Storms force Breton boats to shelter in Newlyn

A number of 18-23m Breton boats from Loctudy and Guilvenec were forced to take shelter in Newlyn today from winds gusting to 60 knots. The Sevenstones' Light buoy recorded wave heights over 20 feet in the early hours of the morning.
Meanwhile, a few boats landed to the market, including the Algrie with a shot of cuttles. As usual, the cuttles left their mark on the market floor making more work for Lionel and the boys!
It was a bit breezy at the end of the market.
Barney Thomas' Ajax lays to the market. One of the netters to get a trip in before the blow.

Squalls force back inshore boats

Small netter, Golden Harvest at the iceworks
Girl Patricia makes her way to the iceworks
The Blejanehre waits for the grub to arrive.Netter, Gary M makes her way to the Low Lee buoy.

Signs of a ripple in the water?

The day many have been waiting for is not far away! It might only be a short journey, but the Ripple will soon be fitted with a set of wheels before she makes her way down the quay and into the water.

Christmas Day and all is quiet.

With the warmer(ish) weather the cloud has returned.
Stevenson's have their ice-works beautifully lit up as a castle.
With no Stevenson's boat lit up on the slip it's down to the Billy Rowney to provide the boat with the seasonal lights - this year its just the deck lights.
A very quiet harbour under grey skies provides this years tranquil Christmas setting.

End of the fishing year - for most!

The biggest vessel in port, the scalloper Jacoba will keep her crew busy over the next few days after bending her port side derrick.
The engineer has had to cut out the damaged section .Ivan Ellen on station amidst the harbour Xmas lights and not a breath of wind this evening!

Penlee lifeboat disaster - 25 years on...

25 years on from the loss of the Penlee lifebaot and the last market for export fish is under way at 8am.
The Arun Class, Ivan Ellen rests at her new pontoon berth. She's the replacement boat for the Solomon Browne which was lost with all hands while attemting to rescue the crew and passengers from the Union Star.Andrew Munson, Newlyn harbour master recalls the events of that fateful night to James Churchfield as BBC Radio Cornwall broadcast it's entire breakfast show from the port.

Ocean Fresh Cornish Sardines!

14 tons of Cornish Sardines for the Resolute. See a short video of her landing here.

Roche based Ocean Fresh's boss Andrew Lakeman, lends a hand on deck for one of the last landings for 2006!


It's family affair!
There they go!What a welcome break the weather was this morning - flat calm in the harbour.Pru Esther comes alongside with all bins full.
All the sardine boats had good hauls - after weeks of slack fishing the bay is full of marks
And still they come ashore in the brailer.