sparky

You can afford it Jim!!😁

Thanks Oli

100% luck , especially in that bright sunshine!😁

I have just filled in catch report wrongly by putting weight of fish in 1 box . The sole weighed 1lb 4 oz and not 1lb as shown. Did put comment in box but it did not come up, sorry about that Oli. Mick

Well what a lovely day it was yesterday! Started of at the secret ray mark on the ebb, plagued by small bream stripping the baits there, no rays but one solitary smoothhound. Moved to southbourne having a couple of scad on the way but as others have said no mackerel about for me either. Small plaice in abundance, tub gurnards and 1 grey gurnard and baby smoothounds. Was on the phone and drifted inside the yellow buoys , had a bite and up comes a sole , now that was a nice surprise !! Got a picture too ! Ran out of bait and came in about 3pm for good clean up......cracking day out.

There were a few hard days over the years Chris!

Not on holiday but out on boat last 2 days swimming and stuff back of brownsea......21 degrees water. Thought you were there too, boat just like yours there! Can't do pictures though

Cheers Dave

Cheers Rob and Charlie, sent Hooky a message and awaiting reply. Will ring wessex tomorrow.

Hi all, got a problem with my kenzaki 20/30 where the reel seat section that goes into butt ( of the rod !!) has come loose and is twisting, I suspect glue has failed , does anyone know of a rod repairer who can sort out for me please? Cheers, Mick

It's got a built in " guaranteed fish locator " too Jim, that should help !!!

Thanks for that !! You seem to be the only " electronics" wizard on here Steve!

Cheers Steve, I would only be using 1 plotter at a time as one is already connected. I have added another plotter to the boat and want to connect that one to vhf as this is the one i will be using mostly, as well as being a back up. So i assume that if the receive and transmit of both plotters are connected to the radio and only 1 unit is powered up it should be OK ?? The plotters are both Lowrance and the VHF is a Navman I think which has the DSC button on it. Mick

Don't you start Jim!!!

How did I know it would be you Nige......😁😋

Hi all, I am hoping to pick some " Electronic " wizards brains tonight! I have 2 GPS units on Marichelle and am hoping to connect them BOTH to the same VHF unit so I can get co ordinates on both units at the same time for the DSC connection. Is this possible, would I just connect the send and receive wires from both GPS units together....is it that simple......OR NOT ? Thanks, Mick Forgot to say that BOTH GPS units communicate to each other via an ethernet cable but only 1 shows coordinate data on screen as I did not connect the transmit and receive wires on 2nd unit.

Thanks fella's ............probably give your mark a miss Charlie !!

Anyone else out tomorrow ? We are gonna try to find some mackerel to top up bait freezer. Any pointers where they were over the weekend would be appreciated, save looking around for miles for them ! Cheers , Mick ........will be on CH6

Have a good time fella's...........can't join you as wrecking again !!!

If you want to go more than 12 miles from shore DO NOT go to Towergate if your boat is 7metres or less as they will not cover you as a new customer. I tried them a couple of months ago.

My one and only plaice was 1lb

Marichelle- Mick & James ( non member )

Once you've cleaned it out Neil you might want to put some diesel treatment in the tank as it sounds like it may have had the bug at some time. I've always used " Fuel Set" on mine, had boat for 10 years now and touch wood never had sludge problem even after being in rough conditions.

Down Cobbs today, there's a new boat, flattish bottom with 2 x 350hp outboards on it...........wouldn't want his fuel bill !

Saves all that travelling !!