As far as shipping goes for August we got off to a flying start with visits from the Marco Polo and the Sea Cloud II on the 1st. Both regular visitors to the Islands the Barque Sea Cloud II, built in Spain and launched in 2001 landed her passengers on Tresco whilst the  22080grt Marco Polo landed 749 here on St Mary’s.

Following this on the 10^th we had a visit from the 4077grt Corinthian who came from St Malo in the Channel Islands and spent the day here in the Islands before departing for an overnight voyage to Poole. She visited later in the month also.

Another annual visitor arrived on the 13^th in the shape of the 28437grt Europa which still holds the top accolade in the Berlitz cruise guide,  for the 12^th consecutive year! Further visits from the 28518grt Albatross and the 20216grt Discovery brought another 1169 passengers ashore and the Minerva visited on the 27^th before wrapping the month up with 14983grt Club Med II on the 30^th. We have three ships scheduled for September to round off the year before starting work on the 30 already booked for 2014!