Comments on: Why Hawaii Superferry Is Failing http://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-superferry-failin/ A Travel Chronicle from Hawaii Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:32:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jeff http://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-superferry-failin/#comment-1419 Jeff Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:01:56 +0000 http://beatofhawaii.com/?p=488#comment-1419 Thanks for your comments Pua and Mauibrad. Brad thanks for visiting our site. I appreciate the good work you do on your website. Aloha, Jeff Thanks for your comments Pua and Mauibrad.

Brad thanks for visiting our site. I appreciate the good work you do on your website.

Aloha, Jeff

]]> By: Mauibrad http://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-superferry-failin/#comment-1403 Mauibrad Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:23:16 +0000 http://beatofhawaii.com/?p=488#comment-1403 Nice evaluation, Jeff. You recommend not taking 'em in the winter and say watch for further news. HSF has to run at 50 to 75% capacity year around with less than two weeks of down days to breakeven. If people aren't riding it in the winter and/or the Coast Guard won't let it run in surf of 18 ft plus, then this vessel will never be able to sustain breakeven....unless they can get a bunch of corporate welfare from the federal government in furtherance of government contracts. The thing I don't understand...why would a "conservative Neocon" run a business that relies upon welfare and contracts from the government to make a profit? Can they not make a profit the real conservative way...in the free market without government help? Aloha, Brad Nice evaluation, Jeff. You recommend not taking ‘em in the winter and say watch for further news. HSF has to run at 50 to 75% capacity year around with less than two weeks of down days to breakeven. If people aren’t riding it in the winter and/or the Coast Guard won’t let it run in surf of 18 ft plus, then this vessel will never be able to sustain breakeven….unless they can get a bunch of corporate welfare from the federal government in furtherance of government contracts.

The thing I don’t understand…why would a “conservative Neocon” run a business that relies upon welfare and contracts from the government to make a profit? Can they not make a profit the real conservative way…in the free market without government help?

Aloha, Brad

]]> By: Pua http://beatofhawaii.com/hawaii-superferry-failin/#comment-1398 Pua Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:15:15 +0000 http://beatofhawaii.com/?p=488#comment-1398 With airfares from Hawaiian Airlines being currently at $179 one-way for Interisland tickets, I can't understand why the Maui vsitors don't make use of the superferry. The price is right and hey it's summer and the ocean is calm and peaceful. That's such a nice relaxing trip versus the hectic atmosphere at the Airports. Let's hope that tourists will make more use of the ferry, so in the end everybody will be happy, ferry company making a profit and passengers saving money on the trip and enjoying Hawaii. With airfares from Hawaiian Airlines being currently at $179 one-way for Interisland tickets, I can’t understand why the Maui vsitors don’t make use of the superferry. The price is right and hey it’s summer and the ocean is calm and peaceful. That’s such a nice relaxing trip versus the hectic atmosphere at the Airports.

Let’s hope that tourists will make more use of the ferry, so in the end everybody will be happy, ferry company making a profit and passengers saving money on the trip and enjoying Hawaii.

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