There's a new girl in town....

With all this rain and warmth providing ideal growing conditions and before she turned completely green with algae, the Dom Bosco is getting a fresh lick of company colours with plenty of white paint....
the algae is not so obvious aboard the Pen Y Glas as she lands to the continental vivier lorry.....
Here's the new girl, and she's in a port as far-away from home as you can get - Alison Kay, top whitefish trawl boat from the Shetlands will be working from Newlyn for the next three weeks on twin-rig trials....
a few interested words are exchanged between the visitors and ex-beamer skipper (Girl Pat III) Roger Thomas - the Alison Kay will be trialling twin-rigging over traditional summer beamer grounds to target megrim and other quality fish.....
but not before the Caterpillar man has been down to sort a water pump problem on her 1000hp main engine.......
in the background, two local beamers make a match for the twin-rig gear here seen on the net drums with their very heavy rockhopper footrope....
and of course, one Scot can't pass up the opportunity to talk shop with another, Jacoba skipper Robbie (laying ahead) hops ashore after a guided tour.....
here's the last thing the megs will see as they head towards the business end of the boat.....
a full view of the trawl deck on the Alison Kay - if you are out and about in newlyn - epxect to see her back in port next Monday.