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Andy, advice has to be earned but you can expect Banter, oh and go careful with that young upstart Neil

It's been a while since I've been a newbie anywhere, so I'm basking in my newfound "Minnow basher" status on here! I've been fishing for 30+ years, boat fishing for the last 5 or so. My boat is in Langstone Harbour and I mainly fish the east and west wight areas - from Selsey to St Cats to the Needles. This year I'll be crewing for @Tarlach on our Alderney trip, so I thought I'd better sign up here and get to know some of you beforehand. Tight lines all!

Hi , Welcome Andy, you have made a good move joining, enjoy the club and dont forget to post reports when possible, there are people who dont get out as much as they would like to and they love to read them, Good luck and all the best farmer Colin.

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Welcome on board Andy Good to have new members You will certainly get to know people in Alderney Tony

Sounds like you’ll fit in no problem Andy, enjoy your fishing and see you in Alderney if not before.

Welcome Andy - I see you've started as you mean to go on. Seriously though enjoy the club...

Oh my word... what have I got involved with.... 😁

Welcome here Andy, look forward to meeting you on the Alderney trip or earlier.

Looking forward to this trip - I'm crewing with Neil on Tarlach. Never fished Alderney before, so you lot'll have to be gentle with me. Any tips on what to expect?

Some might say you're no angler either Neil.... 😉

February Fish of the Month 1st Place Alun Jones Bass 16lb 5oz 172% Specimen £25 Voucher 2nd Place Jan Tryska Bull Huss 12lb 0oz 100% Specimen 3rd Place Jan Tryska Thornback Ray 13lb 0oz 100% Specimen 3 fish recorded on the forum.

Hi Colin-58 and Maverick, Thanks for the words of encouragement. I agree, Colin, with your safety comments; the sea can kill you quite easily. I am intending to attend the club meeting on Tuesday, so maybe I will see you there.

Chris welcome to PBSBAC. Join in and take part in club activities if you can. Take advantage of the wealth of information stored in our members heads, ask away any questions you may have. If you use the club you will drastically reduce the learning curve in both fishing and boating. Martin

Exactly Martin. I also am so looking forward to my first crossing in my own boat. It’s a great trip and company is cool too !! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We are all suffering Cabin Fever. I agree hole heartedly with Mal. Keep posting Colin you are a valued member of the club and I enjoy your reports immensely. Greg

It’s been a long wait but we’ll worth it. We went to Ventnor on Wednesday for the sea trials of Boblin3. We got to the Cheetah factory bright and early at 0745hrs only to find the windows were still being fitted. They had been delivered late on Tuesday so the guys at Cheetah had to work a midnight shift. By the time we had had a cuppa all was ready for the trials. Watching Boblin being towed out of the factory unit and backed down the slip was a little worrying as at times there was only inches clearance between boat and walls. Everything went well and Boblin was dunked for the first time. We headed out of Ventnor haven as passengers on this trip with the engineers running their checks and recording speeds, revs, fuel consumption etc. The tests were with the tide and against the tide, I must say 33knts against the tide in a rough sea with no cushions on the seats was a bit hairy but great fun. After the test we were able to have a play for half hour or so, Bobi and me enjoyed ourselves doing some high speed turns and turning on the engines without touching the wheel and just enjoying being back on the water. Everyone was happy with the tests, there was a few more bits to finish off on Thursday and Friday was confirmed as hand over. We returned on Friday having scrounged a lift from friends and as we came down the hill into Ventnor there was Boblin having a photo shoot in the bay, looked really good. We said our goodbyes and headed back to Poole, we still have to fit the electronics, all we had for the return trip was compass, plotter on my iPad and a handheld radio. There was a fair old swell running and St Catherine’s was pretty interesting (rob it was a bit like Portland 10 years ago) but Boblin handled like a dream. We motored back at varying speeds between 10 and 20knts as per instructions from the engineers. We got back to Salterns in just over 1hour 30mins. When we left Ventnor the engineer had said don’t use the wheel to manoeuvre just use the engines, so I thought why not give it a go. I’m proud to say I manoeuvred all the way through the marina and into our birth without touching the wheel, great fun. I do have photo’s but I’m having trouble downloading them from my phone. Here’s one of Bobi naming the boat and the picture of Boblin again. Boblin3 9.2 metre 3.7 metre beam twin Yamaha 150’s