Thursday 9 October 2014

Aurora

The last Cruise Liner of the 2014 season and no guests came ashore. It was a conference cruise with suppliers "networking" with their clients to do business with them over the coming years. The first of the autumn gales came to Guernsey while the Aurora was in Guernsey, but it was still a good time to enjoy the sunshine between the rain on the moorings at Fermain Bay.


With no tenders to run the Aurora was on the southerly anchorage instead of the normal ones outside of St Peter Port, she looked very lonely Some shops in St Peter Port offered a discount to Aurora guests, I should think they did not have many takers.




Friday 3 October 2014

Hanseatic

The Hanseatic arrived in Guernsey this afternoon less than a month after making international news as the first non-Russian cruise ship to sail the North West passage. The Hanseatic has the highest ice class for passenger ships enabling her to travel to many destinations that are unreachable by other liners. With the Zodiacs on board the experience is very up close and personal. Not quite so demanding was her approach to the anchorage at St Peter Port, passing the Condor Rapide outbound to St Malo.


The guests on board have had a intense introduction to the Channel Islands with Jersey this morning and Guernsey this afternoon. She left at tea time bound for Bilbao. Next month she will start her season cruising Antarctica before spending Spring in 2015 cruising the Amazon. For such a small liner she does offer many destinations.


Wednesday 1 October 2014

Crystal Symphony

It's the time of year when the cruise liners migrate to different destinations. The Crystal Symphony arrived late morning from Ijmuiden, the port for Amsterdam,  and spent the day at anchor in glorious sunshine off St Peter Port Harbour. The photo is taken from the cliff path on the east coast of Guernsey which affords views of the other Channel Islands. In the foreground are the outlying works of Fort George, and on the horizon is the island of Alderney.


The liner dominates the view of Castle Cornet, a popular visit for cruise liner guests on short visits to Guernsey. It's a 15 minute walk along the sea front to the entrance of the Castle. In the foreground is the "Noonday Gun", fired at noon every day when the Castle is open. In two weeks time the liner will be sailing past South Beach, Miami taking home the American guests on board.