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[QUOTE]Originally posted by sbalax: [QB] George-- I hear you on the "transferring diseases" but it was the argument offered. I believe the concern was with mud on vehicles carrying pests. Vehicles and added congestion on the "Neighbor Islands" was also a concern. I suspect that the reality was more economic. I've paid as little as $9.00 to fly inter-island. The problem with the hydrofoils was open sea. They seem to do OK in protected waters like Sydney Harbour or the crossing from Hong Kong to Macau which is where I believe the Boeing hydrofoils ended up. I was in Hawai'i when one of them lost lift between Honolulu and Moloka'i. The Coast Guard had to rescue the passengers. We were in Sydney in October and I don't know that there are any hydrofoils in regular ferry use now. There are, however, the River Cats and other high speed catamarans. We did a nice afternoon trip from Circular Quay to Manly and opted for the slow ferry to be able to enjoy the views and it was only about ten minutes longer and quite a bit cheaper. Frank in sunny and cool SBA [/QB][/QUOTE]
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