First time in Newlyn for the latest addition to the Spirited fleet, Our Frankie Shan...
seen here with sisterships, Spirited Lady III and the Our Charlie Mia...
after she landed her trip at the market...
by a cheerful crew following their three-day shakedown trip, from L-R, mate David Haigh, Tadas Sakalauskas, Brackan Pearce, Ian Murdock, Jamie Smith and Evaldas Labeikis...
the local turnstones always look like they are freezing...
and so they should hundreds of boxes of top quality fish on the market again this morning like these big John Dory...
and monk tails from the new boat and its fellow fleet members...
Brackan's mighty tub gurnard...
alongside some cracking hake from the Ygraine...
there were plenty of ray wings...
and fresh monk tails from the new boat...
while almost no inshore fish except for these grey mullet...
luckily there were plenty of lemons...
and prime flats ready to go...
including turbot...
Dovers...
and whole seine net caught monk...
and plenty of haddock to keep the chip shops supplied...
the Billy Rowney also landed cuttles and octopus...
while the seiner filled a box with roe...
but only managed a single cod for the whole trip...
an empty fish tells a story - bad weather has kept the handliners from getting out to sea...
so the new grader, specifically bought to cater for the inshore boats landing smaller fish like mackerel up to 40cm in length will have to wait for another day for some fish before it is commissioned..