Steve S

Yes it that time of year again! First the bad news from my look at the tides, the prefered smallest ones don't fall very well over a weekend and some of the neap tides are not very neap. Tide wise the best dates appear to be: Mon 7th to Sat 12th May with the Sunday a somewhat bigger tide but fine for wrecking. The smaller tides 2 weeks either side of these dates are not that small. As a reserve date I would plump for Thu 24th May to Sun 27th May but the tides are significantly bigger so very much a reserve date. Well Tigerfish is planning to make the trip in spite of the mishaps last year (Double Whammy), anyone else?

Thanks Mick, not checked the supply fuse, I'll try and locate the fuse tomorrow, mine may be on a breaker, there are rows of them but none labeled Heater but some are labelled 'extra'. About running the heater regularly, I've been doing that since I've had the boat but for some reason I haven't this year since April...

I have a Webasto Air Top 2000 S diesel heater. The rheostat was faulty and I've replaced it (old one kept buzzing and the light flickered on it). So feeling pleased with having sorted it, the heater then started throwing up error code 8 . This is a fan problem apparently, I say apparently as I can hear the fan running until it abruptly stops at the same time as the error code appears. The heater is located in the engine bay and a couple of times it has worked ok and heated the boat, both times it was when the engines had got the engine bay good and warm, but on another similar occasion it still wouldn't start. On the second occasion it worked I tried just leaving it on set on a low temperature thinking it just needed some regular use but when I came back next day it had the same fault code. The fault code appears between 2 and 8 seconds after turning the heater on. I have checked the electrical connectors to the resostat and to the heater itself and they appear to be clean but I gave them a dose of electrical lubricant anyway to no effect Any idea what the problem might be? Could you recommend anyone to fix it, preferably based in the Lymington area? Thanks and Happy New Year!

Well done Oli and thank you, I really do understand how much work that is. I know dealing with the server management organisations can be painful, slow and very frustrating depending on the company.   I do have some questions regarding the deployment of your server, I am really not trying to annoy here just I don't know your server system and some are just a PC in the corner of a bedroom.   How are the backups done and how often? What is the plan when the server fails in terms of getting the site up and running again? What is the plan for when a server problem occurs when you are on holiday or similar, can someone else restart it?

Seems to work great in my tests so far. Photo taken at night, works well in the day as well. Will track objects AIS detected objects on request, tested this worked well it followed the IoT ferry back and forth. Will auto alert on objects detected marking them up on the screen and beeping. Not tried this yet, if it works well will be a great safety aid.

Ok Graham when you next step on the boat we are using:   All Raymarine gear:   Axiom 12 Pro RVX (on the helm) Axiom 9 on the instrumentation panel under the ceiling Quantum Radar Q24C AIS 650 (class B ) Evolution EV1 (fluxgate compass) M232 Camera (Infrared)   Above all fitted and working now; need to get Greenham Regis (who have been great) to check and approve my fit out to get the 3 year warranty.   A pair of bronze 3D Transducers - tested over the side but will be fitted during the annual haul out in February, using the current transducer currently (so happy to be rid of the DSM300)   I have kept the old auto pilot, supposed to be compatible, yet to be proved.   This setup will allow us the use tablets as screen reflectors on the bow and stern to show for example where the wreck is, this will save me shouting out 'wreck coming up etc' and allow everyone to make up their own mind..

All sold  :)

I have the following Raymarine kit for sale after updating the equipment on my boat, all in good working order and with the latest software updates MFD E180 - with screen cover and power supply cable, no pivot mount (surface mounting required) - £450 MFD E80 - with screen cover and power supply cable, no pivot mount (surface mounting required) - £350 2kw 18" analogue radar - pathfinder - 2D2KW - £280 Also available: DSM300 Sounder SeaTalkhs Ethernet Switch Various cables

Assuming there are no late posters that is 4 cod caught amongst 16 boats and 30 odd anglers, a very meagre return, they are just not there at present. I counted 50 boats fishing the Car Park, I don't think our boats were alone in not catching, Private Venture did have one but that's all I heard of.

