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With regard to keeping it in your garage, then not only length, but also height can be an issue if the boat has an A frame. Security, I guess it depends on where you live, if you live in Shaldon, then I doubt security will be and issue. TBH a trailer left in a driveway with a hitch lock and wheel clamp is a pretty safe option. Yes, the bottom out of Teignmouth is fairly barren, there is a tiny reef out by the yellow outflow buoy, and another close into Labrador bay. TBF you probably have seen fish on your striker, but you need to know how to interpret them. Monday is afternoon school run for us, so we stopped off by Shaldon beach for an hour and I saw Stuart catch 4 Bass (I am guessing you know Stuart, as a local everybody knows him, and he is a very good lure angler as well). You have probably seen us going in and out past the beach (Bluefin, a blue Ribcraft 585, usually with 6 -8 rods on the A frame ) and you may also have seen Gary going out past the point (Valkyrie, a blue white Orkney). I usually try to keep the speed limit past the beach as there are often anglers wading deeper than they should be ! Polly steps is tidal to a degree. The only tine you can't get in and out is Spring low, but if you need to get in then you can always land at Gales Hill. My boat needs the tide to be at 1.5m (as measured at New Quay), to give me safe passage in and out of Polly. With the engine fully down I have a draft of a little over 2ft. When the tide drops below 1.2m, even the 'yaks and jetski's are stuffed as the route to the channel is quite rocky. At 0.9m (low springs) you can walk out to the main channel from the slip ! When the tide is very occasionally 0.6m (once or twice a year) you can walk out and pick oysters from the slip to the channel.

Yes, my system is identical and the 10ft/10m rule is perfect for 3:1. I have my 200m of rode marked with red heatshrink, each marked from 1 to 20 in black permanent marker.

Or the door slammed shut and couldn't open it against the water pressure.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-65904041

Scott is obviously an excellent judge of character 🙄👍

I use a short FC leader of about 2ft, maybe 3ft max, to avoid abrasion. join the leader to the braid with a PR knot, or an FG knot, then tie a solid ring on the end of the leader so you can attach the jig using the split ring. I use the above knots as they are streamlined and strong, but you can use any leader knot that suits you.

Sounds like the neutral sensing micro switch in the helm binnacle is playing up.

I can guess which wrecks that Matt took you too, so you probably caught some decent Pollock, as the Bass are a bit thin on the wrecks at the moment. Matt and I both primarily fish the same wrecks. On Wednesday morning, we were Mackerel fishing near the Orestone for a few hours, as it is chum making time for shark fishing next month.

That is the important part. You need to know when the hull has been compromised, it is way too late when the water gets to deck level before you realise what is going on. Luke, do you test the alarm's ?

Got to agree, I have used manual pumps and a bloody bucket is quicker ! My RIB hull is sealed to the outside world, so there is no hull drain plug on the outside of the hull. At the stern I have a sump and the main hull drain plug, drains into the sump, which is fitted with a Johnson 800GPH auto bilge pump. However, my main deck drainage is twin 4 inch elephant trunks, which have a flow capacity of 6000 L/min (1300 GPM, or to compare with a bilge pump the trunks are giving a minimum flow rate of 78,000 GPH !, but of course you need to be moving forward at any speed above 3kts for them to work. However, I have tried them and with 4 inches of water on the deck, the trunks emptied the boat in seconds, by moving at a speed. Under normal circumstances they would be used on the plane, after poor wave management and taking a 'stuffing' (I may or may not have done that). I even carry a 4 inch cork bung, just in case one of the hypalon trunks ever springs a leak.

I thought Orkneys were fitted with a manual whale pump ? A lot of folk just don't realise the susceptibility of a seacock, and I suspect very few carry bungs, or have under deck water alarms.

The deluxe versions were fitted with a sea toilet.

