Indeed - crew for an Old Salty Sea Dog, there are loads in the Club!
Get to crew or offer to take experienced crew and try for rays off Ballard - that'll give you son something to get his teeth in to - though, it might feel like he has hooked the bottom for 10 mins!
Rob
You ARE funny Rob !
IT bloke - - - - Busy ?
How hard can it be - - Turn it off - - - - - - - Turn it back on again - - - -Job Done ! !
Good names though
Jim
We are allowed time off Jim - so sunday night at 10pm i wasn't working!
Anyway, I don't tell people to switch off and on, I have people to do that for me!!!
Hydraulic? Automatic \ pre-set?
There are so many options! How deep are your pockets?
I have smart-tabs
http://www.nauticusinc.com/index.html
They are cheap and excellent - mine are the plastic SX ones and i use the Tolling adapter in reverse to lift them out the water when the boat is 1 launched in <1ft water or beaching.
I will be replacing my rams with fully stainless ones when they fail.
Rob
"He said the turbines viewed from Bournemouth would appear about one third the height of a thumb held horizontally."
Now I have fat thumbs and that is bu&&er all, you will only see them 5 days of the year.
Friday with no wind was touching 2 knots. Of course if you go over a shallow it speeds up as the water is quashed so it depends!!!
Plus tides were getting smaller each day from friday.
Rob
Do some port research on:
http://www.visitmyharbour.com/harbours/solent/
example Yarmouth:
http://www.visitmyharbour.com/harbours/solent/yarmouth/
Get an Almanac - Yachties replace them every year as they are all loaded! If you know any ask them for an old copy!
It will have all teh info you need for approach Harbour vhf channels ect..
Or try http://sailingalmanac.com/
Just check a chart before steaming in - you never know what might be under the water!
Enjoy,
Rob
Yes there is and it is close in - check you charts but you are talking 50yds from the cliff - it can still be a "surf" though there but potentially better than the main reef if you don't like the surf (i took Serenity though there with Boblin following and took a wave over the bow and roof, excellent those MF695's!). You could always drift it for a bass!
Rob