Do'nt ever remember sailing on the lady of man,but went on the first genuine car ferry which i believe was called The Manx Maid it was like trying to negotiate a helter skelter at Douglas end when driving off.Previous went on old passenger ferries where they craned the Thames van on and roped you onto the wooden decks.Quite nice as you could sit in the van all the way across.In those days the ferries even had a ladies only lounge with a matron in full uniform in charge,god help you if us guys tried to get in.
There was one old tub that no one liked sailing on believe it was called the King Orry or something like that,anyone can remember? Must admit i enjoyed the crossings then better than today as the old ferries had much more room