> Eh?
> 
> I followed a Cat down the river in my boat once and it only seemed to
> take a shade over 30 minutes.  Of course, time always seems to travel
> a lot faster when I am on the water and the ferry didn't make any
> stops between Meadowbank and Circular Quay.
That's the reason.  You only went from Meadowbank, where the Cat speed is 
around 35 knots.  West of there, it slows down to only a few knots.  
Meadowbank is the halfway point.
-- David Johnson - Rail Services Authority trainman@ozemail.com.au trainman@railpage.org.au http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman