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Monday 23 July 2007

Between showers.....

Grimmy takes time out from spinning yarns to the 'yella wellies' to mend his gear.......
there's a good mix of boats in the Bay with the MCA Anglian Princess back on station again......
Nathan and Quentin put their point across to the visiting group......
while the Polarfrost Seafoods' driver from Grimsby eats his chips before heading off up the A30...........
and the scalloper, Jacoba hangs his 17 dredges a side out to dry.

Sunday 22 July 2007

IoS - Pretty in Pink!

Twinkle arrives to put his trip ashore, Sunday afternoon..
while the spiders from Tom on the Huers get sorted....
....and brother Dennis heads back to tier in his punt.Down on the pontoons, 'Grimmy' Mike, in yellow wellies tells another 'yellow welly' (as fishermen affectionately refer to yachtsman in general) how the world should be!
This used to be a slip down to the beach in Newlyn, could you find it today?
10 out of 10 and kudos to the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company bringing some real pzazz to their overstay car park in Wherry Town!

Saturday 21 July 2007

St Mary's lifeboat engineer returned to the islands.

Penlee lifeboat, Ivan Ellen and the IRB escorted St Mary's Olive Elsie Whitehead as far as the Runnelstone buoy off Lands End this morning as a mark of respect for Nathan Woodcock who sadly died recently, engineer aboard the St Mary's boat.Regular visitor, Marie Jacob heads for the grounds.An opportunity beckons for someone aboard the Ocean Spray.
To support the RNMDSF's latest fundraising scheme we celebrate the proliferation of 'yellow wellies' evident around the harbour early this morning.........

.....up the steps in yellow...........get your ice in yellow...........and last, but not least, a pair of yellow wellies!

Friday 20 July 2007

End of the 'Bryan D'

An additional hand this week on the job.....
Mav guides the final hull section on to the lorry flat bed....out comes the chain....to lash down four tons of steel hull plate.......which is then winched aboard the waiting lorry.


round at the Tolcarne Inn, fresh Newlyn crab is on the menu.

Summer's back!


The Anneliese in silhouette heads for the gaps...
...with a man on the bow ready with the shore rope.
Roger sits and contemplates life as a trawlerman faced with a bit o' mending on the footrope it seems.

Thursday 19 July 2007

A master at work....

Crabber Cresca gets a tow back in tier from the Trewidden with harbourmaster Andrew Munson at the helm....
single handed it seems....job done, Andrew and Royden head back up the harbour.
On the new quay, brand new pots wait to join the fleet
thumbs up from the Viddy....as the Aphros from Great Yarmouth makes her way in.With the new art gallery developments perhaps someone can explain this monolith the Wherry Town car park by Penzance Promenade - is it art or a concrete fitment left over from the sewage treatment development?

Tuesday 17 July 2007

Warp arrives from Holland, courtesy of German driver.

Huge scalloper lands catch by the pallet load.
Urk registered Jacoba lands her trip of scallops to waiting transport on the quay.
A mixed trip of gill and tangle fish (hake and turbot) for the Carol H.
Courtesy of a Dutch transport company and German driver, warp arrives for the beamer fleet.