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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 as well as 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

14th July 2018

Lake Geneva

PS La Suisse operated an evening Fireworks cruise from Lausanne at 1950 to the display at Evian-les-Bains on Saturday 14th July

12th July 2018

Lake Geneva

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 Lake and Yvoire
She returned to service on Monday 16th July

8th July 2018

Lake Konstanz

PS Hohentwiel operated an afternoon followed by an evening dinner cruise at 1430 and 1900 from Romanshorn on Sunday 8th July

5th July 2018

Lake Luzern

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)

2nd July 2018

Lake Luzern

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)

Lake Thun

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

28th June 2018

Lake Zurich

PS Stadt Rapperswil operated the first of several "new" Thursday evening BBQ cruises from Zurich on Thursday 28th June
Similar cruises also operated on 12th and 26th July, 23rd August and 6th September

22nd June 2018

Lake Thun

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 Berner Oberland on both Friday and Saturday and her Saturday daytime sailings 15-16 to Interlaken was covered by mv Bubenberg

21st June 2018

Lake Luzern

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

19th June 2018

Lake Luzern

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

19th May 2018

Lake Konstanz

PS Hohentwiel operated an evening Jazz Cruise from Konstanz at 1900 on Saturday 19th May

14th May 2018

Lake Geneva

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
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6th May 2018

All lakes

Swiss Navigation Day - Sunday 6th May

Lake Konstanz

PS Hohentwiel operated a morning Jazz Cruise followed by an afternoon cruise from Arbon at 1000 and 1450 on Sunday 6th May

Lake Zurich

Both and PS Stadt Rapperswil and PS Stadt Zürich were unusually both in public service on the same day operating the 1030 and 1530 sailings 105-106-115-116 to Rapperswil and the first full-length 1130 sailings 107-108 of 2018 to Schmerikon respectively on Sunday 6th May

29th April 2018

Lake Geneva

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

22nd April 2018

Lake Luzern

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 !!!

1st April 2018

All lakes

Easter Sunday 1st April

Lake Como

PS Concordia made a surprise early appearance in 2018 operating timetabled sailings 12-31-340-341-348-349 from Como at 0950 on Easter Sunday 1st April

Lake Luzern

PS Unterwalden operated an Easter Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Easter Sunday 1st April

24th March 2018

Lake Luzern

PS Uri operated a winter evening "Candlelight Dinner Cruise" from Luzern at 2000 on Saturday 24th March

14th February 2018

Lake Geneva

MPV Vevey and MPV Italie operated special Evening Valentines Dinner Cruises from Geneva and Lausnne respectively on Wednesday 14th February

1st January 2018

All lakes

New Year's Day - Monday 1st January

Lake Geneva

MPV Italie and MPV Vevey operated New Year's Day Lunch Cruises from Geneva and Lausanne respectively on Monday 1st January

Lake Luzern

PS Uri operated a New Year's Day Lunch Cruise from Luzern at 1130 on Monday 1st January

Lake Thun

PS Blümlisalp operated timetabled sailings 111-112-15-16 from Thun at 1010 and 1240 on Monday 1st January

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