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Busy old day today. All the old shot ripped out, consul repositioned, radio repositioned, started to install fish sinder. New busbar fitted along with a fuse box, main battery lead reterminated and all the lights on fresh wire that was rerouted..... Also bought a new cabin light and fitted it. Everything tested ok, lights are far brighter than they were before too.......
Tomorrow will hopefully see the cabin end sorted, with radio, search light and bilge to wire. Also we have no horn, so that needs to be sourced. All the hardware can then be final fitted and sealed where necessary.
Will drag the throttle/gear control down and get that fitted up too then can check the harness length.
Will grab some stills later to post up

Tomorrow, will be off to AED to get some supplies, then get the wiring at least tidy.
Will need some terminals, waterproof connectors or terminal box and some wire and poss some switches. Some gauges would be nice at some point , but that'll keep for now. There is enough work to be going on with and keeping this a quick turn around.
At some point, this boat will be a major project, but for now, just want it on the water and safe.
A box of trailer parts landed today, was going to do that tomorrow, but think it will be get the wiring sorted and dash back in kinda day.

Tomorrow, will be off to AED to get some supplies, then get the wiring at least tidy.
Will need some terminals, waterproof connectors or terminal box and some wire and poss some switches. Some gauges would be nice at some point , but that'll keep for now. There is enough work to be going on with and keeping this a quick turn around.
At some point, this boat will be a major project, but for now, just want it on the water and safe.
A box of trailer parts landed today, was going to do that tomorrow, but think it will be get the wiring sorted and dash back in kinda day.

So, got back to boat this afternoon. Cockpit floor flooded again and a bit in the bilge.
Bilge pump not working, so decided it was time to see what was going on there.... Well, what can I say??
The wires from the switch were about 0.5mmsq! the wires under the deck were twisted together , bit of solder then taped over. About 4 joins per wire all told. The manual wire wasn't even connected....... Basically, because of the thin wire at the switch end, there was a massive voltage drop to the pump. Never good.....
So..... We then started looking, and we found, botch after botch in the wiring. There are 2 10mm sq battery wires connected to the isolator that were just hanging in the breeze just waiting to short out on something, not even taped up!! There is a negative busbar but the positive was on a bunch of chocolate blocks. There were wires pulled tight all over the place, including an extra battery pair that was powering up the dash. Most wires have 3 or 4 joins in them, light as f**k and none of it fit for purpose.
I did connect the heavy lead up to the negative busbar, and ran the VHF aerial cable  so it ran by itself rather than bunched with LED lighting wiring which could cause interference.......



 

Tomorrow, will be off to AED to get some supplies, then get the wiring at least tidy.
Will need some terminals, waterproof connectors or terminal box and some wire and poss some switches. Some gauges would be nice at some point , but that'll keep for now. There is enough work to be going on with and keeping this a quick turn around.
At some point, this boat will be a major project, but for now, just want it on the water and safe.
A box of trailer parts landed today, was going to do that tomorrow, but think it will be get the wiring sorted and dash back in kinda day.

So, little update, managed to get the dash out, someone has screwed the switch panel in and fitted it right under the cabin ledge, so no chance of removing screws..... After that, I used my vacuum brake bleeder and removed around 120 litres of water that doesn't drain to the bilge. Rained again today so will give an idea of how much rain water gets in to those areas.
Looks like a bit of judicial drilling will be occurring very soon. I want this thing draining properly before it goes anywhere near the sea!!

Cheers dude. They put up quite a spirited fight, so welcome amongst a day of dogs and tings 🙂

First one of the year today, out on High Flyer 2.
Plan was to get out after some maccy, then on to some bass and tope....... The weather had other ideas. We arrived to a 14mph SW wind, so we headed to some bass marks to hopefully pick up some mac. However, we were getting the crap kicked out of us and no fish showing. We headed in a bit to try some marks that were showing fish, however, the wind was pushing us off the drift and the fish were having none of it. We ended up coming in right close, to a hole that has saved many days out. With the tide falling away, we were hitting a steady stream of doggies and one smoothie boated. The tide eventually turned and ran hard enough to stop the boat swinging, and the digs pretty much disappeared, but more whiting. I decided to try a jelly worm tipped with mack and had my pb smoothie, prob only around 4lb, but only ever had pups before now. The doggies returned, a seal poked his head in to watch and some idiot was seen paddling in from well the wrong side of scroby sands on a kayak..... He eventually made it in against the switching wind, god only knows where he had been.....
That was pretty much the day, we got wind burn, sun burn, salt burn, drenched in rain and sea spray and everything in between. Even the seagulls passed up the day to remain in town outside the chippy.......
Out again in a couple of weeks weather permitting

