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I doubt it Brian, most of us are to stupid to worry about a lot of words

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Thanks PH that is a very helpful post. We apparently have a head of Gilts in Poole harbour so now armed with your info I will be off hunting for them.

Thanks for the report and well done on giving it a go and catching a few fish. Gilt head is a species I would love to catch, any tips appreciated

I wouldn't use that for fishing, its far to pretty, you need a glass cabinet to display it in

Get someone to do a chain to anchor rope splice for you, most chandlers will do this for a small fee especially if your an existing customer. Failing that you tube is your friend, I do my own splices, they are not perfect but I have never had one fail and they don't snag on the alderney ring

You could give me your quota, and in return I promise not to wear Chinos, I might even change my avatar

Yes I had it also and I'm so pleased you explained it Andy as the email flew straight over my head then I got bored and binned it. So my vhf is almost always on low power unless no one hears me then I'll use 25w. No need to increase power output on ch16 as most if not all sets automatically give you full power on ch16

I think the swivels are good for picnic anchors that come up via the windlass as the swivel helps the anchor to come in the right way up. When fishing though most people trip their anchors, you cannot do this when you use a swivel fixed to the stock of the anchor. To trip an anchor you need the chain fixed to the bottom of the anchor which makes a swivel useless. If you are confident that you will always anchor in sand or mud with no chance of fouling nets, pots or rocks and suchlike then use the swivel. If however you fix at the bottom and use cable ties then save the cost of the swivel.

Out of the marina would be a good start lol, enjoy your first trip. Mine goes back in on the 17th

And me

You have brightened up my day. Reminds me when I was in structural engineering and seeing the fantastic welding some of the guys could do, and some couldn't do anything other than bird shit lol

Sorry I never actually went out on it so never took much notice of where the wc was. Just a thought, not many would have spare drives, the boat you're looking at wouldn't happen to be called Wishing would it?

Good luck, I hope the move goes smoothly for you.

We have just had a discussion on the PBSBAC site about ground baiting for Bream. Although a few use groundbait and find it helpful I rarely use it and posted this. Just my thoughts

A friend of mine had a 26' Osprey with the Yamaha engine and leg. The boat is great. The engine was fine but he had an inordinate amount of problems with his outdrive. He had bought 2 spare complete legs so always had one to replace the one in current use. Not sure what issues they have but he was always having to do work on them. He was a car mechanic so could do a lot of the stuff himself to help with costs but in the end gave up and sold the boat and the legs. You need to remember Yamaha ceased the production of outdrives in 2007 this could mean sourcing parts could become an issue, that's one reason my mate had 2 spares.

Of course I do but it doesn't add up lol

Yep has a price on it of 1989 Cobra rib £123,456 Vehicles Seems a little ott, still he is only testing the water so no harm in trying

So a frog did the original tunnel installation, no wonder it croaked it

Yes I have toyed with the idea of having my 12-20 rebuilt (I have two of them) but I would like to try some other blanks first before I spent as much or if not more than the rod cost originally on a rebuild. Hard call to make although we have a good rod builder local to us who I know would make it look at least as good as new or maybe better.

I have a Team Diawa TDX 12-20lb, Team Diawa 4-10oz uptider, Abu Suveran Pro 12-20lb, 6-12lb 12-20lb and a 20-30lb Kenzaki's My favourite reel is a 25 year old Abu 7000c synchro which has outlived numerous Chinese 7000's which I have now given up buying.

Sounds like you have found a good guy to work on your boat, always a relief.

My experience with outdrives was painful. The cost to service in a good year was around the same as the engine however most years were not good years. In 7 years I had 2 complete rebuilds and a replacement cone clutch. First time the rebuild was around £2200 the last time was £3000. As you say the plus side was fuel economy and performance but generally you spend all that saving and more on additional maintenance (well I did). I would say though that outdrive boats are more fun to drive. If I bought another outdrive boat I would make sure it had duo props for more torque and less steering torque ie more likely to drive in a straight line, if that makes sense. I would factor in for replacement cost within my sums and not trust previous owners had the same diligence towards adherence to maintenance as I might have. If I were to choose one of those on your list of boats to buy my choice would be Botnia Targa 27.1 however after 5 years of ownership I do still love my Rodman

My boats on the hard so no chance of getting out fishing I just wish the weather would allow be to do some of the work on the boat. Gonna give it a go tomorrow and before anyone says anything I can walk to my boat however, I won't walk I'll be in the car