Adam F

Wow! - clicked your link and in under 2 mins I had bought a set! Was pretty pleased with Martins ones on the Alderney trip. They dont really give you a choice like when using spring balances - just 1 figure. Adam

Correct - Just not enough hours in the week! Well May 22/23 offers small tides - hw - 1.8m and lw - 1.2m may 29/30th hw1.8m lw 1m How does this sound?

Okay - the week after then - give the tides a chance to calm down?

So: Blue Warrior Splash Out Maverick Loyal Royal I think that should do it...unless anyone else wants to join the party? That is 8 fishing. Now all we need is the weather. Shall we pencil June 5/6th in the diary? Anyone know what the tides are for then?

No, not yet. I'm pretty sure you cant copy - everyone would do it otherwise, and Garmin wouldnt sell any charts!! I will get one next week -

Look on your charts. From how martin and Pete Jnr described it, about 26 miles SE of Poole (SE/SW??) It is an area of very rough ground, as rough as any wreck, and littered with Pollock now, and Cod in a few weeks. Crusing at 15-18knts it will take around 1.5 hours, stopping for a few mackeral on the way to break up the trip. First week in June??

Thank you Dr. electronics!!! How bloody simple! - yet correct now I think about it. So basically as soon as I move they will all read correctly? Also shows a very good reason for having a fixed compass onboard. Adam

Mark - I will polish the spoon up for Thurs!

Aint got a clue. The fixed compass is giving a firm reading and isnt influenced by any magnetic disturbance. The GPS is mental - I suspect simulation mode, but havent read the manual to check - although the other functions SPD, TRK etc all worked in Weymouth whoch sugests its not simulating??? The Plotter as is out, but about 50/60 degs. I have checked and it is running mag. north???? Bloody electronics! All I want to do is go fishing!

One of the last items I need for BW for the safety check is a horn. On Tara we had a S/S one mounted on the cuddy, powered by the battery. It was well loud and great in the fog. What do you guys have? I dont want a handheld, as they run out of gas, can be tempremental. I wnat a fixed unit, but dont really want to mount it on the bridge - trying to keep clutter to a minium, and dont want to run another set of wires! what do I do?

Charlie - what one is it, and roughly how much?? Im trying to convince myself that I dont really need one!

Both!

Well, after the wrecking we all enjoyed in Alderney, my palate has been wet for a little bit of deep water action on my own boat. Martin and I have discussed it, and reckon the Ripps look like a good idea. Who wants to come and when? The plan would be to pick a nice settled forecast, them steam out in convoy. As it is an area of rough ground and not wreck, their should be enough room for several boats. I think it is about 20 miles? Is Poole best to launch from? Adam

Im in Manchester would have loved too though - catch one for me!

Aparently we dont have any scales in our house! I have just lifted and guestimated the weight. I can lift it onto the hitch, and hold it for maybe a minute - I rekon it weighs around 80-100lb - what is taht in new money? 60kgs?? Anyway - the package is direct from Warrior - it tows on my little astra OK, and the trailer is the specific one from Indespension - it aint broke so Im not gunna fix it! Coddy - let me know what Warrior say - Id be very interested. Adam

The plotter and the GPS give exactly the same reading, even the decimels. I will have a look for the option of true or magnetic north. Paul, do you know where it is? Also, I noticed this morning that the compass on the GPS, seems to continually spin/move?? Giving an ever decreasing bearing reading?

Thanks Pete, Ill let you know. Cheers

Interesting point coddy. I have never checked but I will do today. Mine came with the roller coaster 1. But I cannot see any differences between this and the 3??? It has the 32 rollers that warrior specify? I only have a small tow vehicle at the mo (Astra 1.7TDI)) so it wont tow that much anyway - it copes fine with BW. I can lift the boat on the hitch, but it is faitly heavy, I would guess about 80-90lbs? Ill let you know.

Now I have the colour plotter, the poor old FF is looking a little dull in its mono chrome.....just had a little surf and the same place I got my Plotter from do the Garmin Colour Sonar for

????? Do you mean the gps ariel? If I turn the gps does it give a diff reading?

Space is always at a premium on boats such as ours. I noticed on the Alderney trip that Tiger Lily has her compass right in the middle of her potter and sonar, so it cant be too bad??? I have tested the compass away from all of the units, and the reading remains the same when they are switched on - so no magnetic deflection. How can I alter the electronic units?? Are they adjustable? Adam

Can anyone advise me on where to go to get a set of graphics done?? I want 16 letters to go on the transom. About 3-4", I have had an online quote and they want almost 40 quid!!! Surely I can get them done locally cheaper?? Adam

Right - the 182C arrived whilst I was in Alderney. Fitted it today. I have played with Marks unit (no jokes please!) so I knew what to expect in terms of performance. I opted against using the Furuno GPS Anntena to dual feed both units. Basically I want to keep the GPS as a back up - running the plotter from this unit defeats the object - so now I have 2 x independant units. Fitting was simple. As I wanted to use the Garmin ariel, I needed to mount it somewhere. Ideally I would have had another S/S plate welded to the flybridge to keep it matching, but the wires running inside would have melted, so I have opted for the plastic mount, and cable tie option. It looks OK, but not fantastic. I have also cross wired the Plotter and my FF using the NMEA cables. The manual says I could do this, but I havent a clue why I would want to?? Can someone enlighten me? The only other thing I have noticed is that the Compass, the GPS and the Plotter all have different bearing readings - this is not good, anyone have any ideas as to why? Marks out of 10? - 8. Adam

Does anyone have one of them word/number printer thingys??? I need one to adjust the properties of my fuse board - ie GPS, FF, Plotter etc... I think it prints / embosses onto self adhesive plastic. Adam

The trophy will the 'The Alderney Challange' This is a new trophy I intend to donate to the club. As it looks as if we will make this trip an annual affair - it seems a good idea. The winner will be the captor of the best 'Alderney' specimin (bass, turbot or brill) and I think we will all agree Rich's fish wins 2004. Ill bring it to the next club meeting to be awarded. Adam