Lyonnesse lands over 11 tons of Cornish Sardines

Sowenna up on the slip, not the best place for a netter to be on the first day of a neap tide (netters cannot work over spring tides as the nets get laid down by the speed of the water and do not 'fish' well)...

 

Mr Turner holding court and being the harbour tour guide for the morning on the day that the....

latest addition to the fleet, the Lyonnesse bagged over 10 tons of Cornish Sardines which she seems to carry well in the insulated FalFish tubs...

her deck crane, used at sea to handle the ring-net, acts as cranning pole to get the fish ashore to be iced...

'ansome Sam passes up a stray sardine on the deck on his way back to the hydraulic arm controls and sorted by crew member Barry Chivers..... even at this state of the tide the crane will reach the quayside.... two up-and-coming fishermen get to give the old man a hand..... by supervising the landing....... a mix of ice and water keep the sardines in tip-top condition, all we need now is some sunshine to warrant firing up the charcoal...

....a sure favourite for the BBQ at this time of year!

watch the landing in progress from the deck of the Lyonnesse.