A busy 3 days coming up for Guernsey with some of the bigger liners coming in. Today is the turn of the Royal Princess, back for her second visit this year. Today was a soggy foggy day with the best bit as the guests were boarding the tenders early this afternoon at the end of their short visit. These "Beefeaters" did not look too unhappy as they boarded the tenders at the new pontoon, only installed this week.
This new pontoon allows more tenders to lie alongside although with only one access ramp it is difficult to see how it will cope with multi-occupancy of different liners' tenders. The tenders from the Royal Princess are among the largest to use the pontoon, although today they were helped out by a Sark ferry and a Herm ferry.
The St Peter Port pilot boat, Golden Spur, looks diminutive against the Royal Princess with its 30ft by 20ft "Movies Under the Stars" screen.
Shortly after 3.00 pm with the pilot on board the Royal Princess showed off her maneuverability as she turned to head south to the Lower Heads buoy, and then headed for Cobh in Southern Ireland where she will arrive early tomorrow morning. The liner is on a 12 day British Isles cruise, departing Southampton last night, and will cruise around the whole British Isles, with destinations including Orkney and Edinburgh. She will make more visits to Guernsey during the year, but next season will be spent in the Western Mediterranean.
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