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Here is a list of confirmed sponsors for the 2007 December Open Competition

Spike Spears is going ot be wheeling himself along Southsea seafront for 5 miles to raise fund for Myeloma UK. If you wish to sponsor him then you can do so from the following link :- Spikes Wheelathon for Myeloma UK

Early days yet but the weather is looking like it will be fishable for the coming weekend. I am tempted to take a trip out of Lymington for some general fishing. Will need crew - anyone interested ?

1st Species Comp ================ Gary Ayles 4 Dogfish 4 Mackeral 4 Scad 1 Gurnard 1 Conger 2 Tope 1 Garfish 1 Bream 113 Points Paul Dore 4 Smoothhound 2 Bream 2 Wrasse 4 Mackeral 60 points Simon L 4 Mackeral 3 Scad 1 Pout 3 Dogfish 1 Bass 56 Points Paul Rowcliffe 2 Smoothhound 3 Bream 1 Wrasse 4 Mackeral 46 points Neal Sturt 42 Points Charlie Annear 4 Mackeral 4 Wrasse 1 Bream 1 Dogfish 40 points Tony Devine 2 Dogfish 2 Smoothies 4 Mackeral 18 points George Fox 2 Bream 6 points Carol Fox 1 Bream 3 points Mike Fox No score 0 points

Reproduced here :- First Species Comp Results are as follows :- 1st Gary Ayles 113 Points 2nd Paul Dore 60 points 3rd Simon Larman 56 points 4th Paul Rowcliffe 46 points 5th Neal Sturt 42 points 6th Charlie Annear 40 points 7th Tony Devine 18 points 8th George Fox (Jnr ) 6 points 9th Carol Fox 3 points 10th Mike Fox 0 points Number fishing = 10 For the set of three species comps the scoring system is 20 points for the winner, 19 for second, 18 for third etc. So next species comp there is everything to fish for. Why not give it a go. - Of interest was the fact that whilst fishing in the Solent for the species comp the Lymington club were fishing one of their species comps at the same time - would be interesting to see how many fished their comp. Those who don't fish because they think they have no chance, take a note of Gazza's score. He only fished this for fun. One way of guaranteeing you have no chance is to not fish at all ! One more comp towards the BFM league and one final one left to fish.

What amazing timing - Just posted the results on another thread !

First Species Comp Results are as follows :- 1st Gary Ayles 113 Points 2nd Paul Dore 60 points 3rd Simon Larman 56 points 4th Paul Rowcliffe 46 points 5th Neal Sturt 42 points 6th Charlie Annear 40 points 7th Tony Devine 18 points 8th George Fox (Jnr ) 6 points 9th Carol Fox 3 points 10th Mike Fox 0 points Number fishing = 10 For the set of three species comps the scoring system is 20 points for the winner, 19 for second, 18 for third etc. So next species comp there is everything to fish for. Why not give it a go. - Of interest was the fact that whilst fishing in the Solent for the species comp the Lymington club were fishing one of their species comps at the same time - would be interesting to see how many fished their comp. Those who don't fish because they think they have no chance, take a note of Gazza's score. He only fished this for fun. One way of guaranteeing you have no chance is to not fish at all ! One more comp towards the BFM league and one final one left to fish.

