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Hi Duncan So is mine and it was launched to be ready for the comp I too am not that good at targeting flounders But looking at the weather forecast itr may well be a harbour day I am keeping everything crossed that the forecast changes Charlie

Hi all Another problem with taking almost 2 years boat building and a young crew is how much they grow Dan bought a pair of Sundridge hotboots size 10 just before we sold Great White. and now needs bigger ones These boots have been worn only three or four times and are as new He liked them so much that he intends to replace them prior to the open comp. If anyone is interested at

Glad to hear that you are sorted Duncan Does that mean you are coming down next weekend? I am so rusty at the fishing bit that I may have to pick a few brains for ideas this week Charllie

Hi Jack Well we wanted to test the boat in a bit more weather and can now say we have done that we set off late for the banks with the first rods onboard, before we got there I decided to alter course for Southbourne and was pleased to be able to cruise through the weather at 20 knots We anchored for a bit and had the first fish on Alfresco [a bait sized pout] but we were in danger of not getting a cooked lunch [Wendy wanted to test the oven] and decided to try the harbour In that weather I was pleased with the boats ability to handle the sea although we had slowed to 12 knots It will be nice to see you out there agian on a better day Charlie

Nice one Fred 1 question mate What do they call you? CU next sunday when I suppose you will again be trying to reduce the world supply of fossil fuel and calimari Charlie

Great stuff Andy, hell of a trip well done The boys and I have been looking forward to fishing like that for a couple of years now and at last now have a chance to try again. and it looks like there are a few fish about to target Any fishing will do for starters Charlie

What a shame A truly amazing fish that was caught by a commercial fisherman Caught as a bye catch and sold for 25p a pound. I had better not type my feelings on that It shows that huge ones are about I believe the British records stands at under 350lb A member who does not use the forum hooked and lost a shark two weeks ago it surfaced well away from the boat so he could not be sure of the species but it was a shark Charlie

The forecast looks good for monday James So I hope you get out I too am dying to get out and try the boat at anchor so I hope that the wind eases on the forecast says for the weekend Charlie

What we need is an honest politician with balls Rarer than Cod Charlie

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Nice to see you got out Alun The weather certainly changed for the worse as the day progressed I had to pop acrosswith Sam to Salterns to have my new props fitted and by the time we came back it was in heavy rain hope the weather is better this weekend so I can get the rods onboard Charlie

Another solution may be to ask Chris for a flyer about this. Print them off and issue them with all the other paperwork Then maybe add a few words of encouragement from the Club for all anglers competing to take up the scheme themselves Charlie

I can not see how a bigger quota is a solution to this They will just catch more fish and dump even more dead undersize ones in the process At least they have to try fishing for other species once they reach their limit Tighter policing is the only real answer Have you seen deadliest catch on the TV?, those Crab fisherman do not keep females or undersize crabs [well not on camera] because of the size of the fine they get. and they do not go over quota ether. I am sure they would if they could with the money those things fetch, but losing licenses and fines are the real deterent Charlie

Signed up and will pop envelopes in the post It only took a minute so don't be shy Charlie

What happened to ideas like square mesh nets to try and let the small ones live? Probably cut into the profit too much so its cheaper to slaughter and dump the small ones. The about turn on the new Bass sizes show who has the voice and the power But we must try and get the message across somehow Charlie

Happy birthday Simon have a good one Charlie

PJ Can you let me have Normans email I had better check if he still wants the trip on what could be the maiden fishing trip on an untried boat Charlie

What a great fish These are really good substitute for a cod well done Dean Charlie

Martin that is probably the power bouncing the signal up and down fast several times in shallow water If you can reduce the power it should help when sneaking in the shallows for the flounders or back to base Charlie

Thanks Duncan I was interested to see on the first trip that at 3000 RPM she gave me exactly the speed you had descibed for phaeton 28knots So I think when we can get that trip to the islands we should all cruise at a good pace I added 250 ltrs of fuel yesterday and the WOT RPM and boat speed remained the same so I think the balance of the boat must be about right. have to have a word with the crew about leaving the fenders out I hope your trials go well Charlie

They may well be feeding on the herring at this time of the year Charlie

Nice one Jack perhaps we should have nosed outside on our sea trial We saw you on the way back in but could not raise you on channel six Charlie

Nice report thanks Mike Sorry but the speed question cheered me up on a day when the weather has kept me from fishing on the new toy I fitted the transducer yesterday on a layer of blue tac, which I did last time and it lasted for months, i t seems OK while I decide where the perminent position will be and I had a bottom picture at over 15 knots in the harbour, once its bonded to the hull or fitted in an oil bath I expect to get that at ove 20 knots Charlie

Thanks guys Tom the wipers are independent 2 speed vetus wipers They are on individual switches port and stbd and are not synchronised but do auto park so they line up when off We have a similar size boat at work and had problem with regular damaged blades when they were on one switch This we realised was because if the coxn wanted to clear sea spray on one window the other had to run dry Fitting independent switches cured the problem so I also used it, it was fairly easy to arrange during build. but it does have 4 wires to each motor from the switch. A Tip you may want to suggest for your cat, although she may have a lot of windows Charlie

Nice report Adam Hell of a day and it deserved a decent fish I hope Gaordons trailer is ok See you out there soon Charlie