This photo, kindly sent in by Karen Seibert from Florida, USA shows three luggers in the foreground and a host of french crabbers inside Newlyn Harbour. The picture is dated 1928 - perhaps someone can help identify the local boats?.....
Built by Kittos of Porthleven 17 years before the previous photo and hoping to make a return to Nelwyn during the Fish Festival this year, the Girl Sybil. She is currently undergoing restoration up at Noss Marina, Dartmouth....
more information on the project is here and some previous history (search for Girl Sybil) here and here.......
several hundred small inshore boats like this were the mainstay of the local fleet in Mount's Bay at the height of the mackerel fishery back in the 1970s and early 80s.....
down the pontoon berths it seems Grimmy is still doing well with his handmade dog leads......
Defiant waits at the end of the New Quay.....
while across the harbour some of the laid up Stevenson fleet are back in tier.
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