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If the battery version proves to slow, you can have a look at mine if you wish. Charlie

I used the syphon for years on Great White and Alfresco, but even though I upgraded to the larger size for alfresco it is a bit slow for multiple drums. and the drums had to be fairly high up to get the syphon working well. Last year I bought a 12volt version of what Swellboy described from Quay West Chandlers. it works very well dropped into the drums, pumps 25 ltrs in no time, did three drums yesterday in about 10 minutes. pumped it straight from the drums in the Marina Trolley so saves my back lugging them about. I have a few cigarette lighter type sockets around the boat and I just plug it into one of them. I am sure the battery ones will be great for smaller volumes of fuel.

Happy Birthday buddy I hope that you have a great day

Happy birthday Martin Glad you had a good day

Put my new chart into the plotter on friday and moved the screen to some areas we fish It seemed to show lots of contours and wrecks, but some saved wrecks were not that close to the charted positions Seems well worth having just for the contours I look forward to using it on a few trips

Looks like fun

Does not look like a cheap option, and I am not sure about the bouncy ride Looks exciting though Probably cheaper to buy a bigger cat, that takes the sea better like Manta Ray. Charlie

Looking great Love the two big screens When I gave you the seat heights they were the bench seats by the table Your helm seat may need to be higher, I thought I had mine right then after launching lifted it two inches to get better view from windows, let me know if you would like me to check measurements. Looks like you have plenty of room to make the box taller if you want, more vent space around the fridge could help Charlie

Welcome to the Club We have a huge variety of skills and experiances. The more that you join in the more you will get out of being a Member. You may also want to look at a few training courses, I am sure Coddy will be along to update you with what courses are available. When you get the boat you may also want to have it checked by the RNLI who will give you free advice on the boat and the equipment onboard. Charlie

Are you cutting hatches in them Adam? A lot easier to do it now than later

Nice one PeteG That reminds me of a trip to the seawork show with big Dave last summer while his boat was on the Breaksea Boats stand. As we walked around the show he said that he had no need to look at any toys for Reel Magic as they were all fitted, then we came across the machine gun and he changed his mind.

Great report Steve Try it in the summer and you would get more exciting sport we have had good bream rays conger and huss around there and tope to 40lb

I forgot to say, we usually get a sponsor for the cost of the bow numbers, but they are not that expensive if that is not possible to arrange.

Sadly with good prizes on offer, there is a need to worry about cheating. My advice would be to decide well in advance what the rules are, publish them in advance and make sure all competitors get a copy on registration. This also includes the consequences of breaking the rules, and who is responsible for govering these rules and other things like species identification. My thoughts would be that anyone caught breaking rules is disqualified. At the yacht club with boats that all look the same we sometimes issue stick on large bow numbers, these have to be attached prior to the comp starting and stay on the boats until after the prizegiving. In this case it may also be worth taking photos of the kayak and crew in case of identification disputes. Good luck with the comp, if you need more assistance we may be a available to assist

Thanks Brian Interesting thread

I will check at work on monday

26th April has I believe been booked with the Yacht Club for the presentation evening. Charlie

Welcome back Alan Good luck in the search for a new fishing boat.

Oh how I miss getting paid to go fishing lol. Me too Budgie I can not see my present employer letting me have a week off to go fishing in Scotland or North Wales like the Navy did for inter services boat matches.

Well done to all Members listed, there are some very good specimens on that list, every month except Feb it took a very good pencentage fish well over 100% to win. Any chance of a list showing the best fish per species from 2014? I am sure that it should be something that can be extracted from the catch reports. Charlie

Well done all I hear that the lunch menu on Reel Magic was excellent on the cod marks yesterday, LOL

Well done guys Wish I had been able to get afloat, starting to go stir crazy now. Need to get afloat very soon.

I too am curious about fishing to world rules, please let us know a little more There are a lot in the Club that like me have fished serious competitions in the past and some that still do, so I expect that you will get some interest. Having seen the turnouts for Club comps drop off over the years, even though rules and times are aimed at making fishing easy and fun. I personally doubt that adopting strict rules and true match tactics would appeal to many. Good luck with helping George out Mike I would like to take you both out one day, to see the differance first hand. Not sure I will be wearing a blindfold all day though. LOL

I see that the experts struck again, using the normal tactics Well done Dave great fish mate And well done jacob, great fish for runner up

Is a bulge pump something to do with too many mince pies Rob? Tight lines