duncan

thats one tight but attractive window there Sunday................not enough scope for me as it stands

Needs to be harder though this time (a little) as now we know the format it might be easier...

merde

I use 50lb braid for one simple reason - the ability to break out 30lb traces when snagged and get most of my gear back

good point

a beautiful French nouveau bateau

[victor meldrew] I don't believe it![/victor meldrew]

more seriously, and without knowing which one even, this would seem to me to represent an investment rather than a spend over the previously indicated option. If it has a petite moteur gaseoil as well then join the 'distance no object - where's the fun' club!

keep posting - keeps me out of the weather sites at least.............

btw AWOL has as much chance of catching cod at 30 knots as I do at anchor so 'go for it'!

don't think they do - was't this why they got hit really hard on a couple of occassions when sea temps dropped really low with hard winters?

keep looking...............and if certainty increases let me know please and I will hopefully be able to get down, and out.

come on Rich!

50lb and 60lb BS braid!!!  What exactly are you guys targetting?

I have 60lb EDS on a formula 15kg which is paired to a 50lb class Berkely full roller road.

Agreed it's not appropriate for much in the UK however it's the only rod I have that is heavier than 20-x; it's the only reel I have that is larger than a 7000 class and whilst I have 35lb fireline on one reel I have 20lb on 8 and 14 on 3.........

Anyway - we all have dreams!

as Mike say's there are in fact a huge huge number of 20 - 26ft boats in the peche promenade manner - admittedly more of the cruiser rigged versions than the fisher in some cases (ie the Jeanneau 655 is the cruiser rig not pilot house.

In fact many I hadn't heard of - Sea Kingdom for example and some red hot - New Antares 6. Choice choice choice. It's a really excellent opportunitiy to make direct comparisons - but quality showes pretty quickly...........

Boat to lust after - Rhea 850

Boats to question - Arvor 34 (what's it's market????)

Interesting boats - new baylinner 246

Beautiful boats (with fishing boat heritage) - Searay sundancer 355 (believe it or not)

Best engineering - 'ladies' promoting F1 powerboating (may not be 'available' all show............

Jeanneau 925 looks nice too

Do you have to put custard or horse shit on either to improve the event?

 

clearly the answer is no - you don't have to use either

you may choose to however

now just go back to your boat/engine dilemma Mike ffs

my votes with Adam

and surely you are having a laugh with 4-10oz...................I have a 1481 ugly and 2-6 and 6-8 uptiders but a 4-10 ??????????

jumped in there mike - got to respond!

more expensive may, or may not, be better but without doubt you can have more enjoyment from appropriate tackle and rods are the critical element in this 'fun factor'.. great reels make it last longer of course...................

7th - but what's a flounder?

don't know about interesting as it misses out most of the braids I have (whiplash pro, ron thompson dynabraid being the ones I like the best) other than Fireline - but the Fireline result seems to bear out the BS factor - generally I use 20lb, although I have 14, 35 and 60EDS on reels too.

the 20 seems to hang on in there beyond my resonable expectations from time to time!

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diesels already done too - you can't buy a new KAD volvo! (well you can but they don't make them for Europe anymore!

here's one reason to get a decent engine - here's my previous fishing boat...........

Mike - whilst I am not suggestig there isn't a place for your paranoia; I think it's misplaced here.

Here's the logic supporting that view -

1. If 'they' are that illogical they will just ban all internal combustion engines - why would they stop at 2's?

2. There are increasingly stringent emmission tests being put in place ie this is not a stagnant situation that might be viewed as needing a kickstart by environmenatlists or others of a similar persuasion.

3. If it starts anywhere it will be inland, resovoirs or similar.

4. There is no suggestion that IC engines pollute the local waters directly - only via general air/atmospheric pollution. Again reducing the likely targeting. Indeed if there was to be such a move it would already have happened in relation to commercial vessels using antifoulings that are banned (for environmental reasons) for use by leisure craft.

but then - anything can happen.....................

mike

if it's a brunswick motor then the Optimax is the one to go for.

personally it would be a no brainer for me - the 135 everytime. It's the start of the v6 range and has so much more smoothness (and redundancy in it's configeration) compared to the triples and 4 (125).

I ran a non optimax Merc on my 660 - 175......... ..........which gave me a nice 54knot top end - but burnt a lot of fuel at that ! However it was significantly more frugal at 20/30 knots than the 125 at the same speed because of the consumption/rev curve on these ob petrol engines

duncan

re Mercs I have to agree that from discussions over the years it seems generally accepted that they (Merc) made great 2 strokes, then developed Optimax which is still one of the best esp in the big sizes, but that they just didn't get the 4 strokes right in the was that Honda did early, and now Suzuki in spades. And then there's ETECs

In the 100 hp range I would go for 115 ETEC or equivelent Suzuki 4st as engines of choice. Between them - a fag paper............

will almost certainly be there on the first day - 5th - someone I did a favour included a ticket in his response..........

only looking - in Florida in Feb if I need any electronics....

a lot more than you list Paul - 3500C is included as well for example

Miss Steak?

ffs Gordon - how can you post this on Christmas eve?

so sorry for all your troubles - asked Santa to drop some squid down the chimney. was going to send an anchor but thought it might be a problem in a narrow cowl......................

love your forecaster m8 - mine unfortunately suggests a SSW 3, possibly bottom of 4.

coming of the back of lighter Easterlies there shold be little or no swell however.............

Can anyone say if G.P.S. is affected by dense fog.?.

no, nor rain, snow, nighttime, or the time of the month

there is some debate around sunspots though..............

what's esential has never really changed - compass, chart and radar..............