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Ive been finding them at the back of Dolphin Sands in Poole Bay. Not huge, but lots of them. Great for the youngster. (having said that, i completely blanked there last weekend :-) )

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I do, but with the price of diesel atm I'd rather go with somebody that lives closer and then chip in on the fuel bill. Seeing as this weekend is the ray comp, we may have to do that instead! (Didn't realise when I posted). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well, 4 times you have steamed 1hr 20!! So.......... Either you want tope or not. R

I booked a launch and retrieve at Ridge wharf and sat/sun on a finger pontoon with a view to returning to wilts on Monday. I’m trying to avoid the late night tow home. Endeavour 3 has a 6 foot cuddy. I cut some board to throw across the benches. Me and an old Ag college friend Ian,resolved to have another boys weekend staying on the boat. The steep slip launch nearly went badly. I shall use a belay rope next time. Spent the day scratching a variety of the usual marks and jigging for mackerel for a few hours. I blanked but my guest caught a small bream on the drift and managed to foul Hook one Mackey on the feathers. As advised we found less weed on the Patch and Ian upped a lively conger. Intersting couple of minutes when Ian’s light tackle was slammed and bitten off then immediately this denizen snatched his heavier ledger which was nearby. Eventually all we got was a well chewed snood. (There’s a song in that). Got back to Ridge late evening and slept p

It’s been a slow process but I have received my insurance payout. They sent an insurance assessor all the way from Porthtalbot to check it over. I thought all was lost when they asked for proof of service/service history. The seller was unable to provide anything but the oil was still IPA colour so they accepted that. Surprisingly they allowed me to acquire the old motor. Why did it explode? Engineers agree that the bottom carb seized possibly with its float down which caused excess fuel to run into the air intake. I moored near Wareham so we idled down to Brownsea not sucking this back in but letting it tosh out onto the engine bay floor and air intake. The engine stalled eventually. when we tried to restart it the fumes found a spark and hey presto Gummage had invented the seagull scarer! A proper rebuild for this requires new parts; 4x carbs ,starter motor, wiring loom etc. all valued at over £6K hence write off. when we got it home after the fire, my son couldn’t resist turning the key. It ran. I should say here that in a dispondant mood back in June I decided to purchase a brand new Merc 60 EF I . From HB Marine. I now have doubts about my sanity but my friends assure me that I won’t regret it . I need to move on the 2004 mariner 90. I want to turn it from a fire damaged insurance wreck into a fire damaged runner. My crew mate is a self employed freelance garage mechanic and is of the opinion that if we fix the carbs the motor will be a good’n. we stripped the carbs yesterday and found the bottom one to be so seized that we broke the spindle that holds the butterfly trying to free it. The others seemed serviceable. To progress this project I am looking for a serviceable replacement carb part number 804168T10 and a replacement canopy for mariner 90 yr 2004. (There are one or two on eBay) Any comments ,offers, encouragement,discouragement, etc gratefully received.