tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274824932008-05-09T10:49:10.251+01:00Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comBlogger390125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-58455775802604678452008-05-08T20:16:00.004+01:002008-05-09T10:49:10.284+01:00

Maybe the first time this particular Keriolet from Concarneau has been in Newlyn, but for many years there was another Keriolet (SS114) under the command of skipper/owner Andrew Traz Treloar - see an archive gallery..the original French owner, Pierre LeQuillec retired and opened a Cafe Bar outside Concarneau and called it....Bar Keriolet!...... young Charlie Downing sees the last few boxes come

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-50053621910935566432008-05-08T08:08:00.004+01:002008-05-08T09:44:29.598+01:00

While the industry comes to terms with the fuel crisis, individual players fish on - a handful of insore boats landed on Wednesday morning... among them, Cornwall Seafood award winner, Roger Coutsoubus with the inshore trawler Nantewan checks his landing.... back aboard the boat crewman Roger gets the important work done - getting the kettle on for a post landing cuppa at 5.30am...... skipper

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-87868096126045551012008-05-05T11:07:00.010+01:002008-05-06T14:19:14.388+01:00

With the cost of fuel showing no sign of decreasing in the immediate future, the outlook for a large section of the home fleet has reached something of a crisis - to the point where it will be uneconomical for some vessels to go sea without the guarantee of a good catch. Some skippers and crews may well be considering their options over the Bank Holiday period. For some in the fleet looking

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-18161075905226570272008-05-04T11:02:00.002+01:002008-05-04T11:09:46.477+01:00

The temptation to use the deck-wash in your hand when someone is busy cleaning is always too much it seems.... time to take cover under the shelterdeck........ al hands to the boxes in the back of the lorry for the CarolH's fish... there's plenty of room too..... as skipper Phil guides the boxes through the top of the shelter....just in case anyone missed the birthday event for this weekend!

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-90210578819239067032008-05-04T09:03:00.005+01:002008-05-04T11:11:24.258+01:00

Gary, from the port's latest new addition to the fleet, Achieve, lands several boxes of red gurnards - despite the recent interest in these by the restaurant trade, these fish will move down the quay and go straight aboard a crabber to be used as bait... so it's out of one box and into a bongo before being passed back down to the deck of the waiting crabber the William Harvey.... it might be the

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-53419244239143814672008-05-02T08:04:00.008+01:002008-05-02T09:57:38.052+01:00

You can't beat a bit of line caught bass for breakfast from boat number 4!.... a one-off lonely shark languishes waiting for the auctioneer to ensure its destination.... part of a superb trip of brill and turbot (around £18 per kilo for the biggest fish) for the Padstow netter, Berlewen being auctioned by stand-in Robin Turner...... another view of the Berlewen's trip across the market width.

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-57648873988637331962008-04-30T22:04:00.002+01:002008-05-01T07:29:42.236+01:00

Starting today with a splash of colour passing the Swordfish and Co-Op.... and some more traditional transport artwork in the lorry turning area...... in Badcock's Gallery there are some interesting new faces to ponder.... while a set of gear waits on the quay to be put back aboard... night-time passing gull on the wing.... at the same time, Pride of Cornwall heads off to chase the Cornish

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-50108013687918256302008-04-29T08:04:00.006+01:002008-04-29T10:45:57.939+01:00

Jersey registered crabber, Pen Y Glas lands to a vivier lorry alongside the fish market...... if you are of a 'Curious Nature', then get along to the newly re-furbished Newlyn Orion Gallery and see their Spring show, running from today till the end of June.... aboard the classic sailboat Aurora, her 'rags' are being neatly stowed after a hard day's sail..... two cod-ends wait on the quay to be

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-25556125765822201662008-04-28T08:28:00.005+01:002008-04-28T14:48:29.050+01:00

Spotted over in sunny St Ives at the weekend, a harbour box moonlighting in one of the most popular uses..... here are three boxes doing their day-job as intended, there's a steady of flow of mackerel in the Bay at the moment, size mix not too bad it seems... just gone midnight and back in port after 36 hours, skipper Roger on the deck of the Nantewan and mate Roger coming up from the fishroom

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-76177804771473847212008-04-27T22:06:00.003+01:002008-04-27T22:15:18.287+01:00

Two old Sputniks and the Twilight are up ahead... dive boat Evert Martje is back in port after a week over in Scilly... heading back to Penzance Dock, the ex-MFV Rhos Na Rioch

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-43502039189715130772008-04-26T13:53:00.002+01:002008-04-26T14:22:16.858+01:00

Out in the Bay, George on the Chickadee heads back in to the harbour ahead of the Aaltje Adriante...... and then pushes her into berth.... work continues on the Calisha's gear.... as another beamer arrives, this time its the Trevessa IV...... you don't get better spiders than those from the punt men, like Chris Morley.... backs into their work, still hard at it on the Calisha and yet another

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-18112654806185048172008-04-25T19:02:00.003+01:002008-04-25T19:12:15.170+01:00

There's some major gear overhaulin' going on at the end of the Calisha's derrick.... and a stack of new dredges waiting on the quayside.... some say this is the sign of the mad axe man of Penzance, others just say, "Hi Jeremy".... the 'Pirate of Penzance' is on the dockside for some annual TLC below the waterline... over the other side of the dock is the barge recently towed to the harbour.

