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WIGHT RYDER I

7/4/2016

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Wightlink's ferry Wight Ryder I photographed alongside in Portsmouth on the 7 April 2015.

I took the photograph from her sister ship Wight Ryder II as we came into Portsmouth for the day after taking the short 22 minute sailing across the Solent from Ryde on the Isle of Wight.  

She was the first of Wightlink's new purpose built high speed passenger catmarans to operate the Ryde to Portsmouth route replacing FastCat Ryde and FastCat Shanklin.  

Built in the Philipines by FBMA-Babcock as Yard Number 1026 she is 41m long with a 12 m beam and 1.6m draught, equipped with twin Caterpillar ACERT C32 engines she has a top speed of 26.7 knots. 

She can carry 260 passengers and has a crew of 5. 

MMSI - 235069875
REG - UK, Portsmouth
IMO - 9512537
Call Sign -  2BWG5
Passenger Ferry
Built - FBMA-Babcock, Balamban, PH
Yard No. - 1026
L 41m W 12m
GT 520
Year - 2009
Portsmouth, 7 April 2015

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    My interest in ships and the sea started back in 2006 when I worked for a couple of years  on the banks of the River Mersey. I have since been on a couple of cruises around the Med and in the Far East and have started to take more interest in researching and photographing some of the ships and other vessels seen on my travels.

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