheel towards the end of her
sailing 509 on
Monday 5th August In consequence sailing 510 was cancelled, so PS Simplon picked up the Vevey passengers on her sailing 908 and after picking up "Italie's Montreux passenger made an additional call at Le Bouveret on her return sailing 909 to Lausanne to drop them off Commencing Tuesday 6th August mv Général-Guisan covered her Upper Lake Cruise sailings 901-904-504-505-506-507-508-509-510 round the Upper Lake until further notice Do you have any further information ? | ||
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PS Uri
operated the first of several weekly evening
Jazz cruises from Luzern at 1925 on
Friday
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| Swiss National Day - Thursday 1st August | |||
| PS La Suisse operated evening Fireworks Cruise from Lausanne at 2015 on Thursday 1st August | |||
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Fireworks at Brunnen All four (operational) paddle steamers paraded in convoy followed by some of the motor vessels from Luzern at 1945 to Brunnen for the annual fireworks display on Thursday 1st August | |||
| PS Neuchâtel operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Neuchâtel on Thursday 1st August | |||
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MPV Italie operated an
evening Fireworks
cruise from the Upper Lake piers to Le Bouveret on
Wednesday
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Presumably the captain wisely decided not to risk a repeat of Friday 17th July 2015 when the same paddle steamer was blown against the side of the narrow channel to the Upper Lake which resulted in major damage to her paddle wheel and an immediate termination of her season for long-term repairs | |||
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PS Blümlisalp drifted slightly
off course at Faulensee on the return evening sailing 126 on Thursday 25th July and collided with two small, moored sailing
boats She remained in dock for safety checks the following day being covered by mv Bubenberg In the absence of any defect being found, she returned to her normal service on the Saturday (27th July) Do you have any further information ? | |||
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PS La Suisse
remained in dock at Lausanne for two days of mid-season servicing on
Tuesday 16th July and
Wednesday 17th July - this
was a sensible precaution before the very busy "Fête des Vignerons period" at Vevey This time her three Upper Lake sailings 200-201-202-203-204-205 were covered by mv Lausanne Do you have any further information ? | |||
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PS La Suisse
operated an evening
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PS Stadt Rapperswil
operated an evening Fireworks cruise from Zurich to the Zurich Festival on
Saturday 6th July A similar cruise originally advertised for Friday 5th July had to be cancelled as the paddle steamer had a private charter | |||
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MPV Italie
operated an evening
Fireworks cruise from the Upper Lake piers to Le Bouveret on
Saturday | |||
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PS La Suisse remained
at Lausanne all day Thursday 20th
June due to a breakdown Unusually, intead of "stepping-up" other members of the fleet to cover at least some of her sailings, the CGN simply took the easy way out and cancelled her three round trips sailings 200-201-202-203-204-205 to the Upper Lake Do you have any further information ? | |||
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PS Neuchâtel
operated her first timetabled sailingvto Bienne/Biel since returning to service in
2014 on
Saturday 25th
May, which will be repeated most Saturdays throughout the 2019
season | |||
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Further problems forced
PS Lotschberg to terminate what had become her first return
sailing 66
of the 2019 season at Giessbach See on
Saturday 25th May After yet more repairs, she was back in service normally the following day | |||
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PS Neuchâtel operated a special
Lunch
Cruise from Lüscherz pier at 1315 on
Saturday 18th
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| Owing to boiler problems, PS Lotschberg was unable to re-enter service as planned on Saturday 18th May but after replairs was able to commenced her 2019 season a week later on Saturday 18th May | |||
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Unfortunately, this sailing, along with most others on the lake, had to be cancelled due to exceptionally strong winds | |||
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| Easter Sunday 21st April | |||
| PS Unterwalden operated an Easter Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Easter Sunday 21st April | |||
| PS Uri operate a winter evening "Candlelight Dinner Cruise" from Luzern at 2000 on Saturday 13th April | |||
| MPV Italie operated a special Evening Valentines Dinner Cruise from Geneva on Thursday 14th February | |||
| New Year's Day - Tuesday 1st January | |||
| MPV Italie and MPV Vevey operated New Year's Day Lunch Cruises from Lausanne and Geneva respectively on Tuesday 1st January | |||
| PS Uri operated a New Year's Day Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Tuesday 1st January | |||
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New Year's Eve - Monday 31st December | ||
| MPV Italie and MPV Vevey operated evening Dinner Cruises from the Upper Lake and Geneva respectively on Monday 31st December | |||
| PS Uri operated an evening Gala Dinner Cruise from Luzern at 1930 on Monday 31st December | |||
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In additional to the regular timetabled
sailings | |||
| Christmas Day - Tuesday 25th December | |||
| MPV Vevey and MPV Italie operated Christmas Lunch Cruises from Geneva and Lausanne respectively on Christmas Tiesday 25th December | |||
| PS Uri operated a Christmas Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Christmas Day - Monday 25th December | |||
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| PS Uri operated a Christmas Eve Gala Dinner Cruise from Luzern at 1930 on Monday 24th December | |||
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Owing to a shortage of motor vessels
She continued on this roster each day until Wednesday 24th October by which time mv Manzoni had completed her repairs enabling her to take over from the Thursday * - can you confirm or advise otherwise ? | |||
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PS Piemonte operated a
special International Charter
Cruise from Stresa (Italy) to Ascona at the Swiss end of the lake on
Sunday 30th September This sailing is open to the public | |||
| MPV Italia operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Riva at 2115 on Saturday 25th August | |||
| PS Blümlisalp operated an evening Jazz Cruise from Thun at 1910 on Friday 17th August | |||
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PS Gallia suffered a
breakdown which caused
her to miss her booked sailings on both
Thursday 9th August and
Friday 10th August In consequence her sister PS Schiller "stepped-up" to cover her Best of Lake Luzern cruise to Brunnen her teatime sailings 19-22-29-38 Do you have any further information ? | |||
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Whilst operating her afternoon sailing 106 from Geneva
MPV Vevey got what turned out
to be a "slackline" wrapped around its starboard paddle as she approached the Eaux-Vives
pier - it had earlier been attached between two piles but had subsequently dropped into the
water - and after leaving these solid lines began to cause some overheating as well as
damaging the mechanism After the crew realised what the problem was she was terminated at Yvoire resuting in the remainder of her saiings planned for Thursday 2nd August being cancelled She was later towed back to Ouchy dock for repairs by mv Général-Guisan It is assumed her passengers either had to cross to Nyon slightly later on PS Savoie for an onward train connection or wait for the evening sailing back to Lausanne on PS Montreux In consequence mv Henry-Dunant was brought back from "standby" at Geneva yet again to cover her sailings from Friday 3rd August She is expected to be out of service for between a week and ten days Do you have any further information ? | |||
| Swiss National Day - Wednesday 1st August | |||
| PS La Suisse operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Lausanne at 2015 on Wednesday 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 Wednesday 1st August | |||
| PS Neuchâtel operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Neuchâtel at 2000 on Wednesday 1st August | |||
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MPV Italie operated an
evening Fireworks
cruise from the Upper Lake piers to Le Bouveret on
Tuesday
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MPV Italie
returned to Lausanne dock for initially three days of repairs on
Tuesday 17th July and her Upper Lake sailings were covered
by mv Henry-Dunant The problems must have been more than originally anticipated as her stay was extended until Wednesday 25th July | |||
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Owing to further unknown problems, PS
Stadt Luzern remained at the
dock all day on both
Monday 16th July and
Tuesday 17th July Instead of her sisters "stepping up" to cover all the advertised "Gotthard Panoramic Express" sailings 13-24, the new mv Diamant did the honours The same arrangement also happened on the following day (Tuesday) Do you have any further information why PS Stadt Luzern was unable to sail as advertised ? | |||
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PS Neuchâtel
broke down at Neuchâtel after operating her morning sailing to Portalban on
Sunday 15th July
and engineers then appeared to be having problems with the mechanism for lowering the funnel
(necessary to pass under low bridge en route to and from Murtensee) Her lunchtime sailing to Murten was covered by mv Ville-de-Neuchâtel and possibly for the rest of the day Can you confirm if she did also miss her afternoon sailings ? Rudder problems were also later reported and she ended up missing all her sailings on Tuesday 17th July as well, but following repairs she was back in service on Thursday 19th July as seen at lunchtime at Murten | |||
