Hubert and Graham Smyth made an unusual discovery when they set a string of swinging boat moorings at Fishbourne Bay at low tide last year. Their find is to be donated to the Isle of Wight Museum.
The new Wightlink ferry will have space for more than 1,000 people on board and will use hybrid battery technology, as well as conventional fuel, to reduce emissions and make the vessel quieter.
One night after the refusal for Red Funnel's East Cowes application, Isle of Wight planning committee members voted unanimously in favour of the Wightlink scheme.
Ferries from Fishbourne were diverted to an alternative Portsmouth ferry port after an articulated lorry broke down on the linkspan at Portsmouth Harbour. Update: The lorry has now been moved.
Andrew Turner's volunteers were out in force yesterday, trying to get people to vote for him by handing out leaflets, including at Fishbourne - sadly they didn't have permission.
Although apparently still under investigation after the mezzanine car deck collapsed last summer, the St Helen will now go onto pastures new in Italy, where it will continue operating as a passenger ferry.