Graham Nash

its not common on "our" coastlines, which is why it's causing such a stir. "Only a few pairs of snow bunting breed here, so look out for this striking black-and-white bird in winter around Scotland, the North West and the East coast of England".

I was rather hoping to get out for the first time since the summer and join the RNLI flounder comp, but it would seem my youngest grandchildren (twins) are playing rugby at Lytchett Minster on Sunday so Ive been summoned by their dad to be on the sideline to support them.

Im in awe of people who can do this sort of stuff. Well done (and thanks) to Oli for his commitment up till now and good luck to those who have the task of changing it over. It might as well be in Swahili to me!

The hull looks exactly the same as my old Plymouth Pilot, although the cabin is definitely NOT a plymouth Pilot.

This one went back. It might still be swimming around.

My grandson had this one off holes bay about a month or so ago.

My Orkney leaks from the anchor well into the hull. Its supposed to drain to the back, where the auto bilge pump spits it out. I took my boat out of the water a couple of years ago because I was constantly getting a small amount of dirty water in the rear of my hull and I lifted the floor. The drain holes between the sections of the boat had filled with sludge and the middle section was completely full of water. Id guess in the region of half a bath full of dirty water. I removed and replaced lots of structure from beneath the deck, and replaced the deck but fitted inspection hatches in various places. I fitted an additional bilge pump in the middle too, so if it ever happens again I can pump it out easily. The difference in handling was amazing!

Unfortunately I took my boat out of the water about a month ago to trailer it over to Cobbs for its engine service. My van broke down on route back to Ridge Wharfe so the boat is still sitting on the trailer, the van is STILL in the garage and for some reason I thought the 27th was NEXT weekend!

excellent job. well done

I'd guess its a free website, so it comes with adds. I must be honest, I've not been on here on my laptop for a while but it is very annoying, but its not there on my phone ????.

yes, definitely done that.

Ive never had an issue till this last lot .... what do you mean by "doubling up the braid"? You could be onto something because these two knots were done on the same evening so I might have missed something.

I''ve been using this knot for my braid to leader knot for years, with no issues. Last time out I had TWO of them come undone while playing fish. What am I doing wrong? (I've just noticed BobF suggests putting a spot of glue on it too, which I hadn't noticed before, but it would assume he's also had this happen for him to recommend a drop of glue). Does anyone have any suggestions, because one of those I lost was a nice fish!

They sound like what I was using. Maybe mine were a Lidl or Aldi special, but they were not very good.

Thanks everyone. I think Ill pop to screwfix and pick up some of those cheap work gloves for now and maybe get some sealskinz on order coz those neoprene ones were only any good when pulling the anchor rope in but they were far too cumbersome for actually doing anything more intricate than that.