James RH sails into a scuffly sea

Watch a short video of the beam trawler James RH Stevenson leaving Newlyn at the start of a trip.

You cannot fit a square or octagonal mast in a round hole, but.....

The Jannie en Klaas makes her way to the quay at the end of a trip...
crabber to be ABS with the Intuition alongside
just what are we looking at here?......how to turn a square plank into a round mast, cut your octagon....

using an off-set circular saw....
and chamfer off the corners - easy!
always use a bar to roll the part finished mast....
and simple tools for the job.

Back on the slip again

The end of the new quay by the crane acts as a repair site for smaller vessels that can be lifted out easily by the hydraulic crane....
still 'in situ', the masts in waiting for the Ripple......
visitors are having to wait here at the foot of Trewarveneth Street while road works are completed...
as topsides of the ABS begin to take shape....
and back up on the slip the Cathryn has lost her wheelhouse roof, replacement timbers sit on the horses.

Another one bites the dust

Recently removed from the UK register of fishing vessels, Stevie Leach's Wayfarer now boasts only her name and not port registry letters and numbers....

not so the Rowse crabbers who wait patiently on the opposite side of the quay to their new fleet member nearing completion....who is now having the starboard side panels of the shelterdeck fitted.

But Newlyn fishermen catch up with him in Penzance Dock!

In Penzance dock, fisheries minister Johnathon Shaw is keen to discuss how new proposals would affect the angling fraternity....
when THAT pair of yellow wellies puts in an appearance on the dockside....
and 'Grimmy' Mike gets his point across about the amount of haddock he is catching and being forced to dump. 'Grimmy' tells the minister that his first haul this year saw him catch his January quota in one haul - and he's been unable to avoid catching haddock ever since forcing him to dump tons of perfectly good fish on a daily basis....
fellow Danmark skipper, Jeremy shows the minister his dumping figures to reinforce the point. The minister then walked down the quay chatting to anglers about the proposals.

Fisheries minister Jonathon Shaw visits Newlyn - on the quiet

Taking ice, the George Johannes makes an early start....
plenty of cuttles on the market this morning, a bit like fisheries minister Jonathon Shaw, nobody knew they were coming....
crew Jo Crow heads off to the market fridge with a weekend landing from young Roger Nowell's Imogen....
over in the Mission, the disgruntled owner of these yellow wellies bemoans the fact that an opportunity to have a dialogue with Jonathon Shaw has been missed, "why weren't we told?" quoth he.....
berthed at the end of the new quay obviously the boys on the St Piran were in the know as their skipper enjoyed a breakfast with the ministerial entourage..
in the next berth, some serious gear repairs are the order of the day aboard the St George.....
with Perry supervising the fitting of a new set of wheels on the beam under the watchful eye of skipper Billy Worth.....
fresh off the slip and afloat on the end pontoon berth, the Cathryn comes under careful scrutiny from skipper Edwin and a few concerned onlookers.....
she has been replaced by the IOS St Mary's Severn Class Whiteheads.

All aboard the Valhalla!

After two days solid mending the Jackson scraper trawl, all 91ft on the footrope, is at last back where it should be, in the stern of the Valhalla.....
must be a sign that says 'please remove you boots before entering' somewhere....
Sea Spray has some serious GRP work going on down below in her fishroom....
one of the vessels supplying fish to brand new fish restaurant, Tom's Place in London, the CKS makes her way to the fuel berth.....
and don't the boys look smart in their team CKS overalls....

old boat's name board in workshop window.....
driftwood pub sign for the Dock Inn, Penzance......

both the Lady Vista and the
Terramere I have now left the dry dock in Penzance....
which will be prepared for the next job.....
table flower decoration in the PZGallery makes an interesting still-life study......

the Bag o' Rags, as she was always referred to when skipper Chris Hill was in command, has just had a lick of paint
Grimmy Mike is spotted in the wet dock, Penzance, she too had a paint job recently though its not so easy to tell!