Maverick Martin

Hi Paul Loyal Royal, Blue Warrior and Maverick took a liesurely cruise up Wareham river and rafted up at the quay. We met Bob F and his family there and had lunch in the pub. After lunch Bob then scooted off in his car (I'll let him tell you why in the car). The three boats stayed on the quay for a couple of hours and soaked up the sun. Nice weather, nice company loverly day Martin

Charlie That might be a good idea, just to clarify and pre-empt future problems Martin

nice one, I hope no members are now thinking of buying a Renault 5 to tow their boats Martin

Newboy You have a PM Martin

Firstly count for what? I would say if it had a hook in it its been caught but I will let out hon. fish recorder clarify that one Martin

Crew needed on Maverick for the solent trip this week-end, any takers Martin

Hi all Dean can't make this week-end so Maverick needs a crew member. First come first served. I can be contacted via this board or phone, my nmber is on your list Matin

Some good and some not so good bargains on this site http://www.compass24.com/cgi-bin/mailclick.pl?fc=6 Including a dsc vhf for under

Adam I have two 85 AH bats on my boat and never had a problem except when I left my electrics switched on for 3 weeks Martin

Mike The 48 hour species hunt is a hunt for species over a 48 hour period You do not however have to fish the whole 48 hours, you can fish as much or as little as you like. The entry fee is the same no matter how many hours you put in. I believe there are some prizes up for grabs on this one so it is definately worth fishing. It is however only open to club members so to those who are thinking of joining, now would be the opportune time to do so. Cheers Martin

Hi Brian Welcome aboard pbsbac you are our 50th registered forum user Martin

James What size wheel do you need? I have a brand new wheel fitted with brand new tyre size = 155 R 13 If its any good to you make me an offer Martin

I have to manually change my plotter and back up gps to bst. Its easy to do through your menu Martin

Adam Book me in on Maverick, not sure on crew yet will post later when I know. Come on guys support this one the sub committee have put in a lot of effort to get this up and running. I believe that this comp is one of our qualifing matches for the BFM comp so a double reason to fish it. Martin

Adam Has your plotter been set to bst? Does your tide book allow for bst? Your tide book will give tide times for either the quay or poole entrance which are slightly different where does your plotter calculate tidal times, to get the same reading they must both be predicting for the exact same location. The above may seem obvious but I cant think of any other reason why they should be different. Martin

Glaad to hear your back in the water Pete. See you out there Martin

Newboy You are quite right in pointing out that when passage planning all variables should be taken into account. Responsible owners should ensure that they have suffucient fuel for the intended passage. I always go out with a full fuel tank (120litres) which is more than sufficient for my intended uses (so far) I dont think this thread was intended to be about passage planning but about how much fuel a particular rig uses overal. Taking an average over a period of time will give a good idea as to what the consumption could be expected of a particlular rig. It is also far easier to work out what you have used on an average rather than per hour as every trip is different and timed runs with fuel usage almost impossible to calculate unless you plan to do nothing other than collect data. This could be useful in many ways but especially if you were intending to buy a new motor/boat as running costs are almost as important as purchase price. It could also give a benchmark to judge wether you unit is performing as it should. Martin

Coddy I do not keep a log of hours run and fuel used but obviously do on occasions monitor the fuel used. My boat is somewhat heavier than yours (Warrior 195) and has a Mariner 150hp Optimax on the back. With this combination I seem to return aound 4 miles to the gallon. So on a 20 mile trip as you stated above I would use 5 galls as opposed to your 4 galls. Its not very often that I can travel flat out, sea conditions dont usually allow that. Cruising I would have the throttle set somewhere between 4000 and 4500 which give a speed of 20/28 knots depending on conditions. On an average trip out of Poole I would expect to cover around 30 miles and use around 7/8 galls. The longest we have travelled in a day chasing fish is around 90 miles, ouch that hurt Martin

Bob Book in now for next year, adams already taking bookings Martin

I have caught several Bass on Large Hockeye type feathers, they work a treat Martin

Should be Merley between Poole and Wimborne, Nice area Martin

Coddy Its coming up to our silly season, when all these people come here from away, think they can do as they please and disrupt our lives completely The least they could do is learn the rules of the road/sea and be courteous. And all thats on top of a few idiots that already live here Oh when are you moving down? Martin

Hi all Don't know if you have seen this site recently http://www.alderneyangling.com/ take a look at the reports page. Were we unlucky or what, it seems everything died the few days we were there then promptly picked up again when we left. I think there's a conspiracy against us We gotta give it another go next year Martin

You are so predictable, I new as soon as I posted that that was the reply I would get. The toys are round and with a hole in ie: doughnut shaped and anyhow my blow up toys are more fun than you guys so I will stick with them Martin

If the weathers nice I might venture out with Veronica Wouldnt mind tagging along with you, can bring the blow up toys and skis and maybe raft up for a picnic. Your call Martin