Wild night of windy weather off Cornwall.

You the weather must be poor when you see the two big stern trawlers, Wiron 6 and Wiron 5 alongside a couple of french boats dodging in the lee provided by the Isles of Scilly...

even the weather buoy south of Plymouth harbour is showing close to 40 knot winds at 6am this morning...

while wind data from the Sevenstones Lightship has only just started responding again and is now headed for 50 knots, when an area of low pressure passes over the south west, the barometric pressure decreases and the wind increases...

as the WindyTV weather animation shows, the worst is about to pass...

just as well with 45knot winds indicated (that's around 50mph) which is keeping all the Newlyn fleet safely tucked up in the harbour - gusts up to 60mph have been reported al over the west of Cornwall...

not so lucky are these guys, 19 Breton trawlers and crabbers all still fishing or dodging - some of whom are east side of the Lizard between Falmouth and the Dodman Point which helps to cut down rise and fall of the heavy westerly Atlantic swell...

not so many years ago, Newlyn and other Cornish ports would be full of these hardy Breton trawlermen in their then slightly smaller (18m) boats - but it seems these days that the extra 3 or 4m in length many of their boats now have makes all the difference between fishing or dodging in poor weather and having to make for a port of refuge!

Plenty of wind through the night as the UK gets hit by snow its gales and heavy rain over Cornwall

The wind graph from the Sevenstones lightship shows the wind steadily increasing up to nearly 40 knots at 0100 hours...

as a result, the Breton and French boats working around Land's End leave some interesting tracks on the AIS. It looks like the Effera has been towing south west for the best part of the last twenty four hours.

Big swell in the Graveyard

No doubt a few of the local surfers will take advantage of the big swell running in the Bay this morning. This spot at the back of the North Quay known locally as the Graveyard only gets a good wave when wind and swell conditions come together. The worst gale in the last 40 years (1979) saw some seas reaching the height of the lamp posts - seven boats sank that night - crews were aboard all the larger vessels with their engines running trying to keep the tiers of boats in place as a huge 'run' in the harbour caused the boats to ride heavily on their mooring ropes.

Heading for the Autumnal equinox.

Two days after the Harvest full moon proper, the morning sky brings a spectacular sight with the moon is clearly visible in the sky 180° opposite the rising sun. 


In the wake of hurricane Katia, the South West seems to have avoided the worst of the weather unlike the rest of the coastline extending northwards to Scotland where heavy seas pounded the coast and winds over 80mph were recorded.

Wintry weather courtesy of hurricane Irene.

Good looking JDs from the beamer Aaldtje Adriante.......

while the Chloe T lands her first post-refit trip......

giving the buyers something to fight over on a slack Tuesday market.......

South Coast Fisheries had their eye on these big tub gurnards.......

the green all at sea........

a pair of Nowells........

glad to be in away from the strong westerly winds courtesy of the remnants of huricane Irene.

A quick check with the Newlyn weather site sheds some light on just how breezy it is out to sea this morning.

Sun, wind and rain again!

On a day like this, better in here looking out, than out there looking in.Except of course the boys on the crabbers who don't get to miss many days at sea. The Cesca landing alongside the fish market straight to a vivier wagon.
Meanwhile, the latest addition to the Rouse fleet, Dom Bosco rides the swell in the harbour at the end of the new quay.Loctudy registered, and proud of it, The Annais makes use of the time to put a trawl back together under the shelterdeck.
Becalmed inside Badcocks gallery, two yachts form part of the latest exhibition - when you've had a dose of art, catch a beer in the Swordfish, Star or Dolphin all within spittin' distance.
Early Saturday morning and the Annais heads for home with the customary starboard list - maybe to counteract the Westerly swell she's going to roll with on her way South.

Sun, wind and rain again!

On a day like this, better in here looking out, than out there looking in.Except of course the boys on the crabbers who don't get to miss many days at sea. The Cesca landing alongside the fish market straight to a vivier wagon.
Meanwhile, the latest addition to the Rouse fleet, Dom Bosco rides the swell in the harbour at the end of the new quay.Loctudy registered, and proud of it, The Annais makes use of the time to put a trawl back together under the shelterdeck.
Becalmed inside Badcocks gallery, two yachts form part of the latest exhibition - when you've had a dose of art, catch a beer in the Swordfish, Star or Dolphin all within spittin' distance.
Early Saturday morning and the Annais heads for home with the customary starboard list - maybe to counteract the Westerly swell she's going to roll with on her way South.