Adam F

Well, a long and nervous day, but in the end it all went smoothly! An early start for Bob and I as we headed off on what was hopefully the last long trek to Colchester. We arrived at 1pm just as Gerry's lads finished polishing #54. A slick opperation with the crane and she was soon sat sunggly in place and well strapped down. A super smooth tow back (many, many thanks to John and Mike Young (Mike Y) for helping out with a long term loan of their ace Roller Coaster Trailer) went without hitch and after a long 4.5hrs we rolled into my little lane anxious that she would fit into the drive. A bit of niffty manouvering and she was in sat on her temporary home for the next few months! A celebratory beer and we are ready to start! Both of us are over the moon and cant wait to get cracking!

Again, thanks for the support guys. The weather isnt looking good though. Wind direction is less of an issue - ENE, but with an increasing 5-7 it would be too risky esp. for the smaller boats in the club. I'll make a call tomorrow eve and post on here. Cheers

The shark dentist had seen some bad cases in his time, but this took the biscuit!

As I said, just a short one this week... I loved corkys one... 'Charlie loved that Tope like it were his own, the Tope loved Charlie too but alas both knew they would soon be separated and may not see each other again for years... Quietly Charlie shed a tear whilst saying goodbye ' but my fav. this time goes to Djredrupp 'after a mix of diesel fumes and alcohol on the way over to Alderny, it became too much for Charlie, when he began to confuse the tope with his own kids.' Quality!! Dan - over to you - make it a good un!

Thanks for the support all. The forecast is border line IMO at the moment. Its showing F5 NNE dropping in the afternoon. I'll keep a close eye on it and make a call on Saturday afternoon. Adam

Duncan, You are right - Kimmeridge is very convieniant for accessing areas to the West of Poole. However..... It offers very little protection from winds in the South. If you search the forum back a good few years (2005?) you'll ready a pretty scarey incident Bob F and I had in our boats trying to get ashore with a big southerly sea running - could have ended alot worse. Anyhow! It's not all doom and gloom. A northly wind or Southerly (W or E) under a F4 'should' be OK. The slip itself is OK. Pretty steep (about the same as West Bay) but the lower portion is a little broken. The only problem is trying to launch or retreave at LW - the slip finishes and is just rocks.... Getting out of the bay at LW is also tricky - it's pretty shallow and it you do catch your prop the bottom is rocks, not sand.. Launching a 175 would be fine, but you'll need a 'proper' 4WD. Parking is fine. Not trying to put you off, just making you aware. Bottom line for me is Kimm. is great on a good forecast. If it's iffy - the saftey margin afforded by Poole or Weymouth is a better bet. ATB Adam

So just 8 booked in so far then? Corky + 1 Alun & Paul Paul D & Paul R Charlie A & Andy S Anymore?

Ahhh!! I'm going to stop entering to get some new blood on the thread... ....so just a quick one this time, 2/3 days max. A topical shot from last weekend..

Thanks Duncan. I must go and try mine, havent a clue what I set them at.....

Book in here!! Sunday is our annual bream comp. Forecast looks OK at the moment, but a bit of wind is scheduled for early next week, so we will keep a close eye on this. Tides for Poole Entrance here: Sun 18 May LW HW LW HW LW HW LW 02:45 07:49 10:17 11:55 15:00 19:35 22:38 0.8 m 1.8 m 1.5 m 1.7 m 0.8 m 2.0 m 1.6 m I'll be on holiday in Rome on Sunday for my 1st Wedding Anniversary, so will miss the comp ( ) but I'll be around until Sat eve for booking in and calling the comp re. weather. The winner from last Sunday reported over 200lb of bream between two of them from a mark to the west This is also the 2nd comp for the BFM league - so we need at least 15. Who's in then??

A bit more progress today. Good mate Dave has started in earnest on the stainless fabricating and polishing up 8 rocket launcher rod holders and starting to machine the bases up for the numerous rails and stainless fixings... http://www.pbsbac.co.uk/photoalbum/thumbnails.php?album=123 Still nothing to fit it too though - both Bob and I are getting the distinct impression this is how much of the marine industry works.... mouldings are 3 weeks overdue already!

I suspect that the excitement of Alderney has meant that Neal has over looked this - we need a winner to keep the thread moving! Neal - can you do the business? Ta!

Sorry for the idiot question.... How do you know you had 20lb of drag dialled in? Presumably the Formula's have a lever drag similar to a TLD20/25... which you can also adjust on the pressure dial on the side resulting in max drag not always being 'murdered up'??

....and glorious snooring no doubt!! Mark told me quite seriously that he will be offering FOC ear plugs in his guest house - a good idea a how often is it us hairy snooring blokes sleep in the same room.... not often (fortunatly!)

Great news!! Well done Will

Good point - I was on Cyclone when we first tried it - shaft drive. That said, Charlie moored stern on the 2nd night and slept great - sure the mooring was tight to the drive, but Alfresco has a huge pair of buffs onboard which we tied off the stern rails and hung over the drive so the mooring touched this not the drive unit.

I'm no expert Duncan, as I havent had the chance to use my kit in anger, but I went out and bought the kit a few years back with the intention. I used double barrel s/s crimps and galv multi strand wire from B&Q - about half the thickness of bycycle cable. Hooks were 10/0 o'shaughnessy's but since Ive got some proper 'sharp' shark hooks from Mike at UK-Hooks. Hopefully the new boat will give us the chance to have a try!

Too late - she's not here yet and I'm in Love.....

A bruce type anchor seems to be the most commonly used style in the club and the one I use for our waters. Combined with the right size and length of chain a 7kg will be ideal. Dont fret about getting a genuine bruce, there are plenty of cheaper copies out there that work just as well.

Ive been fishing with Gordon more than most - It's sick I tell ya'......sick..... Obsession gone too far

Nice one Terry! A 4lb Turbot is a pretty good fish for the bay Beats steaming 70 miles for one

That's an Undulate Ray, Al. Probably a good thing (?) Undulates are probably rarer than thornbacks and arguably a better catch. Hopefully still a 1st on the boat. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/undulateray.html

Gordon H - you need to speak to Gordon M....you both seem to be in the same boat!!

OH YES!!! Looking forward to it. Funny thing is that since we decided to build 'TBA' Ive had more invites than ever!!

I'm not too keen on fishing a shore comp, but it is a worth cause - cant we have our own boat comp along the same lines? Adam