The singing boys at Port Wenn (better known as Port Isaac) have finally hit the big time after being signed by Universal, the same record company that has Lady Gaga, Take That and Amy Winehouse on their books.
The Fishermen's Friends have entertained summer visitors of an evening for many years singing a mix of sea shanties and Cornish songs to net thousands of pounds for charities including the RNLI. They already have a website of their own to promote two CDs that they produced themselves.
Thursday 18 March 2010
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Pot man imortalised in charcoal.
Dick Ede - One of the country's few traditional withy pot makers
One of the many charcoal drawings that will be shown in an exhibition at the Tolcarne Inn, Newlyn next month by local artist Nick Henshall.Born August 1968, Nick was raised in land locked Cheshire. His appetite for the ocean life was firmly cemented during childhood holidays lobster fishing in Anglesey. After studying art at North Cheshire College, nineteen year old Nick moved to Newlyn, Cornwall working as a fisherman on a variety of vessels – including crabbers, netters, trawlers and inshore boats. He continued to develop his art work, studying life drawing and selling pictures throughout the 1990s, mainly through the Penzance Gallery (Tony Sanders).
In 1994, Nick gained his Class II deck officer qualification with plans to further his fishing career. Unfortunately, a motorcycle accident left him seriously injured, and a forced change of direction took Nick to working on traditional square riggers, acting as first mate on a replica 19th century schooner. Nick returned to Newlyn to start and raise a family. Unable to pursue his offshore fishing career, he worked as a boat builder, a welder, as mate and relief skipper on a local commercial dive vessel, and fished his own inshore lobster boat. In 2009, he began to learn the dying art of withy lobster and crab pot making, one of the inspirations for his recent return to his artistic background.
The rich tapestry of Nick’s life in Newlyn has added a depth of knowledge and understanding that those merely acting as bystanders are rarely privy to. His art work is inspired by the fishermen, boats and people of Newlyn with whom he has a genuine personal relationship and history.
Across the water it would be time for a pint today!
Skateboarding seems to bring out the philosopher in those that use the ramp on the prom......
with Gothic overtones perhaps.....
the local rag has lent its support to the Newlyn Archive Group's work.....
shades of green(ish).......
on St Patrick's Day with a few Irish boats due later......
plenty of kit on the port side of the Govenek of Ladram's wheelhouse.....
not often all three in the Rowse fleet are tied up together......
a lesson in 3m gear rigging.Tuesday 16 March 2010
E-tracking for 15m vessels coming next year.
With all vessels in the EU over 24m now running e-tracking attention will turn to the same system being made compulsory aboard vessels over 15m in 2011. Inevitably it seems, with the world's largest fishing fleet to monitor, a Spanish company won the first contract to supply a system in EU vessels. London based INMARSAT supply the satellite etchnology that provides the tracking signal which leaves owners free to choose the hardware to have aboard the boat.
CEFAS tender applications deadline April 2010.
Just a reminder to fishermen in the South and West that five tenders have been published under the Fisheries Science Partnership:
- FSP Project: Square mesh panel trials on twin or multi rig working inshore grounds: North Thames estuary: FSP 2010-11 (17)
- FSP Project: Sardine and anchovy survey off South West England: FSP 2010-11 (18)
- FSP Project: Bristol Channel 100mm cod end trials: FSP 2010-11 (19)
- FSP Project: Red mullet gill net fishery discard reduction: FSP 2010-11 (20)
- FSP Project: Modified commercial trawl survey: FSP 2010-11 (21)
Monday 15 March 2010
Look out there's a trojan about!
Big trip of monk tails and megs for the St Georges.....
one of the few cod that made it to market get sized up......
more like close encounters.......
ummh, wrong fish Edwin......
red sails in the sunrise......
as the Girl Pamela makes her way to the gaps.....
it seems that Nathan Marshall is the Govenek of Ladram......
hazardous waste the gulls can't resist.....
Sunday 14 March 2010
St Piran's Day celebration arrives dreckly!
Owing to a technical glitch, the gallery of images to celebrate St Piran's Day never made it to the site last weekend. All is now running smoothly and the images can be seen in the original post here.
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