"Ghost Ship" debunked by writer and marine enthusiast?

So in the Guernsey Press there was a recent article of a supposed "Ghost Ship" sailing past Alderney in bad weather with many wondering if it was the old Elizabethan wreck that is said to haunt the coastline. I recognised it as the Etoile du Roy of Saint Malo - previously the Grand Turk of Whitby. See below for my comprehensive post about that her.

I emailed the editor of the paper telling them of my suspicions, and a brief summary of the vessel. They sent a reply of thanks and expressed their disappointment that it wasn't an actual ghost ship, and now they have directly copied and pasted a section of my blog into their paper! I suppose I should be flattered...

They have described me as writer and marine enthusiast. Jolly good of them. Here's the article: http://www.thisisguernsey.com/news/2013/01/19/ghost-ship-rings-a-bell-with-readers/

See below for a link to the original "Ghost Ship" pictures, and below that for my post on the vessel herself.

Age of Sail: Etoile du Roy / Grand Turk / Ghost Ship

So the lovely sail ship I posted about below seems to have the made the Guernsey provincial rag in the guise of a Ghost Ship.

http://www.thisisguernsey.com/news/2013/01/12/ghost-ship-spotted/

I'm pretty sure it's the Etoile du Roy nee Grand Turk...

Not much happens in Guernsey, so when someone photographs a ship on the sea it's a big thing apparently... Obviously being a small group of islands in one of Europe's busiest sea lanes, this sort of event is rare.

The first time I landed here, five years ago now, I remember the major headline was about a woman falling over in the street. No, seriously.

See my posts below for some pictures and details of our other sailing visitors.