IS THERE A FERRY FROM MOSS, NORWAY TO LARVIK, NORWAY?  HOW LONG DOES
IT TAKE?  DO YOU NEED RESERVATIONS? AND HOW MUCH?

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Request for Question Clarification by revbrenda1st-ga on 14 Nov 2002 14:45 PST

Hi rise,

I've not yet established that there is indeed a ferry route from Moss
to Larvik. If I find there is, I'll need to know a bit of information
to establish the cost of the fare. According to an on-line reservation
form we need departure date, return date, number of adults, number of
children under 16, number of children under 4, number of students, and
number of seniors. (Maximum six passengers per reservation)

Vehicle information is required, as well. 

Car: none, car under 2 m high; van 2m - 2.3m high; high car  2.3m -
2.6m high; camper 2.6 - 3m high; motorcycle; bicycle. Length of the
vehicle is required.

Trailer: none; small = max 2m high; medium = max 2.3m high; caravan
2.3m - 2.6m high; high over 2.6m high. Again, the length is required.

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Clarification of Question by rise-ga on 15 Nov 2002 10:24 PST

we are planning to travel July 22, 2003 by rented car - married couple
- senior citizens - do not plan to return by same route.

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Request for Question Clarification by revbrenda1st-ga on 15 Nov 2002 13:30 PST

Thanks, rise. I've been sending e-mail to possible sources. So far, so
bad. I'm not giving up, though. What I'm wondering is do you have a
definite purpose for going to Larvik, or is it just what you thought
would be the best choice to get you to another destination? If so,
would you mind telling what the actual destination is? Since you are
renting a vehicle, if I can find you a route that doesn't require too
much extra driving distance or time, would that be suitable?

There is no scheduled ferry service between Moss and Larvik. The only
domestic ferry service calling at Moss is the Moss-Horten Line, run by
Bastø Fosen (http://www.basto-fosen.no/).  Larvik is around 50 km
southwest of Horten, a 45-minute drive along road 19 and E18.

Most of the information at Bastø Fosen's website is only published in
Norwegian.  The Schedules for July 2003 are not yet available, but the
current crossing time is 30 minutes, and the ferries depart every half
hour in the daytime (which is unlikely to change much).  Reservations
are not possible.  The current fares can be found at
http://www.basto-fosen.no/takst_fom_0110_02.html#eng.  The one-way
fare for an ordinary vehicle (up to 5 meters length) including the
driver is NOK 72, extra passengers cost NOK 28 each.  Senior citizens
(aged 67 years or older) get a 50% discount for passengers, but have
to pay the full fare for the car+driver.  The total one-way fare for a
car with driver and one senior citizen passenger will be NOK 86,
around US$ 12.

Search strategy:
I am living in Norway, and have access to the authorative "Rutebok for
Norge" (http://www.rutebok.no/produkter/rbn.html), which is a
compilation of all Norwegian boat, train, bus and airline schedules. 
After having checked that the requested ferry service does not exist,
I went straight to Bastø Fosen's website, which was already known to
me.

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Clarification of Answer by blazius-ga on 21 Jul 2003 14:07 PDT

This might come a bit too late, but the summer schedules for 2003 are
available at http://www.basto-fosen.no/sommerrute2003.html

GAVE US THE ANSWER WE NEEDED.  APPRECIATED VERY MUCH.