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operated an evening
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PS Montreux
brokedown at Lausanne with technical problems before the start of service
on Thursday 12th July In consequence mv Henry-Dunant was brought back from "standby" at Geneva to cover sailings 906-907-487-488 to the Upper Lske and Yvoire She was expected to be out of service for four days Do you have any further information ? | |||
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Owing to unknown problems, PS Gallia
remained at the dock all day on
Thursday 5th July In consequence PS Schiller was brought out to cover her afternoon sailings 21-30 The same arrangement also happened on the following day (Friday) Do you have any further information why PS Gallia was unable to sail as initially advertised ? | |||
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Owing to unknown problems, PS Stadt
Luzern remained at the
dock all day on
Monday 2nd July In consequence PS Gallia was brought out to cover with most of her sisters "stepped up" to cover all the advertised paddle steamer sailings The same arrangement also happened on the following day (Tuesday) Do you have any further information why PS Stadt Luzern was unable to sail as advertised ? | |||
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Owing to unknown problems, PS Blümlisalp
remained at the dock
all day on Monday 2nd July In consequence mv Bubenberg was brought out to cover sailings 15-16 to Interlaken Do you have any further information why PS Blümlisalp was unable to sail as advertised ? | |||
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PS Stadt Rapperswil
operated the first of several "new" Thursday evening
BBQ cruises
from Zurich on Thursday 28th
June Similar cruises are also planned for 12th and 26th July, 23rd August and 26th September | |||
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Owing to unknown problems, PS
Blümlisalp broke down
on Friday 22nd June back from
Interlaken in the late afternoon In consequence her evening sailings 125-126 to Beatenbucht were covered by mv Oberland on both Friday and Saturday and her Saturday daytime sailings 15-16 to Interlaken was covered by mv Bubenberg Do you have any further information ? | |||
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Owing to unknown problems, PS
Unterwalden remained
at the dock for two days In consequence PS Gallia remained in service to cover with most of her sisters "stepping up" to cover most of the advertised sailings on both Thursday and Friday 21st and 22nd June although the afternoon Alpnachstad sailing had to be covered by mv Waldstätter Do you have any further information why PS Uri was unable to sail as advertised ? | |||
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Owing to unknown probelems, PS Uri
remained at the dock all day In consequence PS Gallia was brought out to operate the 0910 sailings 7-18 to Fluelen and return on Tuesday 19th June The proplem must have be worse than initially thought as the SGV roster was further amended to repeat the same changes the following day Do you have any further information why PS Uri was unable to sail as advertised ? | |||
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PS La Suisse remained at
Ouchy dock for further repairs In consequence the smaller MPV Vevey covered sailings 920-921-922-923 on Monday and Tuesday 14th and 15th May Do you have any further information ? | |||
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Owing to unknown technical probelms,
PS La Suisse remained at
Ouchy dock In consequence mv Valais quickly covered sailings 920-921-922-923 on Sunday 29th April Do you have any further information ? | |||
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Owing to unknown probelms, PS Unterwalden
remained at the dock all day In consequence PS Stadt Luzern (which had previously been used for a pre-season charter) was brought out to operate the 1110 "Gotthard Panorama Express" sailings 13-24 and PS Uri was planned to cover sailings 7-18 on Sunday 22nd April In the end mv Gotthard operated the early sailings 7-18 before towing that paddle steamer to dock - presumably also for repairs Far from the start to the season the SGV were hoping for !!! Do you have any further information why both PS Unterwalden and PS Uri were unable to sail as planned ? | |||
| Easter Sunday 1st April | |||
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| PS Unterwalden operated an Easter Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Easter Sunday 1st April | |||
| PS Uri operated a winter evening "Candlelight Dinner Cruise" from Luzern at 2000 on Saturday 24th March | |||
| MPV Vevey and MPV Italie operated special Evening Valentines Dinner Cruises from Geneva and Lausnne respectively on Wednesday 14th February | |||
| New Year's Day - Monday 1st January | |||
| MPV Italie and MPV Vevey operated New Year's Day Lunch Cruises from Geneva and Lausanne respectively on Monday 1st January | |||
| PS Uri operated a New Year's Day Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Monday 1st January | |||
