Maverick Martin

Hi ya Mike Welcome to pbsbac and I see you have met some of the members already, freindly bunch they are to (well most of em) I hear you have a 195 same as me, what do you think of it Martin

Manic Dean and I tried that in our garage to see if it would be any good but it dissolves almost instantly so would disperse before it reached the bottom Martin

Bad news Moved Maverick on sat to get to the side of the boat next to the fence and heard this terrible rumbling noise, sounded like bearings graunching if thats even a word. Sunday morning up and got the jack out lifted the boat up removed the wheel and tried to undo the retaining nut and it wasn't having any of it. Wacked the nut with a hammer to try and break the rusted seal, no joy, wacked the spanner, no joy, jumped up and down on the socket lever, no joy. Threw me toys outa the pram and walked away Returned later with a blow torch and heated up the nut and shaft, and it moved. Removed the wheel drum, removed the biggest circlip I have ever seen, fitted the retaining nut into a socket put it on the sealed for life bearing (LOL) and wacked it several times with a lump hammer and eventually it came away. Inspected the offending bearing and found that at least one bearing had broke in two. Off to upton tommorrow to get four new bearings. What upset me more than anything was last year I paid good money for eagle trailers to service my trailer. His breif was whatever he found doubtfull replace, especially the bearings. These bearing were obviously not replaced, well pitted, broke and grease less. Checked his invoice tonight and it says he replaced two bearing, which two, my trailer is a 4 wheel jobby surely he should have replaced all four! needless to say I shan't be entrusting any work to that guy again. Glad you saved money by buying brake shoes from him Bob but in my view he really doesn't deserve to be promoted on this forum. Martin

Paul In your case I would buy a coil of 10 or 12mm rope (220 metres in coil) for your main anchor, 12mm would be more comfortable on the hands. Good quality potting rope as supplied by Gundrys is good enough or you could plump for anchorplait which will cost an arm and a leg but is very nice. You then of course need a painter and mooring lines, if you wwere going to moor your boat for long periods these should have a little stretch in them so good quality stuff here 12mm again would suffice as regards brand ask your dealer. Dont forget when mooring you need at least a bow and stern line plus 2 ropes set as springs. Another rope suitable for towing which could be your painter. Also desirable would be a spare anchor and rope. I'm sure others will have their preferences regarding brands of rope and whats needed Martin

Good to hear you all had a good day and welcome to the trailer boat section Sam As it was so foggy I dont suppose losing your glasses made much difference Paul made it an expensive day out though I guess As I basked in the sun on my boat, in the drive doing the last few jobs I did think of you guys and wished I was out there with you. On the plus side Maverick is almost ready for the water and looking nearly new Shake down next week end on the training day or possibly saturday if the weather is ok Martin

Nice one Bob worth knowing Martin

There is a link in our links page for easytide Martin

Bob Why not send it to the main agent: Pure Fishing uk limited Unit 8H Marshbank Crewe CW2 8UY Tel: 0845 0500091 A reel service is

Thanks Amgine We already know what a greedy bunch of parasites those above us are, they would privatise air if they could. Martin

I second that Bob welcome back afishiiqan....Mike Hope you are well Martin

I feel a letter coming on, Anyone going to volunteer to write on behalf of the club to the Channel island tourist boatd whoever or wherever they are? Martin

Paul I have just queeried the data base we have 5 members who use Tiscali. Do a search under users and groups only one regular user of the site with the others rarely or never posting Martin

Hi Alex The Abu Conolon rods are very good and for the money you probably cannot better them. If you can afford a little more have a look at the Team Diawa. I have a Team Diawa 12lb-30lb and a Team Diawa uptider. The TDX 1230 is a tippy rod that soon locks up to give the power needed for larger fish or in my case heavier weights an absolute joy to use. The Uptider is a fantastic rod which can also double up for jigging shads and bassing, again a very light and powerful but forgiving rod. Another range of rods to consider are the North Western Kevlar range especially the 12lb class rod,an absolute beautie Regarding reels, for downtiding I use Penn lever drag reels 225ld being about right for medium work, for heavy work a 245ld is a proper winching machine. Uptiding the Abu 7000 series takes some beating Martin

Sam you obviously wasn't around yesterday. The wind nearly blew me of my Ladeers. Force 5/6 at least in Poole Park and blimin cold with it Martin

Brown Borthers Sharp Road of off Alder hills or SMC motorparts Ashley Road Poole

Duly Signed Martin

Rich I think the moulds you have must be Shytalk's (Peter's) I still have the club moulds in ze garage. The club moulds are various shapes and sizes up to about 3/4lb, bullets, barrel, small bopedo, pear and beach sinkers drilled for wires. If you would like these just give a shout Martin

Used Dilunet on my boat with ok results but not as good as it says on the tin. To be fair though the boat has 5 years worth of antifoul on it which equates to 10 layers of paint. I am still trying to remove the stuff albeit on a peacemeal basis (fed up) Agree you have to be carefull when using drills etc but with plenty of water damping things down, it worked for me Martin

Adam Not sure about 4" grinders but definately on 9" you would however need to take the guard off Why not see your freindly Wolseley Hire centre manager as you work for them couldnt you get a loan m/c for a week end or at least buy the attachments at a highly discounted price. Failing that go to Machine Mart Bournemouth Road Martin

Welcome to "THE COOLEST" forum for small boaters Have fun, you'll soon get to know us.....if you join in that is Martin

Adam The best tools are polishers that look like an angle grinder (basically are) with a mop on it. I use an ordinary drill with a sanding attachment that you can fix polishing heads/mops to. The only problem with using ordinary drills is that they don't last to long, they can burn out with prolonged hard work, uumm sounds a bit like me Much better and quicker than those orbital jobbies even than the posh one you have Martin

Not sure if I will have all the work on Maverick finished in time for this week end, I am waiting for a part for my winch but if I do finsih will see you there Martin

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Billy Good to hear you caught some spotties, lets hope there are still some there when we come up your end Martin

Adam Dean and I went completely round the above water line part of the hull today. First we used a compound called G3 which is slightly more abrasive than T cut. Use a wet mop head on your drill/polisher. Do not use one of those cheap orbital polishers as it will take forever. The reason for using a wet mophead is it stops the compound drying out and clogging your mop and it makes the cleaner go further. I use a drill and sanding attachment with the mop tied on. Then as Charlie says use Mer or any good quality car polish. Maverick is sparkling now. We have just got the cuddy and like you the underwater line section to do. Not looking forward to going under the boat Martin