Maverick Martin

Glad I don't have to make the call for Sundays comp. Weather has been all over the place this week. Its gone from looking promising to looking carp to now being very in between 25 26 26 29 30 29 28 28 26 12 7 2 9 15 The last 26 is wsw 6am Monday then reducing to 12 knots westerly by 9am then reducing and going northerly for the rest of the day. What's your take on it, on or off I think I may be tempted to venture out and take a look see

Graham can't you think of anything other than your new boat Know how you feel been there several times

Exciting times Graham

Someone outa tell Mick he won't win either comp if Pike fishing

So are any club members supporting this one? may as well fish both the club and Andy's comp together

So looking at wind Guru I am guessing the comp is on. With below 10 mph wind am then slowly increasing to 15 mph pm and coming from w-nw it should be well doable although there maybe a residual swell from the winds today Any way I am going either way

1) Court Jester - Neal, Stuie plus TBA 2) Tigerfish Steve S, Alun J, others tba 3) Madness - Martin, Dean, Terry B

I'm on me way Terry see you in a couple of hours

Happy Birthday Terry, hope you have had a good day

Happy birthday Duncan. I bet you're not on your uk boat this weekend but what about the flappy cloth and stick thing

Happy birthday Oli

Happy Birthday Alfie, I hope you're not in the doghouse or cathouse

Happy birthday Pete

Dean and I went a little earlier than the Wishin Crew with us only having 30-40' vis through the harbour and swash channel. It was the first time we had used the plotter and radar on Madness in anger but all went well, even better when Steve on True Blue came blasting by so I decided to piggyback a ride out into open waters. Sent Steve a text explaining what I was doing and he was fine with us doing that, what a great friend he is to the club and it's members. Our day was planned to be a cod only day but as usual the target species for us didn't want to play. We did however find a snake pit where we teased out over 20 eels up to 30lb with the average being in the 15-20lb range. Boy those things tug back. Also had spotted and thornback rays pout the ever present dogs and other bits. As the weather was so nice we decided to come home helming from the flybridge which was lovely going with the wind at a little over 20 knots but when we turned to come up the swash and into the harbour the wind chill factor got us. All in all a great day to be afloat (I even donned my sun hat and shades ) with enough entertainment to keep us happy Roll on the cod comp, I'm sure to lose but if the weather is half as good as it was today I don't care

As Trevor says most policies cover uk waters to 12 miles or whatever your particular policy states offshore and include Breast to River Elbe but not necessarily cover the waters you need to cross to get there. Sounds silly but the way some are worded could restrict a channel passage so just get that clarified

Happy birthday Steve have a good weekend

Was going to put a big long post about data protection but decided against that. Mark's post is not pointless only drawing topical attention to the fact that any organisation no matter how large or small can be hacked as can your or my email contacts. Talking of email contacts I am currently receiving emails from 2 persons which have malicious intent and both the alleged senders have no idea how it's happening. We must all make our own judgement and be careful where we place our information. BTW I think the shark trust do a good job so if I remember I will report my catches but will be lean with information provided

Even us recovering workaholics need time dodging work

Sorry to hear that, hope she sells soon

The Madness crew are considering a trip out on Sunday. Just Dean and I with space for 1 other. Will make final decision tomorrow night. If you're interested in joining us shout in the normal manner

I would agree with Stuie re the anchor warp and chain length. You will not be able to anchor in anything much deeper than 50' with what you have. I suggest min 30' chain attached to 150 metres min for fishing in our area. 12mm warp will be fine as will 8mm chain. Regards anch a 10 kilo Bruce type or a 6 kilo Delta type anchor would be my choice.

Soppy git Was a great evening Mal, thanks mate