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Ok thanks Niall

Lets see what happens tomorrow,

Friday is a better day to have a party,

It appears that WB Yeats received fuel this morning.

Where did you get the info about the fueling?

It could have been towing a barge , they bring smaller pre fabricated sections from Gdnask on barges and unload them trough the building hall with the gantry cranes . The doors were open earlier today with the caisson removed to allow water in , the gantry cranes can extend a few metres out of the hall to lift off the sections . They are most likely sections for the ship that will be built next in the hall .They are not the superstructure sections for the Brittany Ferries new ship , they will be delivered after the hull is launched .

OK thanks

Ok Falckenstein is now heading back out of Flensburg. What's the story there?

A Kiel canal tug Falckenstein arrived in Flensburg earlier today her ais has her scheduled back at Kiel on Sunday. She is currently standing off the stern of the WB Yeats.

Does this mean that she will be leaving for Dublin this weekend or does she have to have any other work done?

I find it hard to believe that the scrubbers have not yet been installed , if not, were are they to be installed ? , around the funnel like on the Pont Aven . I dought it .

Space will have been allowed for inside the funnel given she was designed with scrubber installation in mind unlike older vessels such as PA.  There's a precedent actually - ALF POLLAK had her scrubbers fitted after her trials (also off Bornholm and the Danish coast) at Odense.

It was not touched up before the sea trials

Technically not true.  Someone obviously had the paint out at some stage in the past couple of weeks else the area around the bow doors (and others) would still have primer on them!!

Press Release from shipyard.

New construction "W.B.Yeats" has successfully completed test drive
771


The most recent newbuilding of the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), the passenger ferry "W.B.Yeats", has successfully completed its 10-day test drive today and has returned to Flensburg.

Now the remaining work is done at the shipyard.

Facts and figures about the new building NB771 "W.B. Yeats ":

194.60 meters in length
31.60 meters wide
54,975 gross tons
33,600 kilowatts of power Main engine
1,885 passengers and crew
455 passenger cabins plus 60 crew cabins
2,800 spur meters
Equipped with scrubbers for cleaning ship emissions

Flensburg, November 7, 2018

I'm told there is still some commissioning work to do.  Perhaps we might see her in Dublin before the end of the month.  Then there will likely be weeks of trials, crew familiarisation, drills, and inspections.  Fingers crossed she gets in service for Xmas!


Is there a delivery date yet?

Thanks Steven.

Press Release from shipyard.

New construction "W.B.Yeats" has successfully completed test drive
771


The most recent newbuilding of the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), the passenger ferry "W.B.Yeats", has successfully completed its 10-day test drive today and has returned to Flensburg.

Now the remaining work is done at the shipyard.

Facts and figures about the new building NB771 "W.B. Yeats ":

194.60 meters in length
31.60 meters wide
54,975 gross tons
33,600 kilowatts of power Main engine
1,885 passengers and crew
455 passenger cabins plus 60 crew cabins
2,800 spur meters
Equipped with scrubbers for cleaning ship emissions

Flensburg, November 7, 2018

Is there a delivery date yet?

Strange track for Ulysses this evening. As she entered Dublin Bay she turned and is now heading south-east. Adventurer is running slightly behind schedule but is going in the right direction!

Great photos Steven. Thanks for sharing.

Now that the Yeats is back from her Sea trials whats next ?Have the Scrubbers still to be fitted or is she ready to be handed over to ICG ?

I think she still has to head to Denmark to have her scrubbers fitted. Alf Pollak is still in Odense.

Inishmore just passing Wicklow at an impressive 23.2 kts.

Bow doors closed.

Tugs are also now moving around WB yeats on ais.

Will fsg release a statement or update on the current circumstances? Some of it is beyond their control but it would be nice to know some dates and for them to stick to them without continuously postponing it. Doesn't look like she's ready to go today at all

Does anyone have an estimated time for her to start her sea trials. She looks almost ready to go Thanks