Adam F

Who posted and can anyone remember the link for the company that supplied S/S fittings of various types? I think it was when jimbob was after a radar arch...??? Anyone?

I know it is Martins BBQ on Sat eve, but the FPO is working all day sat, so I have a free pass....anyone fancy a trip out? The forecast is for very light winds, so I may push a little further offshore than usual for the blondes, or head west for the tope. Launching early 6am? back around 3pm latest.

Cheers guys... Very helpfull link. the author says it can be used for non commercial purposes...should we put it as a link on the main page?? Ill jack her up again tomorrow and have a bash. I dont think anything is wronf with the bearings, just the shoes bonding for some reason?

Right.... Bought a trolley jack today to do the job safely. Up she went - binding alright, pretty hard to turn infact. Slackened off the cable - no change....tried the bolt on the back (is this the adjustment???) and that made no diff. either. Cant work out how to get the drum off to have a look at the shoes either. No Im really stuck! Help????

BB gets them from the local guy whom sells them from the end of Weymouth pier. Bit of a trek for a few eels?? Cant you get them more local?

Bob mist be jinxed!! Thats the second rod he's snapped this year!

Maybe...if they were going out to sea. definatly, but if being used as a tender - they all have lifejackets on, and ribs generally can carry more persons than our boats for their size. Best (worst??!!) moment sunday was the chap with home-made boat on his homemade trailer. Boat was an attempt at a cat..but looked like it had been made with carboard and sticky back plastic...trailer was a flat bed chassis (car trailer) with a piece of 18mm OSB board bolted to it He had the whole slipway, and took about 3/4 hour to get the boat out of the water...a que of around 15 boats had amassed both in and out if the water whilst we waited. Sometimes it jsut beggers belief!

I have a problem and need solutions / suggestions.... Before I left the slip on Sun, James lent me his grease gun. To show me how it worked he clipped it onto the offside trailer wheel hub and gave it 3/4 good pumps. On arriving home, grease had leaked out and covered the wheel (not too much of an issue - as I suspect it may have been overfilled?) but what was more concerning was that the wheel was RED hot! The grease on the wheel was boiling and bubbling. Now I surmise that wheels heat up due to friction? If I have filled the hub with loads of grease their should be no friction, and therfore no heat??? All I can think of is that the brakes are binding on the drums and causing heat this way......could I be right?? If so, how do I remidy this?? Adam

Its got nowt to do with spawnyness - its the speed he fishes...it makes me feel dizzy. I dont know anyone who can bait up, cast, hook, play and land 3 fish all at the same time whilst having a fag and eating a sandwich!! It makes BW look like a bomb has hit it at the end of the day mind!!!

Mike, Maybe youd like to post the details of this new chap??

Hi Simon, welcome to the forum!

Yep - you can see the little spout if you enlarge the piccy. I was just fed up when fishing of having to play hunt the t-bar...or putting things down on the gunwhales and having them go overboard.

...that's his remote control ariel, so we can move him!

Arrived this morning! - only paid for them yesterday afternoon! - very prompt service! Just thought Id show you what they look like. At

Hmmm..I am thinking of buying a few cheap white plastic chopping boards and butchering them? - either that or have a look around B&Q....

What would we do without mike!!! - my sides are hurting after reading this mornings posts!!

Ok - where would I get white nylon?? - This is actually what I had in mind.

Cant help you with crew charlie - but James & I will be out on our familiar grounds trying to get Jimbo up their - cant actually belive that I'm helping him!....

Yep - if I get back in time from Nowwich, Rach and I will be their on BW.

LOL!!

.....at tad embarrasing!..... The edges of the banks were pretty lumpy with overfalls...we had started our drift outside them on the calm water....all of us were in intense concerntration as we felt for bites on our live eels...when out of no-where comes a huge wave -INSIDE Loyal Royal!!!! ....hit me full on, and soaked me to the skin! - I may as well have jumped it I was that wet!. All I had was my sallopetts and my jacket, so down to my underpants and I spent the rest of the day in my waterproofs!! Interesting that a 165 was out their..I had wondered what it would have been like has I taken my boat.

Explain more duncan?...Im not to clear on your last post??

From the sounds of it - it was a certian skipper Paul J and I were chatting about on Sunday. I too had similar experiances to that of the letter in BFM. Although I do belive said skipper has now relocated elsewhere in the UK........ As Jim says in the reply - one bad experiance can taint all other skippers, but I'm sure this is the minority??

Typed winch handle pocket into google...along came Ebay....7.50 each...I'll have 2...paid for...will be here tomorrow! Just goes to show how effective these forums cam be!

Thanks Peter...I thought you might know what they are!...at least I know what to look for now!.