Sunday - 22nd May 2022
7 paddle steamers (Lake Geneva)

photos: Robert Monch
PS Simplon
PS Savoie
MPV Vevey

photo: Jean
Vernet
MPV Italie
PS Savoie
PS La Suisse
PS Montreux
PS Simplon
PS Rhône
MPV Vevey
Three paddle steamers
set off from Geneva to take part in various manovers
off-Montreux as part of the annual 'seven ship'
Naval
Parade before lining up
'side-by-side' for the final applause from the large crowds
watching from the shore line
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Saturday - 21st May 2022
SS Spiez (Lake Thun)

photo: Ernst Mischler
The oldest operational steam
ship in Switzerland operated a charter sailing
and is seen passing Schadau castle
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Tuesday - 18th May 2022
PS Neuchâtel (Lake Neuchâtel)
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photo: Alain Vuistiner
The paddle steamer
stands at Bienne/Biel on her first visit of 2022
prior to operating the return
sailing 42 back to Neuchâtel
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Sunday - 15th May 2022
PS Savoie (Lake Geneva)

photos: Robert Monch
The paddle steamer
eventually returned to service and after her usual
lunchtime visit to Yvoire made her first "new" anti-clockwise
afternoon 'circle cruise'
sailings 308-309 to
Hermance on
Sunday 15th May
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Saturday - 14th May 2022
PS Savoie (Lake Geneva)

photo: Robert Monch
Following the delayed fitting of a replacement regulator
the paddle steamer
made her own way to Geneva Jardin Anglaise pier where she
remained on the
Saturday prior to eventually re-entering timetabled service on
Sunday
15th May
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Wednesday - 11th May 2022
MPV Vevey (Lake Geneva)

photo: Alain Vuistiner
Owing to problems with other members of the CGN
fleet, the motor paddle vessel
was pressed into service earlier than planned
She is seen leaving Cully pier on
sailing 225 towards the end of her first
'Round the Upper Lake' sailing of 2022
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Tuesday - 10th May 2022
PS Simplon (Lake Geneva)

photo: Ernst Mischler
The paddle steamer
arrives at Montreux on WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
her final Spring mid-week return afternoon
sailing 225 'Round the Upper Lake'
As she has three days of charters,
MPV Vevey is planned to cover the rest of
this week - afterwhich she will now return for a further week
with PS La Suisse
taking over her regular roster a week later
(the start of which was delayed due to hes extended winter
overhaul)
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Sunday - 8th May 2022
PS Unterwalden (Lake Luzern)

photo: Daniel Eichenberger
The paddle steamer
arrives at Beckenried on return
sailing 18 of her first
day of timetabled sailings of 2022
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Saturday - 7th May 2022
PS Montreux (Lake Geneva)

photo: Jean
Vernet
The paddle steamer
is seen passing Montreux on her first pre-season Charter sailing of 2022
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Saturday - 7th May 2022
PS Neuchâtel (Lake Neuchâtel)
"Friends (Trivapor)" - AGM

picture: Murten webcam

photo: Olivier Bachmann

photo: Alain Vuistiner
The paddle steamer
arrives at Murten/Morat and the end of the outward leg
of the special pre-season AGM cruise from Neuchâtel
and later setting off on the AGM Lunch cruise
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Saturday - 7th May 2022
Three paddle steamers (Lake Luzern
"Friends" - AGM


photos: Robert Horlacher
Three paddle steamers
set off from Luzern on the "Friends" 50th AGM cruise
and later performing "maneuvers" in the middle lake
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Monday - 2nd May 2022
PS Schiller (Lake Luzern)

pictures: Luzeren and Weggis webcams


photos: Daniel Eichenberger
The paddle steamer
entered service earlier than exprected and operated
sailings 7-18 to Flüelen and return vice
the usual motor vessel
This was her first sailing since 2020 and she is initially seen loading at
Luzern Pier No.1, rounding the headland in front of Mount Pilatus on the
approach to Weggis and later arriving at Beckenried
before returning to Luzern bay at the end of her return journey
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Sunday - 1st May 2022
PS Concordia (Lake Como)

