great white

Sounds tough mate I really thought that it would work out for you in that fantastic forecast, why is the fishing usually below par when the weather goes like that? Looks like you could not have tried any harder, it was just one of those trips Glad that everything else made it an enjoyable weekend. Charlie

Hi All I have just changed both my home PC and our PC's at work. In doing so I have lost the two systems that I have been using to swap the information to and from Alfresco's GPS/Plotters. I have Garmin and Lawrance on board Trouble is I cannot find the discs to reinstate the systems on my PC and Laptop Garmin I believe uses a system called Mapsource. and Lawrance uses Mapcreate I must say that the Garmin system is better as it has chart details to it, where as the Lowrance one does not. Exam Question; does anyone have a disc or other way that I can use to get these back on my PC/Laptop? Thanks Charlie

It depends what setting you have selected in the plotter I believe that it is degrees, minutes decimal It also needs to be told if it is North/South and East/West IE; 001 degrees 24 minutes decimal 023 west becomes 001,24.023W an example DOLPH 3 Tope & Rays - C/Church 50°40.539N 001°37.756W Hope that helps Charlie

Well done Jerry great to hear that your friends got some good Tope, a bit deep for fly rods??

we spent a lot of the day in deep water But ended the day inshore drifting with ragworm, so we did at least try

The Tub would of been the best eating fish you are likely to get IMHO we had some that size a couple of years ago, Will persuaded me to keep one for the table, very nice indeed, and a big specimen too Well done on your trip.

Alfresco Nil Points Probably should not have been in 36 metres. LOL

1. Fisheagle crew tba. Day subject to crew availability will post Friday pm 2. Joint Venture...Adam Ian and Alun ....Sunday 3. Sweet Chariot - Nick & Oli - Sunday 4. Foxy Fisher - Chris B - Sparky Sunday 5 Alfresco Charlie and Wendy Saturday

Failed to get crew for wrecking so having a weekend with Wendy on board instead. Probably fish Saturday, sleep on board somewhere and get the boys and grandsons to see us on the boat on Sunday.

looks like a great forecast, tight lines mate

Looking at Sat As like others Sunday gets booked. May need some Crew , please get in touch if you fancy it.

Happy Birthday Charlie have a great Evening Charlie

Thanks Neal

Have we a decision yet?

what a crock of S~~t

I have a flying gaff head here somewhere, if anyone wants to take one

One for the lads going to Norway May need to be prepared and check your reel clutches

Ever wonder where the channel conger have gone? Not a good watch for a conger fishing fan like me

Thanks Neal I for one like that idea Will have to check the weather and see if I can organise a crew

Well done guys sounds like a serious days match fishing.

Just a little post from personal experiance I had an old wilson flyer 17 that had been built very heavy as a self finish I bought it without an engine when money was tight and fitted a twin cylinder 45HP, It ran ok but was not always a good starter and did not match the boat. ASAP I swaped the engine for a new 60HP 2 stroke. Different boat after that, straight onto the plane good top speed etc etc Fuel economy was much better with the bigger engine as there was no need to run at full throttle. I used the same principle when fitting out Alfresco, recommended engine 230 HP , I fitted a 260 we cruise her 1000 RPM below max revs and get good fuel economy. If we want to fly about we can, but it sucks up the fuel.

Happy Birthday Sam See you later when I get away from the Regatta at work

Well done for getting out Jim we were looking to go thisafternoon to use the spare worms bu wimped out

The Navy was very keen to help to develop Diesel outboards to get away from carrying petrel on ships just for the boats. but the power to weight ratio was very poor a lot of development since then, may have sorted it out. about 50 ltrs each way transiting to/from Weymouth for us, if we use the tides. Plus a fair amount for the drift fishing

Epic report mate Your turn to catch next time Jerry 1 How was the Fuel consumption this time?