Coddy

Hi Just in case people are looking at the winch cable as part of the yearly maintenance checks, you do these don't you? Please be aware of the dangers of using wire cable. By far the safest are the straps, if a cable breaks under load it may well come back at you and could decapitate you or do some major damage to you or anyone around you! A strap might give you a slap but that is better than loosing a limb or your life. Wire and straps should be replaced when any signs of fraying or cable damage and I would suggest every 3 years or before. Don't forget a spot of grease on the snap clip hook on the end of the strap/cable to ensure it can't come off. As many know I am involved in lifting disabled people and we replace lift tapes every 2yrs or before if showing ANY damage. Perhaps you can tell I am on a Health & Safety course this week! Coddy

Just had an advanced look at the suggested weather for this week-end (8th-9th Nov) Will it every stop blowing and raining? Being away for a week on a course I was looking forward to a chance to get out but this is looking like another c**p week-end! Coddy

I would add that if you do not have S/Steel cables, might be worth hanging the cables up and add a little diesel oil down the inner cable to help prevent any "sticking" in the future. Make up a little cup out of plasticine at the top of the cable and pour the diesel into the cup and allow to drain down the cable. When I did my cables I also added a quantity of grease in the brake hub end of the cable to help prevent water ingress. Anything helps to stop salt water from getting into cables and corrode. Good write up Jim. Coddy

Hi Martyn Welcome to the "main" club! Good to see you up and running, lets hope you get amoungst those fish and tell me where they are! Coddy aka Dave S

Suggestion here; Clean up the back plate and smear waterproop grease over the plate. This will help keep the back plate from corroding. Coddy

Hi all For those interested you may find your time when posting is an hour out due to the recent clock change. To revert back to GMT go to "My Controls" and then click on "Board Settings" in the Options menu. You will see a box with Is daylight savings time in effect? Make sure this does NOT have a tick in it. Also make sure the time zone is correct, it should have (GMT) Casablanca, Dublin, London etc Then save the settings and all should be correct. Coddy

Here is a link to exploded diagrames of brake assy http://www.western-towing.co.uk/acatalog/B...ts_Diagram.html Hope it helps Coddy

Bill and I managed to get out without any problems today. Apart from a foggy trip through the harbour be headed East along the front of Bournemouth. My first drop I pulled in a Tub gurnard a while later Bill managed the same but it was slow going. We then headed off to Poole rocks and managed LSD and black bream. As the bites dropped off we headed out further looking for a ray or two but again on the first drop caught another Tub gurnard of 1.25lb. Again Black Bream, LSd's and a couple of mackeral were pulled in then Bill managed a small pack tope of 3.5lb. Again things slowed so we headed into the harbour for a drift or two and again Bill managed a 3/4lb plaice. Bill score Gurnard x 1 B.Bream x 2 LSD x 5 Tope x 1 Plaice x 1 So total score for Bill was 57 Dave S score Gurnard x 2 B.Bream x 2 Mackeral x 2 LSD x 2 Total score for me 38 Good to be out at last and nice weather as well. Caught up with a couple of club boats in the harbour, did put a call out on the radio for club members but no response which was disapointing as I thought a number of boats were out. Coddy

Lady C booking in for Sunday's comp Bill as crew with me. Coddy

Interesting ............................. so what is the next craft? 695 or Pirate 21 perhaps? Coddy

Don't forget the anti-freeze if you have fresh water cooling as well Started to get cold and I would hate to hear that we had a very cold night and things started to freeze. Coddy

Well done guys Look forward to the maiden launch. When and where???? Coddy

Just as a reminder it is on Sunday 16th November Coddy

Dave and Jim were a couple of drinking buddies who worked as Aircraft mechanics in Melbourne. One day the airport was fogged in and they were stuck in the hangar with nothing to do. Dave said, 'Man, I wish we had something to drink!' Jim says, 'Me too. Y'know, I've heard you can drink jet fuel and get a buzz. You wanna try it?' So they pour themselves a couple of glasses of high octane booze and get completely smashed. The next morning Dave wakes up and is surprised at how good he feels. In fact he feels GREAT! NO hangover! NO bad side effects. Nothing! Then the phone rings. It's Jim. Jim says, 'Hey, how do you feel this morning?' Dave says, 'I feel great, how about you?' Jim says, 'I feel great, too. You don't have a hangover?' Dave says, 'No that jet fuel is great stuff -- no hangover, nothing. We ought to do this more often.' ' Yeah, well there's just one thing.' 'What's that?' 'Have you farted yet?' 'No.' 'Well, DON'T, ' cause I'm in Perth.'

