Maverick Martin

I would agree with Mike on all counts. My Warrior has a tendency to porpoise at around 30 knots (not that the weather lets you do this speed very often) but a quick touch of the trim tabs soon fixes it Martin

Porpoising is a term used to describe the bow of a boat continually lifting up and down, a bit like nodding your head. It will probably only happen when the boat reaches a certain speed, usually near the top end for the boat (but not always) When deciding about any purchase you have to ignore detrimental comments made by salesmen about competitors products, its in there interest to sow the seed of doubt. You have to look at the products and judge them on there merits. Test drive all of them if you have to but definately have a good test drive of the boat you intend to purchase, you wouldnt buy a car after driving it around the car park so why a boat. Try and find other owners of the same craft and ask their honest opinion, new owners are not as reliable (still in love) as owners who have had there boat a year or two so look for older boats for judgement. Re delivery dates in my experience they are not usualy reliable. I purchased my boat, was given a delivery date that was put back once and on the day of collection was still being fitted out, but I did get it in the end Martin

Adam Parting with the spondoulies is hard but I'm sure you'll find it was worth it in the end Martin

Welcome back Rich, we wuz a little worried about you mate Martin

Welcome to pbsbac.co.uk Crab Feeder aka Marc. You finally found the best small boat angling forum/club Martin

I also have one of those tubes on my Mariner Optimax, when new I asked Tony from Select Marine what it was and I think he said something about speedo but not 100% on that. Needless to say it aint important Martin

Pete we will find you a space. If there are no spaces on other boats you can squeeze on Maverick Martin

Andy at Poole Sea Angling has said in the past that he will match advertised mail order prices and I would assume that other local tackle dealers would also try to match mail order prices. Martin

Sounds about right to me Cheers Paul Martin

Beam is the measurement across the width of your boat and draft is the amount of water she will float in Martin

Hi Dave talking of house moves any luck on the search front?

Hi Paul I think that free email addresses should be a perk of being a member of the club but not necessarily available to all members of the forum. If club members wanted to take advantage of cheap web hosting then imo this should be available to them at a nominal annual charge to help offset the cost to the club of keeping the site. We have to remember that all club members some of whom do not have access to the Internet pay though their subs (approximately

No problem Alan we will see you alright for some marks Martin

I'll start building a pier at the bottom of my garden to moor Maverick on

I agree Adam especially as Andy at Poole Sea Angling Centre is one of our more generous sponsors Martin

Hi Duncan Glad you found what you have been looking for, I'm sure you will be very pleased with your purchase keep us updated re quality of the delivered boat, the experience/service given by the company and your thoughts on the finished product. As you are aware this kind of information can help others make informed decisions. Also you could submit a report to Dave who is a member of Poole Bay Small Boat A/C and this site, the address of his site is http://fishing_boats.tripod.com Cheers Martin

Nice one Alan looks like your bait tank will do the job admirably. You'll have to keep us informed when your site is up dated so we can have a look Martin

Take a look boys well worth fishing there is a first prize for the best cod caught on a small private boat. Nearly as good as our own open comp

Sam For inshore fishing you can't beat the smaller ABU'S 5000 or 6000 series luverly reals and well worth the pennies. Looked after they will last a lifetime Martin

Maverick will be there hopefully with Dean as crew, pos space for someone else if needs be Martin

Just a bit blowy but I'm sure James would still take Tara out Martin

Yes please I'm well up for it. When are you thinking? Martin

Adam Bad luck matey, hopefully you will get a new shiny motor at a stupidly low price soon. Malroy wise words from GW not only will your engine be strained if over propped but it will not develop the full quoted hp and will drink more juice as the engine is constantly over working. Martin

Thats not tara .................... is it James enlighten us Martin

Happy birthday Mike Tight Lines Martin