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Yes we had 11 a mixture of males and females, top three heaviest were between 3 and 3lb 8ozs

When we started our drift Mike he was a good half mile away from us, so we were nowhere near his track by the time he reached us . He had plenty of time and plenty of ocean to be able to avoid us, we were the only boat in the area !! He could of EASILY turned his rudder by 2 degrees and cleared us by miles. We were bow on to him, we were watching the area as plenty of pots there, he was totally out of order getting that close..

March Fish of the Month winner. 1st Place; Dave Evans Spurdog 20lb 0oz 125% Specimen £25 Voucher 2nd Place; Neil Burrow LSD 2lb 4oz 75% Specimen 3rd Place; Alun Jones Plaice 2lb 8oz 56% Specimen

I feel your frustration Mick! I think there's two issues here... The first mentioned above is "consideration for others", and the vast majority of sailboat owners would observe this basic "right", and keep out of the way of others, particularly if they're not doing any harm out of the way. The other is The International Regulations for the Avoidance of Collision at Sea (ColRegs), and in the event of an actual collision, where would the legal liability lie? Given that the mark being fished was just to the south of the Hook Sands, and on the direct/shortest "safe water" line to Poole from the Isle of Wight (or vice versa), it was quite natural that the yacht would be passing through this general area. It's my understanding that the yacht, if under sail only, would be the "stand on" vessel under the ColRegs, and that powered vessels on his track should be keeping a good look out, and take early and prompt avoiding action as appropriate. Personally, I think a bit more consideration would have been warranted from the yacht, but in the event of a maritime court of law, the verdict relating to liability would almost certainly have been clear. I've had a big motorboat make a high-speed banking turn next to my first 19' sailing boat, "accidentally" swamping the air-cooled outboard engine with his wash, and have had dive boats "invade" a mark I've been anchored at, effectively pushing me off, but I wouldn't dream of getting so close to a drifting angling boat, irrespective of wind and tide, but regretfully some yachtsmen (and others) in this world believe they are "entitled" to ignore consideration for others. I personally think the increasingly crowded seas would be a much nicer place, if we all tried to give a bit more space for other water users.

yes Alun one is Bobbi and the other Colin Sorry could not resist I will get my coat

Had the same with a yacht on Saturday off of Southbourne Except I was at anchor [No ball up] he was close enough for a chat and luckily I had Wendy on board so the language was turned down {A BIT]

Somebody open the door for Charlie, he’s leaving !! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

indeed! any time someone asks why the british car industry fell into decline should be made aware of this phrase. i was a bit annoyed that a 3 year old boat has seen something fail that has lasted 20 years on other boats i have owned. I have never had to replace a teleflex cable before. the engine end of the cable had locked up and the steering box end had exploded to let the inner cable escape when under load.

Took mate and his 10 year old son fishing today. Was drifting towards shore at the SRM when a totally idiotic WAFI on a yacht called " CAPTIVATOR " passed us at no more than 20 FEET away !!! When I " complained " at the elderly " skipper ???" he said I should of moved as he had priority over motor...... Can you believe the arrogance of some of these twats !! 🤬

Well done both of you

Well done guys , nice fish

Shame you can't find a diet that removes that many pounds as quickly, Jim. 😉 Terry.

I DO like a nice pair. Well done both.

Quote: " the universal adjustment tool." Or " Brummie screwdriver" as it's known in the midlands.

The RAC man has transported it and Simon & crew at Nuffield motors are going to fix it for me. I know I wanted to lose a bit of weight . . . . . . . . . . but not off my wallet! Plonker! 🤪 Never mind eh!

Some of these rag and stick owners can be complete idiots. I can never get my head around why on such a large piece of water they choose to come so close. I realise they use other boats as markers for tacking, but seriously why do they have to wait so long before they come about?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks Gary & Rob. Booked into Nuffield for tomorrow and the RAC will take me there. I just hope that the distance I travelled wasn't enough to do serious and expensive damage. But that's nothing compared to how angry I am with myself.