Gales and a weekend off for the fleet

A few residents can keep an eye on Tom from the comfort of their homes......
while two local swans keep their heads down as gale force winds whip across Penzance Boating Pool in Wherry Town.....
this chart, courtesy of the NOAA's website shows just how quickly the wind came on Saturday evening, peaking at 52 knots before dropping back to around 30 knots for the duration of Sunday.....
a member of the Responsible Fishing Scheme gets to fly the flag, literally.......
over in Penzance Harbour their are some serious pieces of heavy lifting gear against the quays....
a good handful of locally caught langoustine were on offer at WS&S's fish boutique, shoppers are riminded they can place an order and pick it up after completing their shopping in town....
waiting for a break in the weather the Crystal Sea II......
as usual, Phil on the gillnetter Carol H is keen to take ice and get away first for the next neap tide.....
the new crabber Emma Louise is considerbaly longer than fleet sister the Dom Bosco.....
while the final member of the Rowse fleet is blown off he quayside in the wild condtitons.....
as the sun rises, Silver Dawn reflects some early morning light.......
the fishing day signal (which should not, of course, be shown in port!) - two inverted cones can take many forms - is intended to indicate to other vessels during daylight that the vesel concerned is engaged in fishing activities....
this one has seen better days.....
and used to look like this......
a sign of the times perhaps, one of the better looking housing developments in the area has ceased to progress......

someone has gone to the trouble of making a rope fender for a specific purpose on the bow of the Chloe T.....