First time visitor

Jersey registered crabber, Doreen Rosa C pulls in alongside the Cornishman on Sinday afternoon.Over on the old stone quay, a shag hangs his wings out to dry on the steps.
BM10, Brixham beamer Emilia M Emiel goes through her gear alongside the deserted fish maket on Sunday afternoon.

After a wild Friday night, a calm quiet Saturday morning

Early Friday evening and gill-netter Silver Dawn prepares for sea at the start of another neap tide.
Lionel walks the length of the deserted market - no fish this weekend.
Peter retrieves some flotsam from the harbour.
Apart from the harbour guys above, the only life down the quay are crew on their way down the quay to the remaining gill-netters. Meanwhile, over in Penzance wet dock a local beamer lands to a waiting lorry.There's a few baskets of shellfish ready to be picked up by Harvey's.

Dark, dull and dismal February night

Irish beamer Bidget Karmel berthed alongside local beamer, Sapphire.
Irish beamer Mary Kate gets through some gear maintenance alongside the market.Local netters, the ugliest sterns in the business!

Over in Penzance dock on a quiet weekend...

Gill netter, 'Carol H' enters Penzance wet dock, high water Sunday afternoon.
She takes a berth alongside the 'Sowena'.There's a thirty foot steel yacht for sale.
The 'Scillonian' is in the dry dock for her winter maintenance.

If you visit the harbour today.......

Work continues as top crabber, Intuition undergoes a major refit.
Boxes from the Nova Spero wait on the quay to go back aboard the boat.Badcock's Gallery are hosting their latest exhibition - 'Physicality' shows off work from the Fine Art Professional Develeopment Diploma Students.
Once you have enjoyed the fine art, why not avail yourself some refreshment and visit Newlyn's finest purveyor of fine ales and other stimulating beverages.

The loss of the Bugaled Breizh

The Bugaled Breizh was lost with all hands South of the Lizard on January 15 2004. A book has just been published (in French) which speculates that the vessel was lost as a result of involvement with a miilitary exercise in the area and not due to weather or fishing difficulties. See this Daily Telegraph review of the book.

Bugaled Breizh entering her home port of Loctudy in the early 1990s, below that is her catch on Loctudy market laid out for sale.
In previous years seen here entering Newlyn during a storm.
The first Bugaled Breizh owned by skipper Michelle Douce, one of the first Breton skippers to have this new class of steel, fully shelterdecked trawlers built in the early 1980s. She often fished for langoustines on the Smalls, Labadie and Jones' Banks in addition to bottom trawling for whitefish.

Surf's up two days running - weetabix boys!