This thread will start another debate! I have neither, however there are many people who like the Etec and it's 300hr 3yr service interval others like Tohatsu robustness and the fact they guarantee the engines even if you race them! Etec seem to have a better resale value but Tohatsu's seem to go on for ever. All depends how long you want the outfit for Suggest you find the best deal and go for it. Coddy

For those who have not seen this months Boat Fishing mag, Billy Short is leading the Boat Fishing League. Although he is representing another club (spit! spit! ) I am sure as a club we wish him well in the final I see the club's highest member position is Pete Russell (Snr), Alun Jones, Dan Taylor, Dave Chapman(?), Carl Hurren, Gordon Moore, Peter Russell (Jnr) all showing in the results so far. A good showing of members from our club. Well done to all those that have got onto the score sheet. Coddy Thanks Paul edited list of names. Dave

Mine is just around the corner of St Albans head towards Chapmans Pool! It is only 9kg plus chain and a bit of rope! Would work well on the new boat Coddy

Due to a boat breakdown Lady C failed to fish! Coddy

I would like to publicly thank Charlie, Rob and crew for helping me out on Sunday. We had a fan belt snap just as we started to go up the main channel in the harbour, managed to get to a buoy and tie up but found that the x2 spare fan belts were the wrong length! Called Charlie on the radio and he kindly towed us back to the RNLI college. Hope you had a good days fishing and sorry I delayed you in getting out. The drinks are definitely on me at the next meeting. Coddy

There is always the harbour Coddy

Lady C with Bill and myself onboard will be out there Sunday Just hope this better weather holds! Coddy

For those who like country pursuits here is another forum which may be of interest. http://countryways.myfreeforum.org/index.php Coddy

Paul Think you have the date wrong on your heading, should read 21st Sept Could not get the link to work as well, if it was supposed to be a link! Coddy

I did not register for the comp as I did not have crew nor did I know I was going out for definate! Anyway I did manage a few hours on Sunday on my own. Saw Awol on my way out as they were getting fuel. Caught a couple of mackerel, doggies and a small tope 3.5lbs Did a few miles in Lady C and had a problem with the starter relay, wire broke on a terminal connector! Soon managed to fix it and was looking to head in early due to tides to get on mooring but with the breakdown got there just too late. Had to wait a couple of hours to get enough water under the prop! (only just managed it) Nice to get out after so long. Coddy

This is a genuine complaint to Devon & Cornwall Police Force from an angry member of the public A true email sent to the force, lengthy but brilliantly written..... -------------- Dear Sir/Madam/Automated telephone answering service, Having spent the past twenty minutes waiting for someone at Bodmin police station to pick up a telephone I have decided to abandon the idea and try e-mailing you instead. Perhaps you would be so kind as to pass this message on to your colleagues in Bodmin, by means of smoke signal, carrier pigeon or Ouija board. As I'm writing this e-mail there are eleven failed medical experiments (I think you call them youths) in St Mary's Crescent, which is just off St Mary's Road in Bodmin. Six of them seem happy enough to play a game which involves kicking a football against an iron gate with the force of a meteorite. This causes an earth shattering CLANG! which rings throughout the entire building. This game is now in its third week and as I am unsure how the scoring system works, I have no idea if it will end any time soon. The remaining five failed-abortions are happily rummaging through several bags of rubbish and items of furniture that someone has so thoughtfully dumped beside the wheelie bins. One of them has found a saw and is setting about a discarded chair like a beaver on ecstasy pills. I fear that it's only a matter of time before they turn their limited attention to the caravan gas bottle that is lying on its side between the two bins. If they could be relied on to only blow their own arms and legs off then I would happily leave them to it. I would even go so far as to lend them the matches. Unfortunately they are far more likely to blow up half the street with them and I've just finished decorating the kitchen. What I suggest is this - after replying to this e-mail with worthless assurances that the matter is being looked into and will be dealt with, why not leave it until the one night of the year (probably bath night) when there are no mutants around then drive up the street in a Panda car before doing a three point turn and disappearing again. This will of course serve no other purpose than to remind us what policemen actually look like. I trust that when I take a claw hammer to the skull of one of these throwbacks you'll do me the same courtesy of giving me a four month head start before coming to arrest me. I remain your obedient servant ??????? --------------------------- Mr ??????, I have read your e-mail and understand your frustration at the problems caused by youths playing in the area and the problems you have encountered in trying to contact the police. As the Community Beat Officer for your street I would like to extend an offer of discussing the matter fully with you. Should you wish to discuss the matter, please provide contact details (address / telephone number) and when may be suitable. Regards PC ??????? Community Beat Officer ------------------------------- Dear PC ??????? First of all I would like to thank you for the speedy response to my original e-mail. 16 hours and 38 minutes must be a personal record for Bodmin Police Station, and rest assured that I will forward these details to Norris McWhirter for inclusion in his next Guinness book. Secondly I was delighted to hear that our street has its own Community Beat Officer. May I be the first to congratulate you on your covert skills? In the five or so years I have lived in St Mary's Crescent, I have never seen you. Do you hide up a tree or have you gone deep undercover and infiltrated the gang itself? Are you the one with the acne and the moustache on his forehead or the one with a chin like a wash hand basin? It's surely only a matter of time before you are head-hunted by MI5 to look for Osama. Whilst I realise that there may be far more serious crimes taking place in Bodmin, such as smoking in a public place or being Christian without due care and attention, is it too much to ask for a policeman to explain (using words of no more than two syllables at a time) to these twats that they might want to play their strange football game elsewhere. The pitch on Fairpark Road, or the one at Priory Park are both within spitting distance as is the bottom of the Par Dock, the latter being the preferred option especially if the tide is in. Should you wish to discuss these matters further you should feel free to contact me on <???????. If after 25 minutes I have still failed to answer, I'll buy you a large one in the Cat and Fiddle Pub. Regards ????????? Well the weather is cr*p Coddy