photo: Riccardo Suzzi
The paddle steamer
arrives back at Como at the end of her
sailing 31 back to
Como
Unlike previous weekends, there was no official
advance notice she was to cover the sailings
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Saturday - 30th April 2022
PS Simplon (Lake Geneva)
ABVL - AGM

photo: Robert Horlacher
The paddle steamer
is seen passing Lavaux from mv Lausanne
on her post-AGM Special Cruise
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Thursday - 28th April 2022
PS Schiller (Lake Luzern)

photo: Robert Horlacher
The paddle steamer
returns to Luzern after her pre-season "trial" in the lake
She is planned to return to service vice a motor vessel with the 0912
sailing 7
to Flüelen on
Monday 2nd May
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Thursday - 28th April 2022
PS Simplon (Lake Geneva)

photo: Alain Vuistiner
The paddle steamer
approaches Pully on her return lunchtime
sailing 825
from Vevey to Lausanne on
Thursday 28th April
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Monday - 25th April 2022
PS Concordia (Lake Como)
Italian Freedom Day

photo: Riccardo Suzzi
The paddle steamer
approaches Menaggio after her lunch break
ready to operate
sailing 31 back to
Como
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Easter Sunday - 17th April 2022
PS Concordia (Lake Como)

photo: Jacapo Memeo

photo: Daniel Eichenberger
The paddle steamer
returned to service after major repairs to her engine and is seen leaving
Como on the her first 0950
sailing 12 of 2022 from Como to Menaggio (in the
Central Lake)
Later she is seen departing Bellagio on the same first trip
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Good Friday - 15th March 2022
PS Simplon (Lake Geneva)

photo: Jean
Vernet
The paddle steamer 'hoots'
as she arrives at the pier from Ouchy harbour
ready to start her 2022 season by operating the new
sailing 822 to Vevey
where she connects with sister
MPV Italie for other
piers in the Upper Lake
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Good Friday - 15th April 2022
PS Simplon (Lake Geneva)

picture: Montreux webcam
The paddle steamer
returned to service and operated the revised Lausanne based
Upper Lake
sailings 822-823-824-825-224-225
This now includes a new (for spring) anti-clockwise
afternoon sailing completely
'Round the Upper Lake' and she is seen calling at Montreux on her
return
sailing 225
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Thursday - 14th April 2022
PS Savoie (Lake Geneva)

photo: Alain Vuistiner
The
broken down paddle steamer remains
at Ouchy dock for further repairs
She should have sailed 'light' to Geneva on the Thursday afternoon ready for
her daily sailings over the
Easter weekend commencing
Good Friday.....
.....all of which had to be cancelled
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Sunday - 10th April 2022
MPV Italie (Lake Geneva)

photo: Christian Meyer
The motor paddle
vessel operates her final short
sailing 738 of the winter from Geneva
prior to moving to the Upper Lake for the summer commencing
Good Friday
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Friday - 8th April 2022
PS Hohentwiel (Lake Konstanz)

photo: Robert Horlacher
The paddle
steamer visited Romanshorn for the
Harbour Festival weekend and is seen
setting off into the lake for a short cruise
Her stablemate - the historic mv Oesterreich
- also visted
and can be observed moored in the background
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Friday - 8th April 2022
SS Spiez (Lake Thun)


photos: Robert Horlacher and Ernst Mischler
The oldest operational steam
ship in Switzerland made her (second) maiden voyage
(the first was back in 1901) from Spiez following a four year complete re-build
along with a new boiler
Pending the re-entry into service of her larger sister
PS Blümlisalp in early-May
the smaller ship made a welcome sight on the lake
She is initially seen arriving light from the works before conveying
invited guests
on her Inauguration Cruise
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Saturday 9th April 2022
PS Uri (Lake Luzern)

picture: Luzern webcam
The paddle steamer
sets off into the evening gloom from Luzern on her first evening
"Candlelight Dinner Cruise" of 2022 on
Saturday
9th April
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Tuesday - 5th April 2022
PS Simplon (Lake Geneva)

