Andy135

Finally found your funny bone then @Odyssey? 🤣

I used to be a member as a perk of being a marina member. Didn't need to use them but it's comforting knowing they are there.

That said, I quickly got bored of staying within 3 miles so you may find that as your confidence grows you'll spend more and more time outside of the 3 mile limit. And as a point of principle they're no substitute for maintaining your engine well and being self-sufficient.

Hi Murray, welcome aboard.

When did the cooling issues first start, and did they come on suddenly or have they been getting worse gradually?

What makes you suspect belt slippage or impeller not pumping?

Could it be the heat exchanger has got salted/crusted up and isn't passing enough raw water through it to cool the engine?

31 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said:

So no pics, no fish ?

It was dark.

2 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

How about change the file size and try again??

Or just repost it. If it was too big it wouldn't post at all, so a plain black pic is just strange.

Nice work. I seem to remember Tim has form with winning stuff? Well done.

Good write up!

Good going @Herbs73, you got out and caught some fish. Result 👍

Good effort though Rog. Can't win them all I guess.

Not bad Luke. I haven't seen that one before. A 6/10, with points for originality rather than humour.

1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said:

Well done on all front Mike. Don't suppose you found a large white bucket too did you? 

Wilson! 😲

Great report! Lots of action, of both the fishy and non-fishy kind! Well done to all 👍

26 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

There you go @suzook12 I've sorted it fore yew!!

He's joining the rag and stick brigade then?? Shall we ban him??

Ah, the Invisiline 5000 eh?

34 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

Fact

It may be a fact but it wasn't what you meant when you said...

On 3/29/2024 at 10:21 AM, Saintly Fish said:

Catch a shark on my own boat. 

and you know it! 😝

6 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

I have done my goal already. 

That baby tope doesn't count towards your goal 🤣

6 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

You're not exactly trying very hard. She will take one hell of a lot of convincing. And I can't do it all alone!! 🤣

Slowly, slowly, catchy monkey 😉

1 hour ago, Malc said:

Revisiting this; how is it going so far?

For me I have mostly done the "local" species, cod, coalie, pout dab, whiting, dogfish, lesser sandeel, but not ling or pollock yet. Outside of the competition we hope to get TBR, tope, huss and smooth hound when we go over to the west coast of Scotland. 

You've done well. Good catching.

I've done 2 out of my 3 goals this year.

Dogfish ✅

Cod ✅

New boat : not yet. Working on a plan but there's someone I need to convince first... 🤔

1 hour ago, Malc said:

Badum - Tish! 🥁

You're whelk-ome 🤣

1 hour ago, Saintly Fish said:

🤦🏻‍♂️

@Saintly Fish why the facepalm emoji? It was a good gag. You're just being shellfish.

9 hours ago, Saintly Fish said:

I know nothing of these boats Steve, but a quick google brings up a few pics, and it's not a boat I'd want to go fishing in unless on a clam lake. They have no depth to them internally by the look of it, so standing up and fighting a whiting could prove to be a danger? 
I used to own a 19ft fletcher speed boat and the hull looks a similar shape, so I have no doubt that they will go and handle well, punching well above their weight. But a fishing boat it wasn't! 

Even those clam lakes can be dangerous if a clam grabs you - they don't let go!

Nice fish and nice photos. Well dangled 👍

10 minutes ago, mike farrants said:

? 

the bream is in both the pics

I'm reliably informed that juggling is usually done with three objects, hence my ask for three bream.

If you have to explain it... 🤦‍♂️

That's why you need to rotate them on your phone and resave them, rather than your laptop. The original files will have metadata telling the website which way up to render them, based on which way up your phone was when the pics were taken.