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sorry to hear about the rod bender that got away - I'm beginning to think you have anti conger traces carefully designed to land bass and cod but give way to 'those damm' congers! 3.5lb pout eh - nice fish

welcome Jim What is the recommended WOT revs for this engine? Suspect you should have a similar rev and prop to you M8 - what is he running as a prop and what revs is he getting? When you talk about bringing it up a notch - surely its got power trim and tilt? Are you triming out to the optimum position once up and running? Finally, and plese don't take this too personally - but are you and your gear a few kg more than him? As an example on my previous boat (6.6m) my son could get 4 knots more than me!

Lowrance initially gave them to retailers to give out with each Lowrance unit sold at the show - this proved very sucessfull! Further stocks were aquired - then more required and last I heard they were continuing but at cost on the charts; don't know what that ended up being! It's a new Lowrance charting provided by Transas, looks like admiralty. Coverage is an amazing Iceland (all) to Gib and between. Detail is 'best available' - looked around Pole/Peveril etc and everything I had ever seen on a chart was there so here's hoping!

agree some disapointments - guiness finally gone up - 310p a pint avanta tackle was in the main hall and others had taken stalls in the east hall for the first time. enjoyed selecting my hooks for 2006................for those of us that dont get to look round walmart or bassangler etc in the states! Rodman have produced a new 1170 to replace the 1120 - unfortunately it's wider to give better accomadation.........;o( interestingly it is available with Volvo's IPS but the price is a little high overall and I will keep looking at SH 1120's..... the Jenneau 32 was my pick of the medium cruisers for style and a good fit out - don't like the varnished mahogany around the cockpit - looked daft especially with the teak deacks - but nothings perfect. Would make a half decent angling platform too! bought a Lowrance 3500c - felt I had to after recomending it so much. 370 including charting to cover iceland to Gib was an offer to good to be true (and actually withdrawn 20mins after I purchased!) and a new tap for the cockpit sink.........

Rockley will be expensive - circa 700 a week for a van at that time and you will end up paying a fair bit for the yard and slip use (can't keep boats at vans). If you have tents then book into the camp site just off the junction of the A350 with the A31 (something hill but I have forgotten it........or the one just along the 31 past the Swanage turn off) - both will permit boats by vans if you are 'sensitive' to others etc or arrange to store the boats at Cobbs Quay (for example). Another alternative would ben to use Weymouth and try to book berths in the marina for the period. I am afraid it's going to be expensive however you do it at that time - everyone with a trailer boat and family has the same idea! Many pay a full years fees (boat or van) for a few weeks use at that time of year!!!!

Gordon - launch at Rockley! full tide, steep and a holding quay..............

fish boxes for winter cod?

Article here very sad reading It has been commented elsewhere that apparantly this ship was initially arrested because the radar logs showed it making a sharp course change in vicinity of the incident. It was suggested that this might suggest that someone onboard was well aware of the incident.

hehehe nice looking boat Adam. as usual I will put some slightly different angles.......... 1. Almost certainly an 8ft 6 beam as the US boats around this size are trailed and fr many states this is the limit. It will weigh in at around 2600kg so it isn't 'too big to be trailed' given the right tow vehicle/trailer. It is however probably to big to use as a 'trailer boat'. Some might consider this the best of both worlds - others the worst. 2. Do you mean CE plated or RCD coded / HIN Tom? The latter came in in 1997 with some 1996 craft having them but provided that youhave proof of VAT status and that the craft was in the EU before 1.1.97 I believe you are legal. 3. Fuel is heavy but my figures suggest that Tom's are at the top end of loaded and dirty. Traveling any istance will cost money. However do not forget t view ths from a marginal cost perspective ie the additional fuel over and above a 90hp OB for example. If you do split costs then at 3 v 2 you will probably be costing more but with 4 v 2 I would suggest you start to gain. 4. Whatever has been suggested I don't think this will sell anywhere near the asking price - if I were a betting man I would suggest that 12750 is all he will get if he wan't to sell before next season. If he really cleans it up he might get 14500 in May.

the bottom surely? I actually got a cast iron smoke pot and flavour pellets for christmas and cooked a 4lb gammon on the Cobb for NY eve with it - Sugar Maple..............yummy!!!! Cast iron pot goes directly on the heat source - in this case straight on the coals. me thinks I may be after some nice quality wood dust from Mr Rich in due course!

must be why it chose the big bait over the tasty one then Paul?

those damm eels get everywhere don't they Alun - can't remember what it weighed but I am sure you do!

