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Gallo Bro's for that Zinfandel or Grenach?
Docking arms....... Fitted at the back of the trailer one on each side they form a U shaped cradle that holds the boat in line to the center of the trailer. I usualy make my own out of mild steel 1"box cut and welded to make the angle (bend). I have used proper brackets 'wot I have made' to fix them to the trailer and also car exhaust clamps. The upright bits I cover with that firm foam insulation tubing they sell in DIY stores for pipework. Mild steel is perfectly OK, it will rust, but they last about 4 or 5 years and they are so cheap to make I don't worry.
Mad Mike
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Actualy I read in the Echo that there were several reports of this nature (light in the sky). They were caused by a meteor shower.
Mad Mike
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Quote......... Is a Seahog Warrior.
Ah, I have a Seahog Samurai.
Recovery gets easyer with practice, also docking arms help enormously so if yo are going to be single handed for the majority of the time they are well worth buying/making.
Mad Mike
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Where would you recomend a slip with overnight parking in poole harbour?.Thats a bargain price but no overnight parking or is there somewhere you can park near baitor?
There is parking in the road that leads to and from Baiter but it's finding a space long enough for a car and trailer at any time of day.
But what do you mean by overnight parking? Is that just for a car and trailer? Or are you talking sleeping in a camper van sort of thing?
Mad Mike
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just a reliable weather site ... put in your postcode in the top barMetacheck
Nice site, thankyou. I've bookmarked it for future ref'.
Mad Mike
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Seeing as I don't know any one and I'm out of area, I thought I'd do it meself!!
Doing it yourself can lead to blindness!
However there is no need to constantly tell yourself that you 'realy do love you' afterwards. RESULT!!
Any way welcome Sheddy.
Where are you from? Boat or not? Do you crew? 'Cos you'll be quite populart if you do.
Mad Mike
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I wanna come back with a comment but I couldn't top that one!
P.S. I WAS that guest!!
Oh, sorta Plato-ed out!
Hu! No stamina these young kids
Whyinmydaywecouldgoonforhoursandhourswithoutoncerepeatingourselvesrasslefrasslemoanwhingeburpetcetcadnausium
Mad Mike
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My Worms And Shads Had Gone Mushy...
You can get a cream for that off the doctors, and as a personal recommendation I would sugest you wash your worm more frequently.
Mad Mike
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Martin, do we sit on bean bags and pour empathy on our peers sat alongside us?? <gg>
Rich
Afishonado ... I reckon that was Socratic irony in action!!
My socs do go sorta irony over night after about three weeks ware!
Thanks for the comment and here's lookin' at Euclid.
Mad Mike
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Forgot to post this before , last week when out conger fishing.
Just before dark Kev shouted " what the @$*!* is that" ,Darren and myself looked round to see a football sized object landing on the sea,it fell without a splash and was floating very high in the water, a bit like a balloon, it was grey/brown with hexagonal shapes all over, we all just watched it for a while as it drifted away in the fast tide. We then pulled the anchor to chase after it as we were about to move on to another mark.
By the time we had got that done we couldn't find it again
We thought some kind of weather balloon?...........?
drunken sots!
or
Long range football!
Mad Mike
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Man, 31, dies in speedboat crash
The occupants of both boats knew each other
A man died and his brother was injured in a collision between a small fishing boat and a speedboat, police said.
Benjamin Cochrane, 31, from St Mawes, Cornwall, died in the accident on Saturday evening at the mouth of the River Percuil, St Mawes.
Mr Cochrane was flown to The Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, by a Royal Navy helicopter and was pronounced dead on arrival.
His brother, Frazer Cochrane, was treated for wounds and lacerations.
We do not know if we are investigating a tragic accident or something more serious
Detective Inspector Simon Selley
The two brothers and a companion were travelling back from Falmouth in their dory - a small flat-bottomed fishing boat - at about 2230 BST on Saturday.
