Stevenson's first beamer makes her final voyage

In a scene reminiscent of JMW Turner's "Fighting Temeraire", the Elizabeth Anne Webster is towed by the Chickadee and the harbour punt round to the slip for breaking. She was the port's first beamer, skippered for most of her career by three well known Newlyn men, firstly by David Hooper followed by Dell Puckey and Michael Corin.
she's towed passed the newest wooden beamer, the Marie Claire up on the slip......
a tricky moment as the Chickadee takes her past the end of the Old Quay....
at this time, first time visitor from Bideford, Our Olivia Belle makes her way quietly to the market to land....
hard to know how many times the Chickadee has manouvered the EAW into a berth, this time its the last and final berth.....
even Lifeboat coxwain, Neil Brockman has been drafted in to help!......
as ever, Mav and Clive bring things into perspective as the ominous arm of the crawler make a grab for the hull.....
and the tow is let go......
back at the fish market, the Bideford boat, in her somewhat striking livery has begun to land.....
as the boys on the Defiant get down to some serious mending after pulling the net on to the quay by the iceworks.