Matt

new boats fine its just the job.causing me problems!

What breaking strain is the hair?

Costing is fuel plus beer(the crossing is a wrecking trip u just go home the wrong way! Id take your passport but ive never needed mine!

The best advice i can give with boat launching is make sure you are communicating with every one involved and take it slow. we launched our warrior 175 for a decade from some very difficult slipways(v steep, straight into the entrance of langstone harbour with tide pushing across, beaches in wales etc) but our only major issue was at portland marina which is one of the easiest to use i have seen. essentialy due to complacency and mis communication i ended up skinny dipping in march! Not fum

Hi paul i am peters son and co skipper in training. we have slept onboard the previous two trips (me in a tent on the back. its doable but very disconcerting the first night on a swinging mooring! i think the sense of adventure made it enjoable first time!

More than one shiny new boat going to alderney then!

6lb Daiwa Braid special, Fantastic light rod

Was he sure it was a fixed hazard? We hit a railway sleeper with similar effects at higher speed

Congrats on the boat! Rather than worry about an aux engine make sure you have a decent vhf radio (being able to yell for help is best, if you have a.spare engine but run out of fuel... we are Weymouth based but if you want a few trips we will.be looking for crew soon

Ask any Scottish salmon angler about the prospect of a fish farm in there local river mouth...

Still rather be afloat than at work!

I don't know Charlie! havent been out and don't know anyone that has (discussions in the marina have been confimed to antifouling and how crap the weather has been) I reckon that water would be too coloured to be any good though

Not specificaly but at least one big rock stack on the bill was smashed and chesil beach substantialy altered/battered so I would think it possible

Try November for me Charlie! Crawling up the walls a bit

Bet it would need a lot of.work!

The water on the shambles is still very clouded according to the person we spoke to at portland marina

I spent sunday afternoon scrubing freeboys- that wind was nasty!

Huge decline on last year, we had a dozen a day in 2012 barely one or two last year. Inouur autum session in lime bay we dropped from 150 fish over two days to about 8. Strong rumour the commercial bass boats are targeting bream due to a lack of bass

Being a Watford fan i can only aplaud the yellow

Yes just cross every thinng for weather!

Good luck

Actually suprisingly clear! We even saw a shoal of mullet in the marina

Same feeling martin. Just want to point the boat south and go, this weather is a grind though

Even with a window i wouldn't want to venture far! This time last year we were doing mid channel wrecks this year barely able to even reach the marina (if you haven't seen the the video of the wave crashing straight across chesil beech!)

At work