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-8184651708274986752008-04-24T07:42:00.006+01:002008-04-25T12:36:10.985+01:00

A fresh gaggle (not sure what the collective noun is) of divers make ready to sail for a week at sea off the Scillies on the ex-Jersey beamer, Evert Martje... New wheels welded up aboard the Sapphire are ready to roll... while the St Geoge still has scaffolding around the funnel and rigging, gone are the days of guys hanging by their fingertips, paint pot and brush gripped firmly between their

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-84550725305528624742008-04-23T07:41:00.004+01:002008-04-23T10:43:05.059+01:00

The Sapphire is getting a new set of wheels on her beams... on the deck of the Two Boys, Twinkle sets about gutting the last haul against the market after it freshened up quickly in the Bay...seems there is plenty of haddock on the ground Nor'West of the Wolf still.... aboard the Shiralee, in a move to save fuel, Mr Page decided to target pollack with hand-lines for the day, a sure sign that

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-40288463765242513512008-04-21T22:54:00.004+01:002008-04-22T07:48:01.404+01:00

Parked up at Wherry Town on the prom, another colourful fish trailor..... this time, refrigerated transport from SAL in Grimsby....Harbour Master Andrew chews the fat briefly with Grimmy Mike over the rising cost of fuel....La Conchee from Guilvenec, Brittany on her way into the ice berth..... opposite which lays the Emma Louise looking more like a crabber every day....La Conchee taking ice.....

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-69620536885439631192008-04-20T11:08:00.003+01:002008-04-20T11:17:39.777+01:00

Late in the afternoon, one of the Pascoe fleet of punts heads out of the gaps... there's a veritable feast of colour all round the port..and enough to keep any Art student happy by way of natural shapes and patterns to study..... all four colours of the WS fleet in the one shot with the old-timer workhorse, Chickadee laying quietly in the evening sun.

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-17774226466362881412008-04-19T11:43:00.004+01:002008-04-19T12:03:44.468+01:00

Blown horizontal, a scrap of plastic tell-tale hints at the wind strength in Penzance wet dock..... where the Gry Maritha is still undergoing repairs - Scilly will be desperate for those barrels of beer waiting on the quayside..... as will the builders waiting for the sand to be delivered... PD 235 Calisha is down on the scallops and won't be happy with the current weather conditions - dredges

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-4260024001930216652008-04-18T08:15:00.004+01:002008-04-19T12:04:21.021+01:00

Visiting Peterhead scalloper, Calisha.... along Penzance Promenade, the only promenade in Cornwall, a local dog walker and dog dodge the spray..... as a chilly wind whips its way through the fish market... the boys on the Padstow netter, Berlewen get their fish into the back of the waiting transport.

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-76183413747949544732008-04-17T08:38:00.003+01:002008-04-17T09:01:24.987+01:00

With a stiff sou'-easterly breeze blowing up the harbour, skipper David Stephens carefully puts the Crystal Sea into tier... seems the Dom Bosco's paintwork has been suffering from the heavy weather she has been through this year.

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-58364285193263337482008-04-16T16:50:00.003+01:002008-04-16T17:10:28.138+01:00

Not a steel hull in view down the entire length of the North Quay... PZ 1202 Gemini Twins heads in through the gaps with the guys looking back over the stern in wonder and awe, but why? Well, a few lucky souls were able to witness one of those rare events that comes around every now and then when the sky is filled with flying pigs and certain stars align themselves in juxtaposition with the

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-11601301304942569952008-04-15T07:10:00.005+01:002008-04-15T07:48:14.184+01:00

Over in the Old harbour, PZ 779 is for sale, complete with fishing licence, call 07902009954 for more information... looking at the punt for sale from the bow.... masts, spars and fittings get a coat of 'black' on the Ripple, courtesy of John Lambourn, keen to get the rigging completed as soon as possible...if you are coming to Newlyn, there's a B&B with fine views overlooking the harbour at the

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-39543096472779044092008-04-14T21:01:00.003+01:002008-04-14T22:36:22.858+01:00

That little bear gets everywhere.... one in, one out.... first double slave hauler in the port aboard the new Lyonnese...... at rest.

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-45945913077983413432008-04-11T19:50:00.006+01:002008-04-14T09:51:28.344+01:00

The Lyonesse cuts an imposing figure from the front end... she has an innovative 'triplex' style net hauler designed to handle the ring-net she will soon be chasing the sardines with.... after some heroic efforts from crew aboard the Penlee lifeboat Ivan Ellen, Transat yacht race hopeful Shaya Moya, was towed into the harbour after losing her mast in collision with a local fishing vessel - see

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-23823734374445129732008-04-10T20:23:00.004+01:002008-04-11T08:50:07.774+01:00

The latest Cornish sardine catcher has arrived in Newlyn from Baumbach's of Hayle. PZ81 Lyonesse has been built for skipper Sam Lambourn. The remaining two WS&S wooden beamers owned are back together again.

Larry Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-10923968456715876162008-04-09T23:40:00.002+01:002008-04-09T23:50:07.236+01:00

A fresh coat of sky-blue paint looks good... suspended half way up the gear.... the port-side trawl on the Cornishman gets an overhaul... and the windy-gun echoes around the stillness of the harbour....as both sets of gear tower over the quayside....aboard the AA, Crab Da' takes charge on deck.... young Dan Nicholls has now completed 5 trips aboard his uncle's boat the GaryM - he is still

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