Seas of spume at Cape Cornwall

With NW gusts up to 89mph recorded at Lands End there's a wave in the 'graveyard' at the back of Newlyn's North quay...
but it's not for the feint hearted, at lowish water - that's rocks dead ahead!
and a fight for every good wave and head away from the quay wall asap.....
and keep your eyes peeled
and paddle like hell!the harbour's christmas tree is just holding up in the strong winds...
later in the day, Through the Gaps visited Cape Cornwall and Botallack....
Cardinney Campsite sign indicating just how fresh the breeze is....
te old mine working taking the full force of the storm...
and anyone bound round the Longships heading North would get this sort of view from the wheelhouse!

Small Dutch invasion fleet in the Bay

Last of the few netters that braved the weeks appalling weather, Padstow netter , Berlewen puts her trip ashore to the market fridge...
as Royden ducks the morning's torrential rain....the Intuition makes her way in past a Dutch freezer trawler dodging in the Bay...
Dutch freezer SCH303 Ariadne at anchor....Breton chalutier Jacques de Thezac...
later in the afternoon, the Dom Bosco ends what must have been an uncomfortable day hauling pots off the Wolf
work is progressing well on the latest addition to the crabbing fleet..
not much doing on the slip, only a couple of bedraggled cormorants...
close up of the second Dutch freezer SCH 6 Alida astern of the Anglian Princess, both riding at anchor

Ready to go

With the entire fleet tied up (apart from the sheltering Breton boats that have now sailed) there's not much doing down the quay - a couple of hundred new pots wait on the quay to go aboard one of the port's crabbers.

Late arrival joins other Breton boats sheltering in Newlyn

The Connemerra and Barra An Aod shelter from the winter's first seriious blow along with..
the Kuzh Heol and Le Nautile from Loctudy...
seen here on Sunday...
the Roxanne, now registered in Douarnenez was originally a startling purple in colour...
late on Sunday afternoon, Le Casquests joins the other sheltering vessels..
she's from the tiny fishing port of St Brieux on the Cote D'Amorthe mate seen here indicating to the skipper that there are 5m of water showing on the stone quay depth guage...

she makes her way down the harbour....and into tier....

outside the Swordfish, l'equippage de la Kuzh Heol take advantage of their enforced 'vacance'!
Badcock's gallery have a campaign to support the internationally recognised Shelterbox charity

It's westerly, wet, windy and worse to come!

'Tom', as the monument appears to have been christened, looks out over a windswept bay as the Anglian Princess rides out the heavy swell....
the Trevessa rests alongside the fishmarket, down the harbour the fleet are all in, including the netters, all of whom have been prevented from sailing by the poor forecast...
Juicy is about to join the rest of the crew on the Cornishman as they go through the gear...
the heavy footrope deserves special attention...as both sets of gear are heaved to the top of the derricks for inspection, pretty clean they look after their trip...
all quiet late Saturday afternoon down a rainswept new quay
if you're in the area, it's your last chance to catch the Lineage exhibition at the Orion Gallery.

Colour co-ordinated crabber

seems shades of yellow are cool on crabbers....
another bit of scrap trawled up....
the port side derrick gets the treatment on the Cornishman down the new quay

Netters ready to go

Big red cat Thomas Andrew on the pontoons....
One of the few varnished boats in the south west, built in Girvan of course, the Brittania IV gets a clean up just before the next neap tide.....
hot from RNAS Culdrose, one of the Sea King Rescue 'parafin budgies' makes a fly past over Penzance
familiar vistor and ex-sidewinder Hatherleigh has been in town for a few days....
the boys will busy in the morning with plenty of gear to go back aboard the Ocean Sprayseems that 'Grimmy' Mike has a new contract to catch bait for the crabbers - a disappointing day's work aboard the old girl!