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| General | Over the last decade or so
This was an evening sailing from the paddle steamer's home base at Arona (Italy), sailing only in Italian waters to Laveno fireworks However, things changed in 2001 (see below) only for the steamer to enter dock for major works at the end of that season Sailings calling at Swiss piers were few and far between - so far I have not been able to obtain details of any recent visits, although the Please |
| 2008 | Details will be posted at the end of the season - in the interim see 2008 Advance Information Lake Maggiore Summary and/or 2008 Timetable Index (for links to individual timetables) |
| 2007 | Regular three hour public 'lunch' and 'teatime' cruises were operted by the paddle steamer every Sunday in July and August |
| 2006 | PS
Piemonte finally returned to service and operated a special
VIP Inauguration Cruise
from Arona to Santa Caterina and the Borromee islands on
Saturday 13th May This was her first outing since spending her 100th birthday in dock |
| Regular three hour public 'lunch' and 'teatime' cruises were operted by the paddle steamer every Sunday in July and August (except on Sunday 9th July when there was a strike which prevented all sailings on the lake including those rostered for the motor vessels) | |
| 2005 | Despite considerable work on the only operational paddle steamer over the previous three years, she remained moored at Arona throughout 2005 |
| 2004 | The only operational paddle steamer PS Piemonte celebrated her real 100th birthday at Arona dock whilst major work took place to her two boilers |
| 2003 | The only operational paddle steamer PS Piemonte remained at Arona dock whilst re-plating took place to part of her hull |
| 2002 | The only operational paddle
steamer PS
Piemonte remained at
Arona dock |
| 2001 | For the first time in many years,
PS Piemonte was rostered to operate the
timetabled Sunday lunch cruise from Arona to the
Borrowmee Isles followed by a round trip from Arona to
Stresa in the afternoon on most Sundays between
On those occaions when the paddle steamer was on charter, these sailings were operated by mv Italia {not to be confused with the motor paddle vessel having the same name on nearby Lake Garda ! } |
| The annual public sailing from Arona to Lavino fireworks operated at 2030 on Wednesday 15th August | |
| 2000 | The annual public sailing from Arona to Lavino fireworks operated at 2030 on Tuesday 15th August |
| 1999 | The annual public sailing from Arona to Lavino fireworks operated on Sunday 15th August |
| 1990 | The paddle steamer made a rare visit to Swiss waters for a special charter sailing on Saturday 8th September |
If you are aware of any errors in the above or can add anything further, please e-mail me with the information |
9th January 2008
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John B Bird
