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Hi Paul

The promise of taking him and a mate wrecking has slowed the moans, until the weather stops it again next weekend.

Can you tel from the book when the whiting and Flounders stop being recorded?

out of interest

Charlie

I bet most of us [Me included] Do not wear ours as often as we should Martin.

I should know better as Its compulsary at work and we wear them as second nature. Mine hangs 4 ft from this keyboard.

Charlie

Well done all those that got out, it seems you both had some target fish.

I decided that the weather window looked too small, [not a good decision it seems] and had to listen to Dan moan all day . while topping up the brownie points with more jobs from Wendy's list.

It would be good to know when the flounders and whiting usually depart.

Charlie

Thanks Paul

Charlie

Welcome back Terry

I hope that you get out soon as it seems the winter fish have not gone yet.

Charlie

Having seen the forecast for Sunday I thought I would call the shop.

It looks unlikely that the comp will be on, but the final decision will be made tomorrow [Friday].

Charlie

Hi Alun

Those weather windows look a little bit small to me.

I think I had better top up the Brownie points instead

If you get out Tight lines and be safe

Charlie

Hi Rob

What a coincidence thats what I was on my trip to the Falklands after the conflict on HMS Nottingham.

I was made Chief while away.

The RN must be short of Matelots now, if they take civvies on to bring the ship back from Gib

Charlie

Hi Rob

Its been 23 years since I left the Nottingham so I may have forgotten what two Ollys at Full Power burn. But 4 tons an hr was what I remembered.

Your Brother in Law must have some clout, is he the skipper?

Or the RN has changed a bit

Blimey Dom

A Gallon per foot thats 5280 gallons per mile, or at 20 knots 105600 gallons per hr

I think its about 264 gallons per ton [Memory again may be wrong]

Thats 400 tons per hour

100 times more than a type 42 destroyer

OUCH no wonder the cruises are dear

I better show Wendy It will make the Volvo D4260 look frugal

Charlie

Sam, I have done the Fishing bit many times in some interesting places.

But although in charge of the power, from the Machinery Control Room I have never had a drive.

Mike an interesting break down 0.5 ltr per mile per head

Two man boat at 1 ltr/mile

or 25 miles per 25l fuel tank.

I believe that is close to what some of our trailer boats use at 50/60 ltrs to the RIPs and Back

and thats without Air Conditioning, Prepared Meals, Beer. and an F~~~~~g big gun to keep the french trawlers away

Charlie

Happy Birthday John

Have a good one

and take it easy at your age old chap

Charlie

They are quite impressive when charging about

Not so good in a force 11 in the Falklands though, when the engines struggle because of water in the fuel. and the beer gets spilt.

and you would not like the fuel bill.

From memory about 4 tons per hour, thats about 4500 ltrs or very roughly 150 ltrs per mile.

Bit more than an Offshore Pro Charter at the same speed.

Charlie

Hi Dom

Can not make you feel worse than us

we were casting distance away and they got the cod

Mind you a few years ago in the open we did the reverse to them when Dan had a cod of 23lb 6oz

Charlie

Not sure why, but they seem to have that effect on most of us.

They are so scarce and unpredictable, yet we all spend hours/days fishing with box after box of food quality squid in the hope of landing one.

If it were food we were after, we would surly target whiting and bass

If it were a bend in the rod then congers seem to be everywhere, and are likely to be heavier.

But no, its COD we want

and ones like this we dream about

Charlie

Thanks guys

When the boat was lifted after 20 days afloat the anodes were worn more than expected.

Kev checked the circuits for me and there was a differance when the calorifier electrical heater earth was disconnected. [i could simply disconnect the 240 volt and earth to the calorifier] he is looking for the correct tester to check. the anode errosion could be because of adjacent boats or the position in the Haven so we want to check that as well.

If I can not source one I will disconnect the calorifier so I can reconnect shore power.

I have already connected an additional large anode that is hung over the stern while the boat is in the Marina, its connected to the earthing wire for the transom shield so should help. with the shore power off the anodes appear not to be fizzing away.

Charlie

Nice to have an action shot, Thanks

can you email me the originals

full size will be fine the broadband should cope

Charlie

PS: Want to swap electrical knowledge for GRP repair knowledge 

Yes

Does anyone know if galvanic isolators are worth fitting and where to source a good inexpensive one.

My anodes were dissapearing so fast I have dissconnected shore power. unfortunatly my mate the marine electrician has misplaced his test probe

So if anyone has access to one of those I would love to borrow it.

