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Well said Steve its not what qualifications you have, its what you do with that knowledge under pressure. Don't get me wrong , training is good But Experience and practice is very important too

A couple of us have been discussing taking our boats across the channel to give the French some of their own medicine and pinch the fish off of their wrecks. A good date for me is the last weekend in July when Wendy will be at Eileen's hen do [and the tides are good] Of course the weather will be the biggest deciding factor. We have done this trip a few times now, in the company of one or two other Club boats. They have all been good fun. Just two long days Sat/Sun otherwise keeping fish good gets tough. Wrecking both ways with an over night in the Marina just on the edge of town. After a shower ashore we usually all go in town together on the Sat night for Moules and frites and a few beers. It is just Dan and I at the moment so we have space for two more on board Alfresco, Dan and I will sleep on board and others usually arrange accommodation in Town. If you are interested please get in touch, on here, via PM or give me a text or call on 07887 794716 You will of course need a passport, even though we are still in the EU. Expertise is not required, just maybe a sense of humour and some Sea legs Charlie

LOOKS GREAT Enjoy your new boat. tight lines and stay safe

Alfresco For the 1st and last comps only-- Jayden Wald age 11 Middle one is too close to his Mum and Dads wedding day, I think we will all be busy

Looks like the area we used to fish together with Blue Warrior and Great White Adam the same ground Wendy and I fished 10 days ago for the first time in years Cracking pictures of a fully loaded rod , downside of the lever drags, once you reach sunset there is nowhere to go . some times you feel a need to add just a bit more pressure, but cannot. As you say we will also be back

Great report well done guys looks like a great evening session

Thanks Steve I have the disc for the Lowrance, but not the Garmin one that has a chart background.

Rob will be on soon about the weavers, he persisted with one when on Alfresco and caught a turbo on it.

Funny you are Not

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