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#ISLE OF MAN FERRY – On both weekends before and after Christmas, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. will be operating seasonal sailings on the Douglas-Dublin route.

A round-trip sailing will depart Douglas tomorrow (Saturday) at 19.30hrs with an arrival of the ro-pax ferry Ben-My-Chree in Dublin Port on (Sunday) just after midnight at 00.15hrs. The ferry will make her return departure to the Isle of Man, departing the Dublin Ferryport at 01.00hrs with an arrival at the Manx capital scheduled for 05.45hrs.

On the weekend after the festivities are over, the Isle of Man ferry is to repeat the round-trip, departing Douglas on Saturday 29 December (19.30) with arrival in Dublin Port on Sunday 30 December (00.15). The corresponding return sailing departs the Irish capital at 01.00hrs and docks in Douglas at 05.45hrs.

For sailing schedules including Manx-UK routes, click HERE.

Published in Ferry

About Quarter Tonners

The Quarter Ton Class is a sailing class of the International Offshore Rule racing the Quarter Ton Cup between 1967 and 1996 and from 2005 until today.

The class is sailed by smaller keelboats of similar size and is likely the world's most-produced keelboat class.

The Ton, Half, Quarter, etc. 'classes' were each given a 'length' and yacht designers had almost free rein to work the hull shapes and measurements to achieve the best speed for that nominal length.

The Ton Rules produced cranky and tender boats without actual downwind speed. Measurement points created weird, almost square hull shapes with longish overhangs.

They were challenging to sail optimally and lost value very quickly as any new wrinkle (e.g. 'bustles') to take advantage of the rule made older boats very quickly uncompetitive.

Although its heyday was 30 years ago, the boat class continues to make its presence felt by holding its own in terms of popularity against some fern race fleets.