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Thursday, 24 April 2008

Diving charter ready to sail

A fresh gaggle (not sure what the collective noun is) of divers make ready to sail for a week at sea off the Scillies on the ex-Jersey beamer, Evert Martje...
New wheels welded up aboard the Sapphire are ready to roll...
while the St Geoge still has scaffolding around the funnel and rigging, gone are the days of guys hanging by their fingertips, paint pot and brush gripped firmly between their teeth!.....
PZ85's paint job is beginning to brighten up the end of the quay on an otherwise dull day...
back to his berth on the pontoons heads Mr Thomas after an afternoon on the mackerel....
on the Imogen, Roger Nowell Jnr, lands a quality trip of trawl fish to the waiting Iceberg lorry before it gets sold on Plymouth market....
another mackerel punt passes as the Crystal Sea II makes her way up the harbour.....
and into the ice berth.....
there's always time for a cuppa on the Cornishman...
more holes appear in the sides Emma Louise as she gets the final fitments for her new vivier tank.....
on the Calisha from Peterhead the dredges get the hot-metal treatment...
a big step for man and a helluva stretch for shorter legs, though these are preferable to long legs at sea as they provide a far less stable platform and are the cause of numerous headaches for thier owners...
in through the gaps, the Intuition after a day on the pots....

plenty of spare tooth-bars aboard the dredger.

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