Frustration becomes Inspiration

block boxes of frozen bait wait on the quay for the dom Bosc....
the first clear sky for some time makes perfect evening for a launch party.....
as the latest boat to enter the Newlyn fleet arrives on the back of a trailor, Cap'n Keast's latest mobile harbour fish box in front.....
the aptly named, Inspiration, a nine month project finally sees the boat about to enter the water....
with a helping hand from Dick Ede who will take command once her engine has been fitted.....
owner, Nick Howell, in a previous life, local fish merchant and more latterly owner of the Pilchard Museum has had the boat commissioned to fish for line caught mackerel, squid and lobsters - the shellfish being targeted with withy pots made the traditional way.......
all hands give the punt a lift.....
and pretty as a picture she looks in the evening glow.....
pleasant enough while two men in a boat, Nick and chief carpenter Cap'n Keast wait for the incoming tide to lift her off the trailor.....
just about to float with some additional ballast in the stern.....
then, once afloat, she inevitably takes water - usual for a boat that has been allowed to dry out on land - eventually the timbers should swell and fill any gaps between the planks.....

Watch a short video of the whole affair -