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Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Skills of the hand, artisnal work on and around the harbour.

The Fish Shop, retail outlet for PJ Tonkin, Newlyn Fish Merchant is undergoing a major refurbishment this week including a dramatic window display unusually these days created by a sign-writer rather than using a computer and vinyl......
all that is needed is a brush, a mahl stick (upon which to rest the brush and) and a steady and......
looks like some sort of ex-Admiralty launch.....
the big one has gone two up in recent days......
plenty of big visiting yachts.......
forklift 2 tons, old anchor 5 tons, no chance Royden......
new gear time for the Admiral Gordon.......
you can't call yourself a trawlerman until you can splice wire.......
and then when the damage has been done.......
cut out the damaged meshes and mend the rest of the trawl.......
good to see the old St Ives lugger Barnabus off to sea with a novice crew about to get a taste of life on a dipping lugger.