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    Best boat rods

    in Boat angling techniques