LAKE  GENEVA
photo: Jean Vernet
MPV Vevey alights her passengers at Geneva Mont-Blanc pier after the historic winter timetabled sailings 122-123 from Geneva to Nyon	substitute mv Général-Guisan fresh from overhaul with flags flying calls at Montreux pier on sailing 38 vice the usual motor paddle vessel

C G N    Winter Timetable Sunday 29th February 2004 First winter timetabled paddle vessel sailing of the century from Geneva

P R O V I S I O N A L
	mv Général -Guisan	MPV Vevey
sailing number	38	122	sailing number
		lunch cruise
Genève Jardin Anglais	-	12:20	Genève Jardin Anglais
Genève-Pâquis	-	12:30	Genève-Pâquis
Versoix	-	13:10	Versoix
Coppet	-	13:30	Coppet
Nyon	-	14:00	Nyon
Lausanne-Ouchy	12:30	-	Lausanne-Ouchy
Pully	12:40	-	Pully
Lutry	12:46	-	Lutry
Cully	13:00	-	Cully
Vevey Marché	13:25	-	Vevey Marché
Vevey La Tour	13:30	-	Vevey La Tour
Clarens	13:44	-	Clarens
Montreux	13:50	-	Montreux
Territet	13:55	-	Territet
Château de Chillon	14:00	-	Château de Chillon
Villeneuve	14:08	-	Villeneuve
Le Bouveret	14:30	-	Le Bouveret
St-Gingolph	14:43	-	St-Gingolph
next sailing	39	123	next sailing
	mv Général -Guisan	MPV Vevey

	MPV Vevey	mv Général -Guisan
sailing number	123	39	sailing number
St-Gingolph	-	15:35	St-Gingolph
Le Bouveret	-	15:47	Le Bouveret
Villeneuve	-	16:08	Villeneuve
Château de Chillon	-	16:14	Château de Chillon
Territet	-	16:21	Territet
Montreux	-	16:30	Montreux
Clarens	-	16:35	Clarens
Vevey La Tour	-	16:50	Vevey La Tour
Vevey Marché	-	16:55	Vevey Marché
Cully	-	17:29	Cully
Lutry	-	17:41	Lutry
Pully	-	17:47	Pully
Lausanne-Ouchy	-	18:00	Lausanne-Ouchy
Nyon	14:15	-	Nyon
Coppet	14:40	-	Coppet
Versoix	14:55	-	Versoix
Genève-Pâquis	{15|25}	-	Genève-Pâquis
Genève Jardin Anglais	{15|30}	-	Genève Jardin Anglais
Genève Mont-Blanc  ##	15:30	-	Genève Mont-Blanc
next sailing	-	-	next sailing
	MPV Vevey	mv Général -Guisan
This timetable shows the paddle steamers normally planned to operate the sailings, but the sailing rosters are liable to alteration on a day by day basis

Alterations for Sunday 29th February    MPV Vevey operates sailings 122-123 vice mv Henry-Dunant    mv Général-Guisan operates sailings 38-39 vice MPV Vevey    This arrangement avoided the need to send the motor vessel light from     Ouchy dock to Geneva just for one short public sailing from Geneva to     Nyon and return   It is understood that the last time it was possible to make an 'out and back' winter sailing from Geneva by paddle steamer was on Sunday 3rd April 1938   also the last winter departure from Geneva by a paddle steamer from Geneva to Lausanne took place on Friday 8th April 1938

Variation to the timetable on Sunday 29th February ##  Owing to the low level of the lake and a strong wind       the captain diverted the motor paddle vessel with over       100 passengers on board to Mont-Blanc pier on return       sailing 123       Clearly, no-one wanted to risk a repeat of Friday 12th April 2002

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