Local fish at the Blue Snappa

Good to see the Blue Snappa in Penzance taking advantage of locally landed fish and putting the likes of hake and ling on the menu.

It's that kind of weather.

VessleTracker's AIS picks up a huge range of targets in the settled weather pattern this evening.  Large numbers of the targets to the west of the Scillys are French and Irish trawlers.

Monday's market.

Evidence of Royalist support in Penzance at Waves Cafe Bar........

 just what you don't want to see floating round in the Bay.........

 another big stern trawler from Lerwick, LK986, the Prolific lands her fish to the back of a lorry rather than put the fish on the market - still, at least the harbour earns 2.5% commission on the landing......

 on a big spring tide the fleet can easily be seen over the harbour wall.........

 and it makers landing for the punt men at high water easier too........

 the number of visiting yachts is a steady trickle now.......

 evidence of a hard life for a boat only a few years old........

 as well over 10 tons of fish goes ashore.........

 the numbers stack up for the mackerel men.......

 fine box of red mullet from the Billy Rowney.........

names that profile.

Ex Newlyn boy passes out.

After spending his formative years living in Newlyn while attending Alverton School and recently qualifying as a doctor, Richard Bauld, has now passed out at RMA Sandhurst as Captain Richard Bauld, Royal Army Medical Corps.

Penlee lifeboat - new crew shout.

With so any of the Penlee crew working away at the moment there are opportunities for new crew members to join the team. Anyone who is interested is asked to contact the lifeboat station or drop in for an informal chat. 


Telephone the station house on 01736 369246.

A St Ives painting story.

 On the back of a painting up for auction today in Penzance, the citation reads: "Return of the missingSt Ives fishing boat - after being 'lost' for three days on the East Coast of Ireland - sails lost and radio out of action".......

the artist's signature is hard to discern but appears to be that of Edith M Huxtan.......

one source from St Ives thinks this is the story of the  Lamorna (later the Castle Wraith) owned at the time by the Care family from St Ives. A surviving member of the crew from that incident is Chris 'Bish' Care who works in the net lofts at Porthmeor.



Currently work is well underway on the Porthmeor Renovation Project to the Sail Lofts on Porthmeor Beach, hopefully Bish will not have his net mending activities disturbed too much - an ongoing image gallery is viewable here - a Daily Telegraph article gives some background.......

here, Chris 'Bish' Care, net setter for several Newlyn and St Ives boats, talks about his work in one of the net lofts.

Quality Newlyn fish for sale!

"Now there's some fine looking fish"..........

 it was end-to-end with quality inshore fish this morning as so often is the case after a weekend of fine weather......

 from this superb shot of JDs.........

 to these magnifique monk........

 and a first time visit of Penzance registered, L'ogien PZ28........

 seen her inside the Defiant.........

 vive la vivier!.........

 big tides, a sea of rigging in the harbour........

 and flat calm with it.......

 there's much to do in the town over the coming weeks........

 and already folks are preparing for this year's Fish Festival.........

 and this particular evening class is rumoured to be heavily oversubscribed.......

 put this one in the diary for Saturday April the 30th, Newlyners at Work - sure to provokes ome comments from scalybacks and the like.......

 not just a rumour then.......

the swans were out early this morning.