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I went to my first Manx Grand Prix in 1979, just a few weeks after Dr Neil Clifton took his picture of the Victoria Pier extension tramway. Before we were allowed to journey home everyone riding a motorcycle was herded into the bleak, dank, windswept shed in the right background of his picture to await our ferry.
In those days the Isle of Man Steam Packet company had a much bigger fleet than it does now and the sheer number of ships meant that at times there wasnt room for them all within Douglas harbour so some had to tie up outside the harbour, on the Douglas Bay side of the Victoria Pier. In those days the fleet were all side-loaders, with a car deck down in their depths that were accessed by a spiral ramp at the stern with entry and exit doors on each rotation that meant the loading ramp could approximate the height of the quayside at any state of the tide.
Our ferry home (The Manx Maid?) was one of those that had to tie-up on the Douglas Bay side of the pier. It was quite rough in the bay and the ship was rising and falling by three or four feet, which meant that every bike had to pause at the foot of the loading ramp while the rider tuned themself into its rhythm before making a heart-in-mouth charge up the ramp.
The introduction of stern-loaders means things arent that bad nowadays, but the IoMSP still hasnt quite got used to the fact that it takes longer to load and unload several hundred motorcycles than it does a few hundred cars.