We have been in and out of Newlyn landing regularly as per usual, Newlyn has been pretty busy of late, with quite a few visiting boats landing into the port and transhiping their fish to other markets.
One day last week with the harbour already full with boats, we had to wait outside for enough water to get in, and there were 3boats and ourselves waiting for landing berths outside the gaps.








This is not unusual for the time of year, but this year has seen far more visiting boats than previous years, this is of course good for the port, and with a bit of pateince we have all been able to get the services we need whilst in port. The harbour staff have done a good job as usual keeping everyone happy.





A couple of beam trawlers from Brixham waiting for the tide and berths to be cleared



The fish has generally hung more to the west this year, so this may have been one of the reasons that Newlyn has been busier than usual.

We have been fishing away well with a good mix of fish on the grounds, we had a really large bass one haul last week he was 41/2 kg in weight.





A Fine fish.

The fish has started to move west the last couple of weeks as per usual in mid spring, the dorys have started to show as well, so that will be a welcome boost hopefully in the next few months.


The Tranquility has steamed down as well in the last couple of weeks to join us on the grounds, so the buyers will be glad of some extra supplies coming in as the trade picks up for the tourist season.

It's also good for us to have someone to work with as we head west into the deeper water, this time of year.



Traquility passing us up while we were hauling, looking good after her paint up.






As per usual plenty of traffic on the grounds, this was a car carrier passing us by 1/4 of a mile as we were taking the bag.

It has been quite foggy of late, but we have the AIS system onboard now so it makes navigation in restricted visability a lot safer.



The boat is due back in this evening to land for fridays market, they have been away for 5days and the fishing has been good, so lets hope the weather holds up as we start to push west.