For a while it looked like the Terramare might become the Terrafirma after the cradle refused to budge and she became stuck on the slip but then, after several attempts, and thanks to harbour staff, engineers, the harbour tug Danmark and the Penlee lifeboat she was successfully towed down the slip and off the cradle.
Boats using the slip in Newlyn rely on entering and leaving the slipway cradle on or near high water depending on the vessel's draught and some boats can only do so on a big spring tide.
As the fishing fleet modernises and boats become deeper drafted an increasing number of Newlyn vessels are forced to travel hundreds, some more thsan 1000 miles as far as Scotland or Holland to be serviced.
This greatly highlights the justification for some serious modernisation of the harbour's infrastructure to cater for the growing demands made by fishing and work boats in the South West - where we know the likes of wind-farms and similar marine projects are already in the pipeline.
You can read more about the concept plans for Newlyn on the Advisory Board pages of the Harbour website here.
