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I tend not to get seasick but intrigued about whether I could withstand this—and now I’ll never know
Sunday Times: Would I have the stomach for the final voyage of the Vomit Comet?
After 49 years of terrifying passengers between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly, the notorious Scillonian III ferry retires this weekend in a bittersweet exit
@Holberg You've missed out on some Vomit Comets over the years.
In the summer of 1987, I spent time hitching around rural Ireland with a backpack & tent. On a lark, I rode on a mail boat from Bunbeg to Tory Island, one of the most isolated gaeltachts (rural regions where Irish is still spoken by native speakers) remaining. It was £2 to go out one morning. Of course then the weather changed & I ended up stranded for 3 days. There was a B&B for £8 a night. After 3 days, a fishing boat was able to put in briefly & take a few of us back to mainland Donegal. For £10, naturally. The waters had been & still were too rough. In a raincoat, I clung to a pole on the side of the boat as we skipped across the channel like a stone, bouncing off wavecrests. That's when I learned I don't get seasick. But I suppose I've never been to the big leagues.
Remarkable trip overall.
@Holberg Yeah, I'm also blessed with a does-not-care stomach. Once showed up for breakfast on a passenger liner going up along China's coast during a typhoon. I was the only one asking for food that morning. 😂