Rob

You should have seen the plonker dunking a brand new Lexus! Must have been a company car.....it was, I have a photo somewhere, perhaps it was a club member!!! [emoji12]

Dave aka Coddy has landed such a beast up that way, I'm sure he'll be along soon. Graham, trail Albatross up there! The only real satisfaction comes from doing it all yourself!!!!

Didn't mention that when she started she purred! She had a strong pulse and vital signs were very good. As for the supernatural, I'm still going with "weird"!

We might just go fishing and get JV bloody!!

Yep, loose wire when it was knocking around for a yr!!!

There was a "incident" with a hydraulic pipe, that will delay the launch, but not slow the progress. As discussed, better to fail on the drive than off Old Harry!

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So yesterday was a busy one! Set off home at 08:00 returning at 23:20, time spent mostly boat building & eating! Bob F was onsite looking at electrics & trouble shooting (fridge, heating & fuel sender). Dan C as onsite to service the engine & leg with Ad. Did you know that the Volvo won't start unless the leg is in "beach trim" or lower, we do, now!!!!!!! That was a frustrating hour, but at least all is double checked now!!!!! I cracked on with the bathing platform ladder/ support & niggly bits. Inc. Flagging off some gel repairs and polishing them out (hadn't done this before but was easy with the right tools). I spent more time in the bilge than I had hoped! Tacking up wires and final tidying, routing and wiring the 240v system, toilet door locks and mounting pad, routing and connecting new bilge hoses, trimming hatch lock, polished and cleaned the stern...... Great hosts as always, plenty of tea / coffee and grub! Here are a few pics from Rachael F.

I've fixed fuel can with a soldering iron, but it needs to be clean - empty of fuel and vapour! And you need a similar plastic to feed in to the iron.

OK- species caught: Ballan Wrasse ballions Wrasse Bass Blenny Blonde Ray Bream Black Brill Bull Huss Corkwing Wrasse Cuckoo Wrasse Flounder Garfish Goby Goldsinny Wrasse LS dogfish Mackerel Plaice Pollack Poor Cod Pouting Red Gurnard Rockcook Wrasse Scad Small Eye Ray Smoothhound Spotted Ray Tope Tub Gurnard Turbot Undulate Ray

We had a great day, 60 anglers, 19 boats spent an exciting day out on the water, reeling in, photographing and then releasing as many species of fish as possible, in hope of taking home the coveted trophy!!!! We had 19 boats, catching 30 species (down 4 from last year) in total between them, 21 on the winning boat (retaing the trophy from last year )was again "Kingfisher". Skippered by Chris Witherford from Poole. Second prize went to SeaWolf,while Marlin, skippered by Greg Toms, took third place. Marlin's crew was 2 juniors (11 yrs olds), one who hadn't fished before, Bradley (Greg's son) scored 50 points and 11 species to take the top junior prize! The Poole Bay Small Boat Angling Club (PBSBAC) ensured no one went home empty handed however, as everyone who entered went home with a prize (that is down to your generosity, thank you). We raised in excess of £650 for Heroes On The Water to aid rehabilitation of wounded heroes who have suffered while carrying out a public duty.

I have done that before for a friend with a 28ft yacht. Remember to call the bridge and advise them you are under tow. They waited for us as the tide at the (old) bridge was ebbing quite fast. SOG was slooooow going! Mid you, it was twice the length of JoJo and probably 10x the weight. So it's a no from me!!!! [emoji1]

It was also more of a warning to look out for them!

Nuts!!

I like the gull sat there thinking "I'll have that if he throws it back in" [emoji3]

You will need to have a chat with Steve aka Lofty. He heads up the kayak section of the forum. Good to see you back. Rob

Thanks for the write up. Do you mind if I take an extract to send to a couple of the sponsors? Rob

Trimming of the vinyl: I know Ad has been on it again today, so he will have quite an update to do.

Stern view, black and white theme: Adam waiting for me to tighten a bolt!!!!

Adam will no doubt be along at some point to add to the update (most pics on his phone). Yesterday after the booking if for the Open, I headed over to chez Franklin once again. What a glorious day, not once did Adam or I envy those competitors out on the briney!!!!! [emoji22] Anyway, JV won't build herself so: I fitted the hand rails / over hang supports to the cabin / roof, fitted the new rod rack across the transom, with some help from Ad. Wired and mounted the shore power socket. During this, Ad was fettling with window surrounds, flowcoating the toilet floor and sizing up the toilet seating position. He / we also hung the toilet door, discussed latch options etc. Then came the big 2 man job, laying the vinyl flooring!! He had had issues finding anyone reliable to do this and the mention of "safety flooring" seemed to act as a deterrent! So we thought, how hard can this be. So, we made a template, drew it on the roll of flooring, cut it out (a few mil oversized all round) and tried it for size. Funnily enough, it was a few mil too big, as expected, so a trim in place and it was looking good! I then had to leave to head back to Cobbs for the photo finish / setup prize table etc etc. Then in the evening, Jo and I met up with Adam and Rachel for dinner and theatre in Wimborne, needless to say, we had plenty to talk about still!

Only 10 trips mind!!! [emoji2]