Harley Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Anyone had any experience of this company, www.transmancheferries.comPrices look very reasonable even in high season - Newhaven to Dieppe. We will try them out next week. Hadn't previously heard of them. It's not Speedferries but if it saves such a long drive then I'm not complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 I have sailed on them. Last year about this time I think it was.Nothing wrong with them. Basic. Reclining seats, bar and titchy restaurant/cafe. No shops or "entertainment". Loads of lorry drivers who all were watching the footie on the telly....could have been the year before! Anyway, it was a world cup.Takes about four and a half hours and I sailed in about 1.30. I was sat on the deck for a lot of the time in the sun. I would advise eating before you leave though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I was lying to you. Came to me in a flash last night...things often do. Sadly.There is a little shop. I asked the man if I could taste the Australian red at the bar and he said, buy a bottle and I'll open it for you... So I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve@sarah Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I've checked their web site and they do look cheap, but as they don't take pets we wont be trying them!Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 We've mentioned it before here as being the best-kept secret on the longer channel crossings. The company is owned by a syndicate of French local authorities headed by the Seine Maritime regional council. There are two ships, one (Sardinia Vera, built 1975 as Stana Atlantica) rather older than the other, though there has been talk of updating the fleet. The newer ship, Dieppe (built 1981 in Sweden, formerly TT Line's Saga Star), is owned by the company, the other is chartered from Corsica Ferries. There have been some safety concerns over the service, though nothing too serious (apart from two incidents where the Dieppe collided with the quays in its home port, the erlier one being alcohol-related according to a French web site) and reliability has not been wonderful - but certainly no worse in that respect than Speedferries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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