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Monday 4 November 2013

Many megs and monk may make much money on Monday

Almost sun-up...

with the Plymouth based Admiral Gordon up at the market...

and if your name's on the board...

things are a little dim on the market this morning,...

let's hope the prices are brighter...

with a market full of fish...

many monks...

the buying is keen...

for net hake...

and plenty of work for Cefas Sam...

major beam trawl footrope repairs on the St Georges...

as the sparks fly...

all set to sail today after a very breezy weekend...

there's a new fuel kid on the block!

Fishing vessel from Paimpol sank off the Lizard - five rescued

AIS track from #VesselTracker showing the final route of the crabber Panamera from Paimpol

Five members from the "Panamera" have been winched to safety after their ship sank in stormy conditions off the Cornish coast on Nov 3, 2013. The Falmouth Coastguard was first contacted just before 1 a.m. by the French Coastguard, who reported that the fishing vessel which had come from Saint-Brieuc was taking on water 78 miles NNE of Brest, and their pumps weren't coping. The RNLI Lizard all-weather lifeboat along with the Royal Navy search and rescue helicopter from Culdrose were sent to the scene. Falmouth Coastguard also issued a mayday relay broadcast, to see if any vessels in the area could help. Two tankers responded to this message and went to the "Panamera". They positioned themselves around the boat to provide shelter while waiting for the search and rescue units to arrive. The wind at the time was a gale force 8, gusting more than 40 mph, with a 4-5 metre swell. When the Royal Navy helicopter arrived on Scene at 3.15 a.m., they transferred another pump to the boat. It failed to help with the water ingress so the five crew decided to abandon their vessel and climbed into their liferaft. From there, they were winched on board the helicopter. The hoist was completed at 3.40 a.m., and they were taken back to Culdrose where they were delivered at 4.15 a.m. None of the five resuced were hurt or showing signs of hypothermia as they were all wearing survival suits.The "Panamera" has since sunk approximately 25 nautical miles south east of The Lizard. No debris was located on the surface, the two life rafts were recovered by the RNLI boats. (14 hours ago, by Timsen

ChloeT on canvas

ChloeT

Latest painting from Jeremy Thomson currently showing at the Newlyn Bridge Gallery.

Friday 1 November 2013

Full-on #FF fishy Friday fever!

Just time to roll a cigarette before the next set of nets comes ashore - at the end of every trip the skipper will select the tires of bets with the most damaged nets to come ashore and be repaired......

a brace of sharks keep a beady eye on the market...

along with these hake from the Ajax...

these red mullet add a splash of colour to the proceedings...

half full and mostly with net fish with only two beam trawlers on the market...

two auctions get the fish sold more quickly...

as the Sparkling Line's fish will testify...

these rays don't come much fresher...

stack 'e m high...

and keep them covered...

plenty of hake on the market from the three net boats to land....

the view up the harbour at 6.30 am...

away in the distance the crabber Intuition can be seen on the slip waiting to get her new propeller fitted...

clearish skies off to the South.

A joint effort!

Both the St Mary’s and Penlee RNLI lifeboat crews were out late on Tuesday night to assist a broken down fishing vessel.

The 16-metre boat was first taken under tow off the Isles of Scilly at around 11pm by the St Mary’s RNLI volunteers before being handed into the care of the Penlee RNLI team south of the Wolf Rock which towed her back to Newlyn, arriving at 4am.

’Patch’ Harvey, RNLI Coxswain at Penlee said: "All in all the fishing vessel was towed for 30 miles in south westerly winds of force three to four and a big three to four metre swell.

"All that and in the middle of the night when most people were sound asleep in their beds, so well done to the two volunteer crews who gave up much of their sleeping time to help get the fishing boat crew safely home."