Again, just the wife and I, and a day where we were unsure what to do. I was not keen to fish the local wrecks (for obvious reasons), so decided that we could do with some Mackerel for making chum, and if the Mackerel were not there in numbers, then a trip out to 15 miles off Berry head to the Meatboat wreck would probably work as a plan B. After the wife's reel seat broke when she hooked a ray on the skerries, I have treated her to a new Kenzaki super braid (12 - 20) and a Fin-nor MA12 reel, and this combo needed to be christened ! Launched at 08:30 and first stop was the Orestone and Hopes Nose. I did my usual trick of a trundle around at about 6 kts until I found some sign of life on the sounder. Then I switch the sounder over to 'livescope' and hit the Mackerel with deadly accuracy, in terms of depth and which side of the boat to fish. I found a drift where we were constantly catching, and the size of the mackerel was good, with mostly mediums, and medium large. The wife was using a string of 5 snowbiki's on size 6 hooks, and I was using a string of 3 Hokkai's on size 1/0 hooks. By about 11:00 am we had a good number of Mackerel, so I decided to head over to a huge mussel farm that is located quite close to us in an area known as the Livermead Roads. The mussel farm is owned by a guy I know well, who also owns the oyster farm in the estuary where I launch. Last year his lower mussels on the strings were devastated by Bream, it took him a while to work it out, but the local divers were happy to go down and find the answer. I set up an excellent drift that took us along the edge of the mussel strings, using the size 6 tinsels baited with a sliver of squid. After 2 log drifts, it was obvious that the bream had gone on holiday, so we returned to slaughtering the Mackerel shoals. All too soon it was 12 midday and time to head in for the afternoon school run. Just as I left the back of the Orestone we were joined by a huge pod of junior dolphins who stayed with us for 4 miles at a speed of almost 18 kts, often banging into the boat, and coming clean out of the water along side. It was a very nice day to be out there, wall to wall sunshine and a completely flat sea. Just one pic that says it all, I had half emptied it before I remembered to take the picture, so in all we had a little over 200 Mackerel, which fills the Igloo box to the brim. Most of these will be made into chum for next month's shark fishing, but we had Mack for evening meal, and a few of the lager fish have been filleted for consumption over the next couple of days.

Just the wife and I, and the weather was good for a trip to the skerries. This has to be planned in as much as the sea conditions on the Skerries can often be a lot different from where I launch, but today both matched my critera. We launched at 08:30 and headed to the back of the Orestone for some fresh Mackerel bait. By 09:30 we (she) had about 20 Mackerel and we pushed on toward the skerries. A loverly day with a flat sea and 0.4m swell every 8 secs. As we came onto the skerries, a pod of large dolphins cruised up alongside the boat and were in the mood for playing. Whilst the wife was taking some video, I heard the mayday relay on 16 that my mates boat was sinking. I jotted the co-ords down on my phone and plotted his position as fishing on the wreck of the Glocliffe. The detail of this in a different post. We were too far away (18 miles) to be of much assistance, but from what I know now it would have been futile anyway. As we were on standby as a resource to solent CG, if they want a vessel to search from the south, so I decided not to anchor for Ray's, and we fished for Plaice. The fishing was OK, and we had 17 Plaice of which 9 were keepers, no, I am going to correct that, we had 16 plaice and one flounder, of which 8 plaice were keepers ! I really should wear my glasses more often ! Also, we had a number of Grey Gurnard, although quite small. No pics, and early in the afternoon we made a very subdued trip back to the slipway.

No collision, and flat calm sea. I suspect sea cock failure.

As it was not a commercial vessel and there was no other vessel involved, the MAIB will not be investigating the sinking https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj70vd2ev4do

Just getting the boat ready to go out for a morning session, however, after what happened on Friday I am not that keen and maybe a tad nervous, although I guess there is no need to be. I will probably go and find some Mackerel for the freezer, as not keen to go to the inshore wrecks until my friends body is found / recovered. ☹️🤷‍♂️

Spiral guides have very little to do with tip wrap. It most often happens if you allow too much slack line on a pitch and the wind blows to line back onto the rod tip. A better solution is to use ‘K’ guides which are forward facing, so the line naturally slides off them. A better solution is better line control for the fishing conditions. I use a Temple Reef Gravitate Ill , and 2 Hearty Rise Slow Jigging II rods, all equipped with palm sized Maxel narrow spool jigging reels. Last year, whilst not concentrating, I hooked a biggish pollock and was tip wrapped, luckily the 3rd ring from the tip snapped together with the braid (20lb PE1). All that was required was to replace the fuji K series ring, and Temple Reef were really helpful with telling me what Fuji ring to use. Yes, SPJ is very addictive, and these days it is a rare occurrence for me to get the Red Gills and flying collar out.

I bet it looks like a pimple on a pigs arse 🙄🤣

Yet another retard joins the party. @JonC is not gonna be impressed that 2/3 of the SLT are complete retards 🙄🤷‍♂️ Rod in left, crank with right, nothing could be simpler, have clarity in your thoughts 😇👍

Because we are ‘normal’ folk, you are very ‘special’ 🤣

Nah, you and the OP are just retards. 🤷‍♂️😂😂😂

I am left handed, but definitely you hold rod in left and crank with right, unless it is a coffee grinder, then hold rod in right and crank with left. TBH, I don't much like FS reels for general boat fishing, but ok for spinning.

Feck off 🤣

I am humbled Jon 😇