Phew what a game all that turned out to be eh! Recently returned after what seems like a week away just to get out Thursday! Firstly can I echo the comment re Paul and payback for his sterling efforts on our own open - not ignoring the other contributions of course. The fish arrived just after the middle of the ebb, and Beowulf (4 cables West) had theirs at about the same time. Paul fought a cagey fight and the only way he was going to loose it was if someone screwed up with the net - glad I didn't (and payback again; for his netting mine last year!) We estimated 13 on the boat - 13 3 on the scales. Final results were, as far as I remember them - 180 odd anglers 6 Cod 3 to Charter boats (Hooker (Pat Manley) - Beowulf (Nick ?) - Other? 3 to Private boats (all PBSBAC ones........... ) This time the cod was a little stupid - and I didn't take this into account - fihs was supposed to grab my small piece of cuttle as an 'starter' before moving on to Paul 'main course' bait - it couldn't have been 10 ft away from it - dumb greedy fish! Here's a picture taken at the time - if you look really closely you can just see a hint of a smile on the anglers face - trust me this got bigger as the day wore (sic) on!

well the prognosis looks good - if it pans out as predicted we should have a reasonable day out; possibly even a nice day out! Good luck to all

Sorry to hear that Charlie - however the forecast is now looking very poor for Thursday with the system having speeded up way too much from the look of things! Wednesday looking stunning for those that can take advantage of it but fresh Southerlies forecast through Thursday will test everyone Still 3 days to go so maybe...............here's hoping!

Not sure why anyone would want a a 110Ah battery over an 85 for starting - does it need cranking for an hour or so each time? Seriously the CCA rating of most vehicle batteries will be fine for an OB but the extra capacity will provide you with the comfort of running the livewell and anchor lights longer and later - come to think of it can't actually think of much on Maverick that would need serious capacity either.......... I wuld get a couple of Makro's 059's I think they are; about

I take it you got some nice gear for Chrisrmas Jack? Come on tell us more! For my part I got a cast iron smoke pot with various flavours smoke pellets to go on my Cobb - can't wait to try it out!

nice fish Alun! Lucky for those getting out! Have a good Christmas

At least the forecast looks reasonable for that period - either N 3s or possibly light variables if the system goes a little faster than predicted. Might be a tad cold for the open boats though - still winter woolies and all that; wouldn't be cod fishing without eh? Wouldn't be cod fishing without some cod either I suppose..........still 1 out of 2 ain't bad?

Is Ryan Pout lips? or vice versa? Anyhow - happy birthday! wow - presents 2 days running!!!

in case of misunderstandings - no! however his 'standard' hook bait doubles for a 5kg block of magnet!

ah but the one odd cod can make you very happy in the comp - as I only caught 2 cod last year and one was in this I know! Phaeton should be out with Dave and Paul(scentrail)J............

OMG I find myself in complete agreement with Mike's post! Kam - re impellors I absolutley agree, same with a good rinsing through of the water ways etc even keeping the whole unit clean and where possible dry and aired. I just don't naturally relate these things to servicing and bills.

servicing and outboards is an interesting topic in itself! inherently a 4 stroke is more complex and has more adjustable bits than a 2 stroke but then again the only thing that could need adjusting on an old 2 stroke was the carb linkages......... I used to lift the hood on my 2 previous engines - 90 Merc and 175 Merc - and spray the powerhead/linkages all over once a year; hard to call that servicing but it's all that happened up top in 6 years between the engines. Both craft had seperate inline fuel filters (after I fitted them) and the only othe maintainence was gear oil and prop splines which were done religiously at 50 hours with the best available. 300 hours doesn't seem too bigger a claim at all. compare it to modern cars - both my last 2 cars ran almost exactly 17,000 miles to their first service which was basically an oil change and inspection!