Graham Nash

19 minutes ago, Bob nudd said:

Hi if your not planning on going miles out with my 18ft icelander I sold the donkey engine and joined seastart then I didn't have the hassle of putting donkey engine on and off if all the time or if your leaving it on the worry of it being stolen 

Id guess any aux engine would be long shaft (I know mine is and my boat is lower in the water than a Warrior 175) .... having said that Im with Seastart too so generally dont carry it anyway. 

Great report thanks Steve .... that's very interesting about getting the blown fish back into the water. It always saddens me to see them struggling on the top.  

14 hours ago, Jim said:

Madness will be out on Saturday.

Martin was kind enough to invite me so it's Martin & Myself.

There's another space onboard and I'm gobsmacked to hear no takers.

Any of you new members fancy a day out & chance to mingle with a great skipper and an idiot on a fantastic boat I expect if you contact Martin now he'll take you aboard.

Tight lines to all who are entering but not as tight as ours.  🤪

 

I was very tempted, but once the forecast looked like it might produce lumps in the water I decided against it. No one wants an old bloke bringing last nights dinner up over the side of their boat! 

22 hours ago, Wight Magic said:

Tigerfish, Steve, others TBC

Sea Drift - Carl - Jen

 

Alfresco - Charlie- Crew TBC

Canaletto - Dale - Crew TBC

Loobie 1V -  crew - TBC

Marlin - Greg and Rob Samways

Madness Crew - Martin, Jim (Saturday) and room for one other pm or call me if interested 07771748486

Reel Magic Dave, Mick

Im afraid Samoya will have to pull out of this .... I had the towbar fitted to my new van and the bloody gearbox has gone!! Cant get it sorted till the day AFTER the competition! 

weather permitting Id like to try for this one 

Graham with at least one non member 

On 5/27/2025 at 1:25 PM, great white said:

May be able to fish Sunday, we are invited to a beach wedding on the Saturday

could you take a rod? 

sounds like a great weekend.

18 minutes ago, Jim said:

 

And I'll get the beers next time.  👍

 

Ahhhhh ... that old chestnut 

same every year isnt it! 

I would have sleepless nights if I had to negotiate that each trip! 

13 minutes ago, Jim said:

The last picture looks like somebody's been "Beamed up" 😜

Or an episode from 1960's " The Invaders"

Its "the invisible man" 

I'm having yet another garage clear out and have a couple of bits that might be of some help to members.

7.5k anchor.

Small buoy (about 12 inches, banana for scale 😉) 

2xl wet suit, about 15 years but never worn. Zip works like new. 

Size 10 diving boots 

Beaver fins

Small dive gloves. 

Sherwood BCD 

Collect from upton. Donation to the club charity only.

These have moved around my garage for years despite me knowing I'll never dive again.

On 1/20/2025 at 11:39 AM, Mal Thomas said:

A winter visitor to our coastlines, often seen in small flocks and once located the bird is confident in it's camouflaging feathers and therefore easier to study or photograph. 

its not common on "our" coastlines, which is why it's causing such a stir.

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. 

4 hours ago, jerry.shutter said:

That's a cracking flounder, if Rob has seen a picture of one, that's ok, there must be another one!!!

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

20 hours ago, sparky said:

Thanks for the advice gents.....but being a dinosaur when it comes to apps.etc will have to get my daughter to do it.   

But surely this adblocker could be installed to club website to stop this happening to everyone who has had this problem ???

Or is that not possible ????

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 ????. 

2 hours ago, biggcol said:

You must make sure that you tuck the returning end back through the loop the same way it went in.

 

yes, definitely done that. 

2 hours ago, Rob said:

Never had an issue myself, are you doubling up the braid when you tie it?

Is the mono you are tying to, too supple?

R

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.