photo: Robert Monch
PS Simplon
raises steam again as part of her preparations to re-enter service on
Good Friday
- 15th April - sailing in the Upper Lake
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Sunday - 3rd April 2022
PS Stadt Zürich (Lake Zurich)
picture and photos: Zurich webcam, Alain Vuistiner and Ernst Mischler
The paddle steamer
approaches Zurich after her winter lay-up to pick up passengers
for her first
sailing 111 of the season for Rapperswil
She is later seen calling at Mäennedorf and Stäfs on return
sailing 112
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Tuesday - 29th March 2022
PSs Savoie and Simplon (Lake Geneva)

photos:
Jean Vernet and Robert Monch
PS Savoie (left) passes
Montreux on a test run round the Upper Lake........
........meanwhile at the other end of the lake
PS Simplon (right) raises steam for the
first time in 2022
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Friday - 25th March 2022
MPV Italie (Lake Geneva)

photos: Robert Monch
The motor paddle
vessel operates two short
sailing 738 and 740
from Geneva prior to an evening "Fondue Cruise"
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Wednesday - 23rd March 2022
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)

photos: Jean
Vernet
The paddle steamer undertakes
yet a further "test" sailing as far as Montreux
It is now understood she will return to regular service at the
start of May
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Monday - 21st March 2022
MPV Vevey (Lake Geneva)

photo: Alain Vuistiner
The paddles have been removed from the
motor paddle vessel prior to replacing her shaft
as part of her winter overhaul
She is planned to return to service late-May in time for the annual
Parade
off-Montreux
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Sunday - 13th February 2022
MPV Italie (Lake Geneva)

picture: Nyon webcam
The motor paddle
vessel set off from Nyon back to Geneva on the return leg
sailing 331 of her weekly winter Sunday
Lunch cruise
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Sunday - 27th February 2022
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)
"THE" steam sailing of the winter !!!






photos: Daniel Eichenberger, Ernst Mischler,
Robert Horlacher and Jean Vernet
The paddle steamer
stands at Geneva Mont-Blanc pier prior to the "one way" winter
special
sailing along the full length of the lake to Le Bouveret
before passing MPV
Italie (at Jardin Anglais pier waiting to
operate the regular Sunday
sailings 330-331 to
Nyon) and
PS Simplon (laid-up for the winter)
She is later seen approaching the normally 'summer only' pier at Corsier
then at the border town pier at St Gingolph (where passengers had
the option to alight and return to Vevey or
Montreux on
mv Général-Guisan)
This sailing brings back memories of the old
"Grand
Races" which
PS Rhône
operated on a daily basis all summer back in the mid
and late-1990s
following an unsuccessful experiment to allocate these sailings to
mv Lausanne on peak dates in the
summers earlier in the decade
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Saturday - 26th February 2022
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)



photos: Robert Monch and Robert Horlacher
The paddle steamer
operated five short special 'Welcome
Back' cruises
round the "Petit-Lac" from from Geneva
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Wednesday - 23rd February 2022
PS La Suisse (Lake Geneva)

photos: Alain Vuistiner
The paddle steamer
has the sides of her paddle box removed ready for
replacement of the shaft
As her extended winter overhaul is expected to last into May, her normal
spring sailings
from Lausanne to the Upper Lake will be covered by
PS Rhône
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Tuesday - 22th February 2022
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)

photos: Robert Monch
The paddle steamer
gets up steam prior to a special VIP sailing from
Geneva Mont Black pier (with the laid-up
PS Simplon in the distance)
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Sunday - 20th February 2022
"Welcome Back" ---
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)




photos: Daniel Funk and Robert Monch
The paddle steamer
operated four (of five planned) special short
"Welcome Back"
cruises from Lausanne before sailing light to Geneva ahead of the approaching
strong winds on
Sunday 20th February
She is seen arriving at Geneva before berthing at Mont-Blanc pier
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Thursday - 10th February 2022
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)



photos: Robert Horlacher (top),
Jean Vernet
(middle and Alain Vuistiner (bottom)
The paddle steamer
undertook her "Inauguration cruise" for VIPs and is initially
seen arriving at Lausanne-Ouchy pier, on board (main and
upper decks)
and finally returning to Lausanne-Ouchy
A news item with pictures us also available on Swiss TV
She is now planned to commence public sailings on
Sunday
20th February
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Sunday - 13th February 2022
MPV Italie (Lake Geneva)


