Newlyn's Olympic rowing team get in some practice for the 2012 games

With a final shove, the Ripple leaves her temporary home on the Canners slip with a motley crew....
about to take up their stations in order to row the boat around to her quayside berth where it is hoped the masts will be fitted in time for the Fish festival....
after some brief instruction, the rowing begins...
and she makes her way across the harbour....
under temporary command......
the skipper and crew put their backs into the task....
as the crabber Intuition hard on the stern of the inshore trawler Amanda, heads in through the gaps.

Signs of a Ripple in the water

The St Mary's lifeboat heads out through the gaps on her way back to the Scillies after a quick spell on the slip for a bottom scrub and anti-fouling....
plenty of feed-fish down the back of the quay at the moment over high water......
Andrew tows the CKS back to the slip after she made way temporarily for the St Mary's lifeboat...
the harbour staff have their work cut out clearing up after others all round the harbour in preparation for Newlyn's Fish Festival this weekend....
and, right on cue, the new masts for the Ripple have now moved next to the berth where the Ripple will lie against the New Quay......
crew on the Brixham scalloper, Philomena take ice.

Eighteen foot tide today

Riding well out of the water after coming down off the slip, the CKS will soon be putting all her gear back aboard....
which is waiting for the boys down the new Quay....
despite much speculation about prospecting for oil, the rig is awaiting sailing orders, with an MCA imposed restriction keeping her in port until the forecast is giving Force 3 or less, it is hoped she will move out today and make the three or four hour tow round the Lizard to anchor off Cadgwith....
today's tide is big enough....
as harbourmaster Andrew takes the boat across to the slip.....
it's a tight squeeze in the narrows for the earthmoving kit on its way to the Penlee Marina development.....
maybe the skies will brighten over the port later today.......
clearing up after landing, the Ben My Chree put ashore a good shot of craws and lobster after a trip marred by hauler problems and very uncomfortable weather......
could be a revelation aboard the Cornishman.....
signs of the impending Fish Festival this weekend, the barriers are ready to go......
as ever, the local refrigertaion companies are kept busy servicing the fishrooms aboard the fleet.

Wet skies indeed.

A single gull flies past Tom under very heavy wet skies that greet the Bay this morning...
the resident biggest twin-rigger lays ahead of the visiting Lerwick registered Alison Kay whic has just made her second landing from the deep water off to the Southwest...
despite the rain the iceworks area is getting a clean up......
part of the Alison Kay's trip on the market ready for the sale....
which included a box of monk cheeks, something that Saturday Kitchen's host chef James Martin would love to have had his hands on....
there were a few bass around for those willing to put the time in off the Runnelstone Reef as can be seen from Penberth Cove man, Robert George's efforts over the weekend...
father and son duo Stephen and Gary Leach, keen to get back to sea after landing, take on grub for the next foray out West of the Wolf with their twin-rig gear.

Raft Race day

As ever, a big crowd joined Tom to watch this year's Newlyn Raft Race....

possibly first home in fairly tough conditions......
while the Newlyn Meadery Maids were well down this year in their tried and tested raft.....
always good to see an inventive use of fish boxes....

the jack-up rig has moved yet again....
in through the gaps at the end of her trip twin-rigger Crystal Sea II closely followed by......
the Alison Kay at the end of her second week of twin-rig trials off in the deep water.

The wind effect and another cat in town

The jack-up rig has had to delay sailing to its destination off the Lizard Lifeboat station due to the wind strength....
even the swans seem somewhat dejected by the unseasonal weather.....
another wind - a WindCat on passage, one of a whole fleet currently being built to support the increasing number of offshore windfarms around our coastline....
the Iron Fairy has been picked up by Andrew Stephens transport of St Just.

Construction rig held up..

On the New Quay, the Oliva Jean sporting 18 scallop dredges a side....
these guys must be big fans of the reds!.....
some of the crew from C&J Drilling chew the fat.....
as the jack-up rig they are working from is now berthed over by the slip waiting for a break in the weather. She is due to start work on the construction of a new lifeboat house at Cadgwith for the Lizard Lifeboat.....