Monday Megs.

Two hands are better than one.....

early start for the bigger yachts this morning.....

visiting Scottish scalloper, Star of Annan........

sorting spiders........

a brace of Ns........

just in case someone else wants a quay berth........

time for the tangle nets to go aboard the Silver Dawn.......

some big W&S megrim trips for auction this morning.......

which Mr Oliver holds court over......

Boy Dylan's solid day's work of line caught bass.....

unusual to see winged rays landed......

spot the difference - one superb example of a gurnard against another......

CEFAS Sam wrestles with a sizeable cod......

before sampling otoliths, the smaller one of the two from an 80 cm cod, the other from a 114 cm hake.

Sunday outing.

With a steady hand on the St Piran's throttle, thrusters Shane heads for the gaps, off on a Sunday outing.......

amazing what you can get aboard a 21ft Cygnus hull......

stern towing gantry, mizzen and net over-ender......

offset wheelhouse with hauler......

and a wheelhouse with all mode cons packed to match a fifty-footer - then, down below.......

almost ready for sea again.....

things are getting closer in the rescue stakes.......

though there's a job nearer home to be done!

Sailing day Sunday in sparkling seas.

Making a quick getaway in a sparkling sea, Cornwall Sea Fishers' protection boat Verifier heads out of the gaps followed by local and visiting sail boats.

Newquay's Fifteen needs feisty new trainee chefs

Put the word our - Fifteen at Newquay is in the process of recruiting new trainee chef wannabees.

Nearer to home for potential chefs, a great start to this most rewarding and practical of careers can be had at Penwith College's new state of the art trainee kitchen in Penzance. 

Slick stuff

How time flies.......

in sub-tropical Newlyn......

where the yachts make an early morning start......

and the boxes get the gentle touch from Tristan aboard the Silver Dawn.......

she's a lean mean megrim killing machine.....

....then you pass this over........

she's nearly ready......

you don't have to be in Douarnenez 2010 this weekend to see a collection of classic old boats......

keeping a beady eye on an incoming trawler.....

not bad for a night's work, plenty of quality brill......

gets hustled off to the cold store quick enough......

that's a whole lot of boat to be doing with a six inch roller......

the Nostra Vota, a big Dutch barge visitor......

plenty of insects about for breakfast for this chap......

a little colour enhancement highlights a thin film of oil......

PZ512 heads through the gaps......

she's a big ship.

Newlyn Harbour Commissioners - latest minutes.

Head on over to the new Harbour Commissioner's web site and catch up with the latest minutes.

Temps Fête - Douarnenez 2010 starts today - you wish you were there!

Day one of the not-to-be-missed Douarnenez Festival 2010 - starts with a little taster video - an ex-admiral explains why the beast often referred to in Newlyn as "underground mutton" or "bush conger" is held in such low esteem by sailors the world over - especially fishermen!

There are plenty of boats that bear Cornish registration numbers turning up for what is a three day party with non-stop music, eating and drinking - something the Frogs seem to have weighed off in a way that we Brits just dream about - if you are there and look hard enough you might just get lucky and spot a gendarme or two overlooking the port casually drawing slowly on a Gitanes - that's about 20 less than police Newlyn's Fish Festival or the last night of Mevagissey's Feast Week!

 Media courtesy of Le Télégramme.