Inspiration at last!

Slipping the lifting strops over the bow of the boat before using the small crane at the end of the New Quay....
lifts the Boy Dylan from the water onto the waiting trailer.......
that's an awful lot of scallops in the fuel tanker.....
a cold start for one of the beamers......
watched closely from the cab of the mobile crane.....
seems there's always one who draws the short straw and gets the underneath painting job......
last few jobs to do before sailing, taking new nets aboard the Gary M......
a visitor from Padstow waits for fuel alongside the market......
time to replace some of the blocks on the foremast of the beamer......


Sennen's lifeboat still in berth while the lifeboat house is re-built......
the Chivers snr & jnr check the morning's mackerel catch held in slush ice in an insulated tub.....
and the moment may have gone unnoticed by some in the port, but today saw the arrival after completion of her maiden voyage by the Inspiration fishing for the Pilchard Works under the command of Dick Eades......
attracting the attention of the local gull population.....
setting off in search of a gullet-sized fresh mackerel......
the start of a new neap tide sees the Silver Dawn head for the iceworks berth......
Dick gets a hand from another Barry.....
to get the Boy Brax's fish ashore.....
before hooking up the Inspiration's catch........
and hoisting it up to the quayside......
before the skipper makes it up himself to begin the process of......
sorting and grading the fish into small, medium, large medium and large - no jumbo mackerel at this time of year......
seems the boys are making a point about a small repair job needing to be done on the market cold store door....
time to get down on your knees and save your back.......
back down the quay, Silver Dory catcher, young Roger Nowell and Nigel begin to put together a new footrope.......
a spot of roof repair work for one of the stores gets underway.......
while out through the gaps sails the Gary M.......
another beamer derrick waits to be straightened.