Fast ferries

Tarry

I've been on many conventional ferry, but never on a fast one. Do they roll like normal ferries? Or do they tend to bounce over them? I don't tend to get seasick on normal ferries (well apart from the odd occasion) but was wondering how different the motion was. How much do they have on them? I like to have a nosey and can you go out on deck. I like looking at where I've left and what I can see Tis nice.

I was meaning either the Stena fast or the Irish ferries swift.

nickj_2

if you mean the seacat ferries then i think they do have a slightly different action comapared with a conventional ferry , i went from weymouth to jersey on the condor seacat ferry a couple of years ago , and although the sea was relatively calm the swell did make the boat lurch , we had a window seat , which i personaly think helps, as your eyes can see what the boat is doing and tells your brain , however people sitting away from the windows were having a rough time , sick bags all round
i think the sea has to be fairly calm otherwise they don't sail

Humphreyshalfmoon

Fast Ferries are less stable in poor weather, the Brittany Ferries operation from Portsmouth has the nickman the Vomit Comet, gets you there in half the time but twice the risk of....... Having said that I have been on many and never even felt the slightest bit ill. If you are worried get some pills from the chemist in advance and then stop worrying. If you think you will be ill, you are far more likely to be!

Tarry

I can imagine that to be honest. I've been in a force9 in a conventional ferry and that wasn't a pretty site, the toilets where grim that's for sure, and that was when it had "calmed" to a force8!I was fine because I took tablets and didn't think about getting ill lol I am looking to travelling to Ireland in the swift ferry from Holyhead in October 9th. It's weird I've been on many normal ferries, but never a swift one. I am 100per cent aware that you never know what the weather is like, it's just one of them things. I was more meaning what they have on them and my mind is getting scrabbled now as I am checking quotes.

If it's rough, I think you get put on the slower one without a problem don't you? Well I guess as long as it's not really reallly REALLY windy?