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Hi Martyn Not seen any reports for a while from you thought you had sold up! Dave

You have a PM Dave

Hi Reg It made the RNLI press! ---------------------------------------------- Three RNLI lifeboats in the south east of Scotland launched on Saturday afternoon (24 October) to go to the aid of an angling vessel thought to be facing difficulties in deteriorating weather. St Abbs RNLI inshore lifeboat launched on service at just after 1.00pm to the aid of the Lazy G Diver, which had a party of eight anglers and a skipper aboard. The St Abbs RNLI Lifeboat Operations Manager decided to self-launch the lifeboat, concerned for the vessel

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Thanks guys Been away for the week-end so could not reply sooner. Dave

Hi I need to get a small quantity of epoxy to carry out some odd bits on the boat and cover some plywood. Can anyone please suggest the best stuff to get and where from Thanks Dave

Just to bump this to the top. This film is being shown tonight (Tuesday) at 10pm on More4 channel Dave

Hi Tom Get an exercise bike and get into regular cycle runs indoors. This will keep you fit, loose weight AND keep you warm! If you get a little genny to run off one of the wheels it could power a household appliance as you pedal! On a serious note I would agree that once the house is warm it will retain the heat and require just topping up as and when. If you have rooms that you don't use keep temp at approx 45F so it prevents freezing and condensation and keep the doors closed. Otherwise set your background heat levels via the rad stats and top up heat with the wood stove. You could always have early nights to keep warm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dave

Hi all I carried out a check and refilled my engine with anti-freeze up to the required strength at the week-end. Thought it might be a timely reminder for all with inboard engines to do the same! Might save an expensive repair. Dave

Hi Charlie Is that the menu to enter a new waypoint or to look up a saved one? The menu is the same until you select New or Saved Yes I have the option of a second SD card on the plotter so could even record sounder functions as I travelled if only I could get the transducer to give me a good picture consistantly. Dave

Hi Charlie Yes they show wrecks and tidal flow but not heights which is a shame as I had that facility on the C-Maps charts. I find it zooms in well and tells you the sea bed type as well. Menu for getting the waypoints is a bit over complicated in my opinion but it could be my plotter which happens to be a Lowrance. Dave

Hi Brian I too have the Nauticpath chart but for the whole UK. It seems to provide all the relevant info and marks, what I don't know yet is if it will work with Navonics home PC system as I would love to load marks down from home and then just upload when on the boat. Dave

Lady Christine had to wait for water to get off the moorings so by 10am Bill and I were under way. We headed straight out of the harbour and as I don't have a decent ray mark yet I went to an area that is known to provide a mixture of fish at times. Well when we got there there were a number of other boats around but did not see much action being brought over the sides. Fist drop of the anchor and it failed to hold, when it was recovered found that it had tripped which I suspect happened when the anchor warp snagged up and jerked the rope! Repositioned the boat and try again, this time it held as it should have done. Nothing showed at this mark so a move was agreed on and we went inshore only to get doggies and I managed a nice 1lb+ red gurnard. Time to move again so a drift or 2 down hook sands produced nothing so into the harbour. Nothing happened until the last few feet of the last of the drift when Bill managed to pull in a 1lb 2oz flounder. By now it was time to stop fishing and head back to the mooring. Nice day to be out shame about the lack of fish. Adam - for comp 1 x Flounder @ 1lb 2oz for Bill Dave

Just as a weather safety angle At the time of writing wind is looking Westerly 8-10kts with a swell of approx 1mtr. This should be ok for most craft BUT it is down to the skipper to make the final decision. Poole harbour tide - LW 08.30, HW 12.00 & 18.00 so should be ok to recover for those using Baiter. Dave

Hi Adam Just playing devils advocate, can you submit 2 x fish, one a ray and one a flat fish? Just a thought Booking in: Lady Christine should out to play with Bill as crew, whether we catch any specimens is another matter! Dave

Hi Derek Just call 0800 328 0600 (free call) or email seasafety@rnli.org.uk Leave them your contact details and someone will then contact you to arrange a suitable date and time. Dave

Here are the basic rules COMPETITIONS WILL BE FISHED INSIDE CLUB WATERS [WEATHER PERMITTING] AND ARE FISHED FOR OVER ANY SEVEN HOUR PERIOD BETWEEN 0600AND 1800 UNLESS SPECIFIED THIS IS TO ALLOW MEMBERS TO ADJUST THIER FISHING TIMES TO SUIT TIDES, LAUNCHING ETC. ALL COMPETITIONS CAN BE FISHED WITH A TOTAL OF THREE HOOKS [Pennel Rigs and Trebles hooks count as ONE] AND A MAXIMUM OF TWO RODS [One & Two hooks per rod if using two rods]. NO OTHER RODS ARE TO BE IN USE WHILE FISHING THE COMPETITIONS. Dave Long range forecast is looking lumpy at the moment, 2m swell and 17kt Westerly winds, but knowing what the forecasters are like it may well change.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mark Hope you have a good day down under! Not seen any reports lately, have you been out? All the best from those back home. Dave

Hi Mike Welcome to the club Any questions ask away, you may even get a answer from time to time! Tight lines Dave

If you need to make pictures fit, suggest you open an account with Photobucket, it is free you just have to sign up. Link to site is here http://photobucket.com/ You will also be able to store all of your pictures as well. Dave

Hi Rory Welcome to the club. If you need a hand at any time give me a call, only too willing to help. 07794966313 Dave

Hi Terry I think the extra cost is due to the anti-reverse set up and of course it is MARINE!! so add at least 25% Dave

The old NFSA (new AT) specimen weight is 4.25lbs for boat caught Dave

Good bit of information there Bob One problem however ................................... first find the wreck! Dave

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL Hope you have a great day Dave