Rob

Adam, If you have the vinyl I can cut it on laser machine. As you know I don't need much of an excuse to have a tinker at work!!! Rob

Happy Birthday - try and raise a smile!

I went to the Canford one a few years ago and it was no cheaper than somewhere like QuayWest Chandlery - and you have no comback as you get no receipt and the sellers are not seen till the following year. I would rather spedn my

Can't you just tuck those flares away on the sly if you get in to an issue with the French authorities? Any how - if they take you to Cherbourg I expect you will find the fishermen and farmers blocking the port!! R

Yep - it hardly needs polishing! I'll bring it on Thursday - all I have done is given it a little polish with brasso. And it would have been better if cleaned correctly first as my fingerprint can be seen in the finished product! Rob

Trev, Isn't chrome plating REALLY nasty to do? carsonagenic etc.... Or can you use substitue chemicals now? I think that is why there is a Nickel plating system at work - it is fairly harmless, but you would wnat to drink the fluid!!! Rob

Have a good one. Rob

Guys, I am making some small (3 or 4oz) pirks for use as the weight when feathering. How useful would it be to make bigger ones for inshore fishing? Thoughts please? Should I attach a jelly worm or muppet etc? Hook will obviously be included!! Rob (OK you'v sussed it, it is a Nickel plated piece of 15 mm copper filed with lead!!!!)

Neal - I have a heater in my car but always have a cuppa to hand on the way to work snow or shine!! Took an hour to get to ferndown from bournemouth today - accident apparently on the A338. Oh well - got home in 14 mins so can't complain!! Rob

Many happy returns Mr Burt. Rob

Will, Paul is correct - I have finanlly managed to put a collection together and tried a couple of ways to mark the club ones so they don't get mixed up when they are on loan. How quickly do you need them? I hope to have the finished by next weekend. I have also tested them all!!! Let me know your timescales and I will sort them out for you. Rob

I went to Carphone Warehouse to upgrade the Mother-In-Laws old phone on Pay-As-You-Go - brand new Nokia , nothing special

And if you ask him - he denies it (doesn't remember!!!!)

Charlie - you are confusing Sam the Man and Dan!!! Dan is "Just Add Water" on the forum.

Alex, If you spend time out on the ledge you will see boats drifting for bass - small private boats, charter boats a-like. You will pick up bass in locations that people drift and also in places where you just have a go. You have to be in it to win it!! I have drifted marks in my boat yards behind or infront of other club boats and one boat may get fish and the other not! Even two people in the same boat can yield amazingly different results! Time + patience + time + luck + a little technique!! = Bass! Se you out there Rob

Here is the comp schedule in Tab Seperated Values (windows) - can be imported in to Outllok calendar etc - yes I know I am sad!!! Not sure if you will be able to download a text file - Paul D can you help? If you want a copy please ask and I will email it to you. Rob

Adam, I have found Daiwa very good on the spares front. A couple of years ago I had a Dawia fixed spool beach reel which had a problem with the cam that sits on the main cog. I called them but it was 8 years old and not a current model! Having then worked out the part number they searched and the same part was used in a current model! Bingo - reel fixed for about

That is a serious amout of kit! Be on Ebay no doubt - tell him to look out for it on there! There was a story I heard that a guy had his tent stolen from his shed\garage, went on Ebay to look for another one and found his! His nextdoor neighbour was arrested!!! Rob

So is this a conspiracy? Chairman is down, Trail Away Office - who next? FIsh Recorder or Treasurer? Get well soon Gordon and may the rest of the committee take it easy and keep one eye open whilst asleep! Rob

Have a good one Peter. Rob

Hopefully sold - to me!!!

I know with my Icom you can replace the MMSI but only once - after that you can take it to an Icom dealer - isn't there one called Green something who sponsors the club? Rob

Paul - you need both types if you are to have a split system. Leisure battery is designed to have a small drain over a long period - ie - run electronics at anchor. Car battery - this is a cranking battery and what you will use to start the engine, designed for very short and high drain\amp applications. Then once started on the car battery (switch position 1) then the switch put in position 1+2 to charge both when under way. Then when at anchor switch poition 2 is used. I am sure a relay automatic switching system is possible but the 1, 2, 1+2, 0 position switch is cheaper! Rob