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Nice one, with a slightly shorter support to make the board level , you get a good dual purpose attachement. As promised here is the latest addition to Alfresco, I added the pivoting bar over the top to stop the rope jumping out

Happy Birthday HA Have a good one mate and enjoy your medicine Charlie

Happy Birthday HA Have a good one mate and enjoy your medicine Charlie

Great Fishing guys well done You could smile for the camera though Charlie

Now if you had stayed lazy like the rest of us, happy to sit on the boat and wait for fish to bite. Instead of a need to flick your rod constantly, you would not be in your condition. Always welcome anytime with us Paul, before or after surgury Charlie

Well done mate What a way to get a novice interested, I am sure it was not teh plan to let him catch all the big fish. A very nice evening considering the rest of the day. Got to grab it if you can! Says it all really

Well Done again Steve You really are showing us all how it should be done at the moment. Just goes to show that those picking the weather windows and getting out there, are getting just rewards Charlie

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Next time I go on the boat I will take a picture of what I had made up. basically a fitting that goes on the side to run out the warp and chain , it has a lower and two side rollers and extends out to the line of the fender. when I use the front windlass i power out the chain then when on to the rope I either loosen the clutch with the winch handle[spanner] to lower it all faster, or just feed the rope around the bollard and take it out of the gypsy. I tie off to the bollard to take the strain. Charlie

Great fish Mark, well done Good to see a nice picture as well. Well done mate Sam and I had a busy evening but came in at last light; Charlie

Well done Paul Apart from a few build issues you sound very happy with her. With most people counting the days to the start of the Olympics it sounds like you are counting down to the end. Look on the bright side Summer sport fishing is good around Pompey, and you will be going back to Portland at a very good time for their fishing. Tight lines Charlie

Keep the reports and pictures coming they are great I hope that they are also going on the catch reports, as you are getting some big fish Well done Charlie

Love that one Jim I could just imagine the smile on your face, as the defencless old man strikes back.

Wendy and I are off on Fri next and hope for better conditions, we come back late monday but on the slower ferry to Pompey. Going to Port En Bessin for a few days, anyone been there? Charlie

Well done Lofty I used to spend my summers chasing hounds when we lived in Pompey, they can sure pull your sting. I will always remember my first one and it was only about 4lb I can only imagine how much fun that must be in a kayak Charlie.

Who else thinks we should look into this for next year? The boys and I may well be up for it. Charlie

Sounds rather exausting But very good Add the cost of a mini bus split several ways with several drivers to spread it sounds very interesting Charlie

Happy Birthday guys will I see JV snaking back in later loaded with fish? Charlie

Sounds great Pete It must have been good to get you writing a report, 10lb baits Perhaps we should think of that instead of Alderney for 2013, sounds well worth the journey Charlie

Dave Do you know if it is best to enter them as you go through the season, or leave it until November?

Book him into one of the arches on the breakwater in his sleeping bag Terry

but your monitor cant be too big Naughty

I think I would rather have Aluns treble hook.

So who is going to volunteer to have the treble hook embedded ?? !! Dont look at me Great report Adam and some good fish. For some reason you came instantly to mind Craig

Well done on giving it such a good go, you had the target species but not at the sizes wished for. I had wondered how far you had gone , as it was breezy at work. I hope that Aluns hand heals well and fast. Charlie