Black Market at Newquay.

Yesterday's fish, St Ives mackerel man Gary Leach sorts the results of a long day's handlining off the Brisons near Cape Cornwall.......

 another Cornish Sardine ring netter has joined the growing fleet......

 one hake netter landed on Monday's market.......

in future, any gear left down the quay in Newlyn will need to be easily moved by forklift, so a pallet makes life easier for Royden.......

the next black market will appear in Newquay.

Fryderyck Chopin enters Falmouth Harbour under tow.

Picked up by the AIS from VesselTracker, under tow from a Falmouth Harbour tug, the Fryderyck Chopin passes Black Rock off Pendennis Point at the entrance to Falmouth Harbour. The tall ship will be moored to a harbour buoy before allowing the 37 youngsters to be ferried ashore.

Fryderyck Chopin in Falmouth.

The Newlyn fishing boat Nova Spero hs just handed over the Fryderyck Chopin to a Falmouth Harbour tug. A picture reveals the extent of the damage to the tall ship's rigging.

Fryderyk Chopin update.

The picture earlier today tracking the Fryderyk Chopin off the Lizard on VesselTracker AIS.

Stormy enough at the Church of Storms.

 Winwaloe has seen it all before......

 as the surf pounds the beach........

 up on the headland at Mullion the old hotel that played host to Sinatra and many other stars in its heyday has seen it all before too......

 for the visitor a walk to the top of the cliff is tempting......

 while the church and the hotel as was looks on.......

the surf keeps coming - and a reminder that for nearly forty youngsters aboard the Fryderyk Chopin and still at sea, this is one educational trip they won't forget.

The tug Independence shelters off Porthleven.

Tug Independence anchored off Porthleven at 0800.

Picked up by VesselTracker's AIS, the tug Independence shelters off Portheleven after a stormy night escorting the Fryderyk Chopin from south of the Scillies in a south easterly gale. Latest news reports indicate that the sailing ship is still under tow by the fishing boat Nova Spero and headed for Falmouth and not Plymouth as first reported.

Tug Independence escorts the Fryederyck Chopin under tow passes south of the Scillies

Latest news: The Sennen Cove lifeboat is escorting the Fryderyck Chopin in a force 8 gale.

Great advantage of modern technology - without going outside and getting wet VesselTracker's AIS picks up the tug Independence with the Fryderyck Chopin under escort 20 miles south of the Isles of Scilly. According to a Polish news service they are intending to arrive in Falmouth on Sunday morning.

Hopefully the youngsters aboard the boat are in good spirits - they'll need to be as the current weather at the SevenStones lightship 25 miles to the North looks like this:

Station 62107
UK Met Office
Location: 50.103N 6.1W
Conditions as of:
Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:00:00 UTC
Winds: SSE (150°) at 26.0 kt
Significant Wave Height: 7.2 ft
Atmospheric Pressure: 29.19 in and falling
Air Temperature: 54.7 F
Dew Point: 51.3 F
Water Temperature: 55.4 F
Visibility: 2 nmi

With the wind on the starboard beam and the masts and rigging in the water one can only assume life is fairly uncomfortable for all hands on board - no doubt the hotel they are booked into in Plymouth on arrival will spoil them with hot showers!