Over the next few weeks work will begin re-surfacing the Red Lion slip area with granite sourced and cut by West Cornwall Granite Supplies from St Just.
The latest work sees a few volunteers busy clearing the harbour area of random boulders and other debris that has accumulated over the years so that boats using the Old Quay and do so safely without fear of damaging keels and hulls when drying out.
Local skipper and Cornwall Sardine Management Association champion Gus Caslake is seen here happy to give the Sheila-T a clean up ready for painting above and beow the waterline. Inside the Old Harbour there is less ‘run’ – the rise and fall created by swells passing the gaps – than that which affects other areas in the harbour used to work on boats – see the video below.
With water temperatures above average this year, rapid marine growth below the waterline has been a thing this year – here’s Andy left with the tough job of scraping off barnacles and weed by hand!
Always good to see a coat of black paint going on the hull – wind the clock back a hundred years ago when every hull was painted with tar based paint to preserve the wood in the hull and prevent marine growth down to the waterline.