duncan

taken from Great White?

net and ring for me please.......... 48" diameter sounds really good!

deja vu here - can't help feeling I posted this last year too

Kam,

It's the mark of a truly great skipper to be able to position his boat that accurately...............

Chucking my 2p in I would have thought you will be able to enjoy the occassional trip offshore as crew and, more importantly, get to use your own as often as you want in the wonderfull inshore waters.

I wouldn't compromise on launching / running costs and fishability therefore -

or to put it anotherway if I were buying you a retirement present it would be a 520/580? orkney with about a 40 hp 4 stroke motor and a bit of shelter........

up untill a couple of weeks ago when was the last trip to the rips by the warrior brigade?

some even jumped ship!

am able to add the following which is the best illustration of what it must have been like on Sweet Honey heading out to the RIPS from all the comments posted

airborne

I have left it a link rather than posting the image as it is copyrighted but available there.

when you find one let me know as I need one too - the crew have all revolted over the existing alloy / short handled (for our freeboard) one.

Yep Swanage went out in the big boat to tow in Narwall II from the West, about 30 foot 'motor sailor' looking at her in tow. We were sitting in Swanage watching the maroons go up etc - think they just wanted a run out! Given the number of craft in the vicinity, and the fact that it had sails etc it continues to surprise me that they launch a LB.

Glad they found the MOB, single hander just out of Alderney from the search quadrant given. Seemed unusual for Solent CG to be coordinating the CI SAR and French resources though - was this because they took the call from the yachts that called it in? Impressed with the way they talked the other guys through their timings and course changes to calculate the apropriate quadrant for the search aircraft. Guy must have been in the water a fair time as well so good to hear he was OK.

Paul - I didn't get it as a Mayday alert either.

Congratulations James - enjoy!

As said many weeks ago, I would be impressed if you could fit this in to your (competition) fishing schedule - well I am impressed!

Martin,

They said they couldn't afford it what with fuel costs etc..........

Sugggested they speak to Kam about re-engining for economy

Small conger - (boot)strap size just bigger than a (boot)lace..........

i just happened to have my video camera running on the way out...............video

please have your sound turned up!

trend here guys (and it's inconsistent with someorders I have seen)

anyone actually catch anything on something not orange/red/pink?

Echo this John's a great guy.

He was round in Swanage in his old converted (barely) lifeboat last summer.

His trick, if it is a trick, is only to deal in products he knows and has in stock.

And if you want to talk to anyone about image intensifiers or night sights he's your man!

Martin your economy will be a function of the DFI but even more it will be because off the throttle setting/revs you cruise at relative to the exponetial fuel/rev curve of all these engines. If you run over 5000 rpm you will suffer with everyone else!

My consumption would have been hit by the swell going out like many, and the fact that the hull and drive could do with a really good clean despite antifouling.... horrible drag. Cost me around 15% on consumption...

So who is heading out to the rips this weekend ?

Similar height of tide, floods through the afternoon so no need for silly start times, and a better forecast than last week!

or is everyone working out how much fuel adn anchor line they would need for the hurd deeps???

if you mean a downrigger I am not sure that (1) they come with 170m of wire and (2) whether you could anchor Sweet Honey with it anyway...........

time for a new anchor rode then.............

on second thoughts I don't think my anchor locker would take 600m of warp!

just straps in that wreck Charlie?

We must have passed you sometime Friday night as we ran in past Dancing ledge at dusk, from the Sky, over Evan's Rock and into the harbour..........

Were you on a buoy where the North and Main channels divide?

Kam - that I agree. More than one comment on how much winding etc Having a reasonably fast retrieve rate on your reel helped!

Funily enough though no one ever complained about having to wind a fish up that distance!

more importantly what the hell was 2lb of lead being used for? bashing them on the head?????

sympathise re fish guts - I ended up using the scouring side of the sponge and will pay the price in due course by having to repolish the whole damm boat to get rid of the tiny scratches

If it's a planning craft then sportsboat cover via mardon marine may well fit - I have been with them 10 years.........

quote here

phone 0800 515629

Alun - I can let you have the numbers for the edges of both banks we fished but not until v late Friday night (if required for early Sat) or Sat morning if not needed 'till Sunday! Other may have access to the numbers before then!

With regard to colours how did others score? We certainly found that a bright orangy pink shad outfished the white (0 fish) or mackerel coloured (1 take 0 fish) both on the rips and on the Sky Friday evening. We didn't try worms or eel rubbers on either. If I could only take one colour it would be orange and probably the 6" version. The cod we caught coughed up a scad of about 6-7 inches.

Re running out again - I will struggle to get a pass but might manage a very early run one Sunday morning ie back by 1100h. I would definitely want to have the livebait well rigged next time too.

hehe you had me double checking my notes and you were right about Dave's spur but did yourself out of a whole 1lb on your ray.

As you say fun but no prizes!

Enjoyed your company and glad you enjoyed the trip.

Yes a god day for engine usage all round.

We set a new record on Phaeton logging 10.6 engine hours! Much of that was of course drifting but it's still a lot. Estimate 80 miles covered and 90 litres of fuel used...........