Graham Nash

i will be hoping to motor down on the Sunday only. Graham.

the person videoing it didnt sound very sympathetic

Hi Rob, I went and looked at that boat but at the time the price was a bit higher and the owner was adamant that he would not move on the price. Enjoy it :-) Graham

That was us Martin. I would not have been there if there had been any lumps in the water

fished around Swanage and St Aldhelms Saturday, had a few doggies and wrasse. Fished Brittle Stars and a couple of wrecks Sunday and had Wrasse, doggies and Pout. Dropped by the Banks off Old Harry for an hour or so on the way back and managed doggies and a solitary Blonde ray. Nothing much doing on the fishing front, but it was lovely to be out. I must remember a hat next time, my forehead is burnt raw

definately Ben .... I am hoping to get out plenty over the summer so keep in touch and we will sort something out.

Done

1) Adam F 2) Alun J 3) Charlie C 4} Dan C 5) Will S 6) Gordon M 7) Neal S 8) John Y 9) Dave Evans 10) Terry Bartell 11) Bobi F 12) Colin F 13) Jackie 14) Craig 15] Ben 16) Graham (Little Sal)

Looks like you had good fun in the short time you were out. I was thinking of joining you, but have so much going on at the moment i cant see the wood for the trees!

I will be hoping to get out on my new boat Sunday Mike .... keep me informed of times etc and i am sure i would be happy to buddy. (I should be able to keep up with you now too) Graham.

Just to finish off this thread .... I've done it. I pick up a nice shiney raider 18 wheelhouse with an etech 90 on Friday . Incidentally .... it was one of the ones from Parkway Marine and he is quite open to a little arm twisting and haggling ..... especially when nice crisp crinklies are waved around in front of him . Roll on the weekend. Thanks everyone for your help, info, offers and the like.

As I only get back from holiday the weekend before this, how much is it likely to cost for the weekend? and would anyone have space?

We were on Poole Patch yesterday. Managed bream, smooth hound and obligatory doggie. Looks like the weather will be better Tuesday than it was on Sunday. Good luck.

From the photo's of some of these side imaging sonar things, the pictures are actually clearer than the eyes view (in the UK) so you might have a point there Rob.

Would be an ideal tool for a diver tho' Rob, and I know that Gordon is a diver.

a single solitary bream of 2lb exactly aboard Little Sal

1) Martin B 2) Dean B 3) Mark (Zippy) 4) Craig & Jackie 5) Neal S 6) John Young 7)Will&Stuart Summerell 8)Graham (Little Sal)

what time are you thinking Mark?? I might be about too.

As an update to this thread from last year ..... Today was the first time i have had Little Sal out this year and i used a rope around the cabin attached to my new super monster winch.. It lifted the front of the trailer but I managed to pull the boat straight onto the trailer today in a very shallow water and in a quite brisk cross wind with ease. Much better :-) Thanks everyone for the help. I mentioned last year that I don't have a low level towing/pulling eye on my boat .... do you have any recommendations for anyone capable of fitting one??

the bloke with the conger on his lap is obviously mad!

Thanks for the input everyone. I am looking at a boat with an etech 90 tomorrow. As I said earlier, i would normally have completely discounted the 2 strokes if it hadn't have been for the comments on here.

that is exactly the set up i am looking at Gordon .... Raider 18 with optimax 115 (i thought it was 100)

had very similar situation arise myself today .... am selling a little house I have, and was due to exchange contracts last Friday ..... Friday came and went and no exchange .... I then get a call asking to drop my price by

Ok that possibly helps me to decide ..... I saw a very nice boat with a Yam 100 on it, I saw the same boat but with an almost new optimax on it for

So with everything else being equal you would not be put off by an optimax engine rather than a 4 stroke or etech?