great white

My leg suffers just as much as the rest I am afraid I started off with trilux but was less than impressed, and because the leg had been well primed with several coats of primacon prior to fitting I have used the same coating as the boat did last year. [interspeed extra] I use an additional anode in the water next to the leg to increase the protection when in any marina, this is connected by wires to the leg inside the boat. This year the fouling has been bad, I had it dived on prior to going on holiday in August. He reported there were even some patches of barnicles on the hull. We used the boat a lot during the following seven days, motering on 5 out of 7 days and as far as Guernsey but the leg was already fouling up after a week. Last week I cleaned it again by hand prior to a trip to Southampton, she has been in the marina for only 5 days since we got back and its getting bad again. The antifouling is working though, as areas without [anodes and rubbers] are growing weed as an alarming rate. Keeping legs clean seems to be a full time task, but as Adam says a slimy hull and dirty leg realls slows the boat and puts the fuel consumption up. Adam when you get her out take the covers off the leg, we had growth inside our the first year, it has since been antifouled on the inside of these. Charlie

I would also like to thank the members who stepped forward to take on the organisation for this years open. Martin and Neal you both did a great job. Without you the comp would have been lost. Thanks also to all the rest of the helpers and of course all of the sponsors. I hope that some Members that enjoyed yesterday will put their names forward to help run one next year. It would be good to see some of the work shared out again. Thanks also to the Club which is the major sponsor and too all of the anglers that supported the event. WELL DONE ALL THE WINNERS. Tight lines Charlie

Thanks from me too will help when not having glasses to hand Charlie

Sorry Adam just spotted this at 2001 so no real help. Bob cleaned the leg on the families day so I am surprised its got so bad, that said mine has really been silting up and we have done some miles recently on family trips. Hope you got it sorted Charlie

I believe we are fishing this to the usual rules Ie any fish that has a recorded specimen weight on what was the NFSA list can be weighed in, [subject to the stated minimum size 50% specimen weight] except the ones noted as banned in the comp rules. The sheet handed out was produced a few years ago as an aid to the anglers fishing NOT as a list of the fish allowed. It has blank spaces to add fish to teh list if required It is down to the competitors and skippers to know the rules, specimen sizes and decide what to bring to the scales. It is a shame to have to weigh in ashore but its an open comp so it can not be run just on trust. I am not on the Sub Committee so this is only how I believe it to be, If Neal or Martin can clarify on here it would help, if not we will ask them in the morning and perhaps others should too. Tight lines Charlie

Anti foul it but be carefull not to do the wheel. any sort of build up on them and they do not work very well ,if at all. Charlie

either get it out of the water, by tilting it up, moving it inside the boat or antifoul it. Mine is inside the boat, shoots through the hull and works fine. So any one would work through a bit of anti-fouling paint. Charlie

I believe that last night it was stated that the scales will close at 1715 anyone in the queue by then would be OK. Please confirm that this is correct. I have no intention to be that late. but if the bridge is up for a long period at 1630 it could not only affect boats getting to Cobbs but also cars on route to the weigh in. Charlie

Mike I hope to unload [if we have fish to weigh] at the Quay or Yacht Club and dash my car to the weigh in. Unless things have changed, as long as you are in the queue for the scales by 1700 you are OK. That should help your cunning plan Charlie

We have used Soda Blasting here. But I think the local chap went bust and the last time a company came down from a good distance away. They did a good job on the boat, but left a mess in the yard and caused a lot of overspray on other boats and cars close by. LLoyd Cordel [uni-Prep] would probably want to have a look and quote. 07930 335243. If it was me I would get Lloyd to take off what he can, then I would do the rest by sanding down, undercoating and antifouling the boat myself. Charlie

Hi Trev I did Great White's when she was about 8 years old. It was done as the old antifoul was flaking more and more each year. I did a small area with a scrapper and thought it was OK By the time I was half way down one side I was bored tired and dirty by half way, I wished I had never started. and by the end of the job I wished I had never built the boat in the first place. I will never do the job by hand again. At work we tend to use UniPrep to slurry wash the old coats off, then its down to finishing around the waterline and smoothing, before undercoat and antifoul. Not cheap at about

I will take that off your hands Gordon If I have a spare I will probably never lose the one I have now LOL Charlie

While we were out on Sat Neo joined us, he picked a quiet spot Then decided to muscle in on another anchored vessel Charlie

Hi Sam From what Mum tells me and you have not said here, is that you have posted this from an internet cafe by the pool, in 46 degrees. I look forward to seeing the pictures of your fish. Dad

Nice report Craig Sorry to read about the lost Bass mate, just TRY and stay calm if you can and you will get the next one. I suspect that a lot of the lost fish may have been tope, but you never know. sounds like you had a busy time, it also sounded like the macs were hard to get last weekend, a lot of Members are reporting the same. Charlie

Looking great Brian I hope you have many happy hours and lots of fish on her Tight lines Charlie

I believe OLi had some Adam Charlie

Well done Guys some good fish We were in family mode, watching the airshow we had rods over got plenty of small bream and a couple of small smoothies but alas no bass Charlie

Great to hear that you are all now back at home. Have fun with the wee lad Charlie

Well done Harry Charlie

We will probably be out watching the air festival but will have a bait in the water so had better book in. 1.) Trev (Wedger) 2) Paul ( Neo ) 3) Paul R ( Neo ) 4) Neal (Court Jester) 5) John Young (Court Jester) 6) Oli (Sweet Chariot) 7) Nick (Sweet Chariot) 8) Tim (Sweet Chariot) 9) Alun J. 10) Bob F. .....either JV or Gastronaught 11) Dave (Wight Magic) 12] Dan C [Alfresco] 13] Charlie C [Alfresco]

This has got to be one of the cleverest E-mails I've received in awhile. Someone out there is deadly at Scrabble. (Wait till you see the last one)! DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the 12 letters: BEST IN PRAYER ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT THE EYES: When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: IM A DOT IN PLACE ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE: MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER Yep! Someone with waaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands! (Probably a son-in-law) Bet your friends haven't seen this one!!! DON'T FORGET TO SHARE THIS

You are right Brian Top Tip, put the boat in, not the car. If you are new to it, my advice would be to practice on good slipways without side currents/winds for the first few times. and maybe get someone who does it a lot to come down and show you the ropes. Charlie

Now that looks like a spot worth fishing , terrific picture. Have you fished it yet Adam?? Charlie

Craig just posted that this afternoon looks like a busy show, shame I am working 3 days of it. Charlie