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T12February1S19M BERMUDA FERRYBOAT RIDE A PLEASURE CRUISE by Brian Owens HAMILTON in Ber think water not land and youre on right track Especially when it comes to transportation Thats the message from Hubert Trott captain of the Triton ferryboat which makes seven trips a day except Sundays and holidays from Hamilton to Somerset village an inviting hamlet at the western end of the island The leisurely trip to Somerset is a veritable pleasure tour into another world For a small extra fee you can take your moped or bicycle with you to combine a land tour wearing a captains cap and a doublebreasted blue blazer with nautical buttons has served as a captain on five governmentoperated ferryboats for 23 years This ferry never stops unless there very bad weather She runs 12 hours a day nonstop says whose weathered face and large calloused hands fit die classic image of a At the Hamilton ferry terminal com muters and tourist passengers are assisted across a gangplank by Trott and two crew members Trott then guns the twin dlcsel engines and the mustardandblack col ferryboat glides past the looming structure of a whitehulled cruise ship and out of Hamilton Harbour Behind a forest of masts is the Royal Yacht Club Further along the star board shore is the pink Princess Hotel its majestic balconies reflected in todays unusually calm harbour waters And beyond is Point Shares where some of Bermuda exclusive private homes can glimpsed from the water points the vessel toward Island one of the largest and most reslden tlalofagalaxy of Islands rimming Hamilton Harbour The 30 or more households on Hin sons use their own boats to reach the main land There is one of the ferryboat fleet will stop if signalled either by a flag being run up the wharfs flagpole or by a switch being thrown to light two red beacons on the pole after sunset Ships used to pass through here before they blasted open Two Rock Passage cur rent route for ships to the harbour says Trott as he maneuvers through Timlin Narrows a channel separating and Marshalls Islands Suddenly many more islands large and small are sprawled out ahead These islands some of which served In the 19th century as quarantine stations and also as prisoner of war camps have fascinating but grim histories But thoughts of camp deprivations arc difficult to among the quaint pink beaches and homes nestled around the tranquil coves in this fairyland archipelago The Triton approaches Ports Island once a quarantine station and now a popular camping and picnic site Off the port side is Island which has a colourful history It once housed over in a selfgoverned camp with their own church library school dining and wash tents In the 1930s It became a marine airport for the Pan Am clippers bringing tourists to Ber Later here a company produced films for TV broadcast overseas innately Hollywood in didnt survive very long West of s is Burt Island also known as or Murderers Island because five executed murderers are buried there Ono 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