Oh for the wings of a ray.....

Prepare the fish by dredging in flour a decent sized ray wing.....
roughly cut some parboiled new spuds.......
toss them in a fry pan with garlic cloves, thyme, butter or ollie oil, or both, fry for a few minutes and pop in the oven till golden and crisp.......
melt some more butter or ollie oil or both and add some parsley and caper berries.....
more butter and oil for a good eight minutes a side for the ray wing.......
and out to the table with a selection of fresh veg.......
and a decent bottle of your favourite Gwiniegi Bourdel.

Fianl resting place.

There's always one wag about it seems......

check out the boat with no masts......
which are on the dock side and ready to be dropped into place.....
the new-look Scillonian III has raised eyebrows in some quarters, gone is the familiar clotted cream coloured funnel with its St Piran's flag, instead the ship is sporting the new corporate logo - a mix of patriotic red, white and blue, British International Helicopters with a Brittany ferries twist......
one new bike complete with L plates ready to be hoisted aboard......
a chance for employment and a foot in the door of England's premier fishing port.......
having left Liverpool at 10am Friday, Wincat 24 makes it in through the gaps for fuel exactly 24 hours later after traveling around 340 miles......
patriarch of the firm, Billy Stevenson points out some damage on the Anthony's rail to Brian and Lionel after she fell in on the quay......

though as anyone who sailed her will tell you, she rolled more than most; originally named MFV 1024 the Anthony was sailed back to Plymouth with, amongst others Lenny Dew before becoming one of Newlyn's top sidewinders of her day.

Anchor away.

Standby tug weighs her anchor out in the Bay......
down the quay, the collection of old sailing anchors continues to grow......rrelief boat Inner Wheel II, 14-29 on passage.....
all you need to record the age of fish, and a microscope back in the lab of course.......
Mr Turner went for quality this morning......
with huge mackerel marks being reported off to the South'ard, the netters are having to steam miles to avoid filling their nets with mackerel.....
though the voracious hake are partial to mackerel of course.....
quality shot of white bellied fish from the Tracy Claire......
there are signs of black fish on the market again.....
Penzance's best known art deco building shows off its best features first thing in the morning sunshine.

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Expensive look inside the Trevose Box for French skipper.

The skipper of the stern trawler Maranello landed himself a £6000 fine after being caught fishing inside the no go zone around Trevose - at this time of year a traditional hunting ground for spawning cod.

Lonely as a cloud.....

The sun shines on the Three Sons from brixham this morning......
and the newly commssioned wind turbine up at Penwith College that now provides 40% of their electricity......
never easy to paint a GRP boat and get a good finish.....
not local tubs it seems.......
a sign of the times, Spring in the air.

Picture challenge - name the boat and the boys on the deck.

Hauling time aboard a Newlyn trawler, but which one? Among her many claims to fame was being attended to by the Appledore lifeboat one January while sheltering in the lee of Lundy Isle half sunk and in Force 12 winds along with eleven other ships.

Latest charcoal picture from Nick Henshall with a chance to see this and the rest of the collection due for exhibition at the Tolcarne Inn, Newlyn in April.

Dull start - again.

First light and one of the crabbers is in to land.....
while inside, the auction is fairly quiet for a Monday morning.

Vision runs aground in sight of land!

Atlantic rowers-to-be Phil Pring and Skippy taking the Vision of Cornwall out for early sea trials in Newlyn Harbour last September.

The boys must be gutted - but glad to be safe! After rowing over 2,500 miles since January 10th, the Vision of Cornwall ran aground on a reef less than one mile from her destination in Antigua in the early hours of this morning. Phil and Skippy are reported to be well after their dramatic rescue from their upturned boat by Antiguan officials.