Devoid of boats

Not a steel hulled beamer in site......
although, over on the slip the Twilight is up for repair......
during a quiet spell, even a harbour box gets left behind.

Regular visitor caught by the tail!

The notorious Tiger's Tail, a sandbank to test the navigation skills of any visiting skipper to Fleetwood claimed yet another victim this week. The Marie Jacob, a regular visitor to Newlyn is the latest, and won't be the last!

Enjoy a good news story from the industry - re-branding locally caught pilchards as the Cornish Sardine. Catch this short podcast from the BBC's, You and Yours programme on Radio 4. Stars local boats like the Pride of Cornwall and fish merchant Nick Howell, whose Pilchard Museum sadly closed a while back. Slush ice plays a key role in the quest to produce fish of the highest possible quality, a process described by Mark Greet from Fal Fish.

New steel - scrap steel - Newlyn re-cycling

With a little help from the inclement weather, tons of new sheet steel go rusty quickly on the quay before beginning a new life aboard the ABS....
over on the JTS, scrap manager Clive continues to cut away the old steel hull, almost down to the waterline she is now about to move round to the old Shipham's slip....
under the careful towing skills of Royden in the harbour punt
ably assisted by harbour master, Andrew Munosn.

Full force of the heavy swell is evident

The Environment Agency publishes a full list of current flood warnings to keep those in areas affected by the severe weather informed of the latest guidance and information.

7 am on Monday morning and the swell is evident running along the back of the North Quay... Fish Merchant's, Samways are another company with new look transport.... last of the fish going ashore from the St Georges.... that is one very big swell apparent Monday afternoon... just as well the wind was not around the Southerly mark as the combination of deep depression and high tide would have seen the harbour flooded badly....

see a few short clips of the movement evident in the harbour Monday evening.

Full house today

Visiting inshore lifeboat.....
yesterday there wasn't a beamer in sight, now, ahead of the predicted storm the thew fleet has returned....
Imogen sits in the cradle on the slip - good drying weather...
the St Georges has three ropes ashore in preparation....
a very heavy sky out in the Bay over the Anglian Princess....
there's a new bakers and eatery about to open in Newlyn Town
waterside propert agents sell one of the few properties within the harbour boundary overlooking the Old Quay
a single Breton trawler has turned up well ahead of the storm, Le Nautile.