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Sunday, 8 December 2024

Storm Darragh forces French trawlers to shelter in Falmouth Bay




As Storm Darragh approached, a handful of French trawlers working in the Western Approaches...


 

headed for the lee of the land...

and began dodging as wind speeds hovered around 50-60mph, the...


wave height at the Sevenstones Lightship averaged just over 20ft... 


some, kept very handy to the shore...

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by Sunday morning, with the wind still gusting to 40 knots, the hake netter Ocean Pride left Newlyn at 6am for the fishing grounds south of the Scillys.