Maverick Martin

Just checked on the long range forecast with most sites giving acceptable weather

Wow James you guys certainly have some adventures, yet another superb report making it feel as though we were there Cheers Martin

Have a great one Dave Martin

I would have either 25 or 30lb leader with 30lb braid for general fishing. Hook lengths would be 20-25lb amnesia/flouro or similar for pollock/cod 20lb amnesia/flouro or similar or turbot etc. Your 150lb will be fine for tope but although I would use around 60/80lb for that with maybe a short piece of wire if expecting larger specimens although I don't normally bother with the wire. Martin

Back on topic Any more entrants please copy and paste adding your name in a reply post 1) Adam F - JV 2) Alun J - JV 3) Paul F - JV 4) Tom B - Mrs Sea 5) Greg C - Mrs Sea 6) Terry B - Mrs Sea 7) Martin - AWOL 8) Dean - AWOL 9) Dave- Wight Magic 10) John W - Rosie One 11) Allan Green- Kind of Magic 12} Charlie Alfresco 13) Sam Alfresco 14) Graham Alfresco 15] Will TBC Alfresco 16, Alfie, Dream Drifter 17, Sally, Dream Drifter 18)Nigel,Wishin(inshore) 19) Simon, Island Girl

Absolutely Charlie If anyone wants to change the club competition rules (or any other rules) they can discuss here, at a meeting and if they still want to proceed can put forward a proposal to the AGM Committee are only in posts to do the members bidding, that said they are all entitled to a view although the chairman should not be to vociferous (is that a word or did I just make it up ) Martin

Seems to work ok on my machine although I don't see any improvements over ie8 Martin

Sorry Shane we can only accept you as one member. No benefits for you joining twice so if it's alright with you I'll have a pint of Carling extra cold out of the second payment Martin BTW membership pack will arrive via email

UUuuuumm I see plenty of media coverage for the club here Tom my boat is out of production and there aren't to many about in the UK and they cost to much but you are welcome to come out and review AWOL so long as you drive considerately like what I do Martin

Hi Shane I deal with some of the forum admin. As yet I have not had confirmation of your joining from the membership sec or our treasurer however as you will discover the club is run on trust so I have updated your status accordingly. Enjoy the rest of the site. Martin

Good point are there any kayakers planning to fish this comp? Best specimen comp easily winnable from within one of the harbours or just a short paddle from the shore! Come on lads join in the comps, the rules were change to allow you to enter take advantage of that. Martin

Unfortunately for you that is still the rule Alan Martin Got me confudled now Martin Does that mean I am unfortunate because my boat is too long so any catches from onboard don't qualify, or is it because my boat is below the length limit therefore I have no excuse and need to catch/record some fish For the record Navy Blues is comfortably below the limit at 9.5m (31 ft) (A bit smaller than the other club galleon) Getting tempted to enter the comp now if I can be certain of being in club waters long enough to get a line over the side ... Apologies Alan I thought your new boat was larger than that Martin

I have added you profile piccy to your avatar. Its a little small but best I can do with that piccy. You can change it any time you like by going into your controls and playing around Martin

Shane you have posted your picture in your profile. This will only be seen when visitors visit your profile page. For all to see you will need to either post in your avatar or embed in a post as above Martin

Hi Shane and welcome to the club As Jim says keep your picture size to 128k or less and you should have no problem. There is some useful info on how embed photos in the forum in THIS THREAD If you need further help just ask Martin

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A thread could be started with the link included under the safety section and pinned Martin Martin I realised I started the Anchor thread in the wrong section, could you please move it to the Safety section. Thanks Dave Done Martin

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That's a good idea and would certainly help those less experienced members and may even broaden their horizons. Unfortunately for you that is still the rule Alan Martin

Been away all week end and only just spotted this Well Done Bobi you showed the guys the way to go Martin

Why should we now change the rules for one comp after 18 years of club history? Why should any of the members activities that are in line with the clubs long standing rules be restricted as and when others feel (incorrectly) at a disadvantage? Since the club was formed it's club waters have been from St Catherines in the east to The Bill of Portland to the west and as far south as you care to go. All it's competitions are and have always been based on these limits. The only real limit is each and every skippers personal ability or that of his craft. If your fish are caught within the defined area above they count for all our comps. I believe that most if not all our 48 hour comps have been won by boats this side of the channel with the large majority of fish being caught close enough inshore for most if not all the club boats having the opportunity to win. I can remember when I first joined this club owning a Hardy fishing 17. Even then club boats went to Alderney fairly regularly and fished mid channel frequently. I entered all the comps including the 48 hour and can remember at the time thinking I wish I could go over to Alderney or fish mid channel but it wasn't to win the comps it was just to take part in the adventures. Inshore offshore fish it or don't fish it's your choice. Either way is fine so long as we all have regard for the rules that have been in place for 18+ years Martin

A thread could be started with the link included under the safety section and pinned Martin

So long as chain weight = more than anchor weight Martin

Happy Birthday Trevor, enjoy your slurp Martin