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PersonPixie_Hez
07/4/2022 at 7:29am
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It hasn’t been a bad start to Spring. We had all that nice weather last week and it has generally been quite pleasant around here until………… the day I am going to be spending 8 hours bobbing around on the Irish Sea! I was lying in bed last night listening to the wind and thinking that it must just wait until it knows I am getting on a ferry before it starts to blow a hoolie.

Oh well, here we go! Seasickness tablets at the ready!

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PersonDevonatheart
via mobile 07/4/2022 at 8:06am
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We came home from France on Sunday, you would hardly know you were at sea, flat calm…….Good luck! 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮

I thought it was always calm in The Irish Sea! 🤔🤔


Persondk168
07/4/2022 at 8:24am
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Good luck!

My first trip out is over the Easter weekend, hopefully, the weather will be nicer!

DK

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PersonFiona W
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The strongest winds will be in SW England, according to the report last night, so the Channel ferry might be a bit rough too.
You do get a splendid breakfast on the Irish ferry though - soda bread & all.

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Personmarg6
07/4/2022 at 11:07am
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well by todays weather report the winds over the irish sea are from the north west, meaning the ferry will have a head wind. i get awful sea sickness but find it much easier if its headwinds and apposed to being rocked side to side


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PersonPixie_Hez
08/4/2022 at 5:01pm
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Well, it was blowing a hoolie but surprisingly, the crossing was really good. I could see quite big waves out our cabin window but there was only minimal movement to be felt. I do wonder if the new Stena ferries on the Liverpool to Belfast route are better stabilised than the old ones. I have experienced some far worse crossings in weather conditions that were much better than yesterday.

The experience has given me a lot of confidence in travelling that route as I was expecting to be really seasick but was absolutely fine.

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PersonHedgehugger
09/4/2022 at 2:32pm
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Phew - that's a relief! Probably depends on which way the wind's blowing, type of swell etc. Lovely bright weather, if a little chilly round the edges.

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PersonJamieUTB
via mobile 09/4/2022 at 9:13pm
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The Holyhead to Dublin ferries can be very rough. I had a three hour nightmare on one once, truly awful. If you can get up to Cairnryan and cross to Belfast, even in very bad weather those crossings are always very calm.


PersonPixie_Hez
10/4/2022 at 9:02am
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Quote: Originally posted by JamieUTB on 09/4/2022
The Holyhead to Dublin ferries can be very rough. I had a three hour nightmare on one once, truly awful. If you can get up to Cairnryan and cross to Belfast, even in very bad weather those crossings are always very calm.


Yes, we have had a couple of dreadful crossings from Holyhead to Dublin but decided to stop going through Dublin during the pandemic as we were never quite sure about the different country regulations for the Republic of Ireland.

My family live in the north and we used to drive up to Cairnryan and do the short crossing but it seemed silly driving from where we live in Liverpool all the way to Cairnryan to get a ferry when we only live about 15 minutes drive from the Stena terminal in Birkenhead. Unbelievably the ferry price for the 8 hour crossing from Liverpool to Belfast is usually pretty much the same as the 2 hour crossing from Cairnryan to Belfast and factoring in the cost of diesel to get us up to Cairnryan, the Liverpool ferry works out a lot more cost effective.

Now that we have been across in what the shipping forecast described as ‘rough’ seas and it really wasn’t too bad, I feel a lot better about the 8 hour crossing. There are 2 brand new ships on the route which have only been going for about 18 months and it feels they are a lot better stabilised than the old ones we used to get.

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