Tigerfish Cod(ling) to Alun of 2lb We also had whiting that size. . Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

The survey is for Angling Trust Members.

1) Serenity - Tony, Neal and Stuie 2) Alfresco - Sam and Eileen 3) Tarlach - Neil and Another (yet to be determined). 4) Tigerfish - Steve, Alun, Mike Fox 5) Reel Magic - Dave Mick 6) Madness - Dean, Martin, Phil Trevett 7) Y-Knot - Mal and Trevor ​8) Marlin - Greg and Rob Samways 9) Boat?-Allan, Dave L and John St 10) My Baby - Norman and Dogfishdave

Tigerfish - Steve, Alun

Thought I would post that the problem is now fixed. The guys at Ropewalk thought it was a sticky gear selector cable. I found that surprising given the symptoms, anyway, I let them go change it which they managed without putting the boat on the hard by doing some of the work attaching the cable to the leg underwater from the swim platform, impressive and saved me a haul out charge. Anyway after a month of use and many many gear selections/de-selections all of the faults listed above have disappeared so I think I can say it is sorted.

Thanks for all your input guys. I haven't machined stainless no Jim, just cut holes in it and seen a similar effect, I used to cut titanium (when i worked for British Aerospace, so so long ago) and that had a similar characteristic. I like to do stuff myself if practical but if not I'm happy to use Matt.

Well yes he can and he does good work but he is very slow and keeps missing dates he sets himself. Some of bits I need are things like 12 gauge (approx) rectangular plate 25cm x 10cm with 10 holes in it, the sort of thing I should be able to knock up myself.

I'm going to be fitting some new toys to my boat soon and to make a decent job of it I want to use stainless for the mounts/brackets etc, so... Does anyone know where I can source modest quantities of stainless steel plate of various thicknesses, most likely type 316? Any recommendations for cutters and drills to use? Thanks Steve

Nice one Roger, a good read. One of the benifits of fishing club boats, you can generally use a lot of rods as the head count is on the low side. Takes a fair amount of skills to manage them all though and at slack water with a bit of wind on the go well, more trouble than it's worth.

What a solefull experience surly should be in the Darwin near miss awards list. Well darling I was just giving this little fish a quick peck when it jumped down my throat, honestly there was nothing I could do about it.... Yup totally believable. Mal, something to include in your safety warnings!

Well done Rob, reward for all your efforts it's great when a plan comes together. A 150lb Blue is a seriously decent fish, brilliant. Sadly my idea of going for Tuna this year is not going to come off, work, too much of it is scuppering the plans.

I am up for it if you postpone, currently in China

If you can drop the requirement for level wind you will have a lot more choice. IMO level wind adds nothing to a reel, just make for more complication, extra bits for salt to get in and for the line to tangle in. With braid there is so much capacity in the spools even if you don't spread line much with your thumb like during a fight the build up in the centre will not be too bad.

Weather doesn't look great for pushing out this weekend, shame as such a small tide (they don't come up very often).

Hi Mel Thanks for the comments about on the Axiom, I'm thinking of upgrading my 11 year old Raymarine system (E120) to Axiom. I'm particularly interested in the 3D sonar feature, basically to know if it's worth having or still a work in progress and you are the only one I know who has one and used it round here! Does it display 3D as you motor along and if so how fast can you go? Is the 3D image clear in our waters (looks great on the demo done in fresh water)? Do fish in the water column really show up as dots? Do you think it will show up a decent images of a wreck? I'm sure lots of people in the club will be interested to hear more about it.

Tigerfish Catch report: Rays caught: 0 (and we really tried) Mackerel - fully stocked for the whole winter and spring now, plus enough for quite a few meals Tope - couple of good ones and some bite offs Bass - no great size took a liking for mackerel Buss Huss - a few, one was pretty decent - see September photo of the month comp Great to be out there