Coddy

I see you started on the beer in those early years Nice pair you are holding Coddy

Hi james In response of your question on the use of a car battery, no problem, however if you need to buy a battery I would suggest you get a leisure battery for the electronics, lights etc as these batteries can cope with long slow discharge but do not like rapid discharge such as engine starting. So use a good car type battery for engine starting and a leisure type battery for other uses. I would also ensure you have everything fused or a circuit breaker on each power lead. This will help to prevent overheating of the wiring system. There are a number of club members who have electrical experiance in the marine field. Just keep asking. Coddy

Good luck Bob in selling. If you need to dump all your marks from the plotter, please drop them my way! Coddy

Going bigger ............................. I hope Coddy

Well I have decided to sell Sammy, Warrior 165 with 60hp Mariner 4-stoke with low hours on it and serviced by main dealer. Flushed after every trip since new She sits on a very good Roller Coaster 3 trailer which has new brakes, cables and winch strap and comes with a spare wheel. Electronics Navman plotter, Lowrance Global Nav 11a GPS, Lowrance x87 fishinder and Navman 7100 DSC VHF radio with a new aerial. All handbooks are included as well as spare power leads. 60ltr live bait tank with pump fixed on the boat Twin Warrior Bucket Seats on pedestals 2 x 12v bateries, spare prop, new auxilary engine bracket, 1/2 cuddy and road/mooring cover, 2 x 25ltr tanks (one is full), fenders, mooring ropes, 200m of 14mm anchor rope with chain and 5kg bruce type anchor, Alderney ring and buoy, floor mats, etc etc In fact everything to go fishing now except rods, reels and bait. (better weather) Great value for complete outfit

Found plans to build one here http://www.myhobbystore.com/ProductsList/m...81/GroupID/4/v/ Coddy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Daniel Hope you get lots of presents which you want Have a great day Coddy

Foound this site which might be of interest to some. Shows a number of features under the sea ...................... just got to find them! http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/Sandbanks.htm Coddy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dean Hope you have a good one and don't have too many sherberts tonight! Coddy

Sorry Paul but don't like football. (roll on the summer when cricket starts and football ends!) Coddy

Hi Mike Welcome to the forum and home you join the club soon as I am sure you will learn a lot from all the "experianced" club members and point you in the right direction to get the best enjoyment out of fishing and being on the water safely. If it is any help I run a small web site to help new to be boat owners in choosing their craft. Web link Fishing Boats and Equipment Good luck on Thursday if you get out and don't forget to post a report so we can all here what was caught. Coddy

Disaster in Barnsley An Appeal for Your Help... A major earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Epicentre: Barnsley, England. News of the disaster was swiftly carried abroad by the town's 35,000 racing pigeons, as victims were seen wandering around aimlessly muttering 'fookinhell' and 'chuffin-norah'. The earthquake decimated the town, causing

Hi guys and gals, For those of you who don't know, Shell are running a Drivers Club loyality scheme, you get a card to swip each time you fill up with any Shell fuel and oil. I have just got a free

If you want harbour info on moorings under the harbour commision see this site http://www.phc.co.uk/Download.htm Coddy

Here is the link to the fixtures for Boat Jumbles for those interested. http://www.boatjumbleassociation.co.uk/ Dorset jumble is due on Sunday 13th April Coddy

Welcome to the world of PC's and gremlins! Good to hear you are online and look forward to some good fish reports Regards Coddy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Duncan I hope you have a great day and plenty of rest for recover from all that drink! Coddy

Hi Alan On my Warrior I don't have a anchor storage locker so keep the warp and anchor etc in a tub in the deck area. Before I launch I put the warp around the bow post and back into the warp tub. When I want to drop anchor I can drop it over the side and control the length of warp I need all from inside the deck space. I have a solid Alderney ring so I just clip the buoy onto this and let it go when the anchor hits the bottom. Now I have a front hatch door which I can open to tie off the rope but why not fit a cleat on gunnel side of the deck and tie it off there. Colin Penny on Flamer3 does exactly this method, except he has a powerful winch to haul the anchor back up! The warp is still going out the front of the boat over the bow roller so it is in the right place. When recovery is required, just lift the anchor in the normal manner and recover over the side. As you coil the rope back into the tub, at the end of the day you still have a length around the bow post which you can recover back in the harbour, it will also help next time you go out as it will be ready for easy deployment. Hope this helps, it is harder to type the discription than actualy do. Coddy

