Maverick Martin

Wish I was employed, being the boss makes life difficult, have a great day

Hi Nick I believe you so have updated your forum status to club member

You certainly are Jim

Hi Nick and welcome to PBSBAC If you have any questions just ask away. Why not think about joining the club properly by becoming a fully paid up member? One of the main benefits of being a fully paid up member is the Club Only section of the forum. This would expand your reading 3 fold or more as most members converse in this area. Keep an eye on the boat buddy section of the forum. Members who are going out ask in here for company out. Going out on others boats would greatly speed up the learning curve giving you an expressway to learning the ins and outs of boat angling and boating Martin

Hope you both had a fabulous day Happy Birthday

Sorry we are away for this one

Happy birthday Mick

Where?

Boat found

Ray imo your best course of action would be as Neal (Tarlach) and Jim (Small Fry) say, keep the money and save. You can get your fishing fixes in the short term by hitching/crewing on other club boats. Obviously it's your call and boats are a very personal and emotive subject. Good luck with whatever you decide to do

Wooden hull = lots of work to maintain + it is 50% above your budget

The only fish worth reporting on Madness today were blonde rays Jim = 19lb 12oz I think, Jim will confirm Martin 16lb12 + 16lb both came up backward which made them bloomin hard work

But will probably last longer after a coat or two

They looked better in the first piccy Jim

Tigerfish: Alun, Terry, Stuie, Steve Reel Magic Dave, Kev, Paul  Alfresco Charlie and Ian Fisheagle Allan, Coddy and Dave L. Kingfisher; Chris and Blake W. Marichelle , Mick & Chris Madness, Martin, Jim Endeavour3 with gummage, mike hall ,david cotton( non member) mike halls guest( non member)

I will be taking Madness out on Sunday and have a space for crew. Post her email pm or phone me to claim a space

Madness will be fishing on Sunday Martin Crew required post in other thread if interested

Good call (I think) good luck with the upgrades. If you need putting off ask for advice here

I love the look of the Barracuda 9 and at one point I thought of buying one. The biggest downside for me was the cost and inconvenience of fueling a petrol boat. Petrol on a mid size boat is an issue. If you are doing inshore trips and using 70/80 litres per trip it's either eye wateringly expensive from a marina assuming you can find one that stocks it or will take a lot of toing and froing with jerry cans then transferring via a syphon tube of funnel and all the fun that entails. The fuel used on my Rodman would be similar in amount but less than 2/3rds the cost and convenient as most marinas stock red diesel. If you want sea a review with details of fuel consumption watch the following vid: http://www.boattest.com/review/beneteau/3014_barracuda-9

Madness is 8.7 metres at over 5.5 tons and has a 10kg Delta look alike with about 12 metres of 8mm chain with 220 metres of rode which works well for us

Lazy toe rag!

How very dare you Niggle, there is nothing normal about our Madness breakfasts

But that is not the main job of the chain Rob. The main job is to weight the shank of the anchor so the angle between the anchor and the boat is shallower therbye assisting the anchor to get a grip. The bigger the boat you have the more important this is. A Longer/heavier piece of chain also helps reduce snatch. The secondary job is to act as a counterbalance in the Alderney set up.

Dean and I will be taking Madness out on Saturday and have space for one other. Not sure what we will go for yet but it will be a leisurely day leaving for the 7:30 bridge returning at the latest on the 16.30 bridge. If interested post here pm or phone first come and all that