jerry.shutter

Hope you all were out today, it was stunning, very happy birthdays!

Have a good one Stuie, I hope the sikaflex worked!

Hi Matt, No promises but I live in Wiltshire and hope to fish a lot more next year, send me a pm as to where you are and telephone number and I will see what we can sort.

Even more belated happy birthday!!!

Well done Stuie, email sent, it is pretty depressing that common sense does not prevail.

Well done Brian, look forward to seeing you at Cobbs, boat looking very smart. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Well done Chris not really jealous

We have people like this that arrive in the countryside on bank holidays, especially sunny ones like this one, unfortunately it's us that lose out rather than the gentleman who lost his boat above!!! Do hope there were no casualties. Muppetry

Brian are you moving north? Welcome if you are!!!

Welcome Mel, I am fairly new 4 years I think, but a brilliant club and really friendly members who just want to help and see everyone achieve what they want. Have fun this week.

Very smart Nigel, though I do think you could of had your toe nails manicured as the engine looks great!!! Tight lines

Happy birthday for yesterday!!

Martin, A very well put togeather eloquent post, in many respects. Unfortunately you are correct, Robs figures are WAY out, I wish you were right Rob!!!!! I want a new engine on the boat, it's mad, I am SO lucky being in a position to do it but it's all a balance, with the actual figures Rob a few trips to the Shambles and hopefully the Skerries in the future and even Alderney the figures will get back in my favour, after I think around 18 months. It's all useful information from everyone, many thanks.

Don't confuse me chaps!!!!! It's taken a long time to come to my decision!! I believe that present charter skippers on registered boats get a lot of help re tax on petrol, I looked into registering the boat to gain this advantage but apart from probably being illegal the costs did not work out for a private boat----not surprisingly. Changing to inboard diesel over outboard petrol will save me nearly 45% per trip out on fuel. A really big investment, but as I am retiring next year I want to use the boat as much as I want to,and not feel guilty that a trip out round the bay and back and hopefully some further a field is costing mega bucks each time. It's all in the head!! But having spoken to others in the club and many other experienced skippers THINK this is the way forwards. One wise man in Monaco told me if it flies,floats or f--- rent it. This is true but I love my wife and my boat and don't have a pilots license!!!! Thanks for all the comments guys.

Thanks Charlie, Rob it's a Breaksea 25, basically an Offshore 25. I have confidence in Pete Watts the boatbuilder, and he has fitted many inboards to this size boat, and as he built it knows what has got to change from ob version. At the moment I have a Yamaha 225, I could be wrong saying it's 300hp it could be 250, all I know is performs very well in this boat from figures stated!!

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All great advice, many thanks, all the above is what I have been told and believe to be correct. Mechanics are certainly not my strong point but enjoy learning and time should be available fairly soon I am a good apprentice Steve! so after February 2018 give me a shout and I will come and pass spanners when you service your legs if you need help. I have looked at the new boat scenario and had a buyer for mine but to spec it to what mine is, and what I paid,it is worth it. I have a buyer for the engine and pod so it is about as good as I can get it I think. I will speak with Pete again Dave but know he is keen on the leg and VP. Thanks for all advice and help guys it's a big sea out there and just as you think you know a bit about something you quickly realise you know nothing!!!!!!

I think I have made the decision to change my outboard to an inboard. It has been suggested I put a Volvo penta D4 300hp I think, and a leg. The servicing I know will be more, but running costs will be dramatically less I believe along with better cruising and top speed. I believe Dave on Reel Magic has this set up on his slightly larger Breaksea? Any comments,positive,negative or otherwise greatfully received, other than I will require a second mortgage!!!

Great report Steve, we got to Southbourne today but did not find a honey hole just a Pout plughole!!!!!!! Well done you had a great day.

Sugar!!! might be throttle by hand then

Other than heading to Golden Arrow does anyone know where I might find a control box to change a 25hp Yamaha tiller steer to steering wheel and throttle? Any good local mechanics who might help out if it proves testing to fix (hope not but mechanics not my strong point)

There is something good regards the abstraction from the river Kennet down from 13millon litres to 6 million!! All a bit sad

Thankyou, I thought I would get a name wrong some where!

Thanks Stuie, I heard the end of this this morning. Let's hope it's the right way forward, I certainly think it is if it's policed.

After an introduction to match fishing by Dave and coming 5th last year in his comp, I decided to put a crack team together. This was helped by the fact certain people were in Norway and Dave needed a boat to fish on!!!!! This also reduced the opposition greatly!! With bacon butties on board and the promise that a defibrillator was at the end of c pontoon we coaxed Neil on board!! So with myself Jerry 2,Neil, and Dave we made the 8.30 bridge, what I did not know was Dave had a very secret weapon onboard, with around 2 minutes before the lift he called for the net, this immediately fell apart!! (Great start skip,what sort of boats this!!!)was all I heard, some quick thinking had a plump 1lbs+ Flounder hit the deck. Happy days. Pushing out through the harbour with Martin on Madness leading the way, Jim taking some great photos and Mal looking half naked with out his pink pinney we parted company heading east. We fished around 5 marks in the day all producing what was expected from them except one. The secret weapon was used when conditions were correct and no other boats were within view, Dave nervously announced something strange and special was coming up, and low and behold the Tope mark prouduced a plump Dover Sole!! I think with Neil and myself prouducing a large shadow on the water it thought it was dark and was on the feed!!! We moved to the secret Ray mark as the wind dropped to absolutely nothing and also unfortunately the tide, hot sausage rolls and bacon butties kept the team going, and after struggling for a bass and a plaice Neil just mentioned a certain secret plaice mark so onwards and upwards. Skipper had not even got a line in the water and Neil had a double shot bass and Plaice!!! After a stunned silence Neil got a round of applause. Happy days we were up and rolling again. Off for a Pollock at the castle after the wind had decided to really pick up along with the tide, mmmm skipper had to try a bit harder here to hold station, I had just discovered Dave's past life was coxswain of a life boat in the Solent, it must of pained him as we struggled to stay on station. Unfortunately Pollock did not play ball so even though early,we headed to the famous secret Tompot mark. Within a couple of minutes Dave had hurtled us into the lead, though we didn't know at this time. Eel and mullet eluded us in Holes, but half the crew disappeared when we got moored up, I thought nature being the reason, no Dave sniffed out a Peroni aboard a fellow competitors boat!! Scrubbed up and in the bar for 5.45 Doonbar flowed and a great curry or chilli was consumed.Only 9 boats had taken part but suprising seeing the prizes on offer. I was delighted to hear we had managed first place ( due considerably to DD VERY secret weapon and Neil's local knowledge) Second was Crazy Fred on Beowulf SeaWolf Third Martin on Madness Fourth Greg on Marlin who had a junior team to watch out for,one of whom had a 8.5lbs Bass on July 1st Hope all the above is correct. We had a really great day thanks to Dave and Kerrys had work. It takes a lot of hard work to put something.ike this on so many thanks. PS Those in Norway can stay there giving us all a shout in various comps!!! Hope your having fun.