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I think yours needs an ambient temp of 16c or greater before it turns on.

Yes, but better than a bow thruster as you get 360 degrees rotation 👍 However, a decent bow mount setup will cost the thick end of £3.5k.

Is the ambient temperature too low for the compressor to turn on ? Looking at the manuals, yours needs the ambient temperature to be above 16c

The higher the number, the colder the fridge temperature. So, during the summer months when the fridge door is opened a lot and the outside temp is high, then the stat needs to be turned up to keep the fridge cold. In the winter when the ambient temp is lower, then the stat can be turned down.

Faulty stat ?

Why didn't it work for your boat Graham ? 🤔 I am still going to fit a Minn Kota bow mount trolling motor (when time permits). Although the 12v 55lb thrust should do the job, I will probably go for the 24v 80lb thrust model.

Now that the Mackerel are here in numbers, I expect we will see the BFT again. They feed on the Mack & Scad, then the Whiting and sprats in the late autumn/ early winter.

The most I have ever heard of is Kieren Faisey (Lo-Kie -Penzance) with his brother Liam, had 104 blues in one day. I think they try the 'ton up' every year, last year they got to 60+ and then Liam hooked a 300lb BFT 🤣

Bad luck Dicky, here we get one Sole to about 100 Dabs !

A bit of a disaster really, the day started well but unfortunately the forecasts from the met office, XC weather, and wind guru were completely wrong ! Launched at 08:30 with the usual crew of Kyle and the wife. Kyle took the helm, and we were on the Skerries banks at 09:20. The trip down however, was not as smooth as the forecast of 0.2 @11secs. Also, on the banks the sea was quite rough, which although not unusual, it didn’t correspond to the forecast. A quick 360 with the boat indicated the wind was due East, and not NNW as forecast. The wind was forecast to veer East at 3:00pm which I had planned to be the time when we got back to port. The Stoke Flemming wave buoy was showing 0.5m, and it is probably double that on the shallow water of the banks. An East wind on the South Devon Coast is something to avoid, and here we were 20 miles from port with an increasing Easterly. Fishing was slow, but we did manage a few Plaice (4 keepers), Red Gurnard. Grey Gurnard, Tub Gurnard, Mackerel, and also a Dog. At about 12:00 midday the Stoke Flemming wave buoy was showing 1m and my anemometer indicated the wind speed at 26mph, I estimated the waves on the banks to be at least 1.5m+ which were hitting us on the beam due to the drift direction which was dictated by the tide and wind, so at that point I decided it was time to leave as we had a 20 mile trip back to port in what an only be described as a deteriorating sea ! We decided to call into Dartmouth and get some food which would allow the tide to change and maybe improve the sea conditions. Unfortunately it was Dartmouth Regatta week, so the place was very busy, but we did have a pleasant ride up the river to Dittisham and Galmpton. We left Dartmouth at about 2:00pm and the trip back was quite slow, with a strong East wind and the sea still deteriorating with white caps and breaking waves all around us. However, I managed to keep the speed at about 15knts by using the throttle to control the wave / trough motion. Rounding Berry Head I had to slow down to displacement speed of about 10kts but then picked up again as we crossed Torbay. We arrived back to the Slipway at about 3:45pm, and I was very pleased with the boat's performance to get us back without any drama. A round trip of 51nm. Just a couple of pics, especially for @Andy135

That is a decent Bass by any standard. Usually I question the parentage of mullet when I am fishing for them, feckin annoying is an understatement 🤣

Excellent, it is just good to get out there, regardless of what you catch. A couple of bream is a very good result. Dogs are just a pain, but they put a good bend in the rod. I might head down to the Skerries tomorrow, the wind is still in the NW /NE sector, so as you say, the sea will be calm to slight.

Sometimes it is very difficult to judge the size of a fish from a photo. I generally weigh fish rather than measure them as I have had 5lb pollock and 7lb pollock exactly the same length on a drift. Bass are similar, I am not at huge fan of the Bass length to weight charts. Good quality scales don't lie ! I think the shark and Tuna charts are probably more scientific. The shark measurements are a well proven formula. I use the Tuna charts developed from the East coast USA fishery. With fish of that size you have no choice and accurate measurements are the only way. Think about the past Jon, I bet you have underestimated the weight of a fish more times than an over estimation.

