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Well done for doing the right thing! its a shame so many people have an "i'm alright Jack" attitude these days, as for George and mildred, do you mean this one Gruffy! tv ark look under public info films G-L for Joe & Petunia, it had me remembering my childhood and my dad lecturing about boat safety. be warned though this is an addictive web site and you will on it for hours remembering days gone by. Simon L

Moan, moan, moan, don't worry Terry i'll bring you some ear-defenders next time ! seriously though, thanks to everyone onboard, and especially Tom & Abbie for their hospitality. I had a brilliant time, first time ever out wrecking and "what a day" i knew their where proper fish out there, but this was the first time i had either seen or caught them. I can't believe how hard the buggers pull on that initial crash dive, i thought i was going overboard at one stage. It was discussed! after i caught the biggest Cod and Pollack, but i can only suggest that the others where just jealous, as i had a magic bag of beginners luck in my pocket. I got home last night and proudly opened my coolbox and my girlfriend Lynne promptly let out a scream and ran upstairs saying "I'm not coming down until they are all in the freezer" (girls) Strangely enough though she just munched her way through a large lump of Pollack and loved it Tom and Abbie don't forget to come visit and play in big whirly-flying things, cant wait to do it again. Simon L P.S. Abbie did Tom make a Luvvers fish pie yet?

what your looking at is a texas 640 with raider stickers on it. it made in the same laminators shop in poland as where the raiders are now made, looks like they have re-branded for the uk market. reports i've seen on them say they are not all that clever, but things may have improved. Simon L

Just waiting for the OK from you, Tom, looking forward to it. Simon L

Happy Birthday guys, hope you all had good ones and didn't feel to bleary the next day (Hic!) Simon L

Christ you guys plan to set me a challenge! to make you two look like crocket and tubs i'll need the help of the complete George Lucas empire. Simon L

Tom I'll come out with a broadcast quality video camera and take some footage for the club and boat owners if you like. Let me Know Dates etc and if you can piccys of the chosen camera boat so i can decide what tripods, poles and clamps i would need to bring as these are not the sort of cameras i would want on my shoulder all day on a moving boat. later Simon L

welcome aboard Silverfish, you won't regret the decision to join fully so dig deep it will be the best

Once again Alun J took the time on Sat to show me to do this "fishing thing" headed out to Southborne rough from Wick at about 07:30 with Stingray, Fugazi and Sammy all heading out about the same time. Alun expertly shows me the way out as was the first time out from Wick, no prop damage over the bar (yippee!!) much easier than launching from the Quay at Mudeford, i'll definately make it my regular launch spot from now on. Chucked the anchor on the rough and settled in for some Bream, dumped a reasonable amount of groundbait down and started catching almost straight away under the expert watch of Alun (he's a bit good!!) we brought some 25 fish aboard in the first few hours, best being around 2lb along with a couple of doggie and a few mackerel most fell to Ragworm although we did get a couple on lug. As things got quieter around 13:00 we made a dash for the ledge to try drifting for pollack. Not much luck with the Pollack but Alun managed a decent plaice and a tiddler Pollack (how he does it is beyond me) gave up after an hour or so and moved to the outer limits of the run to try for a few bass, nothing shows so made for the Wick at about 17:00 packed up the gear and back to Aluns for a well earned cup of coffee. Thanks to Alun for digging bait and taking the time to show a relative novice the finer points of fishing, great fishing, great company!!. I felt positively relaxed at the end of the day, a welcome change from my usual hectic days working. Can't for the next time Simon L

In my personal experience as a two-stroke and 4-stroke tuner for both aviation and racing engines, i would suggest you would be ill advised to remove the thermostat and run the engine for anything other than test purposes. Reasons being that you would have an engine that is running cooler than it was designed to, this will lead to increased wear of both pistons,rings and cylinder bores as the clearances would be reduced, the two stroke oil will not be as efficient as it will be more viscous (thicker) causing more resistance creating larger amounts of stress on all the engine components and a reduced ability to find the smaller crevices and meaning you will have to give more throttle to compensate for this, so you will burn more fuel. You will have to de-coke on a more regular basis as the burn process will be less effiecient leaving more deposits. also a warning about mixing 2-stroke oils i would always use the same brand and type of oil as i have seen oil emulisfy when mixing brands, which can lead to catastrophic failure due to lack of lubrication. Always mix a small amount in a pot and leave it for a day or two to see what happens before you fill the tank, its very rarely a problem but once its in the engine its a much bigger problem. The same advice stands for 4-strokes except that the oil is in the sump and used for lubrication only and not mixed at the inlet manifold (with the fuel) as a part of the power cycle. sorry for the essay, but its my subject I'm out from christchurch on saturday with Alun J if you want me to take a look or give me a shout as i'm based in High Wycombe Simon L

