Fourth leg of our tour. (1 Viewer)

[bigtree]

First crossing from here,Bilbao.fairly calm and had a good natter with @busby

 

[bigtree]

Now at Portsmouth after a reasonable smooth crossing from Bilbao very enjoyable way to travel. This is the new aircraft carrier absolutely enormous, pity there is no planes for it. Drove from Portsmouth to Glasgow in 8 1/2 hrs.

 

[2657]

Now at Portsmouth after a reasonable smooth crossing from Bilbao very enjoyable way to travel. This is the new aircraft carrier absolutely enormous, pity there is no planes for it. Drove from Portsmouth to Glasgow in 8 1/2 hrs.View attachment 199261 View attachment 199262 View attachment 199263 View attachment 199264 View attachment 199265

Now at Portsmouth??.........we got off that boat in Bilbao 6 hours ago

We must have got on it as you got off it........yesterday

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[bigtree]

Now at Portsmouth??.........we got off that boat in Bilbao 6 hours ago

We must have got on it as you got off it........yesterday

Kind of obvious going by My previous post,Mrs bigtree made the last one but didn't post it till today as she hasn't used the forum before. I asked her to post it as we left Pompey as I was driving.

 

[busby]

You made good time driving home Trev..Nice meeting you Lil,,We had no traffic at all back to Derbyshire,,three and a half hours,,,,May see you next year. BUSBY.

 

[Elias]

Glad you had a good crossing, ours was probably the worst that I've had.. I think it was the smallest ferry in Brittany's fleet and for 29 hours

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[MikeD]

Glad you had a good crossing, ours was probably the worst that I've had.. I think it was the smallest ferry in Brittany's fleet and for 29 hours

I was on the same boat as @bigtree and we had a cabin as near to the bow as you can get.

Not being a great sailor I thought it went up and down quite a bit. I did not enjoy the crossing at all.

 

[Elias]

Well they say you should stay a far to the back as possible for a smooth crossing but the cabins on this ferry went from the middle to the front, a bit of a bad design I think.

 

[busby]

I to was on the same crossing as Bigtree and near the bow...other than a few hours on tue night i thought it was a pretty calm crossing...Always take my sea sick pills though just in case..BUSBY

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[Elias]

Did I miss the party?? best go for a bigger ferry next time..

 

[busby]

Did I miss the party?? best go for a bigger ferry next time..

As my wife always says,,biggest is best,,

 

[bigtree]

Well they say you should stay a far to the back as possible for a smooth crossing but the cabins on this ferry went from the middle to the front, a bit of a bad design I think.

Better if you are smack in the middle of the boat, we weren't far off that. Deck 8 ,cabin 8063.

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[MikeD]

Better if you are smack in the middle of the boat, we weren't far off that. Deck 8 ,cabin 8063.

We were in the posh cabin on the front of the boat. Cabin great but never again. We are booked in for a March 2018 crossing in the same cabin.

That will be changed -

We went for a drink and in the bar area the boat hardly moved. Its was like the boat has a hinge in it somewhere.

 

[bigtree]

Seems I was wrong.
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[bigtree]

Glad you had a good crossing, ours was probably the worst that I've had.. I think it was the smallest ferry in Brittany's fleet and for 29 hours

What boat were you on ?

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[Elias]

It was the baie de seine



Just had a look through their fleet and it does look like the smallest.

 

[busby]

Not much smaller than Cap Finistere,,,,BUSBY,,

 

[bigtree]

Not much smaller than Cap Finistere,,,,BUSBY,,

True but the Cap is 10,000 tons heavier which might make it handle better in bad weather,the reason I changed ship was the Baie has a more exposed deck so more risk of your vehicle getting splattered by the sea.

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[DBK]

Seems I was wrong.
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That's misleading I think. The pivot point moves forward a bit when the vessel is under way but not as much as the diagram suggests.
Having been in a cabin near the bows on a rough crossing when it was like sleeping in a lift I go for anywhere near the middle. Ideally as low down as possible. They put the posh cabins on the top decks but that means they experience more side to side movement. I suppose it's like having First Class at the front of an aircraft - they arrive before everyone else but statistically it is the most dangerous place to sit in an aircraft.

Up the workers!

 

[bigtree]

That's misleading I think. The pivot point moves forward a bit when the vessel is under way but not as much as the diagram suggests.
Having been in a cabin near the bows on a rough crossing when it was like sleeping in a lift I go for anywhere near the middle. Ideally as low down as possible. They put the posh cabins on the top decks but that means they experience more side to side movement. I suppose it's like having First Class at the front of an aircraft - they arrive before everyone else but statistically it is the most dangerous place to sit in an aircraft.

Up the workers!

I'm only going by what I found on 'tinternet, we were quite comfortable midships but thought I would check. Did help build a few ships on the Clyde but never ventured out into the Biscay before.

 

[bigtree]

And this is my current little ship.

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[bigtree]

Just remembered to add the stats to my final tour post,the fuel consumption might have been better if we had done big distances but once we hit Portugal it was just small moves.