Through the Gaps! - Newlyn Fishing News: The eclipse - as it was in Newlyn followed by the mid-week market on Wednesday morning.

There was an eerie atmosphere as a heavy sea fog rolled across the Bay, leaving a solitary seagull wondering what Tom was looking at...

as most of Newlyn harbour disappeared...

the Ajax has her bottom pressure washed prior to being anti-fouled and re-anoded...

nice little quest for the youngsters who visit the @NewlynFish Festival on Monday...

later in the day a new venture begins, a regular visitor down on the prawns over the last few years, the Asteria will be doing the same for new owners based in the south west...

heading back to sea, the William Samson Stevenson...

seems there's plenty of mackerel arrived in the Bay over the big spring tide...

looking very spruce, the Imogen III is back from a serious refit and ready to rock and roll again...

she's not the only one with a fresh coat of paint as the resident crew on the Joy of Ladram...

and the Karen of Ladram demonstrating the pride they have in what is essentially their second homes, give the boats fresh coats of paint topsides...

they are not the only ones aloft of course a man not afraid to show off his tatts...

the delivery crew are only stopping over before sailing for bRixham when they will return home to await the launch of the Asteria's replacement due to be launched next month...

a better view of the Brit after her refit and able to show off what must now be one of only a handful of varnished hulls of any size left in the entire country...