Fergus Ferry
FERGUS FERRY
Fergus Ferry
Description: Steel-hulled commercial, fire-fighting tug.
Role: Provides fire-fighting, salvage and emergency response services.
Speed: 10 knots (service speed)
Crew: 4 (master, engineer and two crew men).
Hose Capacity: 10,000 litres a minute in a 90 metre jet.
Description: Short haul, single hull, twin engine ferry.
Role: Angus only services the safer Inner Harbour.
Speed: 12 knots.
Crew: Master, engineer and general purpose hand.
Hose Capacity: 400 passengers.
Description: This is where the ferries come to take passengers to the city.
Description: The Harbour Bridge is the entrance to the Inner Harbour. Manly ferries don't usually go up the Inner Harbour.
Description: Double-ended single hull ferry.
Role: She used to operate the Circular Quay to Manly run but now she is a restaurant.
Speed: 17 knots.
Crew: Sufficient.
Hose Capacity: 1,781 passengers.
Description: Short haul, single hull, twin engine ferry.
Role: Services the Outer Harbour and destinations to Watsons Bay. Does not usually cross the entrance to the Harbour where there can be big swells and rough waves.
Speed: 12 knots
Crew: Master, engineer and general purpose hand.
Capacity: 400 passengers.
Description: High speed planing hydrofoil.
Role: I run the high speed service on the Manly run.
Speed: 35 knots
Crew: 4
Hose Capacity: 140 passengers.
Description: Twin hull catamaran of welded aluminium construction.
Role: We run the high speed service on the Manly run.
Speed: 30 knots.
Crew: 4
Hose Capacity: 280 passengers.
Description: Here's a channel marker in the Harbour. They look like wedding cakes. They tell the ships which way to go. At night the lights inside them light up green or red. When leaving the Harbour you keep the green ones on your left, the red ones on your right - don't get that wrong!
Description: The red and white lighthouse marks the entrance to the Harbour.
Class and Description: Ground based rescue helicopter.
Role: Coastal surveillance and search and rescue operations. Can rescue up to 6 people in all weather conditions.
Speed: 125 knots.
Crew: 2 hours.
Description: The Heads are the cliffs at the entrance to the Harbour.
Class and Description: Steel-hulled, twin screw, harbour tug.
Role: Assisting ships to dock. It can move ships as long as 280 metres.
Speed: 12 knots.
Crew: 4 (master, engineer, two deckhands).
Bollard Pull: 41 tonnes.
Class and Description: Steel-hulled, twin screw, harbour tug.
Role: Assisting ships to dock. It can move ships as long as 280 metres.
Speed: 12 knots.
Crew: 4 (master, engineer, two deckhands).
Bollard Pull: 41 tonnes.
Class and Description: Offshore patrol vessel.
Role: Law enforcement, search and rescue.
Speed: 26 knots.
Crew: 3 (master and two deckhands).
Class and Description: Manly Ferry double-ended single hull ferry. Manly ferries don't need to turn round because they have a bridge at the front and the back.
Role: Operates the Circular Quay to Manly service. Crosses the entrance to the Harbour in all but the roughest seas.
Speed: 12.5 knots.
Crew: Master, engineer and four general purpose hands - one of them the \"greaser\" helps the engineer.
Capacity: 1100 passengers
Class and Description: Single engine float plane. Capable of landing on any suitable waterway.
Role: Scenic flights above the Harbour and short trips along the coastline.
Speed: 160 knots.
Crew: 1 pilot
Capacity: 12 passengers
Description: This is the end of Boris and Horace run. Hydro, Jet and Jess also work the Manly run
Description: At the zoo, you will find, birds and animals of every kind
Description: This is the last stop on Fergus' run. He doesn't usually cross to the other side of the entrance to the Harbour (the Heads) because it can get too rough.