Friday pm.

Mobile withy pot demonstration kit ready to head off to the St Ives Food and Drink Festival......
Shaun doesn't care - he's going by bike anyway.

All new - the official Newlyn Pier & Harbour Commissioners web site - up and running!

In the continuing mood of openness, transparency and wanting to serve all harbour users, the new Newlyn Harbour Commissioners have created a new web site with the sole purpose of publicising the strategic and operational management of the port.

The home page of the site features an opening address from the new Commissioners pledging their desire to operate in an open and transparent way in order to take seize the opportunities currently presenting themselves to the harbour in the 21st Century.

The site also carries minutes from the first meeting - and will continue to do so in the future. Also marking a change in proceedings - meetings will be held at the Centre, St Peter's Hill and will have an open floor session for the first 15 minutes of every meeting - with any interested party able to attend.

Big is beautiful.

Might is right - invoking the first rule of the road aboard the yacht......
as the Ora et Labora, one of the biggest beam trawlers - but currently twin-rigging - Belgian owned, Dutch flagged makes her way in to land.....
not many days to go before the off for the tuna boys.

Tridens update.

The giant research vessel, Tridens continues to make her way up the Channel.

Newlyn at War - June 23rd 2010.

Ahead of the commemorations at the end of this month when a small flotilla of boats from Brittany will arrive in Newlyn as the return of the Free French. Monday, 23rd June will see the start of several events taking place along the coast - more information can be seen in this document.

Wild Eyes' Abby update.

A French longliner, the Ile de la Reunion rescued the young Americam girl sailor from her dismasted yacht Wild Eyes in the Indian Ocean las weekend.

Bags of ....

Cornishman makes the only big boat landing on the market this morning......
but there are plenty of mackerel to keep buyers busy.....
a few bass fell prey to the boy Dylan again.....
one in, one out, the mackerel punts rush to catch the morning auction.......
and get their fish re-boxed and sorted quickly.......
as the last of the white fish trips are sold......
amidst deep thought and concentration......
a sure sign the Cornish Sardine season is about to start, enough insulated tubs for a good night's work wait on the quay for the orange team to get cracking.....
doesn't seem that long ago the Sapphire was looking immaculate.......
the Pioneer lays at anchor off Wherry Town......
the mackerel punts make their way back to their pontoon berths.....
early summer show at the Orion Gallery.......
though it's not all rubbish.