Not many guests on deck this morning as the Marco Polo arrived at the anchorage at the same time as the 31st Telegramme Tresco Trophy yacht race left for Perros-Guirec. This annual event attracts a large number of yachts who race from Morlaix to Guernsey, stay for two nights to enjoy St Peter Port and then race back to Brittany.
With the marina used by the yachts at the heart of St Peter Port, the yachtsmen did not have far to go to enjoy the restaurants and shopping of the town. In the photo below one of the guard boats prepares to leave as the start of the race approaches. Wearing the colours of the French Lifeboat Service she makes an unusual sight in St Peter Port.
Despite the attractions of the island a lot of the guests of the Marco Polo seem to prefer the sun decks of the liner as her hour of departure approaches. This regular visitor's next port of call is Honfleur, the pretty French port near the Pont du Normandie.
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