6 ~ North Shore News - Sunday, November 28, 1999 _

. SP what point will the amuse-

ment factor give way to rage?

a» en will British Columbians

and North Vancouverites in particular

rouse. themselves from their insular

‘stupor, march to the quayside and

shout’ in ‘unison, “We” re not going to
“take it amy more,”

_ Sure,” it’s amusing, laughable, and
ultimately saddening that the new
‘PacifiCat, Discovery, is disabled by
‘engine problems. just. three days into

lar service. But it was also. pre-
‘dictable, _ based’ on the lamentable
showing: of the elder sister in the kitty
litter. The Explorer has thrown so many
fur: balls = that, according. to, West:

ging daily fast ferry failures.

I m, the. Explorer's ever-length- -

ening list’: of ‘unscheduled cat naps .

might have been expected. After all,
what else might one reasonably expect
from a ship built in a rush, with tech-
nology new to its makers and bluc- § Just KEEP WALKING..-
‘prints that were actually unfinished? .  § ;

We should, we suppose, be thankful -o-PANG PUSHERS.
that the Explorer hasn’t already sunk
with the weight of all of our money
that has been thrown into her.

And it’s possible. the sinking sce-
nario isn’t so far-fetched. Apparently
the steel housing of the Explorers
water jets has been reacting with the
aluminum hull, resulting in some seri- -
ous reduction to the hull’s thickness —
‘Something any Sunday sailor or for
that matter plumber could have pre-

_ dicted.
-Nebbeling, BC Ferries is no longer log: ve

- Someone remembered to rectify this
problem ‘in’ the Discorery but really,
what's. the point: These cats should
have been drowned at birth.

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