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Sorry I should have said plymouth to santander.  I notice the portsmouth to bilbao is 35 hours outbound - that seems like an awfully long time to do the over plymouth.

On One crossing from Plymouth to Satander it was so rough that the bunk bed closed up while my wife was still in it.

What would have happened if I had not been woken by the sound of everything falling off of the shelf in the loe,God only knows.

The return journey was like a mill pond all the way home.

Steve W

It can be very rough or very calm.  I don't suffer from sea sickness, so no problem for me.  If it is bad and you feel ill, the best thing you can do is to go outside onto the deck  Do not stay in your cabin, it will make you worse!  Look out toward the horizon and try to sit/stand near the centre of the boat.  This position moves the least and looking at the horizon lessens the sensation of motion.  Travelbands which push on the pressure points in your wrists are also good, as is eating a decent but not too greasy meal before you board.  If all else fails, lie down getting as much fresh air as possible and ride it out.

Good luck.

Quote: Originally posted by marynov on 29/08/2005

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We've just come back fron Norway via fjordline and it was a 24hr journey - if you do go book a posher cabin,it'll be worth it, we didn't and ended up 6 decks down under cardeck with the engine vibraating all night...never again will we economise - going was quiet and I think we were put in nicer ones as they were free but return was heaving - so were we!!Its a looong time and as its been said the Bay of Biscay is notorious for being choppy...

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We did that crossing in June and had the economy cabins and I was told that the lower down you were the less the movement of the ship.  This was in response to my suggesting that if there is a 'next' time, then I would have a better cabin.  Our crossing was rough on the way out and like a mill pond on the return.

So it seems to be that you need to be as low as possible and as near to the centre as possible.

W

Once just once we had a bad crossing ....Cherbourg to Poole I think it was....and that was the end of ferries for our family....

Wife spent the whole 6+ hours on deck filling Sac Mel De Mer bags. I spent 6+ hours trying to find more bags, keep the kids calm (they were only muppets then) and running up stairs to the open deck level. Given the choice wifey said she would have quite happily jumped overboard just to stop the seasick feeling. ( Given the choice I would have helped her do it)

Now we just take the tunnel and enjoy the drive. (I still miss the ferry experience though  )