We think the problem is the earth to the calorifier connecting through the heating water to the engine. but I need to test that theory.

Thanks

Charlie

Well done Dom

Nice to have you back

look forward to the reports again

Charlie

If there is enough interest I could sound out the Club, or it may be better if a Member approached them instead of me just to talk over the idea. hint hint

I suppose if we make sure that all drinks come from the Club bar at least they can see some potential income.

A Friendly fishing session followed by the demo and Fish BBQ sounds interesting.

Charlie

Might stop him breaking the Conger record in the next few weeks

Not sure about that bit

We intend to have a go when the chance of Cod and whiting ends

Charlie

Hi

The skip was filled on Sat so I had a late pass to go out, a quick check on wind Guru and a call to Dave to see if he wanted to join us and we had a plan established.

The forecast seemed to rule out a run to the Car Park so we decided on more general fishing closer inshore, in an area known to have Whiting, Rays, Conger and maybe even the ellusive Cod.

Just as we were leaving Adam called me to ask if we would guide him out as his electronics were at home. which we were more than happy to.

It show the sense of leaving the essential kit ready as we had VHF and mobile contact with him.

On a fl;at calm sea we cruised out at 21knots to the chosen area to find several boats already there. we anchoed up at slack water and started with light gear that rapidly started indicating the whiting were feeding.

As the tide increased my anchor slipped and we prepared to reset as I am sure Adam would not want us any closer, It was then that a whole mackeral Flapper that Dan had decided to use to get a conger did just that. after a brief fight and a swift netting a very stroppy eel was onboard and refusing all attempts to keep it in the net, so eventually I put it in the big hold out of the way.

To be safe we then picked up the anchor, to find that like Adam I had left something at home, [My big scales] a quick call to Adam and a carfull manoever alongside saw us pinching Adams scales to weigh the eel in the net at 44lb [inc the net at 2lb wet weight] Another specimen for Dan and the biggest to date onboard at 42lb.

I am sure it took longer to start catching specimen congers on Great White

We then reanchored a bit more uptide of the mark and steadily filled the box with a few good whiting, we were only keeping the best fish and were releasing the rest, but Coddy showed us a new trick with one of the better fish releasing itself by jumping out of the fish box bouncing over the side and swimming away strongly.

I then had a conger of 30lb in the full run of the ebb tide, which was hard work.

By this time there were about a dozen boats in the area and it was reported that a couple of Cod had been landed.

The nearest boat to us looked to have a good fish on that I thought was another eel but proved to be an excellent cod

When weighed on the boat it took the scales to 31lb

At least it proved the theory that we were in a good area

The weather was starting to make fishing more difficult so before slack water added to the problem I took the decision that a slightly early finish was in order.

We managed to run in at a reasonable speed and were soon home cleaning the tackle and the fish.

Thanks for joining us at short notice Dave and Adam for the use of your scales, [How can I get them back to you?]

It beats the hell out of loading a skip

Charlie

Hi Stu

I can endorse others in recomending joining the Club and fishing talking with the Members

You may just want to pick up a few general areas to start with and fish them a few times to get used to fishing and boating techniques. Then add more marks as you go.

Dogger be carefull with the plotting of every viewed object, In my experiance you may never get time to revisit them. I would adnise weeding them out [maybe after logging the numbers elseware] if you have not tried them in 6 months or so.

Not a lot of good having 100 waypoints showing on the plotter, if you only use a dozen or so.

That said some of my best Marks have been gained by revisiting "Interesting" features that I have noted using your method.

Have fun and tight lines

Charlie

Having just had the check done on Alfresco I can recommend this scheme to anyone who has not yet taken advantage of it.

You may think that you have everything covered but its good to pick anothers brain for ideas and advice.

Charlie

Hi Rob

Glad the plotter is as good as it was said to be, the expert in the Club seems to be Bob Fuller, but I am happy to try and help if you have questions.

I must try and get Bob out on Alfresco for a teach in.

Did you lose an anchor on Sat? Shiela Maria was reporting a buoyed off line from Swanage direction yesterday with the name Jo Jo on it.

Charlie

Sounds like a bad connection and corrosion Andy.

although its a bit fiddley and time consuming, Follow Robs advice and unbolt the terminals clean them up grease up and bolt them up tight. Try and do all the heavy elec cables including the battery ones and any switches.and all the black earth connectors.

Its a faily common cause of Marine Electrical defects

Charlie