Adam F

Good to see you back again Mike!

Happy Birthday Kam!

Neither - they are bass methinks... Jack - if you want a hand, Ill pop round and do it for you? Let me know. Adam

See here: http://www.pbsbac.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=1452&hl= The last post gives the details of a chap on Ebay who sells any quantity if rope in whatever spec you like - and he is dirt cheap. Well recommended. BarryEdwards999 I think....

I have bought 4m of 50mm x 3mm 316 SS to do the larger underwater keel section and 1.6m of 20mm for the bow section. The taper is only over about 300/400mm so I plan to do this manually with a grinder to achive the profile (or leave the taper and just fit the 50mm - havent decided yet) I have bought 10 guage 1 3/4" screws as when you consider the 3mm for the stainless, 3mm for the gel, 4/5mm for the fibreglass plus any voids etc it gives you very little to bite with.

The trail-away 'hardcore' ventured out this morning despite the poor forecast, we reckoned on the small weather window until midday for a bit of plaice fishing. Blue Warrior, Maverick and Fat Chance luanched from Weymouth at 7am. The run out to the banks was fine, but the wind has increased from the F1 at 5am to a 2/3 at 8am by the time we reached the mark, but we still managed nearly top speed all the way out. The sun shone and the sea was still OK - maybe we should have let the trail-away go head I pondered???.... Gordon was quick off the mark with a Plaice the 1st drift - shortly follwed by one on Maverick and another on Fat Chance by Tony's crew. Gordon then had another the next drift and it looked to be a good day. Alas the fishing and indeed the weather was as they forecast. We took another 4 plaice on BW between us and a few more to the other guys, but by 12pm the wind was a good F4/5 under a slate grey sky with rain in the air - it was blo%%dy cold stood out in it also (Martin will tell you!!) We called it a day at 12.30pm and had a rollercoaster ride back to the Hood at 20 knots - where we had a few drifts for pollock and wrasse. Good to get out on a day where we usually would have stayed at home, and chuffed that we found the small window in the weather. Adam

BW will be going - I have had the same idea as Martin. The early morning forecast looks pretty good - so Ill just fish until the slack after lunch (if I can) and then come on in. Ill take this as a cancelled trail-away and move it to the 15th May as a re-schedule. Ill see anyone who wants to come down on the slip at 7-7.30am Adam

As in most walks of nature - the males are the most pretty/handsome/impressive ones - (apart from humans!) Keep the males, and return the dull (but full of roe!) females. Adam

The forecast for Sunday is now looking pretty much like we will have to postpone the trip. Latest update is that Sunday will begin OK with light winds from the North, but by lunchtime they will swing to the South and begin to build. They are giving F6 by 16.00pm. Ill post an official outcome tomorrow eve - but just thought Id let you know. Possible date for the re-schedule is Sunday 15th May. Adam

Its looking right on the edge at the moment. Agreed with Paul - the bad weather is coming, but at what time it arrives is open at the moment. The forecast sites seem to point towards about 4pm. I will let the met office decide for me on Sat eve at 5pm. Adam

Metcheck latest forecast: http://www.metcheck.com/48HourInshore.asp?...2&inshoreID=115 F3-4 from the SSW. With such a small tide provided it doesnt get any worse it may still be fishable. I would advise that any small open boats wishing to come though may want to crew on a bigger cabin boat - a F4 S will still be lumpy on the Shambles. Lets see what the Met Office give tomorrow at 5pm. Adam

The forecast is looking 50/50 at the moment, but the good news is that its getting better the near we get to Sunday. There is a massive low out in the Atlantic that is approaching, but it looks like it may hold off until Monday....fingers crossed. The current forecast is still too windy, WNW F4-5 - if this stays to the N and drops a few knots we may be OK. I think we will know more come Friday eve. Tides are small : http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyT...dictionLength=7 Adam

I was keeping quiet, hoping the forecast would improve! At the moment it looks like 25 knots Southerly, which is a big no go. Fingers crossed this will shift. By Friday eve we should have a better idea. Adam

There is also a link to this on the main page - just read it from here. Fantastic book.

Dont forget chaps - its the clubs 1st Trail-Away to Weymouth this Sunday. Meeting at Town Quay Slipway for 7-7.30am off at 8am. Call Adam on 07957 829902 for further details if you need them or post here. Adam

Blue Warrior is on there - but under Mr Nichol who owned the boat before me - it even has the same callsign. I guess they will just change the details and add my MMSI.

Will do - Ill let you know on Sunday.

Charlie - Neil at Bournemouth Fishing Lodge has already offered us a set of Reuben Heaton's for cost. Let me know if we want them - we could do with a tri-pod at the same time. Adam

Dave, No I didnt think about the keel plate - I have never had a problem here, so I dont think its worth it - the keel band however is invaluable. Ill let you know how I get on. I have a 50mm section at 3000mm long which wil go from the stern to abotu 3/4 the way up, from here it narrows over about 600mm to 20mm width - here I intend to grind the profile. The 20mm section is 1600mm long which takes me up to the winch eye. I may not go this far however, I may stop just where the keel begins to rise. Ill probably do a write up and pictures for the site if I get time. Adam

I dont know if that was a joke Kam - or serious??.... The only way you would get them two to mix is to add an egg to make a mayonaise!!

Stainless Steve is the well known guy from Lymington who makes thigs from steel... Stainless Pete is a closely guarded secret! ... Ill let you know tonight Gordon.. Yes Peter is a club member.

Go for the Rapala ones - I also got mine from Ebay - about 25/30 squids, theyare the best known name for digital scales IMHO...

A cunning plan..... ' a plan so cunning, you could put a tail on it and call it a fox!!'......

Decided that enough was enough, and after 3 postings on the forum talking about it, I decided to have a go. Looking back to last year Mad Mike (anyone spoke to him?) suggested calling Ferrai's on the Woolsbridge for some Stainless Steel. I called them this morning and they couldnt have been more helpful. I bought 3 lengths of SS to do BW and Splash Out for

Sorry Kam, but you can buy them this weekend at the boat jumble for