Jim

Ah the joys of boating on the Salty Stuff ! ! ! Glad you got it sorted Mike. Jim

Happy Birthday Sam. Your poor old Dad's wallet gonna get a severe bashing again ? Have an extra pint for me ! Jim

Who eats them things ? Sharks & Humbolt Squid ? ? ? I'll stay in my boat then !

I use Industrial Links in Factory Road, Upton as said above, but any of the local bearing firms will do. Shouldn't cost too much. Have you got Bearing savers ? Well worth having them. http://www.westerntowing.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=bearing%20savers&PN=bearing-savers-hu8%2ehtml#SID=69 £23.36p Jim

Happy Birthday Martin. A bit late ! Sorry ! ! Jim

Hi Phil, Welcome to our Club. Jim

Happy Birthday Les. Never met, but we can still wish you a Happy Buffday ! Jim

Welcome Steve. Jim

Lofty ! You little Tinker ! The important thing - - - - - everyone was safe ! And I hope they enjoyed it. We certainly did ! Jim

We nipped over for a quick chat with Neal & Stuie and then over to the launch area to make ourselves known. Soon enough it was 10:00 and the whole bay seemed to be awash with kayaks. The guys in control on the mic asked us to police the boundary to keep people inside for safety reasons. Chris set a Large Red Line on his plotter and we could tell who was over and who was not. It can be difficult sometimes for individuals to judge if they’re in or not but we could not only see but we could tell them how far over they were. ( anyone we nagged at .. . sorry . . . just trying to keep you all safe ) We had plenty of sausage, bacon & egg baps too. We even took some over for Neal & Stuie. We spent most of the day slowly patrolling around and assisting numerous stuck anchors. I think we lost 2 and got 4 back ( sorry Lofty ) yours was stuck tighter than a boss’s wallet ! I’ve put a load of photos on a CD. I’ll get them to you Lofty. ( please PM me your address ) I’ve lost it. Can the organisers please stress to all kayakers that they must sign back in after the comp. We were hanging around for ages while a few were being located. We did not dare just go in case they were still out on the water and in need of help. Once we were “ stood down “ we headed back for a few bream but no good. Chris had one on but it got off. He then had another bite and then nothing. But ! I had a fantastic day afloat on a great boat with a really competent skipper. Chris - - - I take my hat off to you and once again, Thanks. Jim

Right : I was cream crackered last night & busy all day today. Firstly: There are some true Gentlemen about and our club is blessed with a large helping of them. Chris and Myself passed through the 07:30 lift and headed out towards the main harbour. At the Condor ferry we hooked a left ( turned to Port ) and Chris had his eye on a little rubber dinghy. He told me to shout across and ask if he was OK. It turned out that he wasn’t OK and had engine problems. We towed him in safely and set off for the Harbour entrance. The kettle started whistling. What a lovely sound - - a whistling kettle. We arrived at the “ secret spot “ of Ballard and dropped anchor. Chris was straight into a nice bream from the off. Then I had some as well. Neal & Stuie stopped by on their way to Swanage for Safety duties. We were joined by Dave ( Reel Magic ) ( Dave I have a few photos for you ) and numerous charters. One of which positioned himself not far behind us and had a very noisy anchor. That finished the fishing. Not to worry it was time for our duties as safety boat too so we upped anchor and went round to Swanage.

I was impressed with the Bream Nige ! But that movie of the Dolphins - - - - - WOW ! right outside the Harbour too. Brilliant ! Jim

Well done all. I had to stay at home. I'm going no where until I can shift this cough. Jim

26 ? I've only got 7 on the Tiddler ! Mind you . . . . . . that's 6 for me and only 1 for Jacqui . . . . . . . And she still catches more than I do ! Ah well . . . . . . . hope to get out again soon. Jim

Happy Birthday Tony. Hope all's well with you & yours. Been for a stroll along the beach on your Birthday ? I know you enjoy a good storm ! ! Jim

Happy Birthday Adam. We don't hear much from you these days. Have you still got the Pilot 4 ? Have you been out much? Weather's not been great, although this morning looks OK. Hope you're enjoying your Birthday. Jim

Looks like you were educated in the Dave Evans school of ( Get lots of screens - - - - - and make em BIG UNS ! ) What a fantastic job you're making of it Adam ! Jim

Happy Birthday Charlie & Dave. One of the main reasons for having sons is so they can buy the beer on your Birthday. Make them dig deep lads ! Fill your boots ! ! ! And then have an extra slice of cake. Jim

Blue band around the engine ? I had one of those. It used to start and run fine for a while then it would stop and not start again. Next day it would start and run fine again ( for a while ) My Brother had a 90 horse blue band merc. - - - - - did exactly the flipping same. If you're not some sort of expert with a garage full of bits, my view is sell it for bits. Jim

Nope! Already on a death threat after the Gadget show a couple of weeks ago !

In Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaath? You probably need some of this then matey ! ! ! At least you'll be clean for the DO tomorrow ! A very Happy Birthday to you Chris. Jim

Happy Birthday Kam. Hope you wangled the day off work. The weather's been prety good. Did you manage to get out and try for a few fish ? Jim

Welcome Nick. Are you and Ollie what people mean when they say " Look at these Bad Boys " ? ? Cheers. Jim

Scary goings on ! !

Thank you all very much for the Birthday wishes. Brought a tear of joy to an old man's heart. Not had any beer. I've got my grandkids here so no work and plenty of CAKES ! Not worrying about the waistline this week. Plenty of time for worrying next week. Cheers lads. Jim