Splicing in the past

While herring gulls may have just joined the 'red list' of Britain's most threatened birds the omni-present blackbacks continue to plunder anything that looks vaguely edible in the harbour, quite what this one sees in cardboard packaging is anybody's guess.....
all 18 starboard-side dredges on display aboard the Olivia Jean.....
a handful of new inshore pots wait for their first trip....
the two biggest trawlers currently working from Newlyn, St Ives registered Crystal Sea II with the visiting Banff registered Tranquility laying outside her land to a waiting lorry...
seems that some considerate person has heeded the harbour's call for boxes and is in the process of making a collection.....
many hands make light work - the Tranquility's fish is transferred across shelterdecks to the lorry.....
another visiting scalloper TN37 Philomena from TN Trawlers moves back into tier after the Brixham beamer Barentszee leaves for the grounds.....
these days crews no longer have the job of splicing heavy wire stays and rigging, the hard eyes come ready crimped.