Leaderboard

Just picked this up,. I've got the time booked for that trip hooky...just hope the weather holds. I'd be pleased to share my inexperience with Vince if he like to come along.

Keep going Hooky as Gaffa says your luck must be due a change soon

I'd like to introduce myself to the club. My name is Vince and my boat is Vee Gee, therefore "Vince Vee Gee", I enjoyed meeting some of you at the May 3rd. My boat is a Linder Arkip, which is a 15' aluminium speedboat set up for fishing, with a 40hp Yamaha outboard. It is moored on the Thames, but I would like to bring down to Poole and get some fishing done with it, preferably, but not exclusively, with some lures. I would be very grateful if anybody would let me come with them, on their boat, so I might start to learn the right way to do things!! Eventually I'd like to be able to bring my boat down on its trailer and perhaps meet up with other boats, to catch some fish, and learn where the best and safest marks might be! Any tips or information on the best places to launch the boat, and leave the car and trailer would be gratefully received Are there any saltwater lure fans who would be prepared to share some of their expertise and point me in the right direction? Thanks , in advance, for your assistance Vince

Feel for you Hooky You must get a bit of good luck soon Peteg

Yes Jimbo, it may be possible to get the jet out but read on ! Tonight has found a major thought, why was only one carb very corroded and not the other two ..........?.q?... The answer got found a few minutes ago , I drained the two stroke tank down ready for removal , a conservative estimate would be 100mm of pure water , and we are all aware of how it separates in a tank , especially if a total ass ( not me ) uses a mineral based oil . So had did that happen ??? It's called a split in the rubber / plug / cap thingy , it actually looks like a cup . Where did the water go ???? Straight into the auto lube pump , that then ends up injected into the tube just before the reeds . It answered the problem of why it would tick over by die on a whiff of throttle. It also explain why cylinder two had a wet plug ! The biggest elephant in the room? A hole between the crankcase ? It's fine doing a compression test for most of the time , a full pressure test ( leak down) would be a huge step too far , I have never heard of this engine ( ( Dangar marine in Austrailia ) that has had this issue , if this was the case it would have just overheated and gone bang . Unfortunately this will of course mean that water may have also gone into the bearings etc, if that's the case it's all over , I was aware that this engine came with this boat as a non runner , possibly spares only ,. Im not going to give up just yet , im a very stubborn man . Looking on a positive side I'm learning about engines , strange thing is I'm far happier doing this than watching the telly , the fishing can wait for another few months