Maverick Martin

Happy birthday Jon hope you had a brilliant day...........hummm brilliant day and bad weather don't really go together but whatever you did I hope you enjoyed it Martin

I feel pretty good that the TV went to a good home and not the dump Oh and I got a nice bottle of red for it Martin

I've heard of him but won't listen to him again, he can go pee in the wind Martin

Dave & Derek happy birthday to you both Martin

Assuming Awol is up and running with all her new electronic kit Dean and I would love to give the wrecks a go Martin

The banks you are talking about are known as the 50/50 banks and are where you said they are. Easily found and marked on charts/plotter These banks fish for loads of other species as well. On a good day they can be very good on a bad day there c@@p. Waters around the bank can be as deep as 75' with the depth on top being around 56' I believe Adam had his 30lb blonde on or near them. Martin

I will move this into the conservation heading and pin it so it's easy to find BTW I already signed Martin

Happy birthday to you both, have a great day Martin

As I see it and as the advice I received was if you are using your boat inshore or in harbours ie close range then BB can't be beat but if you intend to go mid channel or even across the channel you will need your radar to do different jobs so in that instance BB may or may not be the best choice. HD is as or nearly as good for close range but is superior for longer range work. At the end of the day all modern radar units will do a reasonable job it's just that some are more reasonable than others. Then of course there's your budget/pocket to consider Martin

Lifted from an email received re the programmes

Am I right in saying that HD uses a conventional, higher spec, radome with clever processing to make the images clearer plus enables close target recognition (as opposed to BB that uses solid state technologies)? Correct and for what it's worth I was told by an electronics supplier that BB radar would not be suitable for my use but if my budget stretched to it then def go for HD Martin

When doing my research I decided not to go with broadband but have HD instead Apparently broadband is brilliant at close range but not so good for distance works whereas HD gives almost as good target separation at close range but is much better at longer distances Martin

I have the new Raymarine HD radar with class B AIS transponder but it's not yet fitted to the boat so can't comment on how good it is however I did a lot of research and couldn't find much between all the top manufacturers. Furuno came out about the best but does cost a lot of money not that any of them are cheap. A site called panbo http://www.panbo.com has reports and tests on just about everything electrical but look out you might come away confused.I did Martin

Definitely the problem here is speed. Use your kit and do what charlie says at over 10 knots and no (or very little) problem keeping a reasonable track. Do the same at 4 or 5 knots with no reference points its a whole different ball game, doable but a lot harder. The only way to overcome these problems is practice and use the compass BTW I struggled getting out and into the Rockley channel, even modern plotters take an amount of time to catch up and in a confined channel with little room for detour it makes life shall we say interesting Martin

Well done Gordon on selling Fugazi to a member and good luck with your plans. Also well done to Mike? on the purchase of a fine vessel, have fun in her Martin

Sony 32" analogue TV. Model Number KV-32FQ75U with stand and two glass shelves About 7 years old but still has a Perfect picture and in excellent condition. Free to anyone prepared to collect from Poole or if you live closer to me than the tip I could be persuaded to deliver. If it doesn't go within a couple of weeks then down the tip it will go Tel: 01202 721955/ 07771 748486 Martin

And from me as well: Happy New Year to all club members and our visitors Martin

Glad all were safe on Duchess 2 Would agree about the electronics being slow to react when pootling along. Dean and I went aground in Rockley channel when going out last Sunday and got totally disorientated then struggled to find a way out but did it eventually not at all funny on an ebb tide Martin

1.) Adam F - JV 2.) Alun J. 3.) Paul F. .......we will either be on Gastro or Imagine 4.) Martin AWOL 5.) Dean AWOL .) Crew AWOL Anyone want a ride out?

We had a similar day to others.slowwwwww dogfish all day long but nothing else Fog bound going out until the end of the swash then the same coming back especially at Rockley end absolute pea souper, can't wait to get my radar and wide screen plotter fitted Martin

If someone would like to fish it we could take one extra body , post here pm email or phone Martin

Niggle if it's ok with you I will move this thread to the lounge? Reason being it's such a great advert for the benefits of the club it would be a shame to hide it from our guests Martin

Oh dear your getting to be nearly as old as Jim and I Happy birthday PJ Have a great day Martin

Mark you have a pm Martin

Bob what can I say, the others have already said it but well done anyway. You deserve a good day after so long without playing with your rod You out over the holiday period? Martin