Paul D

Now less confused. Great article found here - Trim Tab Adjustment This also has loads of tips on adjusting the trim and other things.

Still puzzled to be honest. The trim tab can be in the "neutral" position or can be rotated such that the trailing edge is on the starboard side of the boat - ie. rotated clockwise looking down on it. If this corrects a pull to the RHS I am puzzled as well. Manual is not clear at all as it mentions movig the back of the trim tab - ambiguous as to what the back is. It also mentions moving the tab right or left but mine will only move one way ( and is graduated like this as well. Yours confused ! What I need is a picture of AlderneyBassman's prop/trim tab so I can see exactly how it was adjusted. Any chance ?

Mike, BUT - The trim tab cannot be turned so the leading edge turns to the right ..... The manual states "turn the rear of the trim tab to the direction of the pull". ( I am presuming the rear of the tab is the trailing edge ). Given that the trim tab cannot be physically turned the other way I shall try as the manual states. I don't think it does behave like a rudder, it is a little aerofoil shape. ( Hence Dick - AlderneyBassman's "weird physics" ). Duncan, I agree with what you are saying and I need to get some weight on the boat moved forward somehow but I apart from the batteries ther is nothing else to move. I will report back with findings after Saturday's trials !

Fantastic Link Steve - I am ordering some catches for my seat lockers now. ( once I have measured up ).

Good page on them here :- I wouldnt call the one pictured a bit small Mitten Crabs

Nice boat Charlie and I hope I can catch as many fish on her as I did on Great White

Charlie, where are you located ( roughly ), you are more than welcome to come around and view the electrical wiring on Neo ( which is far from complex ! ).

Welcome Simon and an interesting account of the drama at Mudeford. I was lucky as was out the day before. Many thanks for the comments regarding the web site. Paul

Added a button on the selection bar to give direct access to the Photo Gallery. Now need to add some ones to allow quick selection of tide and weather info.

Kam, For info, I am not actually on the committee by the way !!!

Kam, Now is that strictly true as well ? - What if I were to fish on a friend's boat ( not a charter boat ) and he is not in the club but I am in club waters. Would my fish count ?

Had my old Honda skeg welded there and my old prop refurbished as well and they were very reasonable and helpful They do like Christchurch Ledge very good for business

I would argue that the South limit should mean continuous water - there is the land mass of France in the way surely ? It would appear to need clarifying as you could fish somewhere like New Zealand and be in club waters otherwise ( No there's a thought )

Charlie, Flat out at times - but no problem it has no running in period - can be run WOT straight out of the box. The EMM does the "running in" ( basically feeds it extra oil for first 10-15 hours ).

I have a tacho / runtime meter ( with 71 hours registered ) which will show the RPM and clock the runtime for any 4 stroke engine with 3 cylinders. The unit is a small rectangular sealed unit with two wires, one to attach to earth and the other wraps three times around an HT lead. Cost me something like

Adam, There is one of those White Shark boats which frequently launches out of Wick in the summer. I was out fishing alongside her in some really snotty weather and it seemed to handle it extremely well.

Martin, That was the direction I was thinking - so a bit to the left will do the job ( and I need it to have a big affect as the pull is quite strong. ) Guess I will have to do more sea trials - oh well

No - just the one that is referred to at the start of this thread. ( However, you can upload files using the web page itself. - Create an album first and then upload files into it ). Easier ( as you found out ) to go step by step using MSN messenger to communicate.

Not having experienced this problem before ( having had a fixed mount engine ) I was puzzled why this happens - having done some reading up it all makes sense ( I think ) but I would like to make sure I am on the qight track. I noticed that when trimmed in the steering pulls to the right - trimmed out the torque steer goes. My dilema is that the boat handles better trimmed in ( presumably as I have two batteries etc. at the rear of the boat ) and trimmed out it starts porpoising. I have yet to adjust the anode trim tab - so I understand that to reduce the torque steer I need to move the trim anode around to the same way that the boat is steering. So as mine steers to the RHS I should move the trim around to the same side ?

Happy Birthday Paul

Simon / Gordon , I presume you have right clicked the ".reg" file and used the "save as" option to save the file with a filename of <anything>.reg ( eg. pbsbac.reg ) Then double click the file and you should get a message saying something like "successfully added details to registry. I suspect in Simon's case it may be a case of the work PC does not allow you to add stuff to the registry. In your case Gordon it should work. If anyone has MSN Messenger, I am always running this and you can add my contact details ( webcomputing@btinternet.com ) - My name on there is "NEO". Using this I could run through step by step.

I see James has worked out how to use the album - will have to order some more disk space now

No - They fact you are registered on the forum will suffice. All you need to do is logon to the forum ( I will assume you have when you are reading this ), then open the photoalbum in another window - ie. click on this link :- Photoalbum You should then be able to create personal albums and upload pictures. If you anyone gest stuck then feel free to ask for help. cheers Paul

and here is a shot of Neo's new powerplant in action ( thanks Paul J for the piccie )

Here is the Thornback caught yesterday on Neo.