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点评：The ageing, ailing Interislander fleet once again showed its age. Yet another maintenance issue……. Be warned.
Following a super-friendly check-in and a seamless, easy boarding experience, we set sail; the captain announced that our arrival at Picton would be slightly delayed as the ferry was sailing the “long way around”, apparently for training purposes. No worries so far.
Then the ferry broke down in the middle of Wellington Harbour. The captain announced a technical issue; but he didn’t know what it was! Following several bland announcements from a subordinate that they’d “keep passengers updated”, the captain then announced that the problem could not be fixed (Chief Engineer’s advice) and that we were returning to the Wellington wharf; dismay all round. The captain also said we needed a tug boat and a pilot - but he didn’t know how long that would take! More dismay.
We floated stationary for around 45 minutes. I, and many other passengers, fearing we would not get to the South Island that day, booked Air NZ flights for the evening.
Then, out of the blue, someone (not the captain) announced we were sailing; they didn’t say where but they did say we’d arrive in “about 3 and a half hours. Turns out we did in fact head for Picton; but we still sailed the long way around - instead of following the usual (shorter) route, which he could have done, to make up lost time (and do the training another time).
Moral of the story; if you’re going to the South Island, fly Air NZ (who were very understanding and cancelled my booking) - at least until Kiwi Rail finally gets its act together and replaces the ancient Interislander fleet. Which may not be this decade.
Following a super-friendly check-in and a seamless, easy boarding experience, we set sail; the captain announced that our arrival at Picton would be slightly delayed as the ferry was sailing the “long way around”, apparently for training purposes. No worries so far.
Then the ferry broke down in the middle of Wellington Harbour. The captain announced a technical issue; but he didn’t know what it was! Following several bland announcements from a subordinate that they’d “keep passengers updated”, the captain then announced that the problem could not be fixed (Chief Engineer’s advice) and that we were returning to the Wellington wharf; dismay all round. The captain also said we needed a tug boat and a pilot - but he didn’t know how long that would take! More dismay.
We floated stationary for around 45 minutes. I, and many other passengers, fearing we would not get to the South Island that day, booked Air NZ flights for the evening.
Then, out of the blue, someone (not the captain) announced we were sailing; they didn’t say where but they did say we’d arrive in “about 3 and a half hours. Turns out we did in fact head for Picton; but we still sailed the long way around - instead of following the usual (shorter) route, which he could have done, to make up lost time (and do the training another time).
Moral of the story; if you’re going to the South Island, fly Air NZ (who were very understanding and cancelled my booking) - at least until Kiwi Rail finally gets its act together and replaces the ancient Interislander fleet. Which may not be this decade.
翻译：老化、病态的 Interislander 船队再次显露出了它的老态。又一个维护问题……请注意。
在超级友好的登记和无缝、轻松的登船体验之后，我们启航；船长宣布我们到达皮克顿的时间会稍微延迟，因为渡轮正在“绕远路”航行，显然是为了训练目的。到目前为止不用担心。
然后渡轮在惠灵顿港中部抛锚了。船长宣布了技术问题；但他不知道是什么问题！在下属几次平淡地宣布他们会“随时向乘客通报最新情况”之后，船长宣布问题无法解决（总工程师的建议），我们将返回惠灵顿码头；所有人都很沮丧。船长还说我们需要一艘拖船和一名领航员——但他不知道这需要多长时间！更令人沮丧。
我们静止地漂浮了大约 45 分钟。我和许多其他乘客担心当天无法到达南岛，因此预订了晚上的新西兰航空航班。
然后，突然有人（不是船长）宣布我们要启航了；他们没有说要去哪里，但确实说我们将在“大约 3 个半小时后”到达。结果我们确实前往了皮克顿；但我们还是绕了很远的路，而不是按照他本可以走的通常（较短）的路线航行，以弥补失去的时间（并在另一个时间进行培训）。
这个故事的寓意是：如果你要去南岛，请乘坐新西兰航空（他们非常理解并取消了我的预订）——至少在 Kiwi Rail 最终恢复正常并取代古老的 Interislander 机队之前。这可能不会是这个十年。
在超级友好的登记和无缝、轻松的登船体验之后，我们启航；船长宣布我们到达皮克顿的时间会稍微延迟，因为渡轮正在“绕远路”航行，显然是为了训练目的。到目前为止不用担心。
然后渡轮在惠灵顿港中部抛锚了。船长宣布了技术问题；但他不知道是什么问题！在下属几次平淡地宣布他们会“随时向乘客通报最新情况”之后，船长宣布问题无法解决（总工程师的建议），我们将返回惠灵顿码头；所有人都很沮丧。船长还说我们需要一艘拖船和一名领航员——但他不知道这需要多长时间！更令人沮丧。
我们静止地漂浮了大约 45 分钟。我和许多其他乘客担心当天无法到达南岛，因此预订了晚上的新西兰航空航班。
然后，突然有人（不是船长）宣布我们要启航了；他们没有说要去哪里，但确实说我们将在“大约 3 个半小时后”到达。结果我们确实前往了皮克顿；但我们还是绕了很远的路，而不是按照他本可以走的通常（较短）的路线航行，以弥补失去的时间（并在另一个时间进行培训）。
这个故事的寓意是：如果你要去南岛，请乘坐新西兰航空（他们非常理解并取消了我的预订）——至少在 Kiwi Rail 最终恢复正常并取代古老的 Interislander 机队之前。这可能不会是这个十年。
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