Singing fisherman 'Twinkle' through to the next round of the X Factor!

Serenading the gulls on his boat, the Two Boys, Twinkle the singing fisherman looks forward to the next round of auditions for Simon Cowel's X Factor. The singing fisherman has so far impressed the X Factor's music people through four auditions with his moving rendition of Mario Lanza's 'Be my Love' and is all set for the next round on the 23rd June at Aston Villa. Self-taught singer, real name John Trenere, has spent a lifetime entertaining local fishermen during the small hours over the VHF radio while at sea yet has rarely sung in public when ashore. However, Twinkle has now shrugged off his fear of performing in public and has breezed through each audition - watch this space!
In the meantime, its back to reality and the mending needs to be doen before the night is out!........
Mounts Bay lugger, Happy Return heads out for an evening sail under a single lug. Anyone can get to sail the boat - head for the website for more information on sailing days and trips.....
even though she's laid up, the Anthony is being kept looking trim.....
any visitors to Newlyn should take time out to support the RNMDSF and visit the 'Fish and Ships' exhibition in the Misssion.....
where exhibits include photos and ephemera from the local fishing industry, a cinema showing archive 16mm film footage transferred to DVD of fishing....
and a fantastic collection of Mr George's model boats - not to be missed!
Aplogies - Blogger has problems with handling images again!

Harvey's fleet

A small leap for mankind from an ex-crabber turned scalloper...

bottom scrub time for the Ajax up on the slip between neap tides....

riding out of the port, the catamaran survey vessel from Aspect, Land and Hydrographic Surveyors.....

the Abbey Warehouse over in Penzance Dock will soon be sporting an interesting entrance it seems...

boaund away on Sunday for the next neap, the Sowenna passes by the MCA's Anglian Princess at anchor off the Mount...

both remaining boats in the Harvey's fleet are 'up on the hard'...

hot work aboard the Intuition as another day's brown crab comes ashore to a waiting lorry despite all the problems with action by transport comapnies in Spain and France at present...

up in the cab of the vivier lorry this driver is now sporting a model of a crabber - not one of Harvey's though!...

the paint job on the Trelawney Fish beamer, Gorge Johannes is coming on nicely...

yet another RNLI boat on passage for refit this time, this time the Humber lifeboat, Fraser Flyer is in port.

Nellie the beamer comes down off the slip

After a scrub and new coat of anti-fouling the Nellie makes her way down the slip...
aboard, next in the generation of Nowell fishermen makes his way down the wheelhouse steps....
while another re-creates the scene from a certain film - minus a girl of course!...
Steve, one of the ever-helpful harbour staff always on hand to provide a warm welcome for yachtsmen visiting the port.....
as usual its a man thing, so the girls just get to look out over the bow it seems....
taking fuel can be a messy business....

brand new aluminium net pound is being fitted on this netter....

stopping in Newlyn before making her way to Ireland, this yacht gets the friendly face of kenny Downing serving up 'red gold' as it has now become!

Frenetic Friday

With the scaffolding removed, the full glory of quality Cornish granite is now on display across Penzance Dock basin.....
The Nova Spero is about to go tuna fishing - so all the gill-net gear must be removed.....
visiting lifeboat George and Ivy is berthed on the New Quay...
despite being from Southampton, she's a long way from home
fishermen's memorial statue, 'Tom' is now back and on a solid new plinth....
the old Anthony has shifted berths of late....
this is as high-tec as it gets for a punt, Ocean Fish'e Ibis, named after a classic Mevagissey lugger has just put ashore the day's mackerel haul.......
seems there is a heavy run of fish at the moment for the mackerel boys.....
another group of visitors gets the early morning market tour and are entertained for a few minutes by the resident seal - not that these beats are popular with the local fishermen - the Cadgwith boats are having thousands of pounds of monkfish eaten by seals at the moemt and are being forced to haul there gear daily to try and attract the un-invited guests to a quality fish supper....

good to see sluch ice being used to keep the quality up in the sultry weather.....

Protesters make some noise in London

Local fishermen joined dozens of others from the region in protest to the governemnt over the crippling cost of fuel now hitting all sectors of the industry hard. Read the full story here in the Western Morning News.

Ambulance down the quay for Breton trawler

In the evening drizzle, the Breton trawler Le Jusant puts ashore a member of the crew to a waiting ambulance down the end of the North Quay.

Fishermen from Newlyn head off to London in protest over fuel crisis

Get the full story here from the BBC