St. George?s loss will be the Royal Naval Dockyard?s gain today as the is due to move to the West End today in order to avoid heavy weather forecast for this evening.

The cruise ship, which arrived in St. George?s a day late yesterday due to engine problems, will sail from Dockyard back to Boston tomorrow with 1,438 passengers on board.

The will replace which arrived in Dockyard yesterday morning with 2,054 passengers on board and returns to Baltimore this afternoon.

Both and are on their penultimate voyages to the Island as the cruise season winds down. Still to visit this record-setting year are the and December caller .

Also calling in Bermuda this week was the , which docked in Hamilton last Wednesday, and sailed on Thursday with 185 passengers on board.

Another cruise ship, the , was involved in a sea rescue last Wednesday when it reported a yacht in difficulties 30 miles off the Island.

Bermuda Radio said it received a report from the outbound that the 57-foot was disabled 30 miles northwest of Bermuda and was requesting assistance.

The yacht was en route to Bermuda from Portland, Connecticut, with three persons on board and had suffered engine failure and ?rigging issues?.

Bermuda Radio said the Marine Police patrol boat departed Bermuda at 7.50 p.m. to take the vessel in tow.

The tow commenced shortly after midnight 29 miles northwest of the Island, and both vessels arrived safely in St. George?s Harbour at 7.15 a.m. on Thursday.

The crew of the , although fatigued, were otherwise fit and well, Bermuda Radio said.

In freight news, heavy seas over the weekend forced the to stand offshore from Saturday until yesterday morning before docking at the Oil Docks to discharge a shipment of fuel for Shell. She is due to sail today. The tanker will dock tomorrow to discharge fuel for Esso.

The Island also bade farewell to the cable ship , which sailed from Bermuda on Monday having completed her station duty. She has been replaced by , which will be on station until at least January, according to Meyer Agencies? Joe Simas.

Regular caller the arrived on Sunday with 190 dry containers, 36 refrigerated containers, four flatbeds, 26 vehicles and one truck. She sailed yesterday. On Saturday, unloaded 175 containers and six refrigerated containers before sailing Sunday while is due in tomorrow with 118 dry containers and 21 refrigerated containers along with two flatbeds.