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Mike, you need to moniter the forum more frequently......

Dave, I do like the look of either the Trio or Hunter, small and light. How slow is the strikeliner? I don't plan on very big outboard anyway, just something to push me along around 15k would be nice. I plan to spend no more than half of what I get for Sweet Honey. Martin, the sheltie would be my number choice as I had one before but it's a little on the large side. Isn't the cadat built by Shetland in the 90's? Alun, would love to go out in your boat when you have time. You are lucky you live by the sea, It takes me 2 hours from leaving home to finally set off from the slip, not to mention all the washing down afterward, rather then it being an enjoyment, it becames a chores .

I am hoping to put Sweet Honey on Boatandoutboards soon. I plan to buy a much smaller boat once she is sold, so in the ad I will take a P/X on a small fishing boat. The question is 'Which small boat should I consider? I want a 13-16' fishing boat, light, so that it will seat on an unbraked trailer, easily launched and retrieve with just one man (me), reasonable deck space. I have looked at Boat and Outboards, I've narrowed it down to the following: Shetland-sheltie, fast fisher, dolphin/cadat, 536; Pilot; CJR; Seahog/trooper; Dory; Orkney 440 and Dejon 14. I like those Shetland boat, I used to have a sheltie variant, it was light and handled the sea well. It never slams, it cuts thru the wakes cleanly. The sheltie being the upper limit (over really as it's 17'6"), but the rest is well under. I understand the Pilot, CJR, Seahogs and dory are all Catherdral hull (Tri-hull?). I have heard of people commenting they slam a bit. What is the ride really like? How would a open boat like a Dory or Boston Whaler typed boat handle? Do you get wet/soaked? Orkney and Dejon 14 are displacement hull, slower but fairly stable both on the run and anchored. Bearing in mind, I want to fish the inshore water around Soton and IOW, maybe venture out to the X'church ledge for the bream in extremely good weather. The boat doesn't have to be children friendly, as the kids didn't really like boating/fishing that much, the few times I took them out on Sweet Honey, they asked within 30 mins of setting off from Lymington:"When are we going home?" For me fishing in a small boat is just a way to relax and get away from everything else. I used to anchored just off Hamble and fished for a few hours. Never caught much, a few bass, small smut, plenty of crabs, but I enjoyed it.

When I had my sheltie, most insurance companies required a survet done on the boat. In the end I opted for one that didn't need a survey, it was a little more in premium but a lot less than the cost of a survey. Unfortunately I had a clear out before X'mas and all the old insurance certs went into the recycle bin. I do remember it was either linked from boat and outboard or boatsforsale.com

I got mine from Wessex Fixing, a local builder trade shop. I think my 8 metre cost me less than

Best check ebay, they have some fantastic offer from time to time. It all boils down to how badly (quickly/desperate) someone wants the rope. If you are not desperate for them, wait and see.

When you reply to a thread, first tab 2nd row which say "http://" type in of copy and paste the link, click enter, you now have a option to label this link anything, i.e., LINK. That's your http link.

I only fish with the chartered boat in Brighton, I'll ask when I next go over there. Alan, have you ask at the tackle shops (hut), maybe they will know.

So Mark, what boat have you got?

Kope that's a mistyped and you're not trying something 'new' .....

There's a Fishing Mark Forum (7th down) on the main index just below jokes. It tells you the rough areas around poole and X'church. The specimen weigh for thornback in this area is 13 lb and the club record is 22lb, so it was a good fish.

What the hell have they been feeding it with? Force fed with a dozen mackeral everyday?!

This is my fav 9. Alison Ragworm I think that, rather than protest, we should encourage this use of hermit crabs. Signed, A. Ragworm

Bloody hell, that's a BIG fish Anyone wants to see a bigger picture, Here

Happy Birthday Duncan.

Wouldn't an old keepnet drape over the side be easier?

I was in Weymouth before X'mas, the tackle shop behind Tesco metro had lots of these in the clearance bin, I think they were

2 days after the biggest robbery (in case you'd been on the moon, it was

I like pink, can I have a pink theme please......

Try this mag glass.

I don't think it was that long ago, it's just the local dress sense (or the lack of it )........

Just stick it in Poole harbour and maybe it'll like it down there.....

Dan, if you can keep the fish alive, maybe you can relocate it somewhere else.

Lots of small fish for livebait, mainly greyling. We took 3 pikes that day, 2 on livebait and the last one on spoon. One big roach, estimated to be 1 1/2 lb. Plenty of brownies, Gordon caught one around 3lb. Just remember to bring plenty of maggots.

Shetland does. Some of the older shetland boats (and boats which shetland nicked the hull from)has the helm on the left hand side. However, they only ever have small outboard so torque from the prop was never going to trouble it.