Easy on the eyes

Visiting Sennen lifeboat nestles between the lugger Ripple and Ivan Ellen.....
good job the residents here weren't quite as touchy about changes to the vista in Newlyn or maybe the Harbour and the RNLI may have been forced to go to the High Court just to get the access bridge passed - though it does have a certain charm at high water of an evening.....
a fresh set of nets in bins wait to go aboard the Carol H before she sets off on her next trip.

All eyes on the High Court

Yesterday saw the start of an appeal in the High Court over the proposed jetty and road access in Helford. It is hoped that the hearing will be concluded today. Coverage of the story in full from yesterday can be found here.

Gales for Goss and the Spirit of Mystery

The boat's latest position from their website shows the boat due South of the tiny island of St Pauls - map courtey of Google Maps - just type in a Lat & Long reading to fix a postion anywhere in the world.

It's been a roller coaster ride with a succession of gales or near gales and lulls for the Spirit of Mystery on this final leg of her trans-oceanic voyage. Listen to Pete Goss being interviewed by Radio Cornwall as he talks excitedly about how they are fairing aboard the boat as it traverses the notorious Southern Ocean. They are expecting a significant storm over the coming days and may look to seek shelter in the tiny haven that is St Pauls.

A ground sea running

There's a good chance the local surfers will take advantage of the wave running down the back of the quay in a spot known as the graveyard......
back in after a trip cut short thanks to the blow, the Nowell brothers land to a lorry.....
a handful of 'Bricky' beamers lay off the end of the New Quay....
along with the 3 Sons......
and the Goodwill....

with a strong offshore wind on the south coast only the local surfers will be happy today with this ground sea running!

The missing bridge

Young Roger Nowell making his way up the harbour to land at the market after being forced back in by a big ground sea running in front of tomorrow's big depression......
causing all through traffic to take the Penzance by-pass and shrouded in plastic sheeting, Ross Bridge has been lifted on to the road and is currently being shotblasted and repaired - to the right, the stern end of the Scillonian III is visible while she undergoes her annual refit in Penzance dry-dock.....
an unusually shaped piece of cut granite sits outside the entrance to the Abbey Warehouse development.

Get the RNLI to wash away the blues!

Heavy skies full of sleet and snow pass over a sheltering coaster in the Bay.....
the Berlewen puts her trip ashore to the waiting lorry bound for Plymouth market on Monday....
along with the Harvest Reaper and the Silver Dawn waiting alongside the ice berth....
the early light catches the Emma Louise in tier with her vivier pump running hard......
time to shift the Berlewen t make way for the next landing.....
over by the inshore RNLI boathouse the boys are hard at work on a charity car-wash session.....
last effort raised well over £450 for the day!

3 Sons under a full moon

Brixham inshore beamer 3 Sons has both sets of 3 metre gear up for overhaul.....
while the fishing lights have their bulbs replaced atop the wheelhouse....
A big moon hangs over the harbour gaps heralding the end of another neap tide, the morning will see the biggest of the netting fleet back in port to land their trips....
visiting Brixham beamer Harvester lays alongside the George Johannes.....
harbour marks, a red light in line with the Red Lion public house on the harbour wall
the Intuition is up on the slip for an anti-fouling session.....
here's an example of really moving with the times, there's considerable thought and innovation gone into the build and design of the punt, Blue-Belle from St Ives - from her Spencer Carter mini hauler up for'ard to the all-in-one wheelhouse and canopy extending over most of the afterdeck.