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Good effort Rob. I bet being there in the morning before the wind started had you wondering. I have left a message on your mobile to let you know at least one charter boat crew will be booking in on 18th, love your voicemail message today about the postponement. Charlie

Congratulations Tom and Abbie We hope that you had a lovely day yesterday and have a long and happy life together Charlie and Wendy

IMHO The right call made for all the right reasons and left as long as possible to be sure that the forecasts were as accurate as we could get. It has to be safety first for all boats and crews entering. Hopefully as many as possible can make the reserve date and we will get a much better weather window As Paul says it is our intention to stick to the 50% specimen size. But I would like to give a big thanks to Rob and Charlie for all the hard work and late changes to the admin in a huge attempt to keep the competition on track for tomorrow. It is a massive task organising the Open,and a hard decision to postpone, lets all try to support them in two weeks time with a great turn out. Charlie

Good decision guys Look forward to hearing all the comp info later. I really like the size list that you put on the other thread Rob Is it being printed to hand out? if so I am sure all of our sponsors will think its a great idea too. Charlie

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If you go on to the home page have a look at the tabs at the top of the page, just under forums you will see Club Records These show Club records and specimen sizes. I believe that on the day of the comp all competitors will get a list showing these sizes and the minimum weight [50% specimen] to bring to the scales Charlie

Not to be for us today I had sorted the kit and was just packing the picnic when I tweaked my back. Now bored and frustrated sat watching the TV. In the interest of being fit for next Sunday I will now have to try and behave this week, Tight lines all that go out Charlie

Wendy and I may go out for while If we do I will give you a shout on 6

well done the winners It was a competition with the usual number of entrants but due to the weather a hard day to find fish. Charlie

Good luck with a quick sale Dave Have you got the sizes of the batteries right, they look small to me at 17 and 21 amp hours? Charlie

Hi Martin Good luck with the sale mate, she is a great boat so should not take long. I hope that the reason for sale is good and not due to the recession. I also think you must be being a little conservative with the speed, she has often flown past us. Charlie

What a great day and super photo's We tend to forget how nice our bit of coast is some times. Thanks for sharing Charlie

He was so excited to hear Adam read his name out on catch reports, Jim wet himself. Twice!

Great report and pictures It sounds like a great day with a fair bit of excercise thrown in and plenty of fishing well done Charlie

Dave listen on channel six mate Looks like its fishing Sat and family business on Sunday for me Charlie

Hi Paul This will no doubt be a very usefull tool. especially to those of us that like to catch and release and others that do not carry really big scales but get a really good fish. Perhaps members could in turn help you, ie if you are after some decent pictures of the various species for your site. etc such as Or I only looked at a couple of species, others Members may have even better pictures

Perhaps he should talk to one of his more knowledgable friends in the fishing industry about what safety kit to carry. Glad he is OK though, his efforts in the Fish Fight are good for our future sport. Charlie

We had ours at anchor too Nigel

Tony Is there a Families day on Sunday? or is it just the air show? Charlie

Sounds good The boys and I are keen. That means I have room for one more crew, as I would not take more than 4 on a shark trip, you know the drill just get in touch Not sure wether to drift or anchor in the area of a few wrecks and have the anchor rigged for a quick release. What do others think? Ground bait would be an emptying of the freezer for starters, but some bran would be handy if you are coming down Oli. May have to miss the planes again Charlie

Thanks for the good wishes guys, I have a specialist looking at the boat on Thursday to see what has to be done No problem Stuie it was the weather that was cramping our plans before Sam noticed the damage and the whole mood on the boat changed, we too were on a learning curve in there. Charlie

very interesting that it also brings up a bit of info. I had no idea that the minimum size for congers is 58cm Put that in the calculator and it gives a min weight of 0.7lb, not much of a weight for a fish that has a record of 133lb. We tend not to keep them at 58cm

We may be tempted on Sat, but also looking at a possible Sharking trip before Sam drives back to Scotland. Do you have a program Rob? Also I see that this Sunday 21st is on the list as the second Families day, or should that have been the reserve date if the first was cancelled? Not sure we could get a big raft together next to the Airshow Charlie

Alfresco Nil Points we like most, really struggled today, starting with slow collection of bait and then the forcasted increase in the wind stopping us going out further. We tried our best in a variety of areas and lost a good fish that snapped Will off Well done those that found fish But in all it was a long tireing mackerel trip. My day was really spoilt when Sam noticed the damage to my pushpit rail, a bent rail that some W~~~~R had done and not reported to anyone. Not an easy fix either as all the fixings are well hidden and the Pushpit is so big. charlie

I agree with Graham and John. The biggest fear on any sea going vessel is fire, as it takes hold quick and you can be a long way from help. best to make the call early and cancel it quick if all comes under control. If you wait to make the call you may lose the chance if the fire spreads to your electric circuit. Charlie