It was one of those days, everybody doing more or less the same thing, so thought I'd try a jelly on a 6/0  just to be different, whether it "worked" or not I can't say, but it didn't deter the fish which means I will be more likely to try it again. Not something used in our area much. Will get more chance to experiment when my own boat is in the water
 

First one of the year today, out on High Flyer 2.
Plan was to get out after some maccy, then on to some bass and tope....... The weather had other ideas. We arrived to a 14mph SW wind, so we headed to some bass marks to hopefully pick up some mac. However, we were getting the crap kicked out of us and no fish showing. We headed in a bit to try some marks that were showing fish, however, the wind was pushing us off the drift and the fish were having none of it. We ended up coming in right close, to a hole that has saved many days out. With the tide falling away, we were hitting a steady stream of doggies and one smoothie boated. The tide eventually turned and ran hard enough to stop the boat swinging, and the digs pretty much disappeared, but more whiting. I decided to try a jelly worm tipped with mack and had my pb smoothie, prob only around 4lb, but only ever had pups before now. The doggies returned, a seal poked his head in to watch and some idiot was seen paddling in from well the wrong side of scroby sands on a kayak..... He eventually made it in against the switching wind, god only knows where he had been.....
That was pretty much the day, we got wind burn, sun burn, salt burn, drenched in rain and sea spray and everything in between. Even the seagulls passed up the day to remain in town outside the chippy.......
Out again in a couple of weeks weather permitting

First one of the year today, out on High Flyer 2.
Plan was to get out after some maccy, then on to some bass and tope....... The weather had other ideas. We arrived to a 14mph SW wind, so we headed to some bass marks to hopefully pick up some mac. However, we were getting the crap kicked out of us and no fish showing. We headed in a bit to try some marks that were showing fish, however, the wind was pushing us off the drift and the fish were having none of it. We ended up coming in right close, to a hole that has saved many days out. With the tide falling away, we were hitting a steady stream of doggies and one smoothie boated. The tide eventually turned and ran hard enough to stop the boat swinging, and the digs pretty much disappeared, but more whiting. I decided to try a jelly worm tipped with mack and had my pb smoothie, prob only around 4lb, but only ever had pups before now. The doggies returned, a seal poked his head in to watch and some idiot was seen paddling in from well the wrong side of scroby sands on a kayak..... He eventually made it in against the switching wind, god only knows where he had been.....
That was pretty much the day, we got wind burn, sun burn, salt burn, drenched in rain and sea spray and everything in between. Even the seagulls passed up the day to remain in town outside the chippy.......
Out again in a couple of weeks weather permitting

It was one of those days, everybody doing more or less the same thing, so thought I'd try a jelly on a 6/0  just to be different, whether it "worked" or not I can't say, but it didn't deter the fish which means I will be more likely to try it again. Not something used in our area much. Will get more chance to experiment when my own boat is in the water
 

Cheers Mate. It was actually a good day, plenty of banter and tea and biccies. Andy would have loved it, hundreds of doggies caught between us!!

First one of the year today, out on High Flyer 2.
Plan was to get out after some maccy, then on to some bass and tope....... The weather had other ideas. We arrived to a 14mph SW wind, so we headed to some bass marks to hopefully pick up some mac. However, we were getting the crap kicked out of us and no fish showing. We headed in a bit to try some marks that were showing fish, however, the wind was pushing us off the drift and the fish were having none of it. We ended up coming in right close, to a hole that has saved many days out. With the tide falling away, we were hitting a steady stream of doggies and one smoothie boated. The tide eventually turned and ran hard enough to stop the boat swinging, and the digs pretty much disappeared, but more whiting. I decided to try a jelly worm tipped with mack and had my pb smoothie, prob only around 4lb, but only ever had pups before now. The doggies returned, a seal poked his head in to watch and some idiot was seen paddling in from well the wrong side of scroby sands on a kayak..... He eventually made it in against the switching wind, god only knows where he had been.....
That was pretty much the day, we got wind burn, sun burn, salt burn, drenched in rain and sea spray and everything in between. Even the seagulls passed up the day to remain in town outside the chippy.......
Out again in a couple of weeks weather permitting

So, little update, managed to get the dash out, someone has screwed the switch panel in and fitted it right under the cabin ledge, so no chance of removing screws..... After that, I used my vacuum brake bleeder and removed around 120 litres of water that doesn't drain to the bilge. Rained again today so will give an idea of how much rain water gets in to those areas.
Looks like a bit of judicial drilling will be occurring very soon. I want this thing draining properly before it goes anywhere near the sea!!

