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12 hours after the wind dropped from gusts of 60 mph and there's a heavy groundsea running along the back of the harbour wall..... not that the Intuition is stopping for such trivial matters..... though the sky is full of heavy rain cloud...... Harvey's remaining crabber, the William Harvey is having her bottom checked out, seacocks and fittings sorted before the engine is refitted after a rebuild and will be sailing under the command of Tom Lewis...... as another beamer trip heads for the cold store.
Jack Nowell, eldest son of skipper Michael Nowell of the beam trawler Elizabeth N has been selected to play for the England Under 18 rugby team. Jack now has a chance to emulate Penzance & Newlyn's greatest England rugby cap in the shape of Brian 'Stack' Stevens who played for the 'Pirates' back in the '60s and '70s. Stack Stevens was capped 25 times for England and toured with the Lions - so the rising young star has something pretty big to aim for!
Jack is currently studying at Truro & Penwith College with their rugby academy and is looking sponsorship from local businesses or individuals keen to see proper Cornish blood back in the England team in the future. For more information and bio details see Jack Nowell's story.
A picture of Tranquility as the sun begins to dowse the harbour with light..... crabs fly up to the back of Seafood and Eat It's van, which bears a warning to prosepctive thieves, "no crabs left in van overnight"........ all in a day's work for the Dom Bosco boys....... signs of a few sprats that look like anchovies in the early morning light!.
More like a rocket trail than a contrail over the Lizard this morning...... the survey vessel Sea Otter from Norfolk based Enviroserve on passage via Newlyn...... still working in the South West before she is allowed back in the North Sea, the Ora et Labora goes through her gear...... and adds new steel to her starboard side beam trawl shoes...... while her fish leave the harbour lorry park bound for her home fish market...... out in the Bay, a small coaster lays at anchor.
12 hours after the wind dropped from gusts of 60 mph and there's a heavy groundsea running along the back of the harbour wall.....
not that the Intuition is stopping for such trivial matters.....
though the sky is full of heavy rain cloud......
Harvey's remaining crabber, the William Harvey is having her bottom checked out, seacocks and fittings sorted before the engine is refitted after a rebuild and will be sailing under the command of Tom Lewis......
as another beamer trip heads for the cold store.
