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That sounds very impressive Bob. My boat has just come out so I can start to fit my new toy and make room for the sounder. I had a quick look at interfacing but will need another look as the plotter is not recognising the MLR DGPS. Charlie

Nice one paul and a good price After a few trips you will wonder how you got out there without it. especially if the visibility closes in on you. Charlie

Can not argue with Peter on that one the bigger the better as long as the wallet is also big and the boat has space. The slightly bigger Lowrance, Garmin that I looked at at London show also had about double the pixels and better definition but at about double the price. I went to the show intending to buy a garmin 188c, but after comparing the screen sizes, especially when split to offer plotter and sounder decided it was to small. For less money I picked up the GM 5000c and ordered the latest 105cDF sounder when they start arriving next month. That has given me a 6" Plotter and a 5" sounder. The 10.4" combined unit with the higher resolution and admittedly other gadgets would have been about 2.5K. On the Chart front The new Navionics Gold, has been developed to copy the admiralty style paper charts, it uses the same symbols land and sea colors. The old classic charts do not. They also show tidal height information and Current information by moving the boat or cursor to various parts of the chart. This can be as it is now and also as it will be at a set date and time. I have only used it once but did use these two to keep an eye on the tidal flow by the wreck and to see if I could take the short cut between the main and North Channels on my way in. Of course that information would also come from looking at a tide time book and a chart, but I now have them on the plotter so I decided to let it tell me. As was obvious last meeting I do not allways remember to take into account summer and winter times in my tide book. I am not pushing anyone to copy what I bought, just passing on some detail from my research to help you compare what is out there. But if you want to have a look I can take the gear to the boat Happy shopping Charlie

Adam the first one looks quite simular to Marks old boat so perhaps you ought to speak to him about short falls. as he is awaiting his replacement there must be a good reason for changing. We use Honda 75 HP 4 strokes at work, good engines but servicing can be expensive as parts are not cheap. The second boat seems a good package for the money, plenty of room and lots of toys and a good trailer for those trail aways. Charlie

Hi Paul, I have just Bought a Lowrance Global Map 5000c plotter It had its first proper trip yesterday and I am really pleased with it. The screen was very clear from full sunshine to darkness and the navigation feature made coming back 11 miles in the dark a doddle. Its a water resistant set and uses the new Navionics Gold chart which is better than my old navionics chart by miles. Although it can overzoom right in if you turn off the mapping, I found that there was no need to, even when searching for a wreck I had not been to since decca died years ago. I had questioned why I had not settled for the 4000 black and white with a bigger screen and higher pixel count, but after 1 trip the choice to go for color seems a good one. So much so that I have ordered a color fish finder when they are available next month. I do not know what this set would cost in USA but I paid

We will have to keep an eye on that one But if the money is used well is a licence a bad thing? The trouble is getting an assurance that the money will be used well for sea anglers. and not to protect a few Salmon and Sea Trout Charlie

Hi Adam the 75HP Mariner 2 strokes we had in the Navy were good engines. Although we did not have many they shared many simular components to the 40 Hp 2 cylinder which is a very good outboard. As to the removing of antifoul. As peter said it can be done in a variety of ways 1 Scraped and sanded 2 Chemically removed 3 Wet blasted off but you will not know what the hull is like underneath The hull should either have been roughed up or a chemical GRP primer used to fuse into the gellcoat. Therefore the removal will not leave you a shiny smooth hull. Hope that helps Charlie

Nice one Duncan I like that. I expect that Adam will have even more fun planing trips now. I am still waiting for my navionics Gold chart to arrive, and have yet to play with the mapcreate that came with the plotter. email me about the part you needed and I will see what I can do. I am getting better with the PC but my machine at home has slowed down a lot since you sent me that big email with the track on. Charlie

Be carefull with this one guys Peter gives good advice about the prices I have just bought [Not even on the boat yet] a Global Map 5000c on the above site $750 I paid

For new juniors we can bend rules and put the fish in the book. I will await Bobs confirmation that Robert has joined Charlie

Well done Robert great fish Charlie

Well Done Paul I have that one in the book Charlie

Thats no way to tallk about James Bob

Nice fish Paul, I managed a few nice whiting but none of the ellusive Cod. I will have to keep trying Tight lines charlie

Try again? Charlie

Nice whiting Paul, It would have smashed the old Club record. and is a great specimen to have in the book, please update me of what you caught if you have not allready done so by email. Did Helen let you wind it in as a Christmas present? Tight lines charlie

I second that, The more fish we put back the longer the fishing will last. We get good turn out and a good competition without the need to slaughter fish. Even our one comp where we weigh in only the best fish are brought in and some of those are kept alive to go back in after the weigh in. You and anyone else that has a liking for this type of fishing are more than welcome to join the Club and enter the friendly competitions if you wish. Charlie

Glad you had a good day Nice to meet you at the mariner Charlie

I am sure that the people of Dorset will be glad to see this crew depart. I do not know how they were allowed to enter Gods country and as for tampering with the undersized fish of the Bristol Channel disgusting that is what it is . Should never be allowed. It does remind me of many hours [ Day and Night ] fishing on simular marks all along the Channel. unfortunatly back then the fishing was also poor. Which is why I no longer live in Somerset and now leave my beach rods in the loft. I hope you all had a good day, nice to see such an in depth report Tight lines at Chesil Charlie

On Sunday we had over a dozen whiting with the best at 2lb 14oz. And the charter boats were into a few. as the tide died so did the whiting fishing, so the bigger tides this weekend should be better. Hope to get out at some stage this weekend, but not Sat AM. Tight lines Charlie

Great site Well done paul for all the hard work. I will have to get some new photo's for you. A nice fish, not in the book, is it an old photo? Tight lines Charlie