the island

[lady jane]

new hull went like a dream on the flat sea, though fitting the hydrolic steering round the wrong way made for a challange.

rough weights,

conger 40-50 ilb

pouting 3-4

starry smoothhounds 10

pollock 81/2 weighed

 

cheers andy

[duncan]

sounds like a lot of fun Andy.

 

variety of baits and tactics?

 

glad the boat went well too - always a moment for concern.

[plaicemat]

Nothing to do with fishing but fits the thread regarding the steering on the wrong way. I used to do some freelance work for a company putting on team building events for companies. One of the 'toys' we had was a Suzuki jeep that we could reverse the steering on. This had to be driven around a course with obstacles and it always amazed me how few people could do it, until I tried, that is. With practice it is fairly easy but without even a warm up lap, incredibly difficult.

 

Terry.

[Afishionado]

A little known and totally useless fact is that in the early steam powered (Victorian) Royal Navy the steering commands were reversed. In other words the movement of a notional 'tiller arm' was ordered. A command Put 20 deg' of PORT HELM on would result in a turn to the right etc. They kept this system for about 20 years. One incident involving it's absurbity was the sinking of two new battleships in Akabar Bay off Lebanon which resulted in great loss of life including that of the Admiral that gave the incorect order.

 

Mad Mike

[Paul D]

Andy,

 

You made the right choice staying over by the island. Our day involved catching 6 dogfish and one pout.

Still, my boat repair doesn't leak, so pleased with that

 

 

[Mike Fox]

Sounds like a cracking trip!

 

I've been looking for decent pollack inshore for years, and never had anything like that size. Could you pop some more details of where and how, please?

 

Thanks,

Mike