Frazer Cochrane, in his late 20s, was taken to hospital in Truro by land ambulance suffering from non-life threatening injuries.
The third man in the dory was uninjured, but treated for shock.
The four occupants of the speedboat were unharmed, but treated for shock.
'Tragic' incident
The boats have been seized by the police and will be examined. The police investigation will be carried out in liaison with the Marine Accident Investigation Branch.
Police described both craft as small, privately-owned boats used for pleasure. The speedboat is having to be kept afloat as it is taking in a great deal of water following the incident.
It is understood the occupants of both boats knew each other.
Describing it as a "tragic" incident, Detective Inspector Simon Selley said he could not speculate on the cause. "... Until we have spoken with all the parties involved, and witnesses, we do not know if we are investigating a tragic accident or something more serious."
It is going to have a huge effect on everyone in St Mawes
Norma Edwards, Roseland gig rowing club
The local coroner has been informed.
Residents in the fishing village said they were in shock.
Benjamin Cochrane was described as "irreplaceable" by a member of the gig rowing club of which he was also a member.
Norma Edwards said: "He was one of God's good people."
He won the Roseland club's clubman of the year award last year.
Mrs Edwards said: "Everybody is completely devastated. It is going to have a huge effect on everyone in St Mawes."
She said Benjamin and Frazer, a builder, came from a "lovely family" in the tight-knit community.
A St Mawes villager who did not want to be named said: "Everyone here is numb."
Anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact police.
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I've just answered my own question - apparantly a steering cone.
Thanks Martin
Will a FAR better and MUCH CHEAPER one is available from most breakers yards.
It's called a rubber gear stick gaiter. The ones of Fiestas and Escorts are particularly good.
Both the 'proper' marine job and the automotive ones are made out of the same material.
Mad Mike
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I have had a major 'senior moment'
I want an inshore flare pack.
I made a note of the name and contact number of the gentleman member wot sells them at a very attractive price, and because it was written down promptly forgot the details.
Any road up, as the boat is now ready for the sea I want the flares
Can I find my note to myself?
Can I remember the chaps name?
Am I an old phart
PLEASE who ever you are, LET ME KNOW
Mad Mike
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MK 1 experience equates to:
Breeze up your Jacksy = 20knts
Flared nostrels and crazy scientist hair-do = 25kts
Puffed out cheeks, silly smile and watery eyes = 30knts
Glasses disappear off your face = 35knts
BF
Bl00dy hell man! That's the formula
How did you find out? It's a closely guarded secret know only to old pharts. Other variations are........
False teeth vibrate in your gums. = twin engines 250 RPM out of sync
False teeth disintigrate in your mouth = twin engines 251RPM out of sync
As you can guess engine rev sync become a matter as important as ones haemorrhoid cream to those of a certain age.
Then there is wight of fish judged by the ammount of back pain experianced lifting the bleeding thing aboard.
A sharp pain soon gone is about 15oz
A nagging pain that remains is certainly 5lb
An agonised cry of "omybloodyback" is gona be a personal best in the region of 14lb 2&3/4oz.
I am sure that the older grand masters of our happy club will give more examples of stuff that one knows 'wivaht all this electronical stuff an bullocks'.
Mad Mike
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Y'know I just don't get this mines bigger than yours load of tosh.
As the midget said "Does size matter?"
What about an enjoyment scale? Like, "I caught a 50lb conger but I stayed up all night and was naquered the next day and had a row with Mrs".
Vs
"I went out with a fly rod and caught 10 mackies and 3 gar', had a wonderfull time and got home cooked a barbie, and still got to bed at a decent hour"
So who's the 'best' fisherman?
I reckon that those that worry how big theirs is may have lost site of the 'sport' element.
Mad Mike
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Should we start a new page of "What not to do's" ? it might rival the jokes page
Not taking off your trailer board is also a classic
Paul J
Good idea Paul, we have all had coke ups that in retrospect give others a laugh if not a lesson.
