TomBettle Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 My first ever attempt at Youtube. Not exactly pro quality, but a bit of fun. Hope you all enjoy it. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Very Very Good Tom. I had no Idea where Cape Verde was, so I Google Earthed it ! Then I noticed this - - - Left of the Canaries. Is someone at Google Earth taking the P ? ? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Shrunk it too much. Try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieannear Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Do you mean the grid patterns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Yes WTF ? Wot are they Charlie. And tell Rob to shut up, before he comes up with some Alien Bull*hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieannear Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Well.... There were some people saying that it was Atlantis, or at least evidence of human activity from ancient times. But Google said that Google maps are composite images made up from all sorts of sources, and these bits with the grids are from ocean surveys, the grids being from where the boats have gone up and down in a grid pattern. Believe what you will! Tom- great photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Nice one Tom A great record of catching some big girls during a great 5 day trip. Hard to compete with that Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codpiece Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Great pics Tom, Love the three story boat!! Derek V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBettle Posted November 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Great pics Tom, Love the three story boat!! Derek V Derek Both Dreamin On and Lani's were stunning. Dreamin On is a Garlington 78.. 82' overall and owned by a gazillionairre family from the states. The Captain is Randy Hodgekiss. He lost his leg in a drunk motorbike accident not to a shark. First mate is Lincoln Funk. Really nice lad with a passion for boats and big game fishing. Here's Lincoln with owner, Warren Kainath, in the chair.... A small Blue of just a few hundred pounds is attached. I was lucky enough to be invited to join the guys for a day. When with them we had a "poor day" and only tagged and released four Marlin for 12 strikes. That said, we achieved the incredible feat of actually leadering all three fish in a triple header. This is a once in a lifetime achievement that anglers and captains only dream about. This final shot of Dreamin On, the business end, is I believe the current front cover for the Sports Fishing Club of the British Isles year book. SCBi is not just about Big Game, any sports fishing (including coarse) is welcomed. Anyone keenly into big exciting fish would do well to join. The year book alone is usually worth the membership fee, but it is a great bunch of like minded guys... A bit like PBSBAC! Here is a good article written by Lee Stevens (co-founder of Marlin Magazine). I met Lee in the airport bar at Sal island on my way home. He was on his way out to join the boys on Dreamin On after hearing about the incredible success we were all having. It's worth the read, flick through to page 23 for the story... http://en.calameo.com/read/00003084645b2af30710f The next stunning boat is Lani's. She's a Viking 74, owned by Kumar Dadlani. Anyone who has been to Lanzarote and nowadays much of Spain will be familiar with the chain of "Lani's" restaurants. Well this chap is the owner and he spends his profits fishing. Amazing guy. Very funny and a real gent. Most anglers / crews release billfish by slowly dragging them along by their bill to get oxygen in their gills. Kumar dons a pair of flippers and freedives down with the fish, literally swimming them down 25 to 30 metres to get them going again. Not a bad read is this article on Viking boats website. It is the story of Kumar's delivery to Lanzarote. He and his girlfriend, Virginia Escobar, drove her themselves via Northern Canada. http://www.vikingyachts.com/valhalla/Recor...tting_Lanis.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djredrupp Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Great video and pictures Tom! I bet they put up a bit more of a scrap than anything around here!!! But the choice of song? Really? Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomBettle Posted November 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Great video and pictures Tom! I bet they put up a bit more of a scrap than anything around here!!! But the choice of song? Really? Dan I thought "Big Girl (you are beautiful)" was perfect for big beautiful Blue Marlin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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