Irish Ferries to charter Blue Star 1

Started by ferryfan, March 21, 2021, 04:19:46 PM

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marsav68

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Quote from: Chef on March 25, 2021, 07:03:43 AM
Quote from: alfie79 on March 24, 2021, 04:17:48 PM
the flag on the funnel is the wrong way round
How come , it appears to be running the same way on both sides as it should !
Flag always appears to slope up from left to right. On one side of Bluestar 1 it is sloping down from left to right. See comparisons in attached.


Kieran

Quote from: Chef on March 25, 2021, 07:03:43 AM
How come , it appears to be running the same way on both sides as it should !

A logo like that should always appear the same no matter what the direction of travel, so the flag should slope up from left to right.

Chef

Quote from: admin on March 25, 2021, 09:02:17 AM
Quote from: Chef on March 25, 2021, 07:03:43 AM
How come , it appears to be running the same way on both sides as it should !

A logo like that should always appear the same no matter what the direction of travel, so the flag should slope up from left to right.
So on Blue Star it is showing as a flag would look from both sides, and on the rest of the fleet it's showing as a logo should , correct !

12345teacher


Wilty

Quote from: 12345teacher on March 25, 2021, 12:32:17 PM
https://youtu.be/IklkKchzI44     INTERESTING VIDEO OF blue star 1

If this was the lifeboats going back on today, looks like the have painted out the funnel logo that everyone has commented on.

Kieran

Quote from: Wilty on March 25, 2021, 01:01:55 PM
If this was the lifeboats going back on today, looks like the have painted out the funnel logo that everyone has commented on.

Someone was out late last night with a bucket of green paint! She's dressed too from mast to funnel, so looks like she is being handed over soon.

hhvferry

Quote from: Chef on March 25, 2021, 09:44:03 AM
Quote from: admin on March 25, 2021, 09:02:17 AM
Quote from: Chef on March 25, 2021, 07:03:43 AM
How come , it appears to be running the same way on both sides as it should !

A logo like that should always appear the same no matter what the direction of travel, so the flag should slope up from left to right.
So on Blue Star it is showing as a flag would look from both sides, and on the rest of the fleet it's showing as a logo should , correct !
Either the person painting has a great understanding of how these things should work or they just painted it wrong.

Either way it's always nice to see logos reversed on the funnel markings on one side so both sides reflect forward movement or both point forward. As well as BR/Sealink, P&O and Brittany Ferries used to do this and it was a nice quirky feature of their liveries.

giftgrub

Found this video of Blue Star 1 being built, always interesting

https://youtu.be/QyW1V5OmKVk

No prizes, but what links Blue Star 1 and several other vessels on the Irish Sea ?

Futureskipper

Will the Blue Star 1 be renamed for irish ferries' use?


Meet the dockers

Re Dover Calais, is it April 1st today?

ccs


CH1

I guess that this new service will start effectively with Irish Ferries buying or chartering ex-Calais Seaways, which is due to cease service with DFDS in June 2021.

ccs

Quote from: giftgrub on March 25, 2021, 08:31:41 PM


No prizes, but what links Blue Star 1 and several other vessels on the Irish Sea ?

Built in the same shipyard?

Chef

Quote from: CH1 on March 26, 2021, 09:09:19 AM
I guess that this new service will start effectively with Irish Ferries buying or chartering ex-Calais Seaways, which is due to cease service with DFDS in June 2021.
It's basically a land bridge with Inishmore operating the connection between Dover and Calais .