Maverick Martin

Capacity 22.7 litres = just under 5 galls

Well your site and forum have been up and running for 6 months now and boy has it been a success or what. We have had over 12590 visits and only 12589 of them were me . In computer speak we have had 798986 hits, that is phenomenal and a round of applause are in order for the Webmaster and his crew. It is our ambition to make the site self-funding. The club can afford to fund the site itself but that does use up valuable resources that could be spent on other projects. We currently have links to affiliate companies that generates a very small amount of income ie: Tackle bargains, Amazon and have had a small donation from Poole Sea Angling Centre. I have tried several companies that have given the signal that they are interested but nothing seems to ever materialise. What we could do with now is some sponsorship from either local or national companies that are preferably fishing or boating related to either sponsor part of the site or pay for advertising space on the site/forum. Anyone got any ideas as mine are fast running out? Answers on an email or PM please, dont want the opposition to get there first. Cheers Martin

I have spent ages trying to get cables through the tubing on my radar arch and have come to the conclusion that cable ties are the best thing since sliced bread Martin

Look at that TART with all those beads were you just putting the necklace on or taking it off Nice fish Adam Martin

I will be fishig it with Dean as crew, I beleive Jigabyte will be there as will Tony Deavin with P Russell for crew, Duncan said he was fishing it any more If any member hasnt got a ride I have room for one more Martin

Tart Martin

Re: Stainless versus ally props: Ally props are fine on lower horse power engines and will work ok on larger o/b's . The benefit of a stainless prop on larger motors is they dont flex or give so are more efficeint. Stainless is heavier than ally thats why on some engines when you select a fwd/rev you hear a clunk as the engine starts to throw the prop. Stainless is also harder then ally so does not damages as easily but is more difficult to repair. The downside is the cost, 2 or 3 times dearer than the equivilent ally. I have had stainless props for 5 years and havent had to have one repired yet but Im sure if they were ally they would have been in for repair 2 or 3 times. Martin

All you fishers who enjoy beach fishing would you fancy competing in the West African Shore festival, then have a look at this. It is quite a large file so may take some time to load

Charlie If I caught I would tell you you know I would but I didnt, so I cant but when I can I will and so should the rest of you, rejoice in the fact that you "THE CLEVER ONES" can go forth out into the blue yonder and reap the rewards of your efforts, pick up the fruits of your labour, from all those winter months of planing and ahh b######s I blanked again well not quite half a dozen very small pollock, I didnt weigh them, to embarassed Thanks for doing your job Charlie Martin

Hi Same as Bob I dont know of anyone who has one of these sets. I purchased a lowrance about a year ago, after I fitted it I could not get a fix or should I say very intermitently got a fix and when it did get a fix it would soon drop out. I would then get a message very similar to what your machine is giving. The fault lied in a damaged cable from the antenna. The cable was moulded into the antenna so a new one had to be ordered. Fitted that and evreything worked ok Not very impressed by the service centre responce of wanting to charge you

Mike We started doing that towards the end of last year and had a lot of exposure in the press both nationally and local. As soon as the season takes of and we have anything worth reporting I am sure this will start again. Any one who writes a report should forward a copy to Charlie or myself as well as the webmaster. We have the contact details to all the local and national press. It would also be good to keep the one point of contact from the club so a relationship with the press can be built over a period of time. Martin

Just thought we have a section on the front page for reports already set up so this could be used. Aa reoprts are posted a note could be put under the heading news with a link to the reports Just a thought Martin

Adam sounds a good idea, as Bob says if you have the time. Please check with Charlie first as he has in the past done the reports on club comps etc perhaps you could divide the reports up so we have more than one report per month? I will leave it to you guys to sort out Martin

Should soon be smoothie time in the solent perhaps we could repeat last years foray up there with perhaps a little more success. Or the Nab Tower area which I believe can fish well on occasions. I would also like to try other areas out of Weymouth. Looks like it might be a busy year If we do fish the solent area at some point we could then perhaps show newboy how to launch and retrieve properly. Dont however ask me for advice as on our Shambles trip I forgot to put me bung in and Mav nearly sunk ! My crew wondered why she was so low in the water Martin

Adam As you will know after your last attempt at floating Tara the small socket set I keep on Maverick contains plug size sockets, as Charlie has stated with modern outboards there aint a lot else other than change a fuse us mechanically ignorant can do and even those mechanically educated cant do a lot more at sea. Try sitting on your engine in the drive and take out a plug or two, it isnt easy , then get the missus to lift and drop the hitch so you have to hold onto the boat with one hand almost impossible Martin

Adam There is not a lot you can do at sea if anything goes wrong especially with modern outboard motors so taking a full tool chest would be pointless. On Maverick I have a small zip up case with flat and cross head screwdrivers, a small electrical screw driver, adjustable spanner, small socket set, pliers, electrical tape, spare fuses, light bulbs and a length of electrical wire. The tools are not best qaulity but I do spray them with wd40 occasionally. Have had them onboard for about 4 years and they are still in usable condition. I have only used them for electrical problems, havent had any other cause to use tools yet. I have got a box where all my boat bits go ie: cooker, torch cutting board, tools and any other items that are taken of the boat. So they all go on together and all come off together, hopefully then nothing major gets forgotten Martin

Hi This is the Turbot caught by Peter Russel (safety officer) on the Shambles last week aboard Maverick, only a little fishy but a fish all the same Martin

Thanks Peter

I agree with your last comments Paul J Weymouth is certainly a nice venue and we should do it more regular Im up for it Martin

Yep Weymouth sounds a good bet to me and hopefully Dean can make it this time. I wonder when the Bass arrive of Portland? might be worth a try we can make final plans after next weeks comp Martin

Bob H & Peter R were my crew for the day. The weather and conditions were excellent. The plaice on the Shambles unfortunately didnt think so, we never had one. Peter R had a small but pan sized turbot on worm only!. Later in the day as the tide eased we started feathering Launce, Peter and I had about 30 apiece to freeze down for use later in the year. Does anyone know marks out of Poole that hold these eels? The last hour was spent catching pollock on and around the hood, great fun. Overal it was a great day afloat. My van towed the boat effortlessly but could not get traction at the bottom of the very slippy slip. Thanks guys for the push, saved me roping the trailer out. Looking forward to the next day out (18th April first species hunt) Martin

Nice report Adam Not all their cracked up to be then Martin

Paul I'll bring it 2morrow Martin

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James Excellent idea re the trophy for best released specimen can I leave it to you to bring up at the next meeting in aob Cheers Martin