CGI crew for the film Golden Age get to sea.

1800 hrs and it's a late session for the film crew desperate to catch some poor weather and good visibility!'Ocean Dancer' makes her way out to sea past the Mount escorted by a rib, also equipped with CGI markers.The aptly named 'Loyal Helper' steams past the MCA tug Anglian Princess. Note the large dayglow film marker on her starboard side.
In the meantime the girls have another Wednesday evening training session aboard the gig 'Avarack'.
The other CGI film marker vessel, 'Shoreline Engineer' from Ouest Marine, Plymouth steams out past the Mount.
A rib gets to open up and test the sea state in the Bay.
Meanwhile, Breton stern trawler 'Cezembre' steams quietly for the gaps, reason unknown.At high speed the rib returns with what appears to be a familiar face, star of the 'Most Dangerous Pubs in Britain ' series - good trip Joe?

Beluga Projects ('Impression' or 'Advertising') takes shelter with what looks like a finely balanced deck cargo aboard (the blue derricks).
Out in the Bay a motley collection of vessels make for an interesting scene!

It's a misty start to the day for film crew

The film crew are looking to film some big seas in clear skies - what do they get this morning? flat calm and fog!
The riggers are up early completing the bow mounted camera.
An army marches on its stomach and so, too does a film crew - not one, but two eating wagons - good to see local company, 'Food for films' from St Agnes in on the act.



















After a day filming the camera is removed as the weather closes in.

The Plymouth-based cat, Shoreline Engineer from Quayside Marine takes up a berth alngside the Ocean Dancer.




Work de-rigging the camera continues aboard the 'Ocean Dancer'.
Stand-in lifeboat, 'Volunteer Spirit' exits the harbour on a shout.
The 'Cornishman ' gets ready for another trip.

Digitally imaging the sea in 3D

A team of digital imaging specialists from the movie industry decended on Newlyn today - their mission - to create a moving 3D image of rough seas for a movie project.
'Revolution', specialists in camera rigging brought in to fix a camera over the bow of the Ocean Dancer.
A scaffolding tower (courtesy of local firm Celtic Scaffolding) was rigged to accommodate the moving camera rig.
A digital camera is fixed to a bracket that can travel up and down the tower placed right over the bow.

A close up of the two vessels brought in to provide imaging targets shows the fluorescent markers that povide accurate positioning indicators for the 3D imaging software. The 'Shoreline Engineer' is a steel cat from Plymouth.The film vessel is the Panama registered Ocean Dancer, ex-Dutch beam trawler.
The two target boats provide markers with which the digital imaging is constantly positioned. Mounts Bay was chosen as a suitable sight to film rough seas as needed by the movie production team - of course sods law is likely to ensure a flat calm for the next week together with nil visibility!
Visiting Irish beamers Mary Kate and Bridget Carmel are due to sail tonight.

Much ado about nothing!

Despite media attempts to make a drama out of an everyday occurrence, tonight's high tide (6.2m) here in Newlyn, passed without incident - apart from all the ususal aspects of a very big spring tide where all hands are extra vigilant!
The Twilight III left her berth for another trip.
The relief Tyne Class, "Owen and Anne Aisher" 47-017 lifeboat made a dash through the gaps just after high water.
The Dom Bosco is now almost set for sea.

Meanwhile, both of this week's casualties are now safely alongside the quay and afloat.
Down came Oil Pollution Response Unit for a relatively small amount of fuel oil that was released in the harbour.
Unfortunately, the oil had other ideas and despite a new, larger oil boom the tiny slick headed off down the harbour ahead of the wind which had today backed almost southerly.The remains of the slick hide away by the harbour offices!

Sad day for the Trewarveneth PZ196

Recently moved to the North Quay for repairs, the Trewarveneth PZ196 took water and failed to float. Onlooking, ex-skipper Roger Nowell once held the port record with the Trewarveneth.Harbour master Andrew Munson uses the Chickadee to tow the oil-boom around the sunken hull to contain a small amount of fuel oil that has leaked from the vessel.

The Trewarveneth spent the last few years of her working career as a gillnetter.
As one of the biggest spring tides for 50 years approaches all of the netter fleet are in port.

Pollacks!

Now, safely moored against the fish market, the Ocean Harvester after she took water this morning on the North Quay - luckily the damage appears not to be too bad!So what are the gulls so excited about?
Here is the freshest pollack to hit Newlyn market tonight!Quentin Knights aboard Sea Spirit, proud owner of MSC tag 13 holds a gleaming line caught pollack.and, here is a close-up Quentin's tag 13!
In order to maintain the highest quality for his customers, Quentin takes slush ice to sea in insulated bins.Meanwhile, over the other side of the harbour, a yacht on the hard by the net lofts seems to be inhabited by some interestingly attired crew?!!