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Thursday 10 March 2016
What a difference a day makes.
Pounded to pieces, just some of the damage inflicted by yesterday's un-named storm force 10 winds that lashed the Western Approaches...
over in the 12th Century harbour new heavy duty steel ladders have been installed...
while on the slip the newly named Fladda Maid and numbered UL 209...
or as she was known, Crystal Sea II is all...
painted up below the waterline...
ready for her new life north of the border...
back on port this morning is the huge Belgian beam trawler Marbi...
back in Newlyn for a few jobs and time for a Springtime bottom scrub...
the inshore trawler Sowenna as a great example of a how to get the best from a small boat...
there's a chance of a few light showers this morning...
as the sun makes the world seem a whole lot brighter this morning...
even the resident seal is enjoying a late breakfast, one less for the netters to worry about stripping the fish from their gear...
in a day or two there win't be a boat in port, with the big Spring tide the netters are all waiting for the neaps to begin...
Bonnie Lass, all set to dry out on the hard later...
over in the Jubilee Pool the long arm of the...
liquid cement machine set up to line the bottom of the pool is all set for today's delivery.