Paul D

Charlie, I got mine made up in Christchurch Boat Shop - It is one of those mooring buoys which you can pump air into ( about the size of a large football ). You are welcome to borrow mine to remind the guy in the shop what is needed and get another made ( he did a superb job ).

Can't make either weekend I am afraid. However, I will be up for a mid-week trip to the Shambles sometime.

The link here is to a spreadsheet that will convert these for you. Conversion Spreadsheet First you have to change them to decimal units ( I am assuming they are in Deg Mins ) OSGB 50 38.60N 01 55.57W = 50.6433 N 01.9262W ( OSGB ) Using the spreadsheet converts these to WGS84 as 50.64381 N 1.92759 W or in Deg Mins = 50 38.63 N 01 55.66 W ( WGS84 )

Def the right decision. Popped down to Mudeford Quay today and the sea looked well rough out there ( wonder if Martin ventured out ... , gload I didnt though ). Saw Paul J as he had been fishing in the harbour and my labrador showed how intelligent he is as he decided to use Paul's portable toilet ( which he uses as a bait well )

I am up for a trip out of mudeford tomorrow if anyone wants to crew. If not then will go from Wick. Anyone fancy it ? ( Will need to come back by something like 1 PM though as the LW is at 3 PM ) or could even go out of Lymington. On the other hand - looking at the weather forecast and looks poor here as well - so maybe better stay at home.

Simon, Back then the session expiry time was set to something like 2 hours. This meant that you could log on and would appear as logged on 2 hours after logging off. It is now set to a much more realistic time. Also, search engine spiders increase the number of logged on users - probably was this that caused the increase then.

Adam, OK - Have got the message - no need to call me ( assuming you are calling around ). cheers Paul

Adam, No problem here, if it is too rough, I would rather it get called off then travel all that way to get thrown around. However, boat is all ready to roll if it is on

Blimey, I see what you mean. Last time I looked they were forecasting temp of 13 deg C. Forecast now is for cold / sleet, snow with a southerly wind. ( Not that I know the best direction for wind there but southerly would seem to be a good direction ?

Got my bottle of Salt-X today - fast service from Guernsey. Will test it out post-burnham.

All the best Dean.

Kam, Metcheck - enter "Burnham-on-Sea" and NOT Burnham !! ( I made exactly the same mistake, the other one is somewhere in the freezing north )

Slap it onto the site petitioning for hermit crab cruelty - I am sure they will just love it !

As I was saying ..... and they are smaller tides I think !

I get mine from Talbot Frozen Foods in Christchurch - last time I got some ( just before christmas ) it was a box of 12 at

Kam, No need for Alderney ring I would say, but I will still have mine rigged I think but will not steam the anchor out in 6 ft of water this time If the depth is 6ft I will steam over top of anchor and lift it out manually. If it is high water then will probably be around 30 ft at the same mark. ( That is what the tidal height difference is like ). When you get to the slipway, walk to the end and take a look at the tidal height marker - awesome ! Been looking forward to the trip for weeks now. PS: Metcheck said snow forecast for Sunday, which I thought was strange and then I realised that I was looking at Burnham ( somewhere in the extreme north ) as opposed to Burnham-On-Sea. Temperature forecast is much warmer at this one

Adam / Coddie, If you are insured with Haven-Knox Johnston ( which I suspect you will be ) then the online site www.boatinsure.co.uk are exactly the same people. ( I knew this but confirmed it when I changed my engine as I had them phone back - I had to return the call and got Haven Knox ). The reason I am mentioning this, is you may find them cheaper online. Anyway, using

Dunno - according to metcheck it looks bloody freezing !

However, From their own website you can see that they are NOT feeding their cod with sandeels. Cod Farm FEED Organic cod feed uses only off-cuts of fish caught for human consumption. The parts of the fish that we don

Fred, I can see what you are saying from searching up articles on cod farming..... =============================================== The fish are fed either commercially available pellets or a moist

I don't think it will be such an issue to be honest. Cod in fish and Chip shop batter, I doubt that most punters would be able to tell the difference between farmed or wild. Besides, it won't be long until there is no choice anyway !

No catch cod. Sustainable Cod Farming

I intend to wash the boat down back at home. Saves me buying some kiln dryed sand for the block paving

Tom, Sounds like you have bought something illicit at the show