Geoff

My Fenline managed about 60MPH last year, but that was on a trailer on its way to get the canopy made! Geoff.☺️

That cabin would put many "cruisers" in the space department - looks really good.- are you sure it's not a ferry? A very envious Geoff.☺️

Whats next? Dump the inboard, fit a pod and a couple of 300hp outboards!!! -  you will never look back. Geoff.☺️

A very interesting read. Thanks. Geoff.

Nope , none of them ..................
This is the only book you need for Cod,

 

Maybe when I next get a calm day to grab a few screen shots from deep water. I don't have the GT54 455 x 1200 ultra high as I don't tend to hit the sallow water that much but I do have the Gt51 260 X 455 and a Panoptix transducer. I am finding the 8410 screen pretty small and need to really watch the screen closely. The wide scan is more for finding structure that I then pinpoint and check out using the traditional sonar. 
In the past I would go out to all my old marks one by one searching for fish, most of these marks soon got poached and overfished. Now I search areas where I hadn't fished before which involves lots of slow scanning at around 4kt. On one recent trip I discovered a yacht of around 14m in 45m of water, which may be a vessel we were searching for with marine rescue 6 months ago.
Another find was of a wreck called the Lady Darling which had been buried under sand for quite a few years, which I recently found is partly exposed again. This wreck has an interesting history, which Im trying to find if the 7,600 oz of gold was still onboard!! https://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=95

It certainly is Andy ...... so much so, that I used to commute by train 4 days a week to London  for 15 years ...............glad to be retired now !
The run down to the Skerries passes some stunning coastline.
Apart from Plaice by the bucket load, there are a number of species on the Banks ............

 

Not a ferry..... 
However warming up pies mid winter in the oven is just lovely....
No point in roughing it when you’re on a boat for a week! 

It’s actually Emma’s dog, I’ve just stolen Daisy mwahahahahah 😁😁😁😁

Cor! That’s a good summer! We’d be sat on the beach wanting an icecream on the beach in wales 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hi GPS, Welcome aboard - I always thought that you were one of the more sensible ones on the other forum, but I was probably wrong!!! Nice to see you over here. Geoff.☺️

Great?? Would rather have a bowl of frosties, now they're GGGGRRRRRRRREEEEEAT
 

Hi GPS, Welcome aboard - I always thought that you were one of the more sensible ones on the other forum, but I was probably wrong!!! Nice to see you over here. Geoff.☺️

According to my daughter there are. Her fairy's name is Lily and she writes to her.
FFS... Lily (aka Mrs135) writes back, in really tiny handwriting... 🙄🤦‍♂️

Lovely photo Andy. That's what it's all about. Geoff.

I was 17 at the time, having said that I still tend to go by peoples word and trust them which regularly backfires on me. If people are liars and cheats then that's something they have to live with, not me.

Girls make such good fishers, most people are willing to help girls out, so they can learn from so many people. Attitudes and patients towards girls is also often greater than what people will give to boys. Good to see another female champion.
 

Yeah, I was made up. It was taken last winter but it still puts a smile on my face and hers. 😁
I came home from doing some work on the boat last week to find a little post it note stuck on my home office door. Hand written by her asking if she could come fishing with me next time I go out 🥰

Excellent, she looks pleased as punch and I dare say one proud dad behind the camera 👍

Posting this on behalf of middle daughter who I'm sure will follow in the footsteps of @JDP's.

That moulding system sounds similar to what we do over here, but it is known as injection moulding. We have an inner and an outer mould, gelcoat the outer, put in the mat and any internal reinforcement required then  then more mat and clamp in the inner mould. The resin is then mixed with the hardener in the injection nozzle and injected into the cavity between the moulds which also has a vacuum applied to assist and accelerate the fill. We use this system in my friends workshop everyday, but obviously that is geared to mass production. Most of our work is traditional one off stuff and repairs so is hand layup of moulds and mouldings. Thanks for posting another very interesting vid. Geoff.

monkeys theorum, mate. i must have been half asleep at the time😝

The infinite monkeys! 🤣
I'll reserve my judgement until he can come up with some Shakespeare... spelled correctly of course 😉

It's too wet for this year mate!! 🤣
Hasn't been too bad so far as it goes.....
Will help the boy learn about boats as well