Scottish prawn trawler Orion is the latest to make a landing in Newlyn...
while the skipper of the Jorgen Amundsen plans to locate the wreck of cargo vessel MV Mark that sank on the same night as the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster. The MV Mark got into difficulty off Penzance, Cornwall, on the night of 19 December 1981, resulting in six crew losing their lives. The vessel has never been found and identified, although debris was found. Fredrik Lunde says he hopes to find the ship and get more information for the families of its crew. The bulk carrier, loaded with China clay, suffered engine failure and lost contact with the coastguard. Fredrik Lunde became interested in the MV Mark after locals in Penzance told him about it - debris including a lifebelt was washed up, with the belt now hanging on the wall in a local pub, The Dock in Penzance. The sinking happened on the same night the Penlee lifeboat was dispatched to help the Union Star. Newspaper reports at the time pointed out that 22 lives were lost that night - 16 from the Solomon Browne lifeboat and the coaster it had attempted to reach. Fredrik, who has been in Cornwall since April plans to take out his converted Norwegian rescue ship, which he has been turning into a survey vessel, to examine a possible wreck site some 165ft (50m) deep, about seven nautical miles off Penzance...
meanwhile, the Algrie, the first ex-Dutch beam trawler ever brought to Newlyn is one of the remaining three boats now waiting the return of the tug to tow them to Belgium and the scrapyard - end of an era indeed...
three men and their ladder...
a brighter sign of the changing fortunes and times, the harbour now has its very own electric forklift...
looks like there is still plenty of mending to do before the gear goes back aboard the Spirited Lady III...
and even more work for the guys aboard the Enterprise...
at this time of year the pontoon berths are filled with passing yachts, build it and they will come...
today's mackerel boats have yet to land their morning's catch, now where did the landing book go?...
there was a mix of fish on the market tis morning with quality fish like these hake and red mullet...
and John Dory from the Orion...
landings of mackerel picked up a little last night for the punt men...
you wouldn't want these to be wrapped around you when swimming in the Bay...
staple catch for the beam trawl fleet...
while these make an additional bonus to the landings...
if you know where to go there are still shots of bass to be had...
beam trawlers like the Trevessa IV make the biggest landings of megrim sole...
fish like these red mullet add variety to the trips...
looks like today could be fine.
