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...
,
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.