Graham Nash

it looks pretty good in the pictures Trev. What about the rib??

As I have said to Adam, I have no idea how to get pictures on here so if anyone wants to look, send me your private email address and i will forward the email he sent me. I genuinely beleive that with a weekend of elbow grease and a bottle of jif there is a good few quid to be made from the boat. Obviously that would probably cover the cost of the trailer.

Adam, I have no idea how to get a picture on here so if you PM me your personal email address I will forward the email he sent me which has the pictures on it. Graham.

A friend of mine (who knows I am a bit of a sucker for a bargain) has offered me a speedboat with inboard engine & z drive on a twin wheel trailer. He has had them all in his garden un-moved for a good few years but the trailer in particular looks pretty good in the photo he sent me. He really just wants them gone and has suggested that

I have actually seen that hardy 17 down at fishingboats in southampton, its little bit grubby but loads of deck space. A mate of mine has an alaska 500 and its a very nice boat.

Jay, Part of me loved my little boat, but getting her on the trailer in any swell, and the lack of speed (over an hour from launching at Baiter till i was at Poole Patch or Bournemouth Pier) was really the nail in its coffin. Surprisingly my new boat is MUCH steadier at anchor than my Plymouth Pilot was.

Jon, I had a Plymouth Pilot 18, for a couple of years. Extremely economical to run but very slow. Strangely, it was as steady as a rock motoring through almost any seas (I was out in some very large waves in it) but it used to roll very badly at anchor. With the inboard engine the fishing space was also reduced quite considerably, although we did use the engine housing as our "cutting tray", but it still limited the deck space a lot. If you intend fishing inshore (or better still inside the harbour) they are solid heavy boats. Just about trailable, although because they are a displacement hull, there are few straight lines for rollers so they can be a bit of a bugger to get onto the trailer if there is any wind or swell. Most important, if you intend keeping it on a mooring, check the seals on the fore and aft decks. Put your head inside and look for daylight. Often the seals look ok, but leak water and you will find yourself having to bail her out every week of so during the wet seasons. Any specific questions, just ask. Graham

Thats a beast of a fish Brian .... well done that man!

I see it is back on its mooring tonight .... obviously no major damage done.

I must be honest I didnt inform either Dave .... in hind sight it was a pretty obvious thing that I chould have done!

Good evening. I have just come back from walking my dogs at Baiter (14th September) and see a RED & WHITE FISHING BOAT... looks like a Colvic of about 22ft - 26 ft whick looks like it is dragging its anchor/mooring ashore at Baiter. The name on the wheelhouse is KINGFISHER. If you know the owner it might be worth giving him a call. Fortunately it looks like a displacement hull boat so it will probably sit sort of upright on the beach, but I am sure they will want to know where it is. Graham.

Interestingly, my etech manual claims the engine is "self flushing cooling system" and in the section on flushing it says, "If desired, the engine can be flushed" this would seem to imply that it is not so important??

and where are you Duncan?

Adam, I have rockleys price list here and they are

the engine is an evinrude etec 90 and i dont remember seeing any hose attachment. Do the boat yard people not just lift the boat out of the water and store it, thus I would not get the chance to flush it?? Is flushing as important as i am led to believe?

Hi, Following a conversation with Martin at the family day I am thinking of putting my boat onto the stack n store things at Rockley. (Their price is much lower than any of the other yards that I have checked, although th extra travelling may reduce that saving in extra fuel used. Does anyone have any opinion on that?) My main question is, how do people with boats on moorings/stack n store flush their outboard engines after a day out?

very few charity shops accept videos any more.

When they showed the "pilots" view under the water he was driving completely blind. I cannot see much use for it, a jetski would be much more fun.

Thank you very much all. I have a feeling i will be under the boat this weekend rather than on it, but hopefully we will get this sorted and it will make my future trips out much easier. Incidentally i do pull the trailer froward by a couple of feet once i park it but it hasn't helped the last couple of occasions. Your descriptions sound exactly as i am finding Charlie & Adam. Thanks again Graham

I dont think it is rust (I did at first) but they do turn freely for about an eighth of a turn then stop dead. I think the linings coming away sounds like a possibility. I suppose that would explain them freeing when the neighbour hit them.

The wheels on my trailer seem to lock solid on occasions. At first i thought it was probably salt water rusting the brakes on, but the last time I used it I noticed they locked when I pushed the trailer backwards down the slip way making it almost impossible to pull it back up the slip, they would reverse but not go forward . Last weekend i tried pulling the trailer out of my yard and they were locked solid, (I have a 4 wheel trailer and it was the back 2 that were locked). I jacked it up and the wheels rotated about an eighth of a turn either way before locking solid so its obviously not the brakes ?? A neighbour came out and suggested that the bearings were binding and hit the hubs a couple of times with a lump of wood and they released?!?! Once they released it towed absolutely perfectly but once i reversed it into my yard they locked again ... So they seem to lock after reversing, but maybe thats just a coincidence? Any ideas?

bump .... I hope you don't mind me bumping this to the top but I thought everyone had a trailer that was getting in the way! (I know I do)

Hi, I have a small trailer (6x4) in good condition, but i need something quite a bit bigger. Does anyone have one they would consider swapping/part exchanging/selling?? I think i need something at least 6ft wide body, and it needs to be in reasonable condition as it is to be used in association with my work. I can be got on 07710911921 any time (or I am often looking on here for PM's). Many thanks, Graham.

a 350 mile round trip? ......

I have promised myself for the last 2 years to go and not made it yet. But this year .......