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Hi Guys I joined in January and have been lurking around for a while now. Retired down to Dorset and have been doing alterations etc to our bungalow in Wool, most of which should be completed by August. The plan is to buy a boat and go fishing........ so much to learn..... I'm not a total noob (but almost), been out on numerous charters from Poole and Weymouth and over the years done some shore fishing whenever I got the chance. So I'm after advice....lots of it. I'm looking for something launchable not too small but not too big and unmanageable, preferably with a pilot or wheelhouse, probably 17 to 20ft. Be prepared for lots of questions😁

Agreed Charlie and let's hope the restrictions are not in place for an overly long period of time

I Think that Boris and co were forced to toughen up by Colin's half wits lets hope that staying at home does what it is intended to and helps reduce the spread of this damn virus

Hi Colin, thanks for the welcome, budget about £10000 I've looked at warriors seahogs, raiders, etc open to anything really. Preference would be a small Arvor AS, or an Ocqueteau as they have shaft drive versions, but as per usual probably just out of my price range. Isn't that always the case Adrian

Bring it on

Welcome to the Club Adrian With nearly 200 Members confined to barracks, you may get more answers to your questions than you bargained for. Charlie

Hi Adrian , i may well have good news, i have a good friend with a 100% genuine boat for sale that may well interest you, i will message you at some point this evening to chat , got to go i have a sheep lambing . Colin

Hi, Welcome to a great club. Jerry

Ditto , Mal, it does make me wonder, Boris keeps warning people because not everyone is taking advise. Some people think it is not going to be me , coronavirus is for the others , well today was a classic with people out in the countryside, i witnessed people go through the fields on a footpath, not a problem to me or my sheep with one to ten day old lambs, so wheres the problem? Since none of them thought to put new gloves on or sanitise there hands after opening and shutting the four feet six wide steel galvanised gate i wondered if the first one today had left any virus on the gate or latch how many of the other twentyish would have been infected? Absolutely Frightening. I think it was Brian that hinted the other day in a post that i was in a good position to distance isolate out in the open fields and fresh air and so did i , but i now realise i need to remember one of my friends , he had a few "sayings" and one of them was , " The world is full of half~wits" Seen some today! Scary. Colin

It may well not be in a few months Adrian!