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Paul It would be better as others have said to fit a hard eye into the splice. but providing you keep an eye on the one you have done you should be fine. Mike are you volunteering to do the tutorial ??? Charlie

Which Planet today guys? Charlie

A week late Alun I bought one last week for Dan for his 14th birthday [last Saturday] Charlie

Hi James I am not an expert So all I can say is what I use I have an olympus 4 million pixel, with optical and digital zoom. it cost about

Thanks Rich As you say the scaffold is great, very helpful at the moment it is holding up just the top to allow fresh air in while working with the GRP It would be good to track progress with pictures and I will do what I can But time spent on that is time not spent on the build, or research of parts etc so we will have to see. Charlie

i forgot the picture Doh Charlie

I think he is getting used to the smell by now

Well the old one has gone after years of fishing and Fun so the work is focusd on her replacement Sam's turn to help out, gelwashing prior to fitting the seats Charlie

Off to Looe after the sharks Charlie

What a lovely day to see the old boat off almost brought damp to the eyes charlie

and I thought it was me breathng Styrene and Acetone It looks like you lot have been drinking the stuff Charlie

well thats it After 15 years the Great White has been sold and will be heading for cornwall on Wednesday by road. She has gone to a keen shark fisherman from Looe [How apt considering her name] and I hope that he gets as much fun out of her as I have over all those years with family and friends. It will be sad to see her go but the bigger boat is coming on, and the money will finance some of the major parts. We have been offered a Cornish sharking trip on GW, but I am not sure if I would like to see her as someone elses boat. Charlie

Mike The hot melt glue gun has been a great purchase for my small project at home its great for holding all sorts of thing in place while tacking in with grp matting. then knock the blocks off, peal off the glue or clean off with a chisel and mat that side. Its going to save hours and loads of swearing Charlie

Sorry Mike Bit tired to much time in the Garden maybe or to many styrene fumes Charlie

a lot of teak cleaners have octolic acid in them and are great for returning colour to the hull by removing the staining. Y10 is an expensive gel that works better the warmer the weather is, I use boatgoard teak cleaner much cheaper and easy to use on a damp cloth. I try and pick a warm day and use hot water on the cloth. You can get neat octolic acid from the chemists, some of the yachties use it, by diluting in hot water untill no more crystals will dilute rust stains on stainless go in seconds with just a cloth application and a wipe off no spillages so nothing for the do gooders to wory about Charlie.

An interesting discussion at work a few weeks ago, or was it in the bar at the last meeting? That although 1 million tons of mud have been removed, none of the area was drying ground, and the rise and fall will be the same as before [all above the new depths. So would the volume of water moving through the entrance not be the same as before and therfore also the speed of flow? Can someone answer before Mike, but I look forward to reading his views Charlie

Hi I do not think that you would be able to leave the boat without anti fouling in Poole Harbour for a month between scrubs while the slime is easy to get off if barnicles and algea get a grip they are hard to shift. and barnicles can rip your skin to bits. better cheap hard antifoul [Jotan] and a few easy scrubs. than no anti foul and a lot of hard scrubs. Charlie

Sounds like a great trip guys I had better hide Sam's phone Wish I was going, but I have a few things to do. last year Burnham had about 20 boats so I would not let the numbers worry you Alun Very tight lines Charlie

Hi all Nice to know I am being missed Truth to tell, its very busy at work allocating the moorings and Yacht Haven berths so that the bills are posted today. So the usual few posts through the day have been missed. And we seem to be a bit busy at home, boat at weekends and finishing Wendys list of DIY every evening. The boat will be tented at about time the hall is finished so if the snow would go and the temp rise a bit my evenings will be spent outside as well. Charlie

welcome to the Forum If you are thinking of joining the Club and I can not think of a reason why not, you can enjoy the new Family membership and all become Members. If you join and want to get to know us all why not come along to the annual Prize giving Dinner/Dance on the 5th March at Parkstone Yacht Club. Charlie

Hi Guys I have just recieved two complimentary tickets through the post If anyone is thinking of going and does not have a ticket, you can have them for what i paid [NOTHING] just pop around and pick them up Charlie

Happy Birthday old man Have agood one Charlie Sam and Dan

At 450 NZ dollars for the 10 kG you woud not want it to dig in so far that you could not get it back would you. Charlie

Electrolosis can be a big problem especially for boats kept in Marinas with all the additional metals used to hold the pontoons in place and the electricity to the boats. Sail drive and outdrive anodes can dissapear very quickly if they are not backed up by larger anodes fitted onboard. Sacrificial Zinc anodes work best in Line of sight or close to the worse area of likely electrolosis. [stainless shaft, Bronze prop, rudder area] all anodes should be connected in circuit to share the work load. The electrolosis really gets going if you have a problem on the boats earth circuit and are plugged in to the Marina power. A newish Yacht here came out for maintenance to find his Prop was beyond repair and his stainless shaft looked like swiss cheese with small holes all over it. after replacing shaft, prop and P bracket, further checks proved that the boats electric system was at fault and had in effect accelerated the electolosis. I reccomend to the berth holders they suspend a large anode over the stern between twin outdrives or fit a large anode on the transom to increase protection. They are told to connect these in to the anode circuit by a cable, [ There is one over the back of GW as I Type this] but several just seem to hang them over on a bit of cord??? [ Chocolate teapot time] Charlie

Thats it Jack The secret of your fish repellent revealed at last Tabacco flavoured bait Charlie