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Ferries to UK - are they often distracted by weather?

  • 02-12-2011 11:06am
    #1
    CiniO
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    I have a ferry booked from Dublin to Holyhead next week with Stenaline.

    Weather forecast looks very windy for that particular day (wind gusts over 40 knots) so I'm wondering if that kind of weather affects ferries between Ireland and UK, and if so are they canceled or just delayed as they have to go slower ???

    Thanks for any advice.


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  • #2
    mrsoundie
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    We are heading off as well, but looks ok, a bit windy but nothing the ferries cant handle.

    http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&postalcode=EUR;IE;EI006;DUBLIN;&metric=1


  • #3
    650Ginge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 900 ✭✭✭650Ginge


    CiniO wrote: »
    I have a ferry booked from Dublin to Holyhead next week with Stenaline.

    Weather forecast looks very windy for that particular day (wind gusts over 40 knots) so I'm wondering if that kind of weather affects ferries between Ireland and UK, and if so are they canceled or just delayed as they have to go slower ???

    Thanks for any advice.

    Stena don't seem to have a fast ferry running at the mo. But they usually cancel fast ferry services but the conventional ferries will be uneffected.

    You on the other hand will be green around the gills.

    With the amount of food that comes in by truck we would starve if they stop for a liittle wind.


  • #4
    ScouseMouse
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    The traditional ferries need serious storms to be stormed. Doesnt happen very often.

    HSS can be a little dodgy but its off for the winter - if it ever comes back.

    The Irish Ferries Swift is lovely on a nice day, but any big wind its off. One time they gave us sick bags and we were still in dock!


  • #5
    AngryLips
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    Dunno about Stenna but when I travelled with Irish Ferries recently I was booked on the fast ferry and it's scheduled to leave about an hour after the slow one. It was cancelled due to bad weather, I got a text and an email the day before telling me I had been moved to the slow ferry, no hassle.


  • #6
    aujopimur
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    Dublin / Hollyhead is usually unaffected by weather unlike Rosslare/ pembroke.


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  • #7
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    That's all very good news, as I remember 2 years ago I had a ferry from Rosslare to Cherbourg (France) booked, and as there was stormy weather few days before my journey, some ferries were canceled.
    Luckily on the day of my travel weather got bit better, and my ferry went on.


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