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PS Blümlisalp operated an evening Jazz Cruise from Thun at 1910 on Friday 17th August

9th August 2018

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 and her teatime sailings 19-22-29-38

2nd August 2018

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
Following repairs, she returned to service slightly earlier than expected on Friday 10th August

1st August 2018

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Swiss National Day - Wednesday 1st August

PS La Suisse operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Lausanne at 2015 on Wednesday 1st August

PS Hohentwiel operated afternoon and evening cruises from Rorschach, Romanshorn and Arbon on Wednesday 1st August

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

Lake Neuchâtel

PS Neuchâtel operated an evening Fireworks Cruise from Neuchâtel at 2000 on Wednesday 1st August

In additional to the regular afternoon timetabled sailings 15-16 PS Blümlisalp took part in the annual evening naval parade from Thun at 2020 along with most of the lake's motor vessels on Wednesday 1st August

Lake Zurich

PS Stadt Rapperswil operated an evening Dinner Cruise from Zurich at 2015 on Wednesday 1st August after her Sunday/Public Holiday timetabled sailing to Schmerikon

31st July 2018

MPV Italie operated an evening Fireworks cruise from the Upper Lake piers to Le Bouveret on Tuesday 31st July

17th July 2018

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

16th July 2018

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)

15th July 2018

Lake Neuchâtel

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

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

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

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

5th July 2018

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

14th May 2018

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

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Swiss Navigation Day - Sunday 6th May

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

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

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

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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

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

24th March 2018

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

14th February 2018

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

1st January 2018

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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