Maverick Martin

Many happy returns Dan Hows the fishing going, still catching those monster bass? Martin

Many happy returns Gordon Martin

Simon she looks a pretty boat what make is she? I understand the excitement of a new boat, been there a few times myself. Good luck Martin

WEll done Tom glad you made it to the end See you when you get home for a pussy coffee (crew joke you had to be there) Martin

Welcome to the site Simon and pick away until your hearts content First bit of advice would be look around to see what boats are available that would suit you. Then the hard bit SET A BUDGET and stick more or les to it. May sound simple but you have to be very realistic or else you can end up spending a fortune and still not be happy. Before you make a final decision on which boat to go for blag rides out on other owners boats preferably those similar to what you have in mind. Listen to what they have to say about their boats but be selective in what you believe; after all would you say your boat was a pile of pooh if you had spent a fair sum of money on it? Take in all the info and work out for yourself what you want or maybe don

Well i'm back on terafirma but Toms still enroute We left Poole at around 10pm on Wed eve after a few shall we say minor adaptations by the Norwegian engineer (clever chap). Crossing along the south coast and over the channel was fine and event free if not a little lumpy. We formed two watches ie English and Norwegian taking 6 hours a watch. Tom and I elected to do one hour each in our watch with the other assisting to keep the helmsman awake Headed up the French coast then Belgian, Holland, Germany. As the weather was forecast to get worse (as if it wasn

You toucha my food I staba your hand

is it a worm or a maggot

Why do I need a life jacket when I have these inflatables

PJ We are still waiting for your photo to be uploaded or don't you want to play Martin

Also don't discard the motor shops. I used SMC AshleyRoad, Parkstone just last week and got 2 110ah leisure bats for

Happy birthday to all Martin

Sorry to hear of your loss Chris, the low life do get everywhere As others have said if it aint glued on the boat I take my kit off.......no not that kit ATB Martin

broken boat hopefully fixed for weekend Martin

Terry Next time you're in Poole call in as I have some you can have Martin

Many happy returns Reg, hope your still pulling them in....fish that is Martin

Chester is indeed a fully paid up new member Martin

Best specimen comp book in here Martin

Is this it? http://www.pbsbac.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=1399&hl= Martin

Thats exactly the knot I use except I also double the braid. Never had it fail on me yet but you must ensure that the tag end goes out exactly the same way it went in or it will let go Martin

"Awol" now has new batteries but is still waiting for the engineer to check out the charging circuits. This should happen tomorrow and all things being well we will be out on the rips friday, maybe sat and maybe sunday just got to take out a new mortgage for the fuel Will post here as soon as I know for sure if and when we are going Will also get some numbers for the rips over to you. BTW if anyone has the brittle star numbers I would apreciate them Cheers Martin

Sorry the 48 hour comp is for club members only Martin

Our weekend at the wsf meet started off fairly uneventful even on the fish front. Left Poole at a very reasonable hour. Stopped off at Kimmeridge to have a go for Bream but it seemed devoid of life apart from 1 Pollock of about 1/2lb for Dean. Started the anchor recovery using our trusty buoy, anchor tripped then disappeared leaving us with a floating buoy, rope and chain, no anchor, damn. Next Stop Mupe rocks for a drift, it just looks so bassy but nothing there either so set a course for Portland harbour. The trip across Weymouth bay was a little lumpier than expected but uneventful. Feathered up some mackerel for bait to give us a start for Sunday. Next stop Weymouth harbour to find our berth, wash and brush up and meet the rest of the guys at the sailors return. Day 2 saw Dean and I up and strolling around at 7:30 to find somewhere for breakfast then back on the boat and out to the shambles. First drift Dean gets into a Brill of 6lb 13oz a good start to the day we thinks. Then

Happy birthday Charlie. Never mind about not fishing today theres always next weekend Martin

Competition anglers are a species of their own and probably worth several points A totally seperate breed from the rest of us with most being very skillfull in what they do. I did it for years on the shore side of things (unsuccesfully) but have not bothered since owning boats. It takes allsorts to make up a world but bashing out mini species is not my thing so would not take part in events based on that formatt. I can however see the benefit for the club should others wish to represent us on that front. Martin