Adam F

Flyer for Sunday for those coming. Meet at Blandford Tesco Car Park for 6am sharp, the convoy will then wind it's way to Burnham - its about 1 hr 45mins. We will grab a quick bacon roll and book in for 8.30am with fishing from 9am - 6.15pm See you all Sunday!

Tony, Thats great news! I have tried both your home and mobile numbers on the club sheet and they dont work?? Can you give me a call on 07957 829902 I'll be posting the flyer for details in a moment, but we will be meeting at Tesco's in Blandford at 6am on Sunday morning. See you then!

and then their was 4...

Eh?? Sorry - speak up we cant hear you.... someone left their etec running!

Very poor, sadly... 5 boats out of some 70/80 club boats...

...apparently true - these etecs are 765% faster than all other leading engines dont you know - it's true, I saw it on U-Tube!

....was de-scaled out at sea! Trev, I'll be behind it later this year.....

In my case I got my license in 98, my car is 1500kgs and my boat/trailer is approx 1300kgs - so: I'm OK?

I prefer braid, but many favour mono as it tends to cushion the leads and stops it breaking out - Ill be sticking with my braid though.

So far we have: Neo (Bob F and PD) Nipper (Mark & Rich) OOTB (Me and Brother Greg) Enticer (Gordon & ??) Cimmara (Simon, Al + 1) Fat Chance (TBC) Come on guys!! - we must be able to get at least another couple of boats????

Bang on Paul, although downtiding will still work and lug may also we worth taking. The biggest tip I can give is to keep fresh bait on your hooks due to the murky water - 5 mins bottom time max. ....may be worth taking the burley bombs?? Still waiting to hear from Craig at Burnham re. timings etc - Ill chase him today.

Wasnt on my boat Trev, so didnt have my kit with me - next time... Also - still dont seem to be able to post the photos as large as Duncan can??... Ideas?

Looked and fought bigger than it was - but a cracking fish anyway!

Who has theirs? I called OFCOM today as I had sold BW and the MMSI obviously went with the boat. The website is not that easy to use, but after a quick bit of coaching from their helpline it took all of 10 mins to surrender my hold license and details and create a new one - plus, no more tax disc licenses anymore - you simply download it (it is now an A4 certificate) Easy!

...where do you stand?

Bought BFM again today having never missed an issue since it began in 2002 - what has happened? I had to check twice to see if I'd picked up Sea Danlger by mistake Dont get me wrong it is still better than the others, but there has been an increase in seasonal 'how to articles' (Cod in winter, Plaice in March etc) which do have a place but surely not every year and thus every issue? Advertising has jumped up a huge amount which I fully appreciate is needed to run a magazine (and a business) but as a comparison this months had 34 full advertising pages out of 98 pages compared to just 5 full pages out of 98 in issue no.2 Earlier issues had many more submitted articles from writers which tended to be more varied both in theme and style, I get the impression now that a smaller pool is writing giving generic aricles. Thank goodness for this forum!!

Bang on advice from Tomo - Trev. I take it you are trailering for the moment? Have you found a mooring? I havent forgottern your request for a contact, just cant find the number in the middle of moving house...

...tempted Al - what time you planning to be in?

...and just to completely hi-jack Tom's thread, but still on the theme of reels... I have had on one of my spinning rods for the past year an old (6 yrs) abu that I used when I was a shore dangler - it is the 6500 C3 Syncro. I never gave it much though except when I became addicted to shallow water bassing with very light tackle. It isnt anything that special, just a small 6500 push clutch reel - BUT, the syncro drag (which was a big gimick at the time) has proved invaluable. Basically you play the fish as per normal and have you drag set as you would usually, but at any critical moment, say when the beastie dives deep at the net, you can 'backwind' but 1/2 a turn instantly backing the drag of by about 50% - it has saved me dozens of lost fish and is equally as good for big bream. It is the same principle that Shimano introduced a few years back call the 'fightin drag' I have just picked up another from flee bay for just 15 squid! Oh - and they are the 'good' ones - i.e made in Sweden - not Taiwan!!

Tis' alot of dosh...

Tis correct Mr Burt - thats what prop revs told me anyway - rule is to go 1" smaller. However, the HP of Paul's engine may provide an exception to this rule. When I had my 60hp I enquired at PRev's about a SS - they told me not to bother as I wouldnt see any advantages in performance due to not having enough HP - they advised that over 90hp are worth it. Unless you have found it at a bargin price - in which case you have a cheap replacement.

I find it easier to tell when you have 'fallen 0ff' the plane as opposed to startef to plane. BW started to plane about 12/13 knots, OotB startes about 13/4 - below this it is a fine line between heavy semi displacement and planing. The smart tabs I fitted knocked about 1 knot of the min plaing speed. 5 knots is very slow, I would be surpised if even jacks little Zodiac plans at 5...

It's a risk that you take when importing from overseas, in my experiance about a 1/3 of imports get through. One tip is to ask the sender to unpack the goods, send the receipt seperatly and mark the item as a warrenty return - they wont charge import duties then, hwoever it is a hastle and not all senders will do this.

Not always Kam - in an ideal world yes, but often mine fails to lodge in the ring. It is good practise anyway to have a long length (as stated) of 'heavier than your anchor' chain to not only assist in retreaving, but to help hold the bottom

To be fair Pete my Mariner was a ropey anyway - overheating was just one symptom, I think the big end went in the end.. Running them even with the fast idle engaged is not the same as running them on the water. Also - I guess one of the problems you may have is flushing the engine through after use if you are on a mooring?