Charisma - tuna trip 3

Quadriplegic sailor, Hilary Lister left Mevagissey at around 8 o'clock this morning and battled against the prevailing sou'westerly wind on her way to Newlyn. No doubt she will want to take a short break before trying to get 'round the corner' for her next leg from Newlyn to Padstow. Talking to the Amanda J, hauling pots in Falmouth Bay at 2pm this afternoon, skipper Phishy Phil said there was plenty of fresh breeze for her to contend with......
bow down in the water, always a good sign, the Charisma with her third Cornish Tuna trip aboard heads for the waiting FalFish transport.....
keeping a sharp lookout from under the shelterdeck.......
against the quay and within minutes the fish are going aboard the waiting lorry.

Cornish Tuna - trip 3 for the Nova Spero

Thinking of a move to Newlyn? There are a number of new accommodation developments in Newlyn, including 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available in the old Pilchard Works....

on her way in from the third tuna trip....first of the boxed tuna get pulled from the stack......
and hooked up before being....

hoisted up to the waiting FalFish transport, the Nova Spero has over 800 fish to land..... see the movie below....

you can always keep up with the comings and goings of these local tuna boats on the Cornish Tuna webiste. If you want to buy fresh tuna contact either FalFish or M&J Seafood direct.

Here's what's missing....

Half a century 'not out' for young Mr Black.....
a pigeon makes way for the Dom Bosco.....
two hands at sorting mackerel....
are better than one, a good run of fish for the handline boys this morning, let's hope the price is better than what the hake is making......
it seems that there are missing beams and derricks from the Sapphire to account for the lack of weight on the boat......
all the way from St Nazaire, Lord Jim II seems a very serious steel yacht......

Sapphire's bow high in the water

There's a lot of ironwork missing from up for'ard on the Sapphire, hence her bow is high out of the water.....
Wednesday evening and the gillnetter Ben My Chree makes her way in through the gaps at the end of her trip.....
another Irish beamer joins the fleet....
Sam and Barry get the tubs back aboard the Lyonnesse.....
the biggest beam gear in the harbour hangs high over the end of the new quay...
as the Lyonnesse makes her way from the drying out berth in front of the harbour offices.....
the fresh breeze gives this yacht some practice in getting down the mainsail head to wind.....

Cat varieties to be seen

Lyonnesse, biggest cat in the port is 'up on the hard' where her net transporter, specially deisgned to handle ring and purse nets, can clearly be seen.....
big beamer gear always attracts interest and today is no exception for the Billy Rowney as a couple of trippers gaze at around 8 tons of shackles and links suspended from the beam......
more of a cat and a half, a visiting multi-hull yacht on her pontoon berth soaks up the afternoon sun.....
another visiting Irish boat, WD211 sits on the new quay....
as Mike and the boys finish off a day's work on the gear......
another load of brown crab from the Pen Y Glas get winched aboard a waiting Portuguese vivier lorry....
never like this in my day! - these days trawl warps come ready marked - orange polypropylene strands are spliced between the lay of the warp, alternating one and two marks at a time so that the man on the winch can control how much warp has been shot and at an even speed from off the drums of the winch.....doing this job in Newlyn is awkward as the warp has to be payed out and measured down the quay under tension.....
plenty of hands on the quay to give young Edwin, single-handed tralwerman a hand landing....

Monday's mixed bag

No seasoned chef worth his salt would serve his customers supper through the use of sub-standard ingredients, so it comes as no surprise that serious chefs are clamouring for the saltiest of salts "made by the sea" by the Cornish Sea Salt Company down at Porthkerris on the Lizard.
Chef's tip: Try cooking your crab or other shellfish in seawater and taste the difference!


putting a shoulder to the job, CKS swaps out a tiewr of nets for overhaul at the net loft...
fun and games with the iceworks this morning meant a delayed landing for the Cornish Sardine boys, a couple of patient gulls use the ice bins as vantage point while waiting for breakfast to appear...
last of the netter's to fill the western end of the fish market this morning, the Carol H's hake makes up part of a good trip, let's hope the prices have picked up - there are plenty of cheap supplies coming from the South Atlantic it seems......
breadkfast is served!..........
outside PZ100, the small workboat Jannekeke waits for stores....

Hot coals to cook by.

In addition to the local boats there are always a few more hardy souls passing through Newlyn, here a French and German yacht exchange evening pleasantries.......
while over at Penzance, a rib from a visiting yacht passes by the Portree II who is engaged in some survey work in the harbour......
seems ribs are de-rigeur this eveing.......
last nettter to show yet again is the Carol H....
always a tricky boat to handle, a fin keel yacht gets to go aground inside Penzance harbour - time to get the kettle on and wait for the tide to turn and not panic....
remember the quality BBQ charcoal mentioned yesterday? here's why - here we are the following lunchtime with an aubergine wrapped up in foil and a few toms all bedded in the embers from the previous evening....
an hour later and the roasted toms and aubergine are ready for lunch!