Rob

In-laws Brian! How many letters from the queen have they had?

Another good thing is that, that was the sound track to catching turbos on the bank on the Sunday, them turbos don't mind a remix!!!!

The bit at 2:44 when Adam had a line around his fish and we un-tangle it one handed, shows how often we have fished together!!!!

UK claims fish dumping ban success The UK says it has agreed new laws with the European Union which include banning the dumping of unwanted fish, such as mackerel and herring. Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22536037

From my old post: Jack, I made mine last year, it is the post towards the bottom of this thread: http://www.pbsbac.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=6356&hl= I think the important thing is plenty of fresh water, nice'n'coldwell oxegenated and not too many live baits and no bleeders. I had an un obstructed barrel and I am sure no one told the fish about the ant-clockwise thing - they go up down accross and both ways! I have a 360Rule pump and it only just has enough pressure to lift water in my boat (probably 4ft). I am looking at changing to an Attwood V500 Bilge Pump (has a head of 10m max and at 3.3ft 350gph and 6.6ft 200gph) cost - way under £20. I'll let you know how I get on. http://www.attwoodmarine.com/products/Inst...ies%20Bilge.pdf It draws 1.4amps @ 13.6v so shouldn't worry you on draining the battery too much. Rob

There are barrel building guides on the forum. I did one which was a mod on existing ideas. How many macs, 20 maybe, the colder the water the more you can keep! Rob

Just go with a single battery. Mine is a Varta Semi-Traction, not sure of the size but 60 or 70ah does me ok with VHF, bait pump on all the time (if you have maccy you need it on 100%) and starting etc etc. Rob

Fish Ard Skipper, Fish Ard!!!

Good to hear from you Greg, hope things allow another rendezvous sometime!! Rob

Insurance, check, passport??-not sure!!!!! The E111 and NHS are no use on Alderney / CI's, (ask Captain Hook) I use Insureandgo for my last minute travel insurance! R

No problemo!!!

Thanks Brian, sounds good! Rob

If it will stand proud of my trim tabs i would be interested- can you advise me of some dims? width across mounts, distance from mounts to the stand-offs, distance it stands proud and overall length. Thanks, Rob

Enjoy chaps!

Wahooooooooooo!

Forecast looks OK. Lets hope the fish agree!

2 days work, tackle prep done, just chuck clothes together prep to do!

And get it dirty, you crazy fool!!!! I should really but life keeps getting in the way!

"The worst thing that has happened was the clips on the cover broke so got these replaced under warranty." Surely the leak between powerhead and gasket was the worse?!? My Yam 4 stroke is 10 yrs old this year, all stickers and decals present and correct, it's all about the small things!!!!!! Rob

Thanks for the heads up Al! R

Adam, I thought we were only having one pirk each due to the weight, which one is mine? Rob

I am not sure how 'marinised' the ETec is, being an American thing, they often design stuff for fresh water boating. Such as SmartTabs etc (I have had 2 positions corrode on the tabs as they aren't stainless). Hence you see Mariner-Mercury engines here, and the equivalent is a Mercury-SaltWater in the US. Like anything, there will be good ones and bad ones. PJ's has done a shed load of hours, and AJ had 700 hours on his Yam without it missing a beat I think. R

Well done Steve on the comp! Always good to see comps go smoothly and safely! Rob

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