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Madness sure looked nice blasting past in the sunshine yesterday. Nice to see you out there enjoying your new boat mate.

Well that turned out better than expected when I checked the forecast last night and this morrning. Going past the ferry there was a fair bit of swell and breeze, which eased as we crossed the bay towards the piers. Target was a few flatties and first drift Will had two plaice. After that fishing was a bit tough, we moved further East catching plenty of gurnard of two species and a dab. As the tide eased, the breeze dropped and tha sun shone. Back to the piers and a few more spotted target fish. Nice day with Sam and Will 9 plaice and a dab will not set the world alight, but it was fun and perhaps we will do more of that next season. Thanks for the company guys, great breakfast rolls by Sam and Wills famous lasagne and peas for lunch. Good going on a day when I thought we may get beaten by the weather

Hopefully on the boat tomorrow I will take pictures of both of mine, and post them on this tgread, just in case that helps

Sounds like a great trip Well done

Many model like my bow one, are fitted with a gypsy that can haul both rope or chain, and stow the rope or chain as it comes off the unit. Some of the ones with a chain gypsy and capstan drum need someone to swap from one to the other and are not in my mind ideal

interesting that several boats use heavier anchors but shorter same diameter chain for deep water. when we upgrade the size of anchor we upgrade the chain size as well. otherwise the holding is affected and the anchor could be heavier than the chain, which prevents it staying in the Alderney ring. Obviously that can only be done when using an Alderney ring, using a windlass the chain has to be calibrated to the gypsy

Allan The other option I considered was changing my original 9.5mm gypsy to a 7 or 8mm one, then swapping the 10m of 10mm chain to a full 30m length of the much smaller and lighter stuff. In shallow water I could then use all chain, which would stow better in the anchor locker. It is the fact that we spend more time in deeper water than shallow, that made my mind up to go for the more expensive side deck option. Be carefull with the size of cables breakers etc that you need for these units and combined weights. My unit wieghs 24kg and the cables are heavy. All of this weight on the same side of the boat as the helm seat and cooker meant that a few things had to be moved to lockers on the opposite side. Hope that helps

Its the limited drop into the anchor locker that stops us using the bow capstan in deeper water. It is a 1kw unit so has power and speed, also a gypsy that takes calibrated chain and rope. Deeper water we have always used an alderney ring and drifted back to recover the warp and chain, with a 15kg anchor and heavy/long chain its good excercise. So much so that 18 months ago I fitted a side deck capstan. 1.6kw high speed (their words not mine) and a good size drum. It recovers the anchor warp a treat via the side deck roller, but its far too shiney to wrap chain around in my opinion. Sure its quicker to haul by hand, but the capstan takes the strain off of the job. It takes up some deck space, but in my opinion is not a tripping hazard fitted where it is. After all we can always use the other side deck. Charlie

Well done mate We decided to try the other direction and struggled with coloured water, the result was on par with the rugby Enough said

Nice offer Hope that it goes well We will be on 6 from 0730

Good idea especially as you tow long distances

Tart

Happy Birthday buddy Hope that Helen spoilt you rotten and Bournemouth start a winning streak.

mmmmm seen that yacht before

Happy birthday Mick Hope you get some fishy gifts

Happy birthday buddy I hope that it brings you a few fishy gifts. Shame about the easterly wind

Hi Ron and Dad Welcome to the Club Charlie

Well done mate Great to hear that the boat is fixed and you are back on the fish.

And us

Glad it got sorted out for you. How true is that about the "Extras" I know one ex member that added 50% to his new boats cost by adding all of the whistles and bells he could think of.

Have they done that to all of the boats at the show , and now lost all of their sales? What a cock up and total waste of time and money

I have not gone to the extent of vacuum packing but as Rob I put 4 or 5 fish in a zip top bag and exclude as much air as possible. I have found that bringing the fish ashore on ice helps to keep them in very good condition for eating or bait. I put them into the freezer spread out amongst the draws and packed either side with already frozen fish or ice packs.

Good morning all I am very sorry to pass on a message just received from Steve Porter regarding a well known and much respected Weymouth charter skipper and friend to many of us that have fished with him over the years. Chris Caines passed on at 6am this morning as the result of a heart attack. A great loss to our sport. I am sure that many Members will join me in sending love and condolences to Chris's family and close friends.

Nice Not that many people actually come away after ordering a new boat. Well done.

Just because he caught the bass, no need to try and salt him down.