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New Year's Eve - Sunday 31st December | ||
| MPV Italie and MPV Vevey operated an evening Dinner Cruises from Geneva and the Upper Lake respectively on Sunday 31st December | |||
| PS Uri operated an evening Gala Dinner Cruise from Luzern at 1930 on Sunday 31st December | |||
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In additional to the regular timetabled
sailings | |||
| Christmas Day - Monday 25th December | |||
| MPV Vevey and MPV Italie operated Christmas Lunch Cruises from Geneva and Lausanne respectively on Monday 25th December | |||
| PS Uri operated a Christmas Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Christmas Day - Monday 25th December | |||
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| Christmas Eve - Sunday 24th December | |||
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MPV Italie and MPV Vevey operated the timetabled Christmas Eve Lunch Cruises from Geneva and Lausanne respectively on Sunday 24th December | ||
| PS Uri operated an evening Gala Dinner Cruise from Luzern at 1930 on Sunday 24th December | |||
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Owing to a very bad weather forecast for the week,
MPV Vevey was pressed into service to cover the
Storms prevented her sailing in the morning on Thursday 14th December | |||
| PS Uri operated two rare winter evening "Candlelight Dinner Cruises" from Luzern at 2000 on Friday 10th November and Saturday 11th November | |||
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PS La Suisse
operated winter timetabled
sailings 1107-1108-1109-1110-930-931 to Evian-les-Bains and
the Upper lake on Sunday
29th October - something normally restricted to the
motor paddle vessels | |||
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PS Piemonte operated a
special International Charter
Cruise from Arona (Italy) to Locarno at the Swiss end of the lake on
Saturday 21st October This sailing is open to the public | |||
| PS Stadt Rapperswil operated an evening "Fondue Cruise" from Zurich at 2000 on Saturday 7th October | |||
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PS Stadt Zürich set off
from Zurich as planned at 1130 for Schmerikon on
Saturday 16th September operating sailing
107 but had rudder
problems off-Schmerikon - it then took over 40 minutes before the passengers were able
to get ashore following use of the emergency rudder The return sailing 108 was cancelled, but after further repairs, the paddle steamer later made her own way 'light' back to dock Despite sister PS Stadt Raperswil being spare, the ZSG rostered mv Wädenswil to cover the same sailings on the Sunday The paddle steamer was back in service again on the Monday | |||
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Owing to insufficient operational motor vessels - compounded by
the breakdown of mv Schwyz
for several days, PS Stadt Luzern
had to be rostered to operate the lightly loaded 1000 ferry
sailing 504 connection
off the recently re-opened Bürgenstock funicular on
Sunday 3rd September
before operating her regular "Gotthard Panorama Express"
sailings 13-24 to Flüelen This released the small regular ferry mv Titlis to cover another motor vessel | |||
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| PS Rhône operated a special ABVL Charter Cruise from Lausanne and Morges to Amphion and Evian-les-Bains as part of her "90th Birthday celebrations" | |||
| MPV G Zanardelli operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Riva at 2115 on Saturday 26th August | |||
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PS Stadt Rapperswil set off
from Zurich as planned at 0930 for Rapperswil on
Saturday 26th August operating sailing
103 but 'appanently' failed
to return Later sister PS Stadt Zürich arrived light from the dock at 1415 and covered the 1430 sailing 113 to Rapperswil Do YOU have any further information ? | |||
| Owing to PS La Suisse having to go into dock for urgent pre-planned repairs PS Rhône operated 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 Tuesday 1st August instead of her regular timetabled sailings | |||
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In additional to the regular afternoon
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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Following operating her normal timetabled sailings the previous day,
PS Stadt Rapperswil
remained in dock from
Wednesday 19th July
whilst repairs were made to her port paddle wheel It is understood this involved re-welding part of her new paddle wheel which had been built to replace the one which was damaged when she grounded in strong winds on Friday 17th July 2015 She ran a public "test" day as far as Rapperswil only on Thursday 17th August.......... ..........and subsequently re-started her regualar timetabled sailings alternating with sister PS Stadt Zürich the following Wednesday | |||
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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 | |||
| Easter Monday 17th April | |||
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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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