As the mooring ropes are made fast…
thousands turned out to see the Scillonian III tie up in Penzance harbour for the last time…
there was a reception committee afloat…
including Penlee lifeboat…
and others with long links to the ferry…
like Jeremy on the Danmark…
so under a dramatic evening sky sky…
Joe Whetton, ship’s master for her final voyage turns off her navigation lights now that she is moored alongside the quay.
Here, the Scillonian steams past the Newlyn gill netter Ajax in 2012 as they round the Runnelstone buoy off Gwennap Head.