Sorry to disillusion you but :- Link An email that has circulated during July and August for several years is again hitting inboxes in 2007. The message informs recipients that the planet Mars will be passing very close to Earth in August. While this information was valid back in 2003, it is totally inaccurate for 2007. The year is not specifically mentioned in the message and a great many recipients therefore assume that the message refers to August, 2007. Another version of the message is circulating via SMS. Virtually identical (and equally misleading) messages were circulating back in July and August 2005 and again in July and August 2006. The events outlined in the message were more or less true back in 2003 although they were a little hyped even then. According to NASA, on August 27, 2003, Earth and Mars were the closest they have been for around 60,000 years. Mars was indeed a spectacular site in the night sky during several months of 2003. However, this fact is not quite as earth shattering as you might think. A 2003 NASA article on the subject explains that: Much has been made of the fact that the August 27th encounter with Mars is the closest in some 60,000 years. Neanderthals were the last to observe Mars so favorably placed. This is true. It's also a bit of hype. Mars and Earth have been almost this close many times in recent history. In spite of the claims in the 2006 incarnation of the message, Mars was a far less than "spectacular" sight in the night sky. For much of 2006, it was on the far side of the sun from the Earth and was quite inconspicuous during July and August. And, during July and August 2007, the view of Mars will again be far less than spectacular. Mars will make its closest approach to Earth in December 2007, but, even then, it will not be particularly bright. The SEDS website notes: Mars will come into its Opposition on December 24, 2007 in constellation Gemini. Six days earlier, on December 18, 2007, the planet will have come to its closes distance to Earth during this apparation: 88.42 million km (55 million miles, or 0.58935 AU). This is not very close, as Mars will be quite close to its aphelion at the time of this opposition. As usual, this approach will offer another opportunity to launch spacecraft to the red planet: Nasa intends to send the Mars lander Phoenix. The planet will be situated far north: At a northern declination of +26:46 at opposition time, Northern hemisphere observers will find it high in their meridian, and Southerners will find it low in the North. In this rather aphelic opposition, the planet will become only as bright as mag -1.64, and of diameter 15.88 arc seconds around that time. At around 88 million kilometers, Mars will be a lot further away from Earth this year than it was back in 2003 when the distance between the planets was only around 56 million kilometers. This message seems set to keep resurfacing every year and duping a whole new set of recipients into gazing rather fruitlessly at the night sky. But don't despair! Close encounters with Mars are not such uncommon events. The claim that "NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN!" is misleading. It is true that the next time Mars will be as close to Earth as it was in 2003 will be on August 28, 2287. In the mean time however, there will be plenty of other close approaches, so our children and our children's children are not likely to miss out altogether. Perhaps by 2287 some of our descendants will be observing the close encounter from the Martian perspective.

Unfortunately can't get the time off work. However, I suspect you will find the forecast for Wednesday is for a F4 Southerly......

Yes - We had over 10 booked in.

Scores outstanding from following :- Adam F Rich Biggs Mike Norman Gazza Simon L Neal Scores received from following :- Paul D Paul R George Fox Carol Fox Mike Fox Charlie Annear Tony Devine Paul J

So far have George Fox, Carol Fox, Mike Fox, myself and Paul Rowcliffe with results. Any more results ? Just let me know the fish you caught - I will work out the scores.

Booked in to date are :- Paul D Paul R Adam F + ? Simon L Neal + ? Rich Biggs Mike Norman Gary Ayles Mike Fox Carol Fox George Fox

Not an expert on props but from what I have learnt. 1) You need your engine to reach full revs under WOT as if it is not reaching higher revs it is over loaded and not good for the engine. 2) A smaller pitched propellor will achieve this and not necessarily at the expense of top speed as the engine will be developing more revs and hence more power.

The Foxes are still in club waters. So are now booked in. That takes us past the 10 required for the BFM. And the forecast is even OK on the metoffice site as well ! ========================================= Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis Issued by the Met Office at 1800 UTC on Saturday 21 July 2007 24 hour forecast: Wind - Southwest backing south 3 or 4. Weather - Showers. Visibility - Moderate or good. Sea State - Slight.

Charlie, Next time you are more than welcome to fish on Neo. Mind you not sure if it will be a case of the blind leading the blind I will keep you in mind when I am looking for crew.

Gary, Just report in and keep track of how many of each species of fish you catch ( up to a max of 4 per species ). There is a scoring spreadsheet available here :- scoring sheet

Worth noting that Gordon is out fishing today - bit of a swell running. He is on the Clan McVey and it is a bit lumpy. Please bear this in mind for tomorrow. ( Forecasts I have seen imply weather will be similar tomorrow and blow up in the afternoon. ). Remember it is only fishing and not worth taking un-necessary risks over. PS: I am going for 8AM launch from Lymington and if the sea is rough will be turning around and coming home !

Well that is 3 people fishing. Not exactly a huge turnout is it ! Any other takers ? ( We need 10 people for the BFM comp ).