Adam F

...nothing wrong with the boat, its the anglers who fish from her!...Ill have you know she skippered the National Boat Champion last year!

I have 2 batts...(im sure all of this has been covered before - Ill see if I can find the post). One is under the transom, the other is over 12 feet away in the console. They both are wiried into a battery switch which is in the middle of the transom. I simply used the voltage calculator (above) and then bought sufficiantly thick battery wire to negate the drop in voltage. It actually wasnt as think as I thought. This system works perfectly and I would recommend it to anyone. Paul - if you want a hand give me a shout. Adam

Charlie - Do you have to pay to join the BCC? Or what is the requirement for entry?

Yep, Mike at UK Hooks gave me a free box to sample. They are like a long shank circle. Still work on the same principle but have an Aberdeen type shank to aid baiting - worms are now easy. AF

Just serviced all three of my reels - using the above info to help. Was a little nervous, as I have taken star drags apart before and not been able to put them back together - no such issue with the lever drags. Each one took about 1/2 hour. I stripped each one, washed the parts on hot soapy water and then lightly greased each part as I re-assembled them. They now all run like new. Interesting was that the Okuma Titus Gold seemed much better built than the shimano's - huge main gearing, all machined internals (no plastic), and I have looked after it a little more than the others...but one of the retaining screws was corroded in and needed drilling out (ouch! taking a DeWalt to the side of my

Hi Zed, Welcome to our site. Echo all of Newboy's sentiments above - Im sure we can get you aboard Blue Warrior sometime this summer. Are you thinking of joining the club? - You dont have to have a boat, and is a sure fire way of crewing for others and getting afloat more often. Regards Adam

...Charlie - just remind them who holds the club conger record!

This was the answer I found: 'Decca Navigator, headquartered in a large residential property at Little Wymondley, Hertfordshire, had several chains deployed through the UK and signal locking between the systems was possible. One chain, the Sterling Chain, provided trans-Atlantic navigation facilities using Slaves situated in Nova Scotia, Canada and Newfoundland, Canada.' A fasinating subject - I wonder which is correct?

Dont write the lazy line off completely. Although I no longer use it, (have easy and safe access to the bow on BW) IF you continue to use the lazy line, and need to cut the warp in an emergancy it is just a case of pulling the slack part of the unused warp which will be in the cockpit thus pulling the boat uptide where you will meet the main anchor warp and can cut it away. Adam

As it seems to be this time of year where little fishing is done and everyone is putting off the jobs that need doing on our boats and spending hours in front of the PC - I thought Id introduce a little Quiz posting...others - feel free to enter a question. Tonights is: 'Where is/was the HQ of Decca Navigator?'

Why? What do they need to be made of? I may be able to help but it depends on exactly what you need. Adam

Dont know much about Decca, but a quick search of the WWW shows up some interesting info. Didnt know that it used Low frequency radio waves to plot a position...anyway to answer your question, No they are not in use any longer. Decca ceased at midnight on the 31st March 2000. Adam

Ill do one...its been a while since my last and Im a little behind on my ' one per month!!' Ill see if I can whack one out by the end of the week. Adam

Kam, The club has over 100 members - not all of the boats are on here...

They both have independant switches which have internal fuses...just didnt log the detail on the diagram...thankf for your concern though. I carry about 20 spare fuses in BW's toolkit, differing sizes. AF

I have 30 amp cable between the batts and terminal. But Gordon and I just added up the total amperage of the electronics on BW and it didnt even come to 10 amps in total!!

Duncan, Started on 8/0 Tuna circles (similar to the one above). Was using a 1/8th of a whole cuttle about the size of a mackeral fillet, so not a massive bait. I was hooking it as you should with circles, just nicking the thin end of the bait and letting the rest hang clear. I had maybe half a dozen takes where I struck, fish on and then nothing. The congers were not bucking the rods over as they sometimes do, but mouthing the baits like dogfish....I suspect that the congers were not getting the whole bait in when I struck - so I changed to 8/0 O'shaunesseys. I hooked more fish this way as I was on pennels and the hooks tend to stand a bit further clear of the bait, also I was 'knitting' the bait on with the normal hooks. BUT, the hookholds wernt brilliant - the hook holds on the circles were perfect everytime. Adam

Personally I have started using No.2 the circle hook. I have bought hundreds of these from UK Hooks in different sizes for all fishing this year. I also dont think you can knock the std size 2 aberdeen - good hooks. But after experiments this year I am 'hooked' (excuse the pun!) on circle hooks. My most recent purchase was some 10/0 tuna circles from Mike at UK Hooks. I used these on Thurs for the eels. While I had less hooked fish on these hooks, the ones I did hook stayed hooked. When I went over to 8/0 o'shaunesseys I hooked far more fish - but lost too many through poor hook holds - draw your own conclusions. PS: Like the hook of the red hooks also. AF

Used to use them for carp fishing all the time, this is when spooky carp will notice the lead - but for sea fishing - I personlly wouldnt waste your money. 100' down - a lead looks just like a stone! On the reverse side - I dont think a colourful lead has any advatanges - the exception being of course when you attached a shiney/coloured pirk to your feathers - this is a great tactic and often picks up a bass or two. Abu do a blue plastic coated lead - only advantage I can see is when fishing with james, so that when his lead whacks your boat it doesnt damage the gel!!

Thanks guys - yep, I was wrong, that is how much switch is connected - just had a look this morning. Im not re-wiring this part as I did this back in the spring when I got the boat - im juts doing the instruments and the console. Paul D - Can we put Bob's battery article on the site as a link? - Its a cracking piece and very helpful. Adam

....what's that? - his bait?!?!

Paul Its already in - and the battery switch requires both inputs. Adam

OK - Thanks for the advice. I have all the bits I need, and have constructed a wiring diagram - this this correct?

I think Martin has a set - speak to him. I would suggest trying a set before you buy them...if they dont work - you havent lost anything. They worked a treat on Tara, but as you say Paul D didnt have the same luck... Adam

Kam, Thats exactly what I mean - well done. What is a terminal bar? What does it look like? and where do I get one? Adam