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Posted: 16.01.2018  ·  #1
hi folks, cork to santander with brittany ferries. how bad. it will cut a big slice off the journey to spain/portugal.


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Posted: 16.01.2018  ·  #2
I hadn’t heard this. I just googled it and am grinning from ear to ear

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s…93404.html

I have been wishing for a crossing to Spain for many years now.

I’m definitely booking for this year.


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Posted: 16.01.2018  ·  #3
as far as i know ,its going to operate from end april until november. sailings are twice weekly and bookings are opening at end of january. it is a NO frills ferry ,but that,s ok.


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Any idea how long the trip will take ? compared to the drive from Cherbourg.


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Posted: 16.01.2018  ·  #6
thats right. the ship is been chartered from stena ro ro ,and at the moment is on the italy to greece route


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Posted: 16.01.2018  ·  #7
Good idea having direct Ireland-Spain route, and I'd say it will be popular.

We did Rosslare-Pembroke, and then Plymouth-Santander years ago with Brittany ferries. I'm nearly sure it was the same big boat that does the Cork-Roscoff route, Pont-Aven.

Don't know if I'd fancy the smaller boat for that journey, but it does knock a UK ferry off, and they are never cheap.


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Any bets the price will be very close to the current land bridge costs and the selling point will be shorter traveling time.


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Posted: 16.01.2018  ·  #10
i think the price will be ,whatever the haulage compenies think is a fare price for them, i wont be what a few motorhomes ,like us think is a fare price to pay. this ship is designed for freight carriage not for luxury travel.


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Does anyone remember the Brittany ferries service Cork to Santander via Plymouth I think it only lasted a short time.


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Does anyone remember the Brittany ferries service Cork to Santander via Plymouth I think it only lasted a short time.


Yes I taught maybe I was the only one to remember that there was a ferry service to Spain from cork , but the big word is Direct.


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Posted: 16.01.2018  ·  #14
Interesting. Would definately use if price is right, and factoring in diesel/tolls it may be a super deal.
No frills services will be fine and leaves the costas within easy reach.


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Posted: 16.01.2018  ·  #15
I got excited looking at this earlier. The European Rugby champion cup final is in Bilbao Saturday 12 May and with 2 Irish teams going really well in the competition , a trip in the MH might be in order.
However after reading a few media articles, I discovered that sailings from Cork are on Wednesday and Friday with the returns on Thursday and Saturday.
That balls up my idea because I would be taking too many days off of work.
Definitely we will look at this route for 2019 trip to Europe.
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Malcolm, don’t worry about the work it will still be there when you get back.


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Malcolm, don’t worry about the work it will still be there when you get back.


Jack the work will,but the job might not :D


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Oh the work will be there alright but the wage will go walk about.


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Interesting. Would definately use if price is right, and factoring in diesel/tolls it may be a super deal.
No frills services will be fine and leaves the costas within easy reach.

I would use it too as Cork is much nearer to me than Roslare but as it is I can't consider their Cork to Roscof crossing as there pricing is off the Radar, with a bit of luck and this been a no frills crossing the sums might add up. I will be watching it carefully, Fingers crossed.


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This would be great for our family , however how smooth or rough a crossing would it be in a smaller ferry , I've heard teh Bay of Biscay can be rough on a good day.
I'd be anxious about a rough 26 hour passage with 3 young kids but the sunshine at the end of might just be worth it.


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This good news certainly has me rethinking about my July hollidays again.


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Its about 30 or 40 miles more for us than Rosslare, already booked ferries for 2018 but will be very interested to see the pricing. Rough sailing would be the only thing that would worry me with damage to vehicles.


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This boat is being described as small but in reality it is no dingy, for me if times and prices work I will give it a go.


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This boat is being described as small but in reality it is no dingy, for me if times and prices work I will give it a go.


Id defo like Ulysses size but as they are mainly thinking freight the rock and roll may not come into it lol. Defo a no brainer for cars though , no motels etc to stop in overnight while driving through France. I'm already thing of Portugal in spring summer 2019 lol


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This is the ship we're talking about, it's referred to as the largest ferry to dock in Poole and was doing the trek to Santander from there with a comparable journey time. It's clearly not small and operationally, it looks to be proven on a similar route.

http://www.bournemouthecho.co….Santander/


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Ulysses can carry 2,166 passengers and crew, 1,342 cars and 240 trucks. She has 228 passenger berths.

Norman Asturias ....The ship can carry up to 500 passengers, 200 cars or 110 freight vehicles

I'm not convinced lol


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Same length and passenger capacity as IF Epsilon. Same length as Stena Horizon, but about half the passenger capacity.

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A bit of dramamine and it'll be grand!

Fingers crossed for a good price, which I suppose it will be at the beginning.


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Same length and passenger capacity as IF Epsilon. Same length as Stena Horizon, but about half the passenger capacity.

Davy


Anyone remember this is what happened in heavy seas ,the bay is notorious for those
Irish ferry badly damaged after sailing into Storm Imogen


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there are ferries travelling all over the bay of biscay daily. in general there are no problems. have a look at www.marinetraffic.com to see what ferries work there


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there are ferries travelling all over the bay of biscay daily. in general there are no problems. have a look at www.marinetraffic.com to see what ferries work there


Yes you are perfectly correct .
How many of them are open decked like the one suggested in BM,s post http://www.bournemouthecho.co….Santander and the IF Epsilon. and Stena Horizon, or will it be skippered by a guy like the one who sailed into Storm Imogen

I have no problem with rough weather , have been on the Oscar-wilde with the waves breaking on to the front lounge window , even the barman went to bed, but i will never but my vehicle on an open deck again if possible , especially for 26+ hours on the bay of Biscay.


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as far as i know, the epsilion was sw of lands- end in the celtic sea ,not the bay of biscay.the storm did a bit of damage all right that night, but that was not the captain,s /skipper,s fault. that happened in february,and the new sailings are only from may to november. there,s are few options to sail to spain and a good few sailings now going from uk and france.


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Norman Asturias is a 27k ton vessel, 187m long and 26m beam.
She looks to be well covered in bar the very stern, I don't think freight companies like having salty trucks as some of them cost many multiples of Motorhomes.


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The Epsilon is the only one sailing next winter from France to Ireland. Ive booked out at end of August but not sure what way to return, will see how the weather is at the time as there is no problems with sailings late nov or start of dec


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Posted: 17.01.2018  ·  #35
Great news, it will be interesting to see the prices. We used to drive Cherbourg to the Algarve, it was quite a trek. This route would half the journey. We did it a few times in a 1.6 straight diesel T3 VW and a Transit Autosleeper.


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Posted: 17.01.2018  ·  #36
been looking at the algarve myself 2000km approx from Cherbourg.


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Been reading the blogs about ferry crossings and think, no matter how you plan it lady luck has a big say. Came into Plymouth once on Brittany Ferries and we were stuck for Three hours as they cleared two 40 ft trailers of apples had rolled over at the front ,But I then sat on the upper deck a month later watching either porpoise or dolphins playing jumping the stern wake on a calm sea, thats the Bay of Biscay, but think of the lads who work on the ferries, they do it day and day out no matter what, except for the extreme,so you pays your money and takes your chance.


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Either way it's great to have options. We're already booked for May to Cherbourg and probably only make one trip this year, but it would be great to sail straight to Santanar for a trip to Spain and save the drive through France, enjoyable enough as that is. But a direct ferry would make a sneaky 10 day or 2 week trip to Spain or Portugal a viable option if the price is reasonable!


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It might be worth checking this at the time of booking, maybe it's only cars.

This is the way to go.


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reference to open top deck ferries ,sometimes it is necessary to people who are infirm or with difficulties and people with young children to get on level access to the accomodation decks to save that long steep climb up from the lower decks. These are commercial vessels without any lifts. If you find yourself in that position and worried about the spray whilst in passage then make sure and go through a car wash or do it yourself as soon after your trip as you can.


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