Caribbean Princess & Azamara Quest

Today and yesterday have seen two liners visit on cruises around the British Isles. The Caribbean Princess arrived yesterday at the start of her cruise and left mid afternoon bound for Cobh, passing the Azamara Quest at the end of her cruise having arrived from the same port. With the heat haze still coming off the land after the previous day's record temperatures the Caribbean Princess provides a contrast with the cliffs of the south coast of Guernsey and the Island of Sark.

The Azamara Quest is a very different liner from the Caribbean Princess catering for the destinations that the larger liner cannot visit. With only a quarter of the number of guests the line attracts the boutique liner afficianado who appreciate the more intimate ship. She left early evening bound for Southampton where her next cruise will head to St Petersburg.

Summer in Guernsey attracts many different type of boat, and on the anchorage tonight, as the Azamara Quest left,  was the Regina Maris, a sailing ship built in 1970.  According to her website she accommodates over 30 students, and spends a lot of time off the coast of Africa as a sailing training ship, home porting in Amsterdam.