Rob

Right up your street Mal, enjoy!

Jo and I booked the above trip after a talk at the club meeting from Brittany. Cracking morning out with the @birdsofpooleharbour on an Osprey cruise. Saw plenty of them, even swooping down (if that is the correct term) to take fish, plus numerous other birds including White Tailed Sea Eagle, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, Spoonbill, Lapwing, all the usual suspects and a seal. Good weather to start the day off, with lunch and a beer on the Quay. Superb! Highly recommend!!! R

Superb!

Do we know the owner of Sapphire? https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24497026.bournemouth-beach-stranded-boat-now-crime-scene/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEeJmNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbAvpo4GmJDj7y5Bj0DK9sl3SoF5ePf2jUwVtZxCGkzC5gtgshwtg6xyxg_aem_uQoJiP5rhsKXrXRlesl5RQ

Guns.......

People need experienced crew ...... Good luck with the sale. R

Not loving enough then Jim!!! Maybe you can carve a key to unlock the shackle she has around you? [emoji6]

Enjoy! R

Maybe you need a pack of dogs Jim? [emoji23][emoji23] R

Hero status maintained!!!

Enjoy!

Ian with the first fish of the day

I was shown to double it up, esp with thin braid. Just make a 6/9" loop of braid and wrap that thought, up, down and back through instead of single strand......has worked for me. R

Never had an issue myself, are you doubling up the braid when you tie it? Is the mono you are tying to, too supple? R

Cracking trip today, not the best forecast and pretty windy and sloppy!! Bass a plenty out there. We had multiple 4-way hook-ups. Mind you, the bass were highly concentrated. Miss the spots and blank drift, fortunately, those were few and far between. I've never been on a boat where the faster you head in to slop, the smoother the ride, awesome! Cracking first use of the oven, Adam made moussaka and we shared a bottle of red once back in calmer waters [emoji108] Thanks chaps. R

The tender is a cat too! They don't do things by halves! R

What version of navionica is it? Gold / platinum etc please? R

Happy Birthday Jerry! R

Maybe that should have been the name!!

I can't claim all the glory for the wiring, Adam did much of it. Having both watched Bob on the last 2 builds, he would be proud!! The schematics Adam drew up on the "Belgian" wiring made no sense. It turned out, the schematics were correct, the wiring was horrendous. Biggest 3 issues (other than the mess), were: - black battery cables in use for positive (some negative ones had red heat shrink on the tips too) - unnecessary runs of cables where spitting them was more efficient - a 3rd battery that was assumed for windlass, doing absolutely nothing, except being charged underway, yet no option to throw a switch to bring it in to service All sorted and satisfying to get some dangling time on her! Thanks gents! R

After spending many an hour on Kodiak on shore, and having missed the launch on Saturday. Adam invited me to reignite out Tuesday evening fishing club! I meet him by the fish and chip shop , grabbed our dinner and took it to eat on the veranda at North Haven. Load up the dinghy and out to Kodiak. She looks cracking on the water! Out to the patch for bream, bass, mackerel, scad, undulate, dogfish, pout & conger. Busy evening in the light drizzle. Constant rod rattles. And Adam adding more upgrades/improvements!! A few bream, macs and bass in the box (best bass 5lb on the nose). Off home in the dark. Cracking venue, boat, fishing and company. Fresh mackerel for dinner tonight and plenty more for the rest of the week. Rob

How could you tell? Was the fraudulent guy interesting? [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

Hope you are keeping well Dave! R

Anyone knows who owns this ?

I have a bag of these, anyone want them FoC of course. Or they will head to tip. R