Hanseatic

Not the publicity images you normally see of Hapag-Lloyd's Hanseatic, which are normally in the Antarctic or the waters of the Arctic. On a calm Sunday evening, as all the boaters return from their weekend in Herm or one of the other Channel Islands, this small Liner sits at anchor as her guests enjoy an evening ashore in St Peter Port. She will leave as darkness falls bound for Alderney, having spent time in Sark and Herm.

With just under 200 guests to cater for the pontoon at St Peter Port was not crowded for the tender departures back to the Hanseatic. With a high tide there was no problem of sloping pontoons to get on board.

She is on a Islands cruise having started with 6 days cruising the islands of the Azores.  She then sailed for La Coruna before heading for the Channel Islands. She has visited all the major ones and after leaving Honfleur will head for Hamburg. In August she will sail the Northeast Passage crossing from Europe into Asia, Christmas will find her in her true home of Antarctica. But on this Sunday night she was in more peaceful seas.