Saintly Fish

Too true! 🤫🫣

🤣 Really ? That was the first boat I saw when I googled!! 
Fate?? 

What happens on the boat, stays on the boat!
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Can I ask why you want such slow boats? I'm not endorsing speed merchants but a 6knot plodder will get tiring real quick, just ask @mike farrants (although he'll never admit it). 

Not quite 40cm but @Andy135 and I did have a couple of chunky ones the other week, also some real small ones that were perfect live bait size!

Cheers guys. Yes Andy, it was satisfying that despite the headf*ck maths on a Sunday night, it came out as intended. Would I do it again, yes, but different setup for sure. This is exactly why I bought a manual mill, to learn all this kind of setup on, then later, if I can justify it, a coversational CNC.
Thanks Saintly, yes, chamfers would make it look truly pro, but currently don't have a chamfer tool. At about £90 plus inserts, it might be a while before I do!!

Sent them an email so lets see what happens. Got to admit it ticks all the boxes.

Yep, that's the ball park right there Saintly

Pretty set at £20K max, the long haired General will have my eyes out if I take the p#ss 🙂
 

You wrote a catch report??

Start a new "find me a boat" thread and we will fill it up for you!! 

Not totally sure as I've only baked bass and cod and ling are meaty and keep their shape but it should work as bass is fairly firm, just smaller flakes 

Fillets Malc, keep up!! 

That looks delicious, will that work with bass too do you reckon?

Sounds like you'd be looking for a semi-displacement hull, rather than a displacement hull such as the Colvics then. These tend to have speed and stability together. 

Is this a good bench mark?? 
 
https://www.rightboat.com/boats-for-sale/fishing-boat/27-ft-27e5dae1-a785-4dd3-94c2-7725d7f17b27/rb560026

Hence the reason I joined this group and chucked it out on the forum that I am looking at buying a boat, so I am open to advice, I want something with a comfortable spacious wheelhouse (seating for others, cooker area, good storage etc etc) and enough deck area for 4-5 people, inboard engine. Certainly don't want a plodder so chip in with any suggestions. 

..... I could have caught loads. 
But I wanted to get an early Solent unicorn. 
That didn't happen. But a second biggest bass of 8.37lb did happen and I'll take that all day. 
Had a couple more bream, a snake and an LSD (where have they been?). 
Went home and filleted the bass which will provide 3 people 2 good meals each. One in the form of a fish pie, the other to be determined!! 
 

 

 

 

Quartered up ling fillets and cut into bite sized pieces, dredged in flour with lots of salt and pepper and some paprika. Served with chorizo, fried potato cubes, red and yellow peppers and garlic, lots of lemon for me and a squirt of mayonnaise. 

@Caw722, welcome Paul. 
Pull up a bean bag and make yourself comfy!! 

Tight fisted _ _ nchor you fill in the blanks!!

Nice one! Lovely Bass! 

Tight fisted _ _ nchor you fill in the blanks!!

Hi Paul, 
Welcome!
 
this lot here will happily spend your boat budget for you they love boat shopping! - give us an idea what you are after and they will double the size and power for you!!

They are very good however for assisting in lifting a fish over the gunwhales when fishing alone!