TV reporter John Doyle is at the launch of the new Lelant to Hayle ferryboat with an inaugural ride for Tory Defence Minister and St Ives MP John Nott, Mayor of St Ives Terry Tonkin and the Mayor of Hayle. The ferry reopened on 1 May and was owned by Tony and Tinker Lake of the Ferryman's Cafe by the beach in Lelant. Allan Thomas was the ferryman. The ferry stopped in 1966 because a rise in car ownership meant people preferred to take the 1825 causeway road across the sands.