TwitTwoo

Sad face :( Gorgeous sunny day but Captain Cook (yes, that is his real name) deemed the water too choppy to tender at St Peterport on 10th Aug. We bobbed about for a while, hoping the near non-existent white caps would bugger off completely but, sadly, no. We turned around & he put Oriana in 1st gear all the way back to Southampton - oh yes, we were cable to watch obviously whilst Ventura tendered her passengers ashore.

Capt Cook said Ventura had twin hulled tenders & that's why she could go ahead with the operation. My thought was - if Oriana's tenders aren't up to the job, simply remove Guernsey from her itinerary.

I'm glad I found this thread - we're on Oriana this Sunday and due to visit most of the 'affected' ports within the first 10 days of August.

We normally 'hoof' it or book local excursions but have now definitely decided to wait & make sure that we actually dock!

Belfast, Dublin & Cobh are the ports I'm most interested in but Guernsey is somewhere I've always meant to visit - so fingers crossed.