Steve S

Tigerfish: Steve and Diane (not fishing) short trip mainly social with a try for a flatties. Saturday. Better to do than view

Very convenient for the JV crew!

Hi Jay, sorry can't take you on mine we are full.

Tigerfish is going out on Sunday, now fully crewed. Forecast looks really great, hope the fish play ball. Hope you have a great trip there Adam.

I'm thinking of a mid channel trip Saturday or Sunday. No crew sorted yet, if interested in wrecking, plus maybe some banks out there send me a PM or email.

Having a reliable engine is a must at sea, that trumps everything, your life could depend on it. I would expect you to get performance and significant economy improvements with a new engine but most important you should have an engine you can be confident in. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

2.1l per nm on Tigerfish Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Tigerfish: We are going for a 3 day trip leaving 7:00 from Lymington on Friday.

Tigerfish: Going to make a call on Thursday, currently improving forecasts with maybe one of the four days in port. No Alderney Angling to keep us amused [emoji24], plenty of beer to be had [emoji39] . Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

A perfect view of Poole Patch. Someone with a different agenda could shoot and EDIT a totally different film.... Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Plan A cancelled, thwarted by the wind, going to plan B, the 19th. So weather rules as per usual.

Trevor a couple of thoughts. If the water egress is through the hull in contact with the water (put simply the small water molecules can easily pass through gell coat and fiberglass which is made of large complex chains of molecules ) then there won't be a lot of water getting in so not a lot of water to remove. If the bilge is totally sealed in then try some of those water absorbing boxes to bring the humidity level down. They need swap outs when they fill up. If not totally sealed then 2 air vents ideally at opposite ends will get some air through, just like a house boats need ventilation.

The RYA is aware that there is currently a petition urging the Minister of State (DEFRA) to improve the way static fishing gear is marked for the safety of small craft at sea. However, this will be curtailed as all petitions are being closed in preparation for the forthcoming General Election.

All petitions are being closed in preparation for the forthcoming General Election.

Err yes Terry the 4th

Tigerfish will be going on the 19th Dave if the 5th doesn't work out.

Done

Hi Oli Yes, same dates, ideally Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th for the best (smallest) tides. Will flex depending on weather.

Yes indeed not much came out last Sunday particularly if your name wasn't Rob.

Tigerfish has a switch in the wheelhouse labeled engine room fan. I can honestly say I have never turned it on. Being a diesel and having a massive amount of air intakes to let the engines breath I could not think why it was needed and showing a total lack of curiosity have never tried (maybe it does nothing ), suspect a regulatory requirement. No help to your question Trev, however, I think i will turn it on, if nothing else to find out if there is a fan, maybe it does something marvelous! I won't hold my breath.

Very sad news, my condolences to you and your family Matt.

I had my last boat copper coated. I agree with Mike the time to do it is when the boat is new (like Dave Evans did on Reel Magic) or when old antifoul has to be cleaned off (as I did on Arwen) It is expensive to get done. All the coats have to be done as one long process, can be done in one very long day, totally knackering, needs more than one person on the job unless the boat is something like 20ft. Also the stays have to be moved and then done underneath, that could be done next day. If it rains or even a heavy dew it's a disaster as it's water soluble and the damn stuff runs so if done outside needs to be no risk of rain (mine was done outside in June). Best to be done undercover with a team of people, there is some skill in applying it. Sad to say some yards have been known to charge for say 7 pots of the expensive stuff and use less saving them a lot of labour and pots, the result sort of looks ok but won't last as long so watch out for that. Each season the coat should be lightly rubbed with scotch bright to expose new copper, bit of pain but not on the level of antifouling. It is a medium strength antifoul, if you need high strength then it may not be good enough. If your boat sits in one place for weeks on end I would say don't use it, if used regularly then the slime will wash off. I'm stripping my antifoul off next year, 10 years worth is on the hull and it's looks like it, I'll be getting quotes for copper coating.

Black International Interspeed, works well. I prefer a hard antifouling as my boat can get a bit of a move on.

Well that's good I think, will it actually make any difference or is it just a point in law?

No Spurdog, no chance, March to be the same??? Thanks Stuie, I've been pasted out