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Infamous British Columbia Ferries For Sale On Facebook Marketplace
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By Ben Hooper
Jan. 12 (UPI) -- A trio of ferries built for use in British Columbia in the late 1990s are for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
The Pacficat Explorer, Discovery and Voyager, known as the Fast
Cats, were built for use by B.C. Ferries in the 1990s, but the catamarans were famously over- budget and failed to meet expecta- tions for speed or efficiency.
Only two of the ferries were ever used by B.C.
Ferries, the Explorer and Discovery, but they were pulled after just a few years of service and sold in 2003.
The ferries are now owned by the government of Egypt, which left the boats vacant when they were found to be unsuitable for use in the Red Sea.
Rob Arthurs, an international trade consultant based in British Columbia, said an Egyptian compa- ny was contracted to scrap the three boats, but they determined the vessels were still
in good shape and could poten- tially be sold intact.
Arthurs signed a deal to attempt to sell the ferries, and he listed them on Facebook Marketplace.
"The consultant feels they are nowhere near their end of life. He's given me a week or two to market these things or Egypt will dismantle them and take the motors out and sell the aluminum for scrap,"
Arthurs told The Vancouver Sun.
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