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It’s a rare thing to get out during the day so to gauge feedback ideas please ? Suggest 7pm until ??? ( last bridge 11) Area ? Got to be local and keep in sight of each other ( Night fishing can be superb ) Fish supper on way out? More a social evening than anything else ? Thoughts please

Sea trials today (Paul Thorne) This fella is superb🤗

Set up for Xd100 oil 75 and 90 both exactly the same. I’m told the 90 actually produces 100 plus hp I could have gone up to 150 but decided to be sensible ( £££££ ) New vhf got delivered today. Standard Horizon Gx thingy with a encyclopaedia, mmsi, gps, ais, etc etc blah , how is a human being ever going to understand? New rods ( ugly sticks) Wi-Fi Sonar , Bait tables, life jackets, etc etc blah New life, New beginnings Goodbye Christchurch, ( for a year) See you down the council estate very soon Crew more than needed , Lots of favours and begging will follow soon Ripps 🤗 Portland 😬 Lyme Regis 👍 Now all I need is a day off to get out 👋🙄

I’m hoping that the right decision will have been made😬 One thing (it’s all down to the learning curve)) DONT bother with old worn out old engines ( no matter how much think they will be ok 👌) Evinrude ETEC 90 fitted today . New cables, new everything 😉 Hope the upload video works IMG_4999.mov

Thanks to all for the birthday wishes😀 You could say it has been a rather expensive week , the new etec is going on Doombar very soon. Im moving on to the council estate 😆 (F) Bought a new ( second hand ) car today with many thanks to @Mike Hall for taking me to pick her up. Moving to a new home in the next few weeks , 😓 New life , New beginning .

Yep , it's going to be a etec , only when the monies in the bank . Its got to be fitted and commissioned , no more messing about ! I will ( next year ) have the time to go fishing , possibly Doombar will be moving down to Cobbs ? Dreaming the impossible ? A decent Spring and Summer , a new life and only myself to answer too , living the dream ? Very possible .

Necro this post? Updates & further rants and comments please ( Yes I’m very bored 😐)

Pm sent @Paul J

Utterly perfect , I'm going to send him a message and IF it's available in a couple of months I'm going to stretch the budget . That etec though !!!!!!!! Who is a decent Evinrude mechanic ( @Gazza)

That at one is superb but !!! This going to drink a fair old bit Thanks for the link Rob , they also have a 135 Honda , that again perfect ( £4.500 😓) I can't seem to get this Etec thing out of my head , it really seems to ticked all the correct boxes , The 115 is the perfect power, very low weight , economy as good ( if not slightly better ) than a 4 stroke, yes I've read about a few issues ( mainly from the yanks and crappy ethanol fuel) I've read a lot about the e tecs , I'm not setting my heart on one as I have a concern about getting it serviced ? Is is there any real concerns about a etec ???

Yes, saw that one, looks just the job ( I'm not positive but does this seem about £5/600 more than its real value ??)

A big decision , it won't happen until Febuary so just putting out the feelers . Its a hell of a lot of cash (for me) so Doombar will be sat ready for a few upgrades ! £3000 to absolute tops £4000 must have all dials and cables etc , I really fancy a etec . Im not too fussed about the make as they all seem pretty good . Im going to put the word around ( dealers ) as this seems to be the time a lot of owners look to upgrade etc but as usual with over 120 boats and ?????? Members I'm sure I can get a decent deal from a club member ( I hope !)

All places filled .weather looks superb ! cross fingers for Doombar behaving herself

Looking at a few days holiday! 30TH / 1ST/ 2ND/ 3RD , weather depending from Christchurch harbour, general fishing ( mainly Plaice drifting ) Nothing serious / first come etc// club members only @Gummage @Darvster @Mike Hall

Sunday ! ok I know it was not a official Ray or competition day as the winds were forecast as force 4+ ! NASTY/ NASTY , so back to the mooring and drank some coffee etc for 6 hours , a rather relaxing day 😇

Only day off for months was this Sunday , 😫 keeping my hopes up for my first comp this year ?? @Mike Hall

Oh Yeah AND YET ANOTHER Wilson 20ft jobby will be coming to play ( far better condition than mine 🤢)

And a HUGE thanks for getting my old engine into a perfect runner 🤣

Give me a ring Mike , I have one to borrow (its all fine) you will need a plate board

Appy Birfday , Innit Bro

My front window was a big one, it now has a polycarbonate (5mm) bonded and bolted to the outside reveal, no chance of that ever happening again . Decided against acrylic, it can still crack etc . I think that's it now , everything seems spot on as It needs to be , the other few bits that need doing are just bling , I always wanted to be safe, it's always be the first priority . Of course the weather is looking crap for this weekend, I'm all ready to go out and get a couple of Bream for the BBQ but I'm a very happy chappie knowing the hard work will have been worth the wait My next post WILL be a catch report with loads of nice piccies. Thanks again to you lot for all the encouragement & support

Not it sure Rob , I've been out on a few bigger boats ( Marlin / Fisheagle) and have certainly seen big waves pitch over the bow and hit the windscreen ?? Have I got this bit right ??? ( yes I was heading into a rather lumpy confused swell)

http://www.displaysuk.co.uk/ @Gummage Going down tommorow: Things could have been FAR worse, that's what sea trials are about. I have found out I'm not the only one to have this happen , that big window will fail if a reasonable force is applied . They have agreed to do a special quickly job . Also going to fit another bilge pump , it's going to be chucking it down this weekend ! Oh yeah, the weird intermittent engine problem , it's definitely coils or cdi , it can run under power for a hour or 15 minutes (???) it will just go lumpy sometimes. Switch back on and it's all fine again OR lumpy , all I know is that it always starts on the first turn of the key.

UPDATE !!!! Im going to put this bit in this thread with a huge CAUTION ! Sea trail (day 2 ) could have seen me in BIG trouble. Heading over the ledge in fairly lumpy conditions the whole front window got forced in by a big wave . In 2 seconds the boat was in a very bad situation. I stayed very calm , headed in on main engine , yes i had my hand held VHF ready , clipped to my life jacket, this could at least been a Pan Pan . I managed to get all the way back up into the harbour before the bilge pump also died ( bits of plastic crap) stopped it dead. Main engine still plodding on, got back to her mooring (phew) My opinion is this way of fitting a big main front window (on a rubber seal) is a DANGER , I have never even considered this on this type of craft. Im going down to fit a new screen , ( 1 inch over size fitted over foam tape and finished wit bolts and lock nuts ). Your thoughts on this issue please

It happened, Doombar has her first fish ! FIrst drop using small Sabikis, three bass, all retuned, the mackeral were thicker than soup ! Big bait down produced a nice Gurnard followed by a nice little spotty . Time was limited as I'm not confident in the engine yet ( still goes lumpy when pushed then drops onto two cylinders, could only be a coil ) Anchored up opposite the old coast guard hut , it was very snotty and bumpy out for the whole day. One slight disappointment, the old Shetland was far better getting over the ledge , I will get used to the slamming in time or it could be I haven't got my sea legs adjusted. This weekend looks pretty good so far , only saw one other boat out today, ( charter) but not going to push my luck to push a little further out until some confidence returns.