pictures: Nyon and Coppet webcams
The motor paddle
vessel arriving at Nyon on her weekly Lunch
Cruise
sailing 330
from Geneva and later approaching Coppet on return
sailing 331
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Thursday - 10th February 2022
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)

photo:
Jean Vernet

photo: Alain Vuistiner

photo: Markus Graf
The paddle steamer
was initially at Ouchy harbour before moving to the
Lusanne-Ouchy pier where she was visited by members of the CGN staff
and other companies who took part in the re-build
She is now planned to commence public sailings on
Sunday
20th February
Below is the 'standard' view of the engine -- as part of the rebuild
the former metal casing has been replaced by perspex which now allow
passengers to view the engine in motion
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Friday - 4th February 2022
MPV Italie (Lake Geneva)


photos: Robert Monch
The motor paddle
vessel stands at Geneva Mont Blanc pier on the first Friday
of the 2022 season prior to operating her short afternoon
sailing
738
and later on board the return
sailing 739
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Wednesday - 2nd February 2022
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)


photo: Robert Horlacher
The paddle steamer undertakes
yet another "test" sailing to the Upper Lake
- this time a berthing test at Cully pier in terrible weather
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Wednesday - 26th January 2022
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)

photo:
Jean Vernet
The paddle steamer undertakes
yet anoher "test" sailing from Ouchy Harbour
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Tuesday - 25th January 2022
SS Spiez (Lake Thun)

photos: Ernst Mischler
The small re-built steam ship
which will operate on the lake along with her
larger sister PS Blümlisalp undertakes
a cross lake "test sailing"
and is seen shortly after calling at Oberhofen pier
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Monday - 24th January 2022
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)

photo: Alain Vuistiner

photos: Jean Vernet
The paddle steamer undertakes
a further "test" sailing into the lake from Ouchy Harbour
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End of 2021 Feature and Quiz
The paddle steamer fleet (Lake Geneva)


click on photos to zoom in
photos: Robert Monch
The paddle steamer
fleet was scattered all round the lake - mostly laid-up
can YOU recognise which ships were where ?
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Tuesday - 18th January 2022
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)

photo: Alain Vuistiner
The paddle steamer undertakes
a "test" sailing into the lake from Ouchy Harbour
prior to operating some Special Sailings next month followed by
taking over the
Geneva based weekend timetabled sailings from the start of March
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Sunday - 16th January 2022
MPV Italie (Lake Geneva)

click on photos to zoom into pictures:
Coppet and Nyon webcams

picture: Vevey webcam
The motor paddle vessel
calls at Coppet on her first outward leg of the weekly
Lunch Cruise
sailing 330 from Geneva to Nyon..........
........leaving the Upper Lake in the hands of the much smaller
mv Versoix
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Monday - 10th January 2022
PS Rhône (Lake Geneva)

photo: Alain Vuistiner
The paddle steamer stands
at Ouchy Dock after her major re-build
virtually ready to return to service next month and operate Winter Sailings
Initially she is planned to operate some Special Sailings before
taking over the
Geneva based weekend timetabled sailings later in the month
These will be the first "regular" timetabled steam powered sailings
on any Swiss lake this century
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Sunday - 9th January 2022
MPV Italie (Lake Geneva)

picture: Vevey webcam
The motor paddle vessel
calls at Vevey Marché pier on the return leg of the
Upper Lake "Circle" Lunch Cruise
sailing 536 on a cold, wet January Sunday
The MPV now moves to Geneva to take over the
weekend sailings from her sister
MPV Vevey
leaving the Upper Lake in the hands of a smaller motor
vessel
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Saturday 13th
August 2011
MPV Italia and MPV G Zanardelli (Lake Garda)

photo: Beat Leuthardt
A rare occasion when both motor paddle vessels
operated "full-length" timetables sailings vice car ferries on the same day !
They are seen passing each other
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