The Journey of Man When I was 14, I hoped that one day I would have a girlfriend. When I was 16, I got a girlfriend, but there was no passion, so I decided I needed a passionate girl with a zest for life. In college I dated a passionate girl, but she was too emotional. Everything was an emergency; she was a drama queen, cried all the time, and threatened suicide. So I decided I needed a girl with stability. When I was 25, I found a very stable girl, but she was boring. She was totally predictable and never got excited about anything. Life became so dull that I decided I needed a girl with some excitement. When I was 28, I found an exciting girl, but I couldn't keep up with her. She rushed from one thing to another, never settling on anything. She did mad, impetuous things and made me miserable as often as happy. She was great fun initially and very energetic, but directionless. So I decided to find a girl with some real ambition. When I turned 31, I found a smart ambitious girl with her feet planted firmly on the ground and married her. She was so ambitious that she divorced me and took everything I owned. I am now older and wiser, and looking for a girl with big t*ts. Coddy

I think Jeaneu have a problem with their webmaster If you look at the 655 Marlin it boast a 110hp inboard but the spec states a Nanni 85hp! Tom, don't want to be too picky but I think someone needs to get the site checked and corrected asap. Re Beam dimensions, the 655 is the same max as is hull beam so I suppose it means it has straight sides. Coddy

Hi I did mean nuts and bolts and not wood screws This is a section from the web site listed above which should resolve the nut fixing problem: "The BigHead range of 316S11 stainless steel marine fasteners makes the installation of immensely strong fastening points, inside or outside any boat or yacht hull or superstructure, a quick and simple task. The specially selected high-strength BigBond adhesives range completes the job in minutes, by bonding the fasteners instantly and permanently to plastics, GRP, composites, steel, alloys and wood." Coddy

Looking at the Rocna and Manson, I would suggest a few drilled holes to allow you to trip the anchor. I did make contact with the designer of the Rocna a couple of years ago you was just about to sell this anchor into the UK market. I would suggest you make contact with him or look on his website http://www.rocna.com/home.php?region=uk if you have not already and see how they have arranged differant setups. Regards Coddy

Hi Paul As you are fitting this after new purchase I am assuming, I would ring Paul at Warrior and ask his advice. If not a new boat, I would make a marine ply disc slightly larger than the base plate of the pedistal. Then glass it onto the floor. You can then screw the base plate to the ply disc without any worry of going through the floor with screws. I would use blind nuts/fixings on the underside of the ply disc so that the screws are already there for fitting the pedestal. Look here for what I mean under Marine http://www.bighead.co.uk/ Hope this helps Coddy

Here are 12 of the finest double-entendres that were aired on TV & Radio 1. Pat Glenn, weightlifting commentator - "And this is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing!" 2. New Zealand Rugby Commentator - "Andrew Mehrtens loves it when Daryl Gibson comes inside him. " 3. Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator - "This is really a lovely horse. I once rode her mother." 4. Harry Carpenter at the Oxford-Cambridge boat race 1977 - " Ah, isn't that nice. The wife of the Cambridge President is kissing the Cox of the Oxford crew." 5. US PGA Commentator - "One of the reasons Arnie (Arnold Palmer) is playing so well is that, before each tee shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them ..... Oh my god!! What have I just said??" 6. Carenza Lewis about finding food in the Middle Ages on 'Time Team Live' said: "You'd eat beaver if you could get it." 7. A female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked, " So Bob, where's that eight inches you promised me last night?" Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too, because they were laughing so hard! 8. Steve Ryder covering the US Masters - "Ballesteros felt much better today after a 69 yesterday." 9. Clair Frisby talking about a jumbo hot dog on Look North said: "There's nothing like a big hot sausage inside you on a cold night like this." 10. Mike Hallett discussing missed snooker shots on Sky Sports: "Stephen Hendry jumps on Steve Davis's misses every chance he gets." 11. Michael Buerk on watching Phillipa Forrester cuddle up to a male astronomer for warmth during BBC1's UK eclipse coverage remarked: "They seem cold out there, they're rubbing each other and he's only come in his shorts." 12. Ken Brown commentating on golfer Nick Faldo and his caddie Fanny Sunneson lining-up shots at the Scottish Open: "Some weeks Nick likes to use Fanny, other weeks he prefers to do it by himself."