MSC Opera and Marco Polo

The Marco Polo arrived today from the Scilly Isles on a British Isles Discovery cruise and spent the day on the westerly anchorage. The visitors to Castle Cornet, in the foreground, certainly had a good view of the liner.  So will visitors over the next few day of the National Powerboating races and the Guernsey Airshow taking place off the Castle, one of the better spots to view both.

The MSC Opera arrived at lunchtime for a half day visit on the way to Lisbon and had the Sarnia Cherie for company, a oil tanker, part of a pair which Guernsey owns to safeguard its fuel supplies. This is necessary as St Sampsons harbour dries out at low tide, and these ships can sit on the harbour bottom.
The Herm beaches look inviting in the background, with temperatures still in the mid 20's, warm enough to sunbathe and swim.