Blazing Monday morning in Newlyn.

Something in the air this morning, Lionel is busy weeding - before...

and after...

meanwhile Monday morning's market saw mainly inshore trawl and line caught fish up for auction...

like these mackerel...

bass...

and brill, caught by local hero Tom on the Guardian who successfully rescued the stricken yacht Pir2 after she capsized within sight of him while fishing SW of Lands End...

maybe Jamie Oliver has invested in a fishing boat...

trawl caught John Dory...

line caught mullet from Capn'n Cod...

and trap caught cuttles...

along with a few boxes of sardines landed last night by the Lyonesse...

ask Alexa and 2.4kg of mackerel shall be given...

possible signs of squid on the move this morning...

not as fast as Graham though...

monk cut in chunks make magnificent BBQ kebabs...

while lemons are best kept on the bone...

another day for the local angling boat, Freedom...

in mirror-like conditions...

another tier of nest gets over-ended - machines like that enable boats as small as the Bonnie Grace to work singlehanded...

there's a number of inshore beam trawlers working from Newlyn at the moment like the Fleetwood registered Providing Star...

and the Simon Paul...

the Union flag just about unfurled in a the gentle morning zephyrs...

Spirited Lady will be away later today...

the tidy creel boat Katy B...

salvaged yacht Pir2 is now awaiting repairs before heading back to France and a welcome reception...

enough gill nets to fill an artic...

work in progress on Stevenson's tug...

be aware! - number plate recognition is now a thing for all areas including the car park in Newlyn.

 

Capsized Trimaran Pir2 righted and brought into Newlyn.

The 50' trimaran, Pir2 skippered by Etienne Hochedé took part in the Route de Rhum solo trans-Atlantic race in November 2018...

 

recently decided to head back to France across the Atlantic from Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadaloupe...

when disaster struck and and she capsized around 5pm just four miles south of Lands End -  Tom McClure on the trawler Guardian who was less than a mile away at the time noticed that the mast appeared to be canted at an angle ...

The AIS track for both vessels (yacht in yellow) traces the rescue pattern - towing the yacht into a safe berth off Newlyn, the rescue took,,in total, 40 hours - AIS trace courtesy of VesselTracker

and then disappear from view and on the AIS that the boat had a much reduced speed - while he steamed towards the yacht a Navy helicopter on exercise appeared and airlifted the skipper to Treliske where he was kept in for observation overnight before heading to Newlyn to find his boat now righted and alongside the quay...

as luck would have it, the mast and sails from the yacht had been removed by the salvage boat working on the replacement of fenders in the harbour...

which then turned its attention to the capsized hull ably supported by Jeremy on the Danmark...

and skipper Tom McClure on the trawler Guardian...

eventually the hull was righted...

and the yacht towed into Newlyn alongside...

the North pier...

where she was pumped out and the skipper helped in rescuing the contents of his cockpit and in making ready for repairs to the starboard sponson which was damaged in collision with a submerged though to be the cause of the capsize.

A good day for scrubbing your bottom on this fine #FishyFrday in Newlyn.

Hake netter Ygraine basking in the morning sun...

you can't miss the quay ladders these days...

the resident harbour seal continues his quest for breakfast...

though with sky-high fish prices no-one is going to be tossing him any of these tasty morsels any time soon...

a favourite trick of seals is to 'fish' down the length of a tier of nets picking out individual fish and then sucking out just the livers with a single nite through the belly...

the mackerel men had a better day...

just the one beam trawl trip from the Cornishman on the market tis morning, with only four boats remaining fishing from the ageing fleet of over 25 boats not that many years ago supplies of Dovers, lemons, megrim sole and monk have declined in recent years...

young Brackan does love his red mullet...

decent size monk tails...

squid are still hard to come by...

while haddock are there to be caught - if you have enough quota...

not to be argued with, this male lobster looks like he has fought a battle or two over the years, he said, "you should see the other guy"...

and one who sells such fish...

lesser spotted dogfish, bait is always needed...

it's a wrap...

time to get your pension sorted...

the harbour very kindly has provided a cooling shower down the quay...

aye, aye relief Cap'n Juicy!..

boxes all aboard for Cap'n Dwan...

loading time...

BM7, Monty of Ladram is back in town...

not many modern vessels can be said to have elegant lines, tiz function over form every time...

taking advantage of the high tide on the Canner's slip...

Cap'n Cod doesn't seem too bothered about getting his feet wet...

as he brushes the weed off after just one month since the last time...

Richard guides his way in also for a bottom scrub.