Stena Vision - Cherbourg to Rosslare 09/11/2023
On 09/11/2023 I took a trip on the Stena Vision from Cherbourg to Rosslare as they were forecasting quite lively weather. After the sailing was first cancelled, they decided to sail anyway but with a delay to avoid the worst of the weather. I would like to thank the crew of the Stena Vision for the excellent crossing and getting us safely to Rosslare and back.
The Stena Vision is really one of those vintage ferries from the 80s with massive amounts of deck space and a layout you can't find anymore these days. So it was a bit of a blast to the past.
The weather we encountered was interesting. It started with a good gale (force 8) in the Channel followed by a force 5 to 7 further towards Land's End and a nice swell of about 4-6 metres coming from the Atlantic.
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I was on Stena Spirit to Sweden from Poland
Brilliant video.. one of the best ferry videos on here.. well done.. can't understand why so few views.. there are rubbish videos with thousands of likes..
@ferriesinfocus5003
4 ай бұрын
I can say it takes a certain kind of passion (and level of craziness 🤣) to make this kind of videos. Just driving to and from Cherbourg takes about 12 hours, never mind staying out on deck for hours being drenched by sea spray and rain 😂. Every video is a process but you learn from it what you can and take it with you for the next project (GoPro Media kits don't like sea spray for instance 🤣). It can be somewhat disappointing sometimes not to get more views but reading a comment like yours made my day and I want thank you for that 🙂.
Store coming into the ocean
Super vidéos..from this STENA ferry...about the storm and the waves hitting the ferry..." Magnifique" 🌊⚓👍
@ferriesinfocus5003
8 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
Beautiful video !
@ferriesinfocus5003
7 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
At 39k tonnes a big enough ship to handle the sea. That said she was built in 1987 so probably not as good as some of the more modern ferries..mind you i did that crossing in a force 12 on the old Irish Continental Lines' St Killian in about 1979. Think she was about 8k tonnes..talk about a cork in a storm!!!
Oooof. I think I had waves of abot 3-4 metres and 6 to 7 Beaufort on Normandie last summer, and it didn't seem so violent (but at night I couldn't see much).
@ferriesinfocus5003
4 ай бұрын
The Normandie is a great ferry, it will be a sad day when she leaves the fleet. Wind can do a lot to whip up the waves, I noticed it on this trip as well. As soon as the wind dropped most of the breaking waves went away and those always give the biggest splashes 😅
I was on stena horizon and it was like this
@ferriesinfocus5003
7 ай бұрын
That must have been interesting. The Horizon is quite a bit smaller than the Vision.
@stena9737
6 ай бұрын
@@ferriesinfocus5003The horizon is longer, and vision is a bit taller
So do you feel the sea much at that level of weather?
@ferriesinfocus5003
6 ай бұрын
As long as she goes into the waves it's not that bad. It also depends on where you are on the ship as the bow is obviously pitching more. But the movement did increase a lot once she turned north and the seas were coming from the side. She was rolling quite a bit and we weren't allowed outside for a while