Neap tides and Newlyn netters queue for ice

Turquoise to go......
delivered by forklift, the Tranquility's heavy doors as required for twin-rig trawling......
round in his second home, Traz has the Dignity on a pontoon berth as apposed to riding out the heavy swells in St Ives harbour where she is based for the rest of the year.....
with a forar'd wheelhouse the Emerald Star no doubt needs the clearview window at times......
Crystal Sea II, one of the boats that is looking forward to the day when she can land her fish to a computerised, temperature controlled fish auction at Newlyn, takes ice before landing to a waiting lorry......
Harvest Reaper under scrutiny from the quay, as the neap tide approach, the netters make their way to the ice works in readiness for their next trip......
she joins the queue headed up by the Nova Spero, no doubt top tuna skipper Sean Edwards is champing at the bit as he prepares to make his first netting trip for a good while.....
some of the resident gull population wait for the boxes of bait to appear on the Emma......
in between the showers which gives the harbour a decidedly fresh look as the sun re-appears.....
on the tug Doris K, the port side fairlead has now been repaired.......
it seems that chain is now designed for specific countries, maybe this drum should have gone north of the border?