Busy Tuesday fish market in Newlyn

7 am start to sketching in the old harbour...

and before you know it, on the second skecth the tide has gone out...

leaving the Admiral Grenville high and dry on the slip...

also high and dry is the huge Irish stern trawler, Unity...

bulbous bows just got bigger and bigger...

on the way to sorting another problem, the Danmark...

inshore steel stern trawler...

rust, the enemy of every steel boat owner...

bulbous bow with fin keels...

the Annie-May's first landing...

plastic tide...

6am and the fish market is packed with boxes...

turbot from the trammel netters...

John Dory form the inshore trawlers...

monk tails from the beamers...

and Dover soles too...

and even larger monk tails from the Don on the Filadelfia...

work continues on the second phase of the new market...

which means that space is still at a premium...

the trammel netters land even larger monk tails...

the big man loves his megrims...

a window on the auction...

while the prime fish (monk, megrim, Dover and lemon sole and plaice) from the two beam trawlers wait to be sold...

hake are just plain menacing fish...

big blonde...

first landing of turbot from the Annie-May...

pristine ray...

plenty of pollack from the line caught men...

even ore 'butt from the netters...

and some stunning monk tails...

Jimbo's jumbo hake...

don't leave a lot of room on the market floor...

for auctioneer Ian to keep the sale moving...

the rest of the Filadelfia's quality fish...

included a few snakes again...

big cod and red mullet...

more line caught pollack...

and the odd box of trap caught cuttles...

while the stacks of lie-caught fish get even higher...

prime white fish...

and superb monk tails from the Annie-May...

even three boxes need a big shove to get them moving over the new non-slip market floor...

nice reds Don...

 seems Mr Smart cannot resist those prime turbot...

and it's good to see young Edwin back from the land of pizza, Pompei and prosecco...

the smart money is on turbot this morning....

busy, busy, busy...

 here's looking at the fleet from the market...

MacDuff move in on the prawn trawler, Resolute for landing...

stones, every trawler skipper's nightmare, well the crew too because they have to mend all the holes in the net caused by bigger stones than this...

the Crystal Sea's bulbous bow...

dedicated to the boats they work aboard, crews on the Scottish boats always find a job or two to do between trips it seems, especially when they are thousands of miles form home.

Bank Holiday weekend in Mounts Bay and Newlyn

 

Last minute clean-up in progress just hours before...

people can take the plunge and dive in at the deep end...

of the newly re-furbished classic art-deco...

 Jubilee Pool overlooking Mounts Bay...

where you can enjoy pool-side drinks or a meal...

in a town whose two main religions, both in this shot, are both popular on a Sunday for locals and tourists alike...

heading out to sea ...

on a stunning morning...

while a handful of boats like the Reul na Mara... 

and the Aquarius have made it in...

 to land to the Real McKay over the weekend...

the inshore trawler New Venture about to fire up her main engine for another day at sea...

there's still plenty of heavy cloud with thunderstorms forecast for later...

as the boxes are swung ashore...

from the prawn trawler, Orion...

won't be long before the engine is back in place...

while the refurb and fish handling gear is nearly complete on the Billy Rowney...

good to see the youngsters making their presence felt in the port...

the new temp RNLI building is nicely decked out for the summer...

if this cuttlefish trap fishes successfully all hands will be interested in seeing how it will be hauled aboard...

a bonnie boat the Bonnie Grace...

just a few of the boats in for the weekend...

there's a new Maverick in town...

the Algrie  heads out through the gaps for another week at sea...

something to sketch of a morning...

before the light changes...

and it's not the only painting in progress...

you know it...

tying up a few loose ends...

she's looking good - it goes without saying that the boat named after the world renowned home of artists, Lamorna Cove will look painterly..

yet another visiting inshore trawler, Anne Louise from Falmouth...

there's probably not a codend in the world that doesn't have at least one dogfish in it...

some seriously heavy lower bridles these Scottish prawn trawlers work...

and just look at the weight of the footrope!...

it's all about the teamwork on a fishing boat... 

the main trawls are worked from twin net drums atop of the shelterdeck...

separated by the huge clump...

while this Scottish 20m trawler Orion built in 2000 draws 3.8 meters at the bow...

the 18m ex-French stern trawler (Kerose from Concarneau) , Aquarius draws a mere 2.2 metres, a sign of just how much boat designs have evolved with a much greater beam-to-length ratio than more traditional hulls.