So, little update, managed to get the dash out, someone has screwed the switch panel in and fitted it right under the cabin ledge, so no chance of removing screws..... After that, I used my vacuum brake bleeder and removed around 120 litres of water that doesn't drain to the bilge. Rained again today so will give an idea of how much rain water gets in to those areas.
Looks like a bit of judicial drilling will be occurring very soon. I want this thing draining properly before it goes anywhere near the sea!!

As a tackle dealer, I am in direct contact with the wholesalers, so I get to know when a lot of 'major brand' is made, and some of it would surprise you !
An example would be 2 major hook brands in the uk come from the same factory, same batch runs. We will call them A & B. Some anglers use B because A breaks. Some anglers use B because A bends, yet they are the same hooks 🤷‍♂️

Do you find you always get the same braid or ever noticed the same brand changes at all ? Ive had friends buy ebay braid and been happy with, then bought from the same site and had terrible results. Ive also had friends by what they thought was genuine saltine braid in  1500m spools on obey which you could break with ease. 
Apologies on the earlier post, had a few days in and out hospital which I find frustrating. Still good to see some of your pics. If the pics are too large to post, you can take a picture of them with your phone perhaps and resize down if you have more. Its funny as we are starting to see large skate in my area now, not rays but true skate like what you posted. What's more, one of the deep water investigators recently filmed skate at 3000m deep off the coast here, which was a huge surprise to the researchers. 

a fool and his money soon part ways        i buy and use  what    ( Works )       if i can land a 200lbs common skate   & 4 lbs of lead  out of 650ft  of  water   using £40  braid for 2000m    then thats what ill use     if i want to fill a tiagra  80w   using  100lbs   Hollow core  that costs me  just over a £100  and  used to land a 550lbs    B F T  then ill used it until the cows come home     many a old car  racing car as beat  the works teams         having said that   im  a YORKSHIRE   MAN  we   well known for  having   long pockets  and short arms        tight lines   Alain 

It was one of those days, everybody doing more or less the same thing, so thought I'd try a jelly on a 6/0  just to be different, whether it "worked" or not I can't say, but it didn't deter the fish which means I will be more likely to try it again. Not something used in our area much. Will get more chance to experiment when my own boat is in the water
 

For anyone who may have read any of my posts over the past few years, I've highly recommended the 131 braid. I've found it to outlast any other braid I've used, which ends up costing far less in the long term as I don't need to replace it often. In fact I've not replaced any in 4 yrs. The reels that I originally put this braid on have handled all sorts of fish, both large and small. Its only downside has been the price. This line casts very well, but like many braids, the accuracy of the strength labelling seems a bit off - expect it to break well above what the rating is.

Apparently Sufix are not making enough out of their premium line and sell far more of the cheaper 832, so are dropping the 131 from manufacture. So tackle stores this side of the pond are now selling it at well bellow the price of jbraid and other budget braids. If I hadn't recently spent so much on my boat and trailer I would be buying a little stock pile given how good the price is, however I have ordered 4 spools of 300m which should cover me well for the next few years.
 
If you have never tried it and considered it too expensive, keep an eye on prices to see if your local tackle store drop the price. Price here equates to around 20 quid for 300m of 10-20-30 and 50lb. 
 
A non related image of my boat in the background just to brighten the page !!!!!.....because I know Jon likes random pic's.

Cheers Mate. It was actually a good day, plenty of banter and tea and biccies. Andy would have loved it, hundreds of doggies caught between us!!

I'm not going to say "well at least it was nice to get out", because it didn't sound THAT nice. 
Better luck next time mate! 

Funny how "experts" say that they prefer crustaceans and squid, yet a mackerel/jelly worm gets one! We got several on two hook flapper rigs and mackerel strip.
Funny old thing fishing!

First one of the year today, out on High Flyer 2.
Plan was to get out after some maccy, then on to some bass and tope....... The weather had other ideas. We arrived to a 14mph SW wind, so we headed to some bass marks to hopefully pick up some mac. However, we were getting the crap kicked out of us and no fish showing. We headed in a bit to try some marks that were showing fish, however, the wind was pushing us off the drift and the fish were having none of it. We ended up coming in right close, to a hole that has saved many days out. With the tide falling away, we were hitting a steady stream of doggies and one smoothie boated. The tide eventually turned and ran hard enough to stop the boat swinging, and the digs pretty much disappeared, but more whiting. I decided to try a jelly worm tipped with mack and had my pb smoothie, prob only around 4lb, but only ever had pups before now. The doggies returned, a seal poked his head in to watch and some idiot was seen paddling in from well the wrong side of scroby sands on a kayak..... He eventually made it in against the switching wind, god only knows where he had been.....
That was pretty much the day, we got wind burn, sun burn, salt burn, drenched in rain and sea spray and everything in between. Even the seagulls passed up the day to remain in town outside the chippy.......
Out again in a couple of weeks weather permitting