Cape Cornwall gig 'Brisons' practice night

Looking back along the conveyor on the scalloper, Jacoba where the dredges are emptied at hauling.....
a significant safety feature, a close-up of the hydraulically operated hook bar that holds the 18m beam with its multi bars and 18 dredges and prevents them swinging across the deck while the contents of the dredges are tipped onto the conveyor during hauling....
it's practice night for the Cape Cornwall gig rowers as the Brisons is launched from the old Canner's Slip (so-called as Shippams once had a small canning plant in the building opposite where Trelawney Fish are now)....
after a few more alterations the engine has been fitted aboard the Inspiration.....
and at the end of the day its time to cover the shining new paint work......
Star of the North, one of the few boats in the area working the pollack boards, now using aluminium and not bamboo poles to avoid damage.