Reg, i take it you mean the lowrance 3500c, if so if you look on boatsandoutboards.co.uk under heading electronics you can get a 28G navionics chart under

if you go to the links page, and into the wreck site there is an automated conversion tool. type in the numbers and click, couldn't be easier Simon L

if its for a lobster pot why not make it out of Osma and loose fit some of the joints, then tailor the net to hold it all together and it will pack down to next to nothing when not in use. you can chuck sand, stones, lead or anything into the pipe to weight it down and its completly inert, no scent, no corrosion, no nothing. just a thought Simon L

blimey Bob you can't alrf draw quick, are you related to that Australian chap with the beard, sheet of tin and three legs. thanks Simon L

turns a nasty green as it oxidises, and its murder to get the stains out of your hull, if you are doing some plumbing on-board let me know as i have some lengths of 15mm 316 stainless pipe if you need it. Simon L

lots of chat about where to buy string and ty-wraps, but is anyone actually going to tell us all how to set-up and trip various types of anchor Iv'e got a Danforth. please!!! Simon L

Well i'm sold i'll take 3. they will look great on the mooring at the back my

just to say "Thank You Alun" i thoroughly enjoyed myself, and what a learning experience it was! lets hope i can keep on learning and catching. I would like everyone to know what a top bloke Alun is, not only did he put me up his wife Deb also cooked the most excellent Lasagne, they are a credit to the club! and brilliant ambassadors for the sport of fishing also thanks to Paul(sinbad), who taught me a great deal about Plaice fishing and kept me company throughout the day. Thanks Again Simon L

remember that theres a club stall at the jumble coming up, why not bundle them up and put them on the stall to raise some club coffers?? Simon L

nice one Sam, I'll give you a call tommorrow sometime to sort out details. I drive past bournemouth from the east, so shouldn't be a problem picking you up. can you PM me your number thanks Simon L

anyone fancy coming out on thurs & fri, planning to fish the shambles alongside alun & plaicemat (if they dont mind?) and need some crew, will be ashore in time for the AGM on thurs. give me a shout Simon L

how old is the boat?, because radio licence details are removed from ofcom databases after 2 years, if not renewed. This shouldnt cause a problem as they tend not to re-use mmsi numbers on the basis that the radio is probably still in circulation "somewhere". quote from OFCOM :- "A callsign is allocated to the vessel when first issued with a Ship Radio Licence. It uniquely identifies the vessel within the International Maritime Mobile Service. The callsign remains with the vessel for the duration of its life regardless of changes of ownership or even vessel name. However the callsign is surrendered if the vessel ceases to be classed as a UK vessel, is destroyed or is unlicensed for a period of two or more years. Therefore every effort should be made to ensure that the callsign remains with the vessel". Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) numbers 1. A Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) number uniquely identifies a vessel and is only issued to vessels fitted with Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and/or Ship Earth Station (SES) equipment. The UK administration does not issue MMSI numbers to EPIRBs. 2. If an MMSI has already been issued for use with DSC equipment and subsequently a satellite earth station terminal is installed, a new MMSI will be required and DSC equipment will need to be re-programmed. The Radio Licensing Centre issues MMSIs free of charge as part of a Ship Radio Licence. 3. The Agency notifies the ITU of all vessel MMSI numbers issued by the UK, however it does not notify Portable MMSI numbers. MMSIs are also made available to HM Coastguard to assist in Search and Rescue operations. 4. With the advent of VHF/DSC portable radios in 2001 Ofcom has set aside a unique block of MMSI numbers which will be allocated only to this equipment. This enables HM Coastguard to differentiate between alerts sent from fixed and portable VHF/DSC radio equipment. 5. Portable VHF/DSC radios must on no account be programmed with vessel MMSI numbers. HM Coastguard needs to be able to differentiate between the types of equipment sending a DSC alert, as it is possible for the DSC alert from a transportable radio to come from any vessel. The resulting search on the database for vessel details may provide incorrect information that could jeopardise a Search and Rescue operation. The Radio Licensing Centre will allocate a

found this old printing plate being used as a book end, i always thought they they ate lemons hence the name. Its all greek to me but thought it might be of interest. I think i'm losing the plot, "must go fishing!!!" Simon L

Thank you, its that kind on mentality that keeps me in work and pays for my fishing etc. Keep up the good work! Simon L

Bob, the theory is that you are in effect making the hull longer beyond the transom which moves the centre of gravity further back when the boat is moving. When a hull moves away from a standstill it is trying to climb out of a hole made in the water by displacement as the boat gathers speed it rises out of the hole as the water resistance becomes greater because of speed. It not that the boat gets lighter it is purely that the water can't get out of the way quick enough, it is then affectively "on plane".With trim tabs it is a case of Weight over area, you are increasing the fooprint of the hull so less H/P is needed to get "on plane". As the water passes under the boat it is affected by lamina flow which will cause the water exiting the rear of the boat to curl upwards, the greater the amount of hull in contact the greater the effect, so if you were to lean to the right the water would curl up more on the right hand side of the boat due to a longer hull contact on that side, the trim tab on the right would put up a larger fight to the water curl and try to push to boat to "Equality". I know that it is very important to keep the damper pressures equal on both side of the boat also the fitted positions or you end fighting the wheel all the time (like driving your car with the tracking out!) Alan, try going to the site and right-clicking on the link then click "save target as" save the file to your hard drive and run it from media player, seemed to work for me as i had problems i used the link. hope that helps Simon L