The CFL is normally rounded down, so 109” is OK.

When you are in a 19ft RIB they look even bigger, especially when they measure at 109.75 inches 😇

Lovely eating fish. We get a few here but not enough to target. well done on a decent evenings fishing 👍

The freezer is full now, also in there is 20kg of squid, 10 rolls of blacks, 2 boxes of razors, 5kg of sandeels,, and a good number of frozen hermit and peeler. I hope we dont get a power cut !

Here you go ............... Yesterday was a wash out with heavy rain and coastal fog, so we decided to give it a go today. The crew was just the wife and myself. Got down to the slipway at 7:0am and the forecast was wrong AGAIN, there was low cloud and drizzle moving from south to north along the coast. As I am a dry weather angler, we waited for this dross to pass over and launched at 8:00am. The sea was fairly flat with a very light westerly, however, by mid morning the forecast was for the wind to veer South West and then south at 20knt, which I knew would give a very lumpy wind over tide sea. In view of this I decided that the wrecks were not a viable option and we would get straight on with Mackerel fishing to fill the bait freezer. My first mark was the parson & clerk rocks , this is a very inshore mark with a depth of about 30ft. This mark is only a short trip of about 2 miles along the coast. When we got there I could hear the familiar wailing of seal pups, and then noticed that there was a family of 7 seals on the rocks. I went in quite close for the wife to see them, but it is tricky in 4ft of water and dodging the rock pinnacles, but it is an area I know well. We positioned about a quarter of a mile out in 30ft. On the first drop using snowbiki’s (size 6) the wife was straight into a couple of good sized Mack before I had even set my rod up ! We both caught steadily for the next hour and all the mack were of a decent size, with many being large, and the majority being medium large. Every now and again we would hook a monster channel Mack and these were about 2lb+ The wind veered south quite quickly and the sea turned very lumpy, also we could see an area of drizzle and low cloud sweeping towards our location, so I quickly moved out to sea by about 2 miles to avoid getting wet. We fished whilst we waited for the shower to pass through which took about 30 mins and there were certainly no mackerel out at that distance. It looks like they are hugging the inshore coastline. A very bumpy trip back to our mark at 20knt, and then we were back into the Mack again with the odd small tub. The weather deteriorated at midday, so we went back in, but our mission had been accomplished. The final count was 177 Mack into the bait freezer, and a further 6 that were kept out for eating, giving a total of 183, not bad for a morning's fishing. The Parson & Clerk rocks Same thing but zoomed This was one cool box after the 1st hour, about 60 Mack, we filled 3 of them by midday.

Bait freezer is full now. Details later 👍

Yes, but if it is held in suspension and burnt as part of the combustion process, then that is fine, as the water content is no longer present in the fuel. I guess the amount of water in any given combustion cycle is very tiny indeed, so the engine performance is not compromised. The additives also carry a certain amount of 'lubricant' to help the engine internal fuelling components avoid corrosion, which is common on engines not designed for E10 and not using an additive. E5 still has the 'water' issue, but E10 just magnifies the problem. No way am I having a boat with a tractor engine ..............🤣

It's a bit early. Mid Autumn seems to provide the best sport, but this year has been strange, so who knows what might turn up. If the Bream are not there, you will at least catch lots of Pout & Scad 🤣

Blame sausage fingers and a poxy iphone keypad, with poor touchscreen accuracy ! 🤣

I guess it depends on your interpretation of marginal ! However, additives are also designed to protect the complete fuel system from the quite harmful effects of ethanol.

You also need to check that the fuel hose from the tank to the engine is a low permeability hose designed for E10 type fuels. Most are marked with a BS number. 👍

Well, the weather had changed to 2 hours of coastal fog and rain when I checked at 6:00am, so we gave it a miss and perhaps Monday will be OK.