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Great news Tony Just in time for the arrival of Mackerel in the bay and some beasties that like them for dinner. get a couple of trips in before Torquay

Hi Mal Found it easier and quicker to put the waypoints into the PC software for my lowrance (mapcreate6 came with it) Then save to SD card and load from that to the plotter. I think you can download the software free from the lowrance site

Agree 100% with Jim Well done all concerned and tight lines if it is the fishing trip option.

Thanks Dave That is good to know mate. My bigger holiday fixed spools are Fin Nor Offshore spins and the latest is a Quantum Cabot 5000

Great Idea and offer Fred. My bid £150.00

Tight lines Brian

Sorry to hear that mate But a Diesel will not run without decent injectors,. I hope that they can source them for you , at least fitting is not that hard.

Hi mike sounds like a busy weekend Not sure that pumping out oily bilges at sea is a correct process, although I expect you had some form of biodegradable agent added to it

Happy Birthday Sam Thanks for a great BBQ this afternoon, sorry we had to dash off to another do Beers and cakes seemed to go well this afternoon, lets hope that the fishing does tomorrow Xx

Better not let Will see those seats he will want them on Alfresco

Thanks to some great assistance from Dan, Alfresco is now back on her mooring. It took a few hours and a bit of hard work, but apart from some parts and a lift out the cost could have been worse. The problem experianced on the return leg from Alderney turned out to be a split trim tilt hose on the DPH drive. Boat out and leg off revealed the problem When we made the boat, fishing space was a priority. Which makes service space an exact minimum on the instalation instructions. This means that a few engine parts have to come off to gain access, to the inside of the transom shield. For some reason Volvo make the pipes very hard to get out, but we came up with a plan that worked a treat. No point in only changing one hose so best part of £200 to Poole Marine Service for a new pair and rebuild started. A couple of evenings after work, new bits fitted and tested. All of the engine ancilleries removed for access go back on, leg and props back on and at 10 this morning she goes back in. I could add all of the tool sizes and short cuts for anyone who has a volvo D6 or D4 on a DPH drive and needs this job done. But the only shortcut advice that you really need is, call Dan Not sure that you will get dad rates though

I think that you (or an engineer) need to start eliminating the simple things. Fuel starvation Tests like Rob described would certainly eliminate pipe or tank issues, adding an outboard tank bulb can see if it an LP fuel issue. Great whites lift pump had a tiny gauze filter, even partially blocked this would cause a loss of power Loss of turbo air pressure etc Navy diesel RIBs had a flexible pipe to the turbo air supply, just tightening the jubilee clips could return some power. Before going further down the route of expensive fuel pump and turbo repairs

Just add the ones you need, if you want to add another later it is simply take the terminator off, put the new plug in then replace the terminator. Very simple system

Nice to have you back Fred Great report mate

With only a few boats available, is this enough?

We are out I am away , the boys were thinking of using boat but a hose has blown on the trim tilt for the drive leg

I use both in my two plotters , to be honest the navionics gold is much closer to the look of a paper chart I do not have AIS so can not comment

Well done Mal Own boat to Alderney later this year or next?

Great trip In excellent company and very fishable /safe weather Sorry for the lack of active reports, but vodaphone was playing up. Nice to see some familiar faces on the Island, all of which looked after us well. Michael in the chandlers got his reward from Chris on Kingfisher for the excellent fuel discount, Mark in the shop did some serious trade, the new position is far to convenient to avoid a stop at each morning. and Victoria on the Taxi looked after Dan and Craig on the late run back to the boats. Fishing report will follow Great to be back after two years missed. And great to see friends from the Club again, especially captain hook

Good luck Fred Give them hell Be interesting to read the report to see what tackle and lures you get to use.

Keeping an eye on the forecasts Was thinking of an early start but I still need to make an exact plan

Try asking one what instrument he plays Derek They always enjoy that one. Lol

Well done Fred and team. With all that effort and practice not a lucky win After the meeting on Thursday I gave a brief on anchoring and recovery techniques. Out in Swanage today I very nearly lost mine. With other boats, kayaks and pot buoys around me it was a bit tricky finding a route to steam the Alderney ring on. Hope that the crack is an easy fix mate.

Good call today guys I was at ballard by 7, it started raining and the wind came up The drone would not have flown today When the sun came out it was nice in Swanage, gentle warm breeze. For the second day running much better there than in Poole, and a few better size bream too.

Early start today to beat the forcasted wind in Swanage there was only gentle breeze all day I am sleeping on board and meeting Will at about 7.30 Happy to push out to test the weather. But not if all the others are going to Arne Coming back this afternoon it was much worse in the swash than in Swanage bay Can someone text me the details as I will turn the mobile data off later Thanks