Mal Thomas

Welcome to the club Mel, this will lead to confusion no doubt a Mel and a Mal, should be quite amusing. If you need any safety or Vhf courses, send me a message and I will put you in touch with our trainers. Tight lines.

Ray welcome, I would like to offer you some advice, but launching and recovering is not something I do. We have members who may be watching who have plenty of experience, so watch this space. As a new member and a new boat, can I ask if you have had a safety check and engine service on your new boat and whether the vessel is equipped with all the safety equipment? We can organise for all the services if you require help. This may also give members looking on some idea of your approach to boating and safety. As mentioned we can help with VHF radio courses for the license you require to operate a VHF radio. We all listen in on channel 06 if you require some help or advice or would just like to know other club members are near by. Please make sure you are planned and considered with the launching of your new vessel, this can be a tricky maneouvre a few of our members can recall with slight embarrassment. I will watch with interest. Mal Thomas Safety officer.

Happy birthday Lofty.

Good to see you have mastered the web site this is your fountain of all knowledge, the members will always offer help and good advice. Welcome.

Yes still got a new 5kg bruce pattern, £25.00

I would check Christchurch or Poole, they might be heading for Mudeford Quay. In which case it is crabbing with a bucket and crab line.

Some are marked out on the top of igloo fish boxes or similar.

The forecast for the weekend looks good, Iam away on the weekend but I do not think this is going to change, sea breezes this time of the year can make for choppy conditions, so be prepared to take some shelter if it becomes uncomfortable. Tight Lines and enjoy the day, please wear your lifejackets they are no good in the cupboard.

Neil for your info, the VHF license is mandatory, all users of a vhf radio should have one. You can then obtain an mmsi number to install in your DSC radio which in an emergency when using the red DSC button will identify your vessel to the coastgaurd. The license is also useful when travelling in the boat to other marinas as Id and as a bonafide boater.

Good idea Neil, the site contacts are worth the money, besides if you need a vhf license or want to do any courses we contribute and you get some of your membership money back. We have contacts over your way for training. Let me know.

Glad we cleared that up

Exactly what type of winch, a tow bar winch, a anchor winch, a drum winch, a vertical winch or a horizontal winch.

What have you bought.

What an excellent article by Malcolm Gilbert, simple and concise. A real shame the governing bodies can act on such straight forward thinking. If the stocks are not there you cant have a fishing industry, so Europeans including us need to allow the stocks to replenish. The monitoring system via satelite needs to be enforced asap for 12mtr and less vessels, so that some accountability can be enforced and tracked, what are these commercials actually taking. I see to many white vans on docksides taking boxes of fish and lobster away, is it counted? Is it official or black market. The fish stock belongs to you and me as much as it does the commercials.

Jerry, we would not be the characters we are if we did not make mistakes, your very much forgiven. The man who did not make a mistake, did not make anything. We all still love you, dont be hard on yourself. It will be a while before you allow it to happen again, but you will your human.

Sounds just like a trip my mate made with his new purchase, should not have gone in hind sight but could not resist. Well done on keeping safe and good piloting. Enjoy your new purchase.

Looks good, looking forward to hearing how she handles and how you fit her out. Congratulations Enjoy.

The method was a rumour started by bad boy Nigel, I was using a bluey wrapped around some squid, not your typical tope bait. I was hoping for a large Blonde ray to be honest. Nigel will be laughing up his sleeve at me defending my so called tope fishing fluke. However we did find cuttle was the turbots main diet which was surprising.

Might have won fish of the month. If you had weighed it and taken a photo. Not wanting to rub it in.

If thats where you fished when I was over there, we also tried the same spot saturday, it's devoid of fish probably from that Trawler I saw.

Happy birthday Alun, trust you are having a nice time in great weather.

mal thomas turbot 9lb 3 0z

The weather does not look like it is going to be favourable this weekend, we will keep our fingers crossed for a miracle, Neil will give us a decision soon.

More likely to be a tope, smoothie has flat crushing teeth.

I cannot follow that Ian, brilliant. The worrying statistic on Spring Watch, delivered with dismay from Chris Packham was that our Rivers are some of the worst in Europe after all the progress, we are still miles behind their quality.