{"id":452940,"date":"2026-05-30T16:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/452940\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T16:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:40:22","slug":"bluebridge-cancels-connemara-return-sailing-after-mechanical-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/452940\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluebridge cancels Connemara return sailing after mechanical fault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4KB0AV9_Connemara_Tug_assist_3_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" alt=\"A Bluebridge spokesperson said there were no faults with the vessel and it was the masters decision to request support in high or gusty winds.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nFile photo.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Bill Hickman\n<\/p>\n<p>Bluebridge has cancelled a return sailing of its Connemara ferry following a mechanical fault.<\/p>\n<p>Bluebridge said passengers were rescheduled on to other sailings while the fault was repaired. The number of affected passengers was unknown.<\/p>\n<p>It said the fault was unrelated to the multiple faults Connemara experienced this year, which caused cancellations and delays,<\/p>\n<p>In March, Connemara sailings were cancelled for 10 consecutive days and the ship was detained for inspection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"File photo. Photo: RNZ \/ Bill Hickman Bluebridge has cancelled a return sailing of its Connemara ferry following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-452940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}