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Local hens eggs on the menu, does that mean they are from the port of registry of the ship , plus the description of the Mexican burger is , a crusty baguette with Irish butter  . Very Mexican .

Of course IF just happen to have adaptors in stock and available to purchase on board for passengers who packed their's in the car for their trip to the continent .

It's normal practice on board Epsilon . Not explained as such but easy enough to figure out when you are handed your cabin key .

Angry passengers tonight as all booked on Yates and now on Epsilon. They have taken our car keys in exchange for our cabin key. >:( Not sure why.

That's how they insure that you return the cabin keys . The cabin key is not  discarded like on other ferries. You won't be able to depart the ship without your car keys . This insures that the key is returned .

Yeats appears on the booking engine around January 25 .

Shortest route is not necessarily the quickest . Rosslare is about 30 klm closer to France ( Roscoff ) than Cork , yet IF prefer to use Cherbourg which is  further up the coast and makes the crossing longer . Pont Aven ( Brittany Ferries ) to Roscoff  takes 14 hrs ,whereas IF from Rosslare to Cherbourg take/took  around 18 hrs . Pont Aven arrives at 7 am local time France as opposed to IF 11 am arrival , 4 hours earlier arrival on a Sunday morning is a big advantage to holiday makers . I have seen Oscar Wilde depart Roscoff on a Fri evening with a head start over Pont Aven , by the time both ships reached Lands End the Pont Aven was ahead of Oscar Wilde and arrived in Cork ahead of it .

One from RTE

Thanks Kieran.

Caption for this should have the one finger salute from Irish Ferries to Rosslare .

Looks like she is bunkering at sea off the Danish coast , tanker close to her port side at the moment .

Jury's still out !
She could still take the Kiel Canal.
Looks like an extra day sea trials then head for Cherbourg ?

Considering her present position there would be nothing to gain by going via the Kiel Canal , and if there are a few kinks to iron out the last place to take her would be via the canal . I'm sure the canal operators would be a bit concerned .

Even with sea trials complete it would be prudent not to take a ship of her size trough the Kiel Canal , high winds would play havoc with a high sided ship like the Yeats at this time of year not to mention in such a narrow waterway . Better to have plenty of sea room and have good shake down cruise trough the North Sea back to Dublin with all of your own crew running things . During sea trials the ship was operated by the builders and belonged to them until handed over, so this will be the first time IF get to operate her with their own crew .

Looks like the Captain read my post .

Even with sea trials complete it would be prudent not to take a ship of her size trough the Kiel Canal , high winds would play havoc with a high sided ship like the Yeats at this time of year not to mention in such a narrow waterway . Better to have plenty of sea room and have good shake down cruise trough the North Sea back to Dublin with all of your own crew running things . During sea trials the ship was operated by the builders and belonged to them until handed over, so this will be the first time IF get to operate her with their own crew .

The new BF ship is HONFLEUR

Sorry about that , what was i thinking .

I watched the RO/RO being moved this morning across and down the harbour . A heavy lift crane ( Gulliver ) arrived this morning  , and the first superstructure section for the Barfleur is arriving on Friday . Barfleur's hull is expected to be launched on Friday . I expect they will start lifting the superstructure into place right away . Lets hope they got their measurements correct this time .

W B Yeats gantry crane in operation today taking  on supply containers . Either putting it trough it's paces or taking on supplies for the trip home .

Will it be here for Christmas Daddy , will it will it ,please please .