31000 miles to go - with a little help from you?

Cyclists extraordinaire - Damian Barnes - Justin Morgan - Wayne Davey

Here's the word straight from the 3100 web site:

Three hardy men from 771 Search and Rescue squadron, based out of Culdrose, Cornwall, are setting out to ride 3100 miles from Oceanside, San Diego to New York City's, Times Square. We aim to complete the ride in 17 days following the RAAM (Race Across America) route through 12 states, 88 Counties, 350 communities and 170,000 feet of climbing. 

The team are attempting to raise £20,000 for charity along the way. The Little Harbour Children's Hospice, St Austell, the Cornwall Air Ambulance and the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund. We have been working hard raising money in supermarkets, shopping centres and even women's clothes shops! With concerts, children's parties, coffee mornings, auctions and much, much more planned! Donations are available via our 'donate now' tab.

We will be offering corporate opportunities to any businesses who would like to support us and the charities. We have a partners page, where our sponsoring company logos and links will appear. Additionally, our team will wear clothing printed with their company logos, who choose to sponsor the event.

Wayne Davey is a well known face in and around Newlyn having played rugby for Penzance & Newlyn Pirates and is a regular crew member of the Penlee lifeboat, Ivan Ellen.

Girl Rona waits for salvage team to arrive.

Image courtesy of Torbay Surfing web cam.

Attempts to re-float the capsized fishing vessel Girl Rona appear to have been halted - despite the valiant efforts of the local team, strong easterly winds have made pumping out the vessel impossible. In this shot taken around 2pm from a web cam overlooking the entrance to Teignmouth Harbour, she can be seen laying on her side on a shingle bank. All five members of the crew were taken off safely after the boat capsized when a freak wave hit her as she attempted to navigate the narrow channel entrance to the port on Monday evening.

Few fish for sale with the fleet at sea.

 Small netters, Girl Pamela and  Britannia IV provide the bulk of the fish on the market this morning.......

 with the addition of four boxes of mini monk tails.........

 it's time for the buyers to assemble.........

 after the conclusion of the fridge sale........

gone are the days of long ladders and long arms to paint the masts on bigger vessels.

Cornish Hake on the table in Honiton.

Hake dish from chef James Baxter

@AjaxAH32 my latest hake dish with river Exe mussels .....keep it up, the hake's going down a storm at the moment - !pic.twitter.com/LApE4cJ6- latest creation from chef James Baxter at the Holt in Honton, Devon. 

Pelagic pair team working south of the Lizard..

Sister ships, Wiron 5 and Wiron 6 tacked on the AIS as they midwater trawl south of the Lizard.

Cornish fish feature in sustainable seafood products sales increase.

Good news for MSC accredited fisheries in Cornwall from the Environment pages of the Guardian newspaper -  

"Sharp rise in sustainable seafood products on sale in UK The number of fish and seafood products on offer certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council up 41% to 988....."

The story cites examples across a range of seafood products featured on supermarket counters including our own Cornish Sardines.......

"Sainsbury's – the largest UK retailer of MSC-approved fish — has just launched its 100th MSC-certified product. Its Icelandic line-caught haddock will add to other successful products including Cornish sardines (once known as pilchards) and its Basics range of pollock fishfingers. The launch also marks the first MSC-certified fishery in Iceland."

Monday morning market.

Black bins fill the middle market floor.......

Sarah Crosbie joins Andy Wheeler and the first set of recruits all set for week three of Seafood Cornwall Training's, Introduction to Fishing' course get their first look at a busy auction sale and a chance to see the results for those boats that have been to sea for more than a week.........

lots of lovely lemons......

and quality haddocks from the inshore boats......

keep the market floor busy.......

numero uno from Falmouth.......

the eerie figure of Mr Downing graces the deck of the Billy Rowney........

and then it's back to going through the gear.......

as if fishing wasn't dangerous enough........

maybe some snow on the way this morning St Just way.