Brittany ferries Santoña

So, first impressions of the new ferry (Santoña) is that it’s a big upgrade over the older ship.
Firstly, the absence & level of noise & vibration is very apparent. Virtually gone is the resonance and shaft noise you get on heavy oil powered boats…. and me being sort of interested in this sort of crap had to find out what they’d done to achieve this. Turns out that this ferry is powered by LNG (liquidified natural gas) and produces a much smoother power train. Heavy oil engines (and older diesels) known as CI types have a very pronounced power stroke due to high compression ratios and the LNG is only a fraction of this.
This makes the experience much much better, less noise less vibration.
Also it rolls much less than the other ship and is more stable.
Tried to blag a visit ‘downstairs’ to the power plant but they were having none of it !

Restaurants/bars/club lounge still offer the same type of fare although access to the club lounge is now €96 per person. Was only €42 last year !….. so Something we didn’t avail of as €96 will now be added to the “wine fund” for later on !

Cabins more or less the same, clean & tidy with a good access to the dog area.

Im in 768, the room and the corridors are spotless Jamie. Some pet ownes should be shot, can't blame the poor animals.
Really impressed so far with this new ship. Concur, couldn't justify the cost of the club lounge although its excellent.

Yes I was amazed. If Bertie had decided to pee where he shouldn’t I would have gone to reception and got a mop. Luckily he did not.
That said on the ferry back from Greece to Italy I saw dog poo left without any attempt to clean up twice. Lazy dirty barstools

Yep, that could have been me Martin, ….. time is about right.




A few in it Dave. I enjoy the club lounge and at 40 odd euro it’s worth it…… but dammed if I’m going to give them €96 for the privilege, that’s a nice few bottles when back home.