More than goodwill needed to stay afloat

IF GOODWILL was able to keep a ferry afloat then the Fastnet Line’s MV Julia could have ploughed through the most treacherous of waters.

However, it has been anything but plain sailing for the vessel, mechanically and financially.

It all started in April 2008 when West Cork Tourism set up a co-operative to reinstate a ferry connection between Cork and Swansea.