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Happy Birthday Gordon I hope the boss has bought you lots of nice toys. surely the forum is wrong 51????? Have a good one Charlie Sam and Dan

I believe the last two spaces with Mark, are now booked Alfresco's crew are also keen Charlie

Interesting post I think that SOME of the problem stems from people not changing with the conditions. Tom and Adams set up is correct IMHO. size of anchor and length of chain longer than boat. what is easy to change is the amount of warp. on a nice day, average tide 3 times depth is fine. on a strong tide and short choppy sea I increase that to 5 times to allow for the conditions. I also use three ply nylon rope not braid to allow the stretch to reduce snatch. Rob your advice is good, and putting on additional ties is a quick option, but not that much quicker than cutting the ties and changing the position of the usual shackle. The other problem and the one that gives us the most problems is the sea bed type. Near some local wrecks its clay, and a bitch to anchor, as they tend to plough a trough and as the strength of the tide increases they slip through the clay. In other areas there are large stones that jam in the anchor as Dan describes, this not only stops the anchor working it makes the recovery with alderney ring difficult, the extra weight allows the anchor to sink again as you try to get it to the boat. It sometimes needs to be motored out several times . Its a frustrating thing and not recomended when putting the hook down uptide of a big wreck, so much so that I now use a 15kg anchor and chain. I have contemplated carrying another length of chain and two shackles, so that the length of chain can be increased on those days or in those areas when the damn boat will not stay put. Charlie

Sounds good for me Looking at the dates Adam that is leaving Poole on the Thursday 6th [ebb from 0700] back Sunday 9th May, subject to lucky with weather of course. I agree its a few weeks early for the cod grounds. If that is the generally agreed dates, I will start to talk to our contacts, on the Island. Bring it on Charlie

Found this on Alderney angling site http://www.visitalderney.com/documents/Ald...SinglePages.pdf Charlie Not sure what are the best size tides, if we can not agree ourselves I will call Mark for advice.

Just read through 15 pages of last years build up, via the link on Adams second post. It brings back all the excitement of the build up, and reminds me of all the planning required. If you are thinking of coming its well worth a read, then check out the post trip reports can someone add a link? Fingers crossed we can go again, in convoy. Charlie

This thread always grows quick LOL I hope that Adam can fill in the comp dates soon and then we can look to Alderney dates I would like to try not to go on teh 48 hr comp weekend, but if tides and weather are good it could be a plan, maybe go a day early or stay a day late {OR BOTH} Charlie bring it on

I think the tides for the first May bank holiday are too big, and I will be working for a regatta for the later one. I may have to look at taking a long weekend between the two, after going twice it seems important to get the tides right. But the skipper and crew are as keen as ever Charlie

Hi Alan Returned to the Dark Side again then mate. I hope that your return to sail does not mean a return to long calm summers, with no decent sailing breeze [WHO AM I KIDDING of course I do] Seriuosly I hope you and the family have a great time on your new cruiser, and get a few fish on the sugar scoop regards Charlie

I am working on another fishing pass. Sam will be back onboard ship, and Dan is not sure if he is coming. But if the weather is good, I will be keen to start the 2010 species list. Charlie

Well done guys There seems to be a few fish about at the moment It was good to be out and not get much of the rain that we had early on Charlie

Not many surfers, would want to stumble across that one mate. I think I would need a bit beefier tackle than we tend to use, even to catch the bait. Charlie

OMG I am glad you are now back to fishing The stand up comedian job vacancy will remain vacant Charlie

I am at work this morning and with the weather its a ghost town, so filling time on here again The boys and I are going out in the morning I hope, so I thought I would check the catch reports. I must say that the December list is very impressive with several fish over 130%. Well done those on the list with the big fish, and tight lines anyone having one more try tomorrow. Charlie

Congratulations Martin and Veronica a healthy baby Grandaughter in time for Christmas how lovely Charlie and Wendy

Belated happy Birthday Paul I hope you had a good one and a nice day on AWOL yesterday Charlie

We hope that you all had a great Christmas and have a great New Year we look forward to fishing with many of you in 2010 is it time to start a post about alderney flatty fishing yet Tight lines all in 2010 Charlie Sam and Dan

Well done Alun A good cod trip or two this week and now retaining the Christmas hamper for the third year excelent result Charlie

Sorry The bosses birthday, and we will be up with the relatives. Even if we were here, fishing on Wendy's birthday is a no go Tight lines all Members who fish it Charlie

Calm down Dan you will get old before your time seriously its frustrating that they change so much try looking at bracknell prognoses via meteonet. Have a look at the weather charts and then you can join in and have a guess yourself. Currently it shows a big high sat over France tomorrow, I hope that its right Charlie

Hi All Will and I are thinking of going out wed Dawn till Dusk, probably not go far in these big tides anyone fancy joining us, let me know Charlie

Best advice I can give Dave, is to try and jump on one of the Members boats when they have spaces available I am sure you would learn all you need. I know Rory enjoyed his day on Sat with us, a steep learning curve on a far from flat day. We would have taken more with us but the weather was a bit sloppy and it would have been tangles all around. If I have spaces I will post Charlie

Well done Don on getting out and getting Dad on the fish Xray was probably a good spot in a NE wind. a bit further out would have been far less comfy Charlie

Can understand that I am borderline wether to go tomorrow morning If poss can you text me the decision as I hope to be afloat, and it would be good to know before I pack the boat up when we get in Cheers Charlie