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Monday 5 July 2010
Guilvinec photo blog
Amongst Newlyn fleet, ex-French boats, like the Keriolet used to visit Le Guilvinec and use the boat hoist on the Lechigat side of the river for major refits and main engine work. There has been talk of having a similar hoist facility created in Newlyn.
Can you help Yvonne ?
"Hallo, I am thrilled to discover this site. I live in Lismore, Australia. My father, Jean Kervroedan escaped in a fishing boat, the Dalch Mad, from Douarnenez and arrived at Newlyn in April 1943. There were I think 19 men on that boat, including a Canadian airman. My father passed away a year ago, and I am going to be visiting Douarnenez in August, but decided to also visit Penzance for a couple of days in the hope of finding further information for a book I'd like to write about my parents. I will be in the Newlyn area on the 24th and 25th August. If anyone responds to this post, perhaps we can get in touch.
Many thanks,
Yvonne Hartman"
Dalc'h Mad means 'hang on' - so this is one of things that doesn't translate easily. This may be the boat after the same family's boat mentioned in the comment above (Bihen like Behan in Irish Gallic means little)- there is another photo and story on the Free French web site of the vessel and story Yvonne mentioned. To get a rough translation of the story - highlight the text and copy (CTRL+C), go to the Google home page, More and select translate - paste (CTRL+V) the text copied.
Dalc'h Mad from a Breton blog.
In the market for some razors?
the humble gurnard has been elevated to high status indeed these days if Smarts are buying.....
not often seen on the market - ten boxes of razor clams - one of the advantages of the proposed new computer auction should be remote buyers who are able to access details on fish to be landed - specialist fish like these clams would stand a chance of making better money for the fisherman concerned......
a lone hake from the netter Ajax puts his head above the ice.......
just nudging her bow twoards the market to land brown crab.......
looks like the spares are lined up on the quay for Archie's boys to get overhauling the gear as the change beam sizes......
one of the Nowell family's boat Nellie, flies her red ensign at half-mast in readiness for Roger's funeral on Thursday.
Friday 2 July 2010
Roger Nowell 'The Skipper' 1944-2010
End of the week.
it's all megs aboard the James RH........
scaffolding now adorns the Cornish Ice Company's headquarters......
another mornings work in the bag.......
IFL's Admiral is in town again......
almost there for the paint job and DTI work aboard the Elizabeth N in Penzance wet dock........
they don't come any smaller than the Navy's smallest commissioned craft, the survey vessel, HMS Gleaner........
some seriously big sheets of steel arrived at the Dry Dock.
Chasing Cornish tuna nearer home.
Spurred on by a single fish caught in Mount's Bay earlier in the week, lone punt fishermen Chris Morley adapts his traditional bass line and pole rig to fish for tuna.