David Williams Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 1 minute ago, colin said: AIS is how I knew she had sailed .... Yes, but that is the automatic bit, they haven't manually updated destination or status Link to post Share on other sites
colin Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 As I said, she will pass between the Minquiers and Chausey soon. AIS does not fudge live position data. Link to post Share on other sites
David Williams Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, colin said: As I said, she will pass between the Minquiers and Chausey soon. AIS does not fudge live position data. Colin, we are saying the same thing it is the manual stuff like Destination and status (still showing as moored) that they have not updated so we can't see where it is going for a while. David Edited July 28, 2020 by David Williams Link to post Share on other sites
neilcvx Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Lunch in St Malo instead of breakfast in St Malo then , I hope the chefs on Bretagne don’t sell out of the dubious breakfast sausages. Link to post Share on other sites
Tregastel Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Wherever she's heading, Bretagne is in a hurry. 24.8 knots!  Link to post Share on other sites
Gareth Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tregastel said: Wherever she's heading, Bretagne is in a hurry. 24.8 knots!  She’s just shot up through the Alderney Race, so I suspect she’s just got the tide behind her. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tregastel said: Wherever she's heading, Bretagne is in a hurry. 24.8 knots!  She's not carrying any heavy freight vehicles according to Chris so can perhaps move faster. Or she's in the tidal race near Alderney and that's helping her overall speed. The timing would be about right from my experience. Ed Link to post Share on other sites
cvabishop Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) Headed for Portsmouth now so presumably must have unloaded at St Malo. Edited July 28, 2020 by cvabishop Link to post Share on other sites
TonyMWeaver Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 She did unload in St Malo this morning, departed on time bound for Portsmouth Link to post Share on other sites
Gareth Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Hopefully @Sheepish can let us know whether she reloaded again.  From the absence of a report to the contrary, I assume she did. Link to post Share on other sites
BZH29 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 From today's.  Ouest-France.   Saint-Malo. Les dockers brûlent des palettes, les Anglais débarquent avec une heure de retard Les dockers poursuivent leurs actions au port de Saint-Malo pour dénoncer leur licenciement. Les passagers du ferry Bretagne ont débarqué avec du retard, ce mardi 28 juillet 2020.  Link to post Share on other sites
Sheepish Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Hi All We are now back home in the UK after an eventful departure from St. Malo. Apologies for the delay, IT problems, flat battery and the lead in the car ! After waiting for about an hour for the Bretagne To unload its cars the plan was to hold these in the port area until we had loaded And departed.  In reality the unloaded cars left the port before we did. We sailed at about 11.30 French time and there were very few vehicles in the ferry.  Asking one of the loaders gave us more information about what was going on than was shared from any official BF announcement.  Our only criticism of BF is their lack of communication, we understand this is not in their control but some information is always helpful even if it is that they have no information. Disembarking in Portsmouth was quick and easy even though we had to show the new Visa form on our phones, this didn’t download properly but it didn’t seem to cause a problem in the end. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
nodwad Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 6 hours ago, BZH29 said: From today's.  Ouest-France.   Saint-Malo. Les dockers brûlent des palettes, les Anglais débarquent avec une heure de retard Les dockers poursuivent leurs actions au port de Saint-Malo pour dénoncer leur licenciement. Les passagers du ferry Bretagne ont débarqué avec du retard, ce mardi 28 juillet 2020.  What is that in English for us who don't know French please.stay safe Link to post Share on other sites
AdamW Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 6 hours ago, BZH29 said: From today's.  Ouest-France.   Saint-Malo. Les dockers brûlent des palettes, les Anglais débarquent avec une heure de retard Les dockers poursuivent leurs actions au port de Saint-Malo pour dénoncer leur licenciement. Les passagers du ferry Bretagne ont débarqué avec du retard, ce mardi 28 juillet 2020.  Saint Malo - dockers burn pallets and the English travellers disembark an hour late. The dockers were continuing their activity at the port of Saint-Malo in protest against being made redundant. The passengers on-board the ferry Bretagne disembarked late [as a result]. Link to post Share on other sites
David Williams Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Something is happening today. https://twitter.com/priceaj/status/1288370199486488576?s=20 Link to post Share on other sites
neilcvx Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Looks like normal on the webcam car parks full and traffic moving freely. Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 According to this report, only half of the vehicles booked on yesterday's service were actually able to travel. It doesn't make clear if the others were diverted to Ouistreham. https://saint-malo.maville.com/actu/actudet_-saint-malo.-la-colere-des-dockers-enflamme-toujours-le-port_une-4204135_actu.Htm Ed Link to post Share on other sites
colin Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 No explanation as to why all cars not loaded. Dockers have issued a statement saying they have been negotiating in good faith for several years, but that the owners of the company failed to support it. Link to post Share on other sites
rogerpatenall Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 34 minutes ago, colin said: No explanation as to why all cars not loaded. Dockers have issued a statement saying they have been negotiating in good faith for several years, but that the owners of the company failed to support it. "Support it' is probably Breton patois for "capitulate" in English. (Hint to computer users - when writing capitulate, turn off predictive text . . . ) 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020  3 minutes ago, rogerpatenall said: "Support it' is probably Breton patois for "capitulate" in English. (Hint to computer users - when writing capitulate, turn off predictive text . . . ) It was the words 'in good faith' that struck me. I assumed it was GCT speak for 'with a knife to the throat'. My telephone won't pay ball with 'capitulate' so please put me out of my misery, by PM if necessary. Ed Link to post Share on other sites
veryoldbear Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 More fun and games https://www.lamanchelibre.fr/actualite-897718-cherbourg-en-cotentin-un-ferry-a-destination-de-saint-malo-deroute-dans-le-port-normand Link to post Share on other sites
cvabishop Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 (edited) Could people pelase post translations? It only takes a moment. A ferry connecting Portsmouth to Saint-Malo, carrying nearly 600 people, could not dock on Monday, July 27, in the morning, in the privateer city due to a social movement. From Portsmouth, they were nearly 600 passengers - British, except for two people, and 177 vehicles - aboard the ferry Brittany to have to disembark in Saint-Malo in the morning, Monday July 27. "The Bretagne could not dock at 8:15 as planned, due to a social movement of dockers who had blocked the port. Concerned about the safety of its passengers and for logistics issues, Brittany Ferries quickly took the decision to divert Brittany to Cherbourg, where it arrived around 4 pm ", recalls the communication service of Brittany Ferries. The 258 passengers of another rotation connecting Saint-Malo to Portsmouth finally left "mainly from the port of Caen and Ouistreham" at the end of the afternoon, specifies the shipping company. Tuesday July 28, the dockers continued their actions at the port of Saint-Malo to denounce their dismissal, after the liquidation of Saint-Malo Handling (SMM) in early July. The passengers of Brittany had to take their troubles patiently. "We adapt over the days", slips the company. Â Edited July 29, 2020 by cvabishop Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, cvabishop said: pelase That could be from Latin, I believe, meaning 'I have no hair'. Or that you are peeling, exfoliating or plucking a bird. Weird! Ed Link to post Share on other sites
David Williams Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 18 minutes ago, Cabin-boy said: That could be from Latin, I believe, meaning 'I have no hair'. Or that you are peeling, exfoliating or plucking a bird. Weird! Ed Are you still on holiday or just without work ? Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 59 minutes ago, David Williams said: Are you still on holiday or just without work ? What do you mean 'still'? I've only just started. There's another 4 days of sun, sea, sand and social distancing to come down here before we head home and then up to (cooler) Normandy for 10 days. It's hell down on the Med as you can imagine. I had to walk 3 miles to get this view last night. Ed 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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