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The boats of Britannia

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A collection of boats we saw during our circumnavigation of the isles of Britain in May

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D81_1469_2019zThe Southampton port pilot is brought over to guide us out
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D81_1487_2019zA collusion of tugboats in Southampton
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D81_1538_2019zThe Guernsey Island and Port St. Peter harbor pilot
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D81_1539_2019zThe lifeboats on the Princess did double duty as harbor tenders
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D81_1542_2019zA Port St. Peter (Guernsey) ferry boat also worked as a harbor tender
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D81_2034_2019zSeafood being caught near Inchgarvie island in the firth of the Forth, So. Queensferry, Scotland
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D81_1468_2019zFerry boat, Southampton harbor, southern England
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D81_1564_2019zThe Gerry O'Sullivan from Cobh harbor, Ireland
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D81_1727_2019zShackleton! tug manuevering upon our arrival in Dublin harbor, Ireland
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D81_1885_2019zThe Willjay approaches as we dock at Invergordon, Scotland
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D81_2109_2019zThe V.B. Octeville heads off after delivering us to the dock in Le Havre, France
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D81_2116_2019zThe tugboat Barfleur in Le Havre, France
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D81_2123_2019zThe La Havre harbor pilot speeds past us
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D81_2182_2019zThe Gendarmerie Maritime keeping track of us

Sunrise over the North Sea

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After departing Greenock and the Firth of Clyde along Scotland’s mid-western shore on May 7, the cruise headed north around the tip of the British Isles. Before passing the northeastern tip of the Scottish mainland at the village of John O’Groats, the rising sun greeted us the morning of May 9 before we turned south to Invergordon.