Big Dutchmen are glad to be green!

Skipper and some of the crew aboard the huge Dutch beamer Ora et Labora are happy with both the resultant work and fishing results having turned 'green' and put their giant beam trawls ashore, swapping them for a twin-rig trawl system..... stern view of the boat shows the trawl deck arrangement..... and the pristine trawl doors after their first trip to the clean grounds off to the South'ard, something that was tried out (not so successfully apparently) in a Seafish sponsored trial last year by the Lerwick registered stern trawler Alison Kaye...... and being Dutch, there's the obligatory bike on board..... traditional method of dealing with an empty oil drum at sea, pierce it with holes and toss it overboard...... the pair team are ready to sail....... chasing in a mackerel punt is the Resurgan..... as she passes the light....... the Chickadee helps to pull the Billy Rowney from her quay berth...... even the Angel Emiel s dwarfed by the Ora et Labora....... the St Ive's lugger Barnabus is gettting a new foremast courstesy of John Lambourn, the man behind the Ripple's restoration...... over on the Penzance Sailing Club's slipway, Bob Glanville, founder member of the Mount's Bay Lugger Association supervises a bottom scrub for the Happy Return...... where the Scilly registered cat Sowenna is getting the same treatment.

The rain it raineth

Looking more like the bow wave of a boat doing 10 knots, one of the stone bridge supports takes the brunt of floodwaters that claimed the lives of three people on the North coast at Zennor.....
its a close thing for the Seafood Cafe's gas bottles as the Coombe River level rises to unprecendented levels.....
looks like if you fancy a Meadery tonight you'll need your wellies!.......
at around £1200 a month there are three luxury 'waterfront' apartments available......
with a wild night behind them, Mike Corin and the crew of the Sapphire are glad to get the fish ashore after steaming in from 110 miles off.......
so, too is the Brixham beamer, Angel Emiel.......
taking fuel under heavy skies.......
with the crew left to put the trawls back together later in the day.

Foggy Friday

Heading back in from the fog another punt heads for the market......
latest brightly coloured catamarn visitor, and looking like a new commssion for Gardline Environmental Ltd, the Waterfall, registered in Lowestoft......
not a Silver Dory in sight in this good haul of dorys from the Imogen......
more work on one of the pair team's nets.

Two heads are better than one

The big truck from Scott Trawlers can only mean one thing, the new pair team in town are landing away from Newlyn market.....
as their boxes are swung into the back of the chilled trailor....
sporting the giant artwork promoting the company's biggest scalloper, the Albion......
the Chloe T is sporting re-furbished derricks.....
not wanting to be left out of the current trend it seems!

Scallop time

A chef's dream turbot, umarked belly flesh in pristine white, sure to make good money on the market this morning......
along with good hauls of ling.....
and a big shot of these good looking examples of Stone Bass not often seen on the market in such large numbers....
tan sails in the sunrise......
a large group of visitors get shown around the auction, ably assissted by Lionel with his fish-guides hat on this morning......
making sure the best pollack on the market stay that way, the Sea Spray's fish get a fresh icing while they wait to be sold......
looking good with all their scales still intact as a result of being kept in slush ice and chill boxes......
more signs of summer on the way with the arrival of inshore scallops on the quayside.....
and a very efficient deck layout on the Katie Claire.

Trelawney

Punts from round the corner in St Ives now brighten up the pontoon berths.....
time to head out on the hunt for Spring mackerel.....
and, as ever, the gulls are keeping watch from on high......
the George Johannes makes a landing during the day.

Tranquility

Back in port with a haul of langoustine.....
the Tranquility waits with her landing gear raised for the transport which will see her prawns eventually make their way back for sale in Scotland.......
back in Newlyn, one of the newest handliners in the Cornish fleet, the Ibis named after another famous Mevagissey boat....
yet another attempt at the Indian Rope trick......
looking cheerful as ever, Geoff, one of Ocean Fish's buyers, raises his cuppa to toast the day.