Mad Mike
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I used Mk 1 experience. I reckon that having been boating since I was a kid I will not be too far out.
But I will be able to confirm my feelings once I learn how to use the GPS.
Mad Mike
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Hi Mike
Do not forget the bung in the back of the boat.
Makes for an interesting time if you forget, which I do from time to time!
Good luck on the maiden trip however.
Coddy
I did that once in front of my wife and son, I gave him a rollocking for messing around with the bilge pump. My wife replied in fury we're sinking you *&%$^^!
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maybe hull weight?
Not to mention skippers weight, I mean ol' Adam is lookin' a bit on the chubby side these days.
Mad Mike
PS I am suffering from anorexia
Every time I look in the mirror I see a fat person looking back -
Mike,
Glad to hear it went well. BTW what engine do you have fitted? Interested, as I have a 60hp 4 Stroke and my max speed is 25 knots, you say you backed the throttle OFF, suggesting a far higher max speed???
Adam
60hp Tohatsu 2 stroke and it FLEW
. I mean at full chat we were wave skipping and to an old fert like me it was a bit too much of an ardrenalin rush. Just over half throttle was giving us an estimated 20kts, threequarter throttle gave maybe 25kts, but full throttle was like an after burner kicked in and it hurtled. This was two up but no tackle or the usual junk on board.
Also the transition from say 10 kts semi displacement speed or even 6kts displacement speed to full plane speed of say 17kts + is almost instant. There is no 'nose up' slow climb over the hump to get up on the plane; its just whoosh and your there. No nose up or anything just a flat push and your there!
I have never been in a boat that does that, although I am sure that there are many that do, so it came as a shock to find oneself hurtling along at 20kts+ when (seemingly) just half a second earlier you had opened up the horses.
We are out for a first fish on Saturday (west of Poole I think) and then the compulsorily families first trip on the boat Sunday. So I guess that'll be a "Can we go to Studland and have a swim" sorta trip.
Mad Mike
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Spaceman says....Next time, if we launch from Kimmeridge we could end up surfing back in
You URGENTLY need to speak to Bob F re this aspect of recovery at Kimmeridge
Mad Mike
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Well 'Pride of Morpork' had her maiden voyage this afternoon. We went form Cobbs at about 14:30 and had a slow potle down through the Haven. We opened her up for a couple of tiny little squirts in the harbour and her get up and go was certainly impressive, but nothing could have prepared us for opening up the throttle when we passed the 10kt marker in the East Looe channel. WOW! she flew, infact so fast that Mark and I were quite startled. After being airborne for half the time and a bit scared to boot we throttled back to about 25kts and it ploughed along wonderfully. Then we had a gentle pootle back up the harbour, slipped and came home.
Supprisingly we were asked by several other people on our trip "Is that a Warrior?" . When we said no it was a Samurai version on a warrior hull we got the most complimentary replies, so obviously it must be a pretty boat on the water.
Mad Mike
PS. Met a guy from Reading on the slip. He was asking about bass fishing so I told him about the club. He said he would look us up on the web and probably join. Not too sure about that though
He has the most georgeous F'off 4x4 truck I've seen. Jet black, tint's and loaded. The sight of this vehicle at a club launching sesh' could well drive some of the chaps into covetous fits of deep envy which at their age could be fatal -
Mike,If you could just put things off for a little while I am bringing out my "how to do---"SEA FISHING" book. It will be very informative and crammed with wonderful colour illustrations...Including tips on "where to find them;how to catch them;fish identification by memory;anchor use and retrieval;fish finder adjustment",and many other useful topics.perhaps I could put you down for a copy?....jack
Jack with my wealth of experience and impressive catch record I feel well equiped to collaberate on what will become the diffinitive work on 'Fishes of the C and how she is court'
Mad Mike
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in In The News
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I was, young fellah me lad, refering to the lights in the sky.
However the floating and disappearing bit I put down to an over vivid imagination and/or indigestion.
Mad Mike