Mirror-like morning.

End-to-end with net fish on the market this morning.......

and some cracking inshore ray from the Cadgwith boat, Scorpio.......

ling roe in slush ice from the Little Pearl.........

a double act exit stage left........

Padstow skipper Sid Porter's new boat is all set to take on gear......

a good night's hunting for the ring net fleet.......

all set for another trip.......

good example of a hard chine hull, scalloper Golden Promise........

single man-power cart.......

and a mirror-lke harbour this morning......

clear skies and cold enough for a light frost.

Some sunny spring like Sunday.

In the Star Inn no doubt the wake will be well attended and many a yarn spun recounting the life and times of the BMC over the next few days.......

and as one leaves the port, a brand new addition to the Cornish fleet in the guise of the Sparkling Line, the ex-Grimsby auto-liner now owned by Waterdance Ltd (Govenek of Ladram) and registered in Padstow where she will now be based........

good to see more evidence of investing in quality boats built for the conditions here in the Western Approaches........

to fit in with another sparkling line.......

like this euro-cutter beam trawler built for the port of Plymouth........

looking down by the head, and nothing to do with Bruv stood on the bow of course, the Admiral Gordon with 180 boxes makes her way in to land, probably her last trip on the cuttles as they are now beginning to show up dead on the grounds with the back bones being seen floating on the surface off in the deep water, a sure sign........

when she will pass the Jacoba looking as if she is almost ready to hit those scallop beds........

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another job for Brian and the guys on Monday........

fancy leaving the evidence........

over in Penzance Dock there's a new addition to the Marine Discovery fleet......

while the boys aboard the work boat My Lady Norma must be wondering if they will ever set sail......

doing just what is says in the window - check out Blurring the Lines at Penzance Contemporary gallery till 21st March.

Luggers.

300 year old lugger fleet in Newlyn Town.

Barnabus - Happy Return - Ripple

Hundreds of people and several dozen artists descended on the Old Quay in Newlyn to celebrate Painting Day - when three classic luggers, two from St Ives and one from Mount's Bay were moored in the harbour to create a sight not seen for nearly 100 years. Those who came were able to watch a host of artists at work using a range of mediums to capture a scene from long ago. Harbour Commissioner Kevin Bennetts described the scene as magical and spent time talking to many of those involved - there are high hopes that this will be the first move to create a heritage harbour within the 500 year old harbour wall.

Visit this gallery of images that captured images as the day unfolded.

Painting day - luggers in the old harbour, Newlyn.

Before the painters arrive - first light sees the luggers Happy Return, Barnabus and Ripple berthed inside the Old Quay........

a scene not seen since the early years of the last century.

ipadio: Ben My Chree sinks - First hand report from St Piran skipper, Shane Liddicoat aboard the St Piran.

Shane Liddicoat, skipper of the St Piran gives an interview via phone from the wheelhouse a short time after the Ben My Chree sank off Carn Base between Land's End and Gwennap Head.

Shane Liddicoat heads the CSF's St Piran towards the gaps.

In better days - Ben My Chree steaming in to pick up the lazy deckie when pair trawling with the Keriolet in the 1980s.

The gill netter Ben My Chree was brought to Newlyn in 1978 from St Guenole in Brittany and fished by the Hicks family under skipper Steven and his brother Jonathon. She trawled for many years, including a short, but eventful, period when she went pair trawling with the Keriolet, another ex-French trawler.

Latest position of the Ben My Chree under tow.

The St Piran with the Ben My Chree under tow is about to round the Runnelstone Buoy.  

Ben My Chree update.

VesselTracker AIS shows the St Piran towing the Ben My Chree approx 12 miles off Land's End at 1900 hrs.

The Ben My Chree has stayed afloat in the traffic seperation zone off Land's End and deemed a hazard to shipping. The Cornwall Sea Fisheries vessel, St Piran now has a line aboard the stricken fishing boat and is attempting to tow her back to Newlyn.


After being rescued for the second time in his career, skipper Steve Hicks says,"I'm 56, that's it, I've had enough" and does not intend returning to sea.
Full story and video on the BBC website.