Gareth Report post Posted January 1 This is the thread for Sailing Updates for 2019. Updates from 2018 can be found here: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Report post Posted January 1 Thanks Gareth. And thanks to all the mods for their hard work to keep things running smoothly. And a Happy New Year to everyone on the forum. Ed 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fine Whine Report post Posted January 1 And the same from me...! Bonne Année Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danielf Report post Posted January 1 HI, My ferry from Cork to Santander tomorrow has been cancelled last minute. Any idea how I can get in touch with Brittany Ferries urgently as I need to get to Spain for work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Report post Posted January 1 Just now, Danielf said: HI, My ferry from Cork to Santander tomorrow has been cancelled last minute. Any idea how I can get in touch with Brittany Ferries urgently as I need to get to Spain for work. You can find their number on the BF website, or in the text they should have sent advising of cancellation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Report post Posted January 1 11 minutes ago, Jim said: You can find their number on the BF website, or in the text they should have sent advising of cancellation I think their Twitter feed is still working today but with a reduced service until tomorrow morning. You could try contacting them via that. Ed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wortley Report post Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Danielf said: HI, My ferry from Cork to Santander tomorrow has been cancelled last minute. Any idea how I can get in touch with Brittany Ferries urgently as I need to get to Spain for work. Fly from Dublin if it's urgent. Skyscanner.net will help you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ferrymancork Report post Posted January 1 Strangely she has just left Cork at 8PM bound for Santander and is currently heading south at 21.4 kts. The next sailing is showing as from Cork on Monday 07 Jan and from Santander on Thur 10 Jan. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMustow Report post Posted January 1 16 minutes ago, wortley said: Fly from Dublin if it's urgent. Skyscanner.net will help you Or Cork to quite a few destinations in Spain and Portugal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neilcvx Report post Posted January 1 2 hours ago, TonyMWeaver said: 2 hours to make alternative arrangements 😟 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted January 2 3 hours ago, ferrymancork said: Strangely she has just left Cork at 8PM bound for Santander and is currently heading south at 21.4 kts. The next sailing is showing as from Cork on Monday 07 Jan and from Santander on Thur 10 Jan. Which means she has to return to Cork for for the departure to Spain on the 7th even though there is no scheduled departure from Spain to coincide with it . She's hardly making an empty /unscheduled return trip , and if so why bother doing it at such a speed . Very strange indeed . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Report post Posted January 2 (edited) What sort of technical problem requires a 48+ hour round trip to another country but carrying no passengers or freight either way and costing a substantial amount of money? Could her owners have demanded an inspection or does she need to be given the new 'economie' look? She only left 15 hours ahead of schedule according to my calculations so you'd have thought they could have contacted the passengers booked and asked if anyone wanted to take the earlier sailing. If Danielf needed to be in Spain urgently he might have been able to travel. A clear example of when that corporate jet could be put to good use (and to generate customer goodwill). I'm looking forward to the explanation for this one. Ed. Edited January 2 by Cabin-boy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted January 2 Is there a technical problem with any of the other BF ships on the Santander to UK route that she may be filling in for . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted January 2 I noticed that Baie De Seine has been in Santander on layover since Sunday, and scheduled for departure this afternoon . Could the technical issue be with her during some maintenance work . Connemera's sailing from Cork today may have been light and and so her sailing was sarcraficed . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gareth Report post Posted January 2 I very much doubt BF would contemplate using the non-French-crewed Connemara on any of their mainstream routes. The inflammatory effect on union relations would not be worth it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted January 2 55 minutes ago, Gareth said: I very much doubt BF would contemplate using the non-French-crewed Connemara on any of their mainstream routes. The inflammatory effect on union relations would not be worth it. Good point , and a sailing notice would have been issued for a delay due to the fact that Connemara won't arrive in Santander till 10 pm tonight ( about 6 hours after Baie De Saine's scheduled departure time ) and no delay has been announced . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TonyMWeaver Report post Posted January 2 'Connemara' due in Santander at 21:30 tonight, departing at 05:30 tomorrow morning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wortley Report post Posted January 2 20 hours ago, Danielf said: HI, My ferry from Cork to Santander tomorrow has been cancelled last minute. Any idea how I can get in touch with Brittany Ferries urgently as I need to get to Spain for work. So does anyone know why the ferry departed 15 hours early leaving this man stranded ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gareth Report post Posted January 2 I don’t think we’ve had an answer to that one yet, but we are waiting for the explanation with interest. Her departure back from Santander has been brought forward considerably from the scheduled time, so that must have something to do with it I guess. Not good form, is it, failing to offer customers the earlier departure. I am sure that in Danielf there is one of many customers whose goodwill BF has just lost. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Report post Posted January 2 There doesn't seem to be any storm forecast as far as I can see that would justify it. What would also be interesting to know is if there were in fact any unaccompanied trailers on board that they did transport south but then failed to wait for (and honour the bookings made for) the accompanied freight (if there was any) and passengers. Ed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted January 2 It appears she left from the cargo / container berth across from the ferry terminal , so no link span . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Report post Posted January 2 So either she had something large and cumbersome craned onto her outer deck or went down empty and is bringing something time-sensitive or extremely bulky back up. We'll have to see where she goes on arrival in Santander. Ed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonno Report post Posted January 2 1 hour ago, Chef said: It appears she left from the cargo / container berth across from the ferry terminal , so no link span . There is a smaller linkspan on the deep water berth but I think the area is fenced off from the passenger terminal and ferry marshalling lanes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ferrymancork Report post Posted January 2 No she left directly from the Deepwater berth (where she was on layby) so she did not return to RoRo terminal to load anything - and further strangely she was accompanied out the harbour by two tugs. From what I could see she did have 1 trailer onboard (but this could have been loaded when she discharged from her last Santander arrival, and before she shifted to layby (we used to load unaccompanied trailers onboard the SuperFerry and Julia well before sailing time if this saved time on departure day). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
