Spirited in early

With the sense of the urgency building hourly, the Mystery team decided that the boat should be in Newlyn ready for the off next week owing to the poor weather forecast. Earlier today the Spirit of Mystery left the Falmouth and the Oyster Festival and steamed round the Lizard across Mounts Bay to Newlyn. Tonight, she lays outside the recently restored local lugger Ripple, Pete Goss' brother Andy is seen here chatting with Geordie skipper Colin off the seiner/trawler Valhalla......
further up the quay, the George Johannes has a clean set of boxes waiting on the quay, if they go for the cuttles on the next trip the scene won't be quite so colourful!