Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Caledonian MacBrayne's ALICAT at Gourock Pier and preparing to leave for Dunoon (Firth of Clyde)

Contributed by Sandra B  (Site Administrator)

Notice (in both English language and Gaelic) at the berth at Gourock Pier where foot passengers both board and land from the Dunoon and Kilcreggan Ferries.

Caledonian MacBrayne's ALICAT at the berth at Gourock Pier

ALICAT has a catamaran hull.   That is the vessel has two hulls, ostensibly to make her broader and therefore more comfortable and stable in unpleasant weather.   In the image it is maybe difficult to make out the two hulls as they are in deep shadow.

Workmen are busy at the pier and ALICAT has to leave the berth to allow CalMac's CHIEFTAIN, arriving with foot passengers from Kilcreggan, to use the berth.   ALICAT is seen in these next images shifting to berth astern of CHIEFTAIN.