Oli

Fingers crossed the weather gods smile. 4 of us definitely still on for Monday

Rearranging wise I know Mark at AA is fine, not sure about any others. I reeeeeally hope not two weeks later, I'm on a rather dodgy stag weekend in an unknown country that weekend and would hate to miss the trip

Hi David, We'll be down at Parkstone bay (Tom's marina!) over the weekend working on our Arvor. It's right at the end of the pontoon, come and have a chat as we've been happily in the marina for a few years now...

Welcome to the club Farticus, I'm sure you'll enjoy it, excellent bunch. Plenty of Arvor owners too so always worth asking here if you have any boat related issues! Oli

Unfortunately we're now out. I have had a wedding sprung on me that I have to attend, what is it with people getting married during fishing season!

Sweet Chariot (4 of us) would definitely be keen for the Harbour Lights dining experience! Oli

To fill (well half fill) one of those 135L Igloo boxes isn't it going to take a fair bit more than 3 boxes? Edit. 13.5kg is about 15L so to half fill would be about 4.5 boxes.

Another vote for crazy fred here.

This has just been added to the Alderney Angling catch report page. Looks extremely promising! I for one was getting fairly worried about getting bait, let alone any proper fish! Two weeks to go, bring it on... Oli

Excellent news Kev, we were hoping you'd be in for it - how are you going to top the little paddle you had last year?

Somebody found some fish!!!!! Good on you Tom, nice report. Long way but worth it no doubt. How did she perform?

Thanks for all of that. It seems you may well be right but before going to the extra expense of the rate compass over a standard fluxgate, you can understand me wanting to be sure that one won't do the job for the other... I may try a call to Navico (watch this space!).

Pleased to say we'll be fitting this on Saturday (please God let the weather be half decent). While we're going to be having everything in bits in an ideal world I'd like to fit a heading sensor as I'd really like to be able to accurately overlay the radar on the chart. The question is, will any fluxgate compass (providing it is NMEA 0183) fit the bill or do you think (being the marine world) it needs an exact make and exact model that they can charge hundreds for. There are a fair few on eBay under

Monday would suit us much better as we'll be down anyway. It will be a bit of a pain for us Tuesday as we'll have to drive back to London Monday afternoon, work Tuesday and then hammer it down the M3 again Tuesday afternoon... That's a vote for Monday by the way.

Yes I think we should. Enjoyed it last year and certainly built up the anticipation!

Looking good! I'll be very interested to hear how well the Cunigard works. Has anyone else in the club used it before? Oli

AUTOPILOT! Bloody luxury over on Awol isn't it!! Afraid there's no such luck on SC

Ahhhh the costs don't stop. Apparently for accurate chart overlay I need a heading sensor!?!

Thanks for replies so far, all very helpful as ever. From speaking to a couple of shops today and watching the various YouTube videos, it really does look like it gives excellent definition at close range - even picks up birds sat on the water!! How high does the octahedral have to be Bob? In the past we've just had it on the cabin roof... Sounds pretty nasty Charlie! Last summer over on the 9 mile the fog came in thick and fast. It wasn't a pleasant experience hearing the rumble of the Condor long before I could see it. It's very expensive but definitely an investment and something I'm starting to feel is a must with the sort of trips we are doing more and more of...

Now we have the boat we hope to stick with for the forseeable future, and with Alderney, Weymouth and hopefully a number of mid channel trips ahead in the next few months, we're seriously considering fitting a radar system. The thought of being 20 miles offshore when thick fog comes in and not being able to see a cruiseliner is a nasty one. So I'm looking for some advice please... Firstly (and I'm sure I know the answer to this one), those of you that have it, would you recommend it? Second, we have the Northstar M121 plotter etc on board so are looking to get the Northstar BR24 Broadband Radar (same as the Lowrance/Simrad Broadband Radar). Do any of you own it/seen it in action/read any reviews? Finally the old question of which radar reflector! We currently have an octahedral, but is it really good enough? Thanks as always Oli

Sweet Chariot will be fishing the club comp too and probably won't bother with Andy's. I hear there isn't too much about locally anymore, will most be heading towards the island?

Happy Birthday Dave

I'd say mine go 25-30% of the time too so pretty normal I guess. Definitely opt for the tight along the shank method rather than slack though. I'm surprised anyone uses slack? Can't really see the reasoning behind it.

Sounds good to me too. Never made that trip and definitely want to

Dates are good for us too (most likely 4 of us). Booked and sent deposit for Mark's B&B at Alderney Angling. Did I mention we were KEEN!? Edit: He has space for two left so book early to avoid disappointment... Oli