A number of weird items can be discovered on Facebook Marketplace. Some of the strangest items have got to be a trio of ferries that were built in British Columbia, Canada, in the late 1990s that are now listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
The Pacficat Explorer, Discovery and Voyager, infamously known as the Fast Cats, were built for use by B.C. Ferries in the 1990s. The catamarans ended up going way over budget and also failed to meet expectations when it came to speed and efficiency, making them a complete bust.
Only two of the ferries were ever used by B.C. Ferries, the Explorer and Discovery, but they were pulled from the fleet after just a few years of service and sold in 2003. The government of Eygpt is now the owner of the ferries, which left the boats vacant when they were deemed unsuitable for use in the Red Sea.
An Egyptian company was initially contracted to scrap the three boats but they eventually determined the vessels were still in good enough shape that they could be sold. Hence how they became listed on Facebook Marketplace.
Rob Arthurs, an international trade consultant based in British Columbia, signed a deal to attempt to sell the ferries, which is why he tried Facebook Marketplace as a potential way to get rid of the boats.
“The consultant feels they are nowhere near their end of life. He’s given me a week or two to market these things or Egypt will dismantle them and take the motors out and sell the aluminum for scrap,” Arthurs said.
It’s been suggested that the buyers of the boats could still use them as ferries or that they could be converted into private yachts.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fastcat-ferries-facebook-marketplace-1.7080937