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AN INVESTIGATION IS continuing after a woman and her 11-year-old daughter went overboard from a ferry as it moved into dock in Belfast yesterday.  They were rescued from Belfast harbour after entering the water from the Stena Horizon vessel, which was arriving from Liverpool. A rescue boat from another Stena Line ferry that was in the harbour at the time, the Stena Superfast VII, was the first to reach them, and crew members managed to pull them to safety.

Woman and 11-year-old daughter rescued after going overboard from ferry in Belfast harbour

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/05/covid-could-britain-have-been-more-like-new-zealand

Video of Amorique passing Cobh inbound yesterday

And a nice pic of Armorique in Ringaskiddy yesterday

https://www.flickr.com/photos/25919760@N04/50916045692/sizes/l/

Few pics of Armorique arriving in Rosslare from Rosslare Europort twitter

56 minutes ago, Chef said:

Drotten has made it's first visit to Rosslare this morning  from France and Neptune Dynamis of Neptune Lines is due to arrive from  Le Havre  today , the Neptune Lines service is usually from Santander to Rosslare ! 

Couple of pics of Drottens arrival from Rosslare Europort twitter

Couple of pics from Rosslare Europort twitter of Cap Finistere alongside at Rosslare earlier today

Rosslare Europort is delighted to welcome the first ever calling of the @BrittanyFerries vessel MV Cap Finistère to our shores. The vessel will take up a new weekly service to Cherbourg in line with serving Bilbao twice a week from Rosslare. #staysafe #sailsafe #saildirect

Few pics of Visby alongside at Rosslare on twitter

https://twitter.com/Rosslareuroport/status/1346130172874018816

Happy New Year to one and all. Here's hoping for a better 2021 for everyone!

BF's Cork office window 

Happy Christmas to one and all!

I was having a bit of a clear out in the spare room yesterday and I found an old photo album belonging to an aunt of my wifes. She had a holiday home on the cliffs in Crosshaven that had a great view of Cork harbour. The small album had her pics of the Tall Ships departing Cork harbour on Saturday 20th July 1991. Amongst them was this one of Bretagne departing.   

She lasted a little longer in Cork than Venus or City of Cork but not much longer 😁 Fastnet Lines Julia

First arrival in Cork from Swansea

Alongside at Ringaskiddy photographed from Pont Aven

Couple of the Val at Cork

30th May 1998 with QE2 at the deep water berth

Outward bound passing Roches Point Lighthouse in August 1999

Couple of 1 season wonders at Cork. From 1999 Venus (ex Dana Hafnia) that operated a short lived Cork to St Malo service for Swansea Cork Ferries.

And from 2001 City of Cork (ex St Patrick II and Aurella) operated on the Cork Swansea route but was replaced in 2002 by the return of Superferry,

3 hours ago, Chef said:

Seeing the word "scrubbers" reminds me of my Irish Navy days when it was used to refer to a certain type of the opposite sex who frequented the local watering holes , ugly comes to mind, which I suppose is appropriate for what we are seeing these days being fitted to ships .

Reminds me of a story an ex Irish Navy I worked with told me years ago. He was from Dublin and I remember him telling me that when he was being kitted out at the naval base in Haulbowline, Cobh he was asked what size rubber dollies (local Cork name for trainers) he wanted? He was simultaneously shocked and overjoyed as he thought they were referring to another type of "rubbers" 😁

Few of my pics of Stena Vinga at Rosslare

Arriving in Rosslare for first time on Monday morning.

Vinga, Horizon and Europe on Monday evening

Some pics from a visit to Bergen in June 2005 Full album here https://flic.kr/s/aHsmQEvthT

Few pics from our trip on Straitsman sailing the Cook Strait from Wellington to Picton in January this year. Lots more here https://flic.kr/s/aHskz7nGsu and from a trip in the opposite direction on Interlander Kaitaki in January 2016  

A few of the local ferry traffic that evening

On Monday 3rd July 2006 we sailed on Bretagne from Portsmouth to St Malo. Here's a few pics taken from Bretagne of the various ferries that evening.

6 hours ago, mr.t said:

etretat has been replaced by connemara for july 2021...on rosslare /bilbao....i have a booking credit from this year and my ticket has just been updated to connemara..

According to the latest timetable on Irish site Kerrys last sailing from Rosslare to Bilbao is on Friday 30th October with Connemara taking over the route. Her first sailing ex Rosslare is on Wednesday 10th November at 10.15

There's no doubt that masks have a place in fighting this pandemic. But what concerns me is that some people see wearing them as a replacement for social distancing. They act as if a mask is some sort of magic bullet that negates the need for other measures. 🙄 

53 minutes ago, veryoldbear said:

We have a booking to France at the end of the month returning mid September. We are obviously keeping an eye on things, but we are not going to cancel or postpone yet. If we have to shutdown for 14 days when we get back so be it. As retired persons it is not a big deal.

Agreed if we were retired we,d have gone without hesitation and have had no bother doing the quarantine. As it stand we're both working part time and staying home for 14 days after 2 weeks in France isnt an option! So the June 2020 trip that went back to September 2020 has now moved to August 2021!

3 hours ago, Paully said:

Thanks for that, one of its sister ships is the Marco Polo built in 1965. Now sadly alongside in Avonmouth facing an uncertain future.

Marco Polo is a regular visitor to Cork and I love photographing her. Hopefully she manages to survive the current crisis and will sail again, Couple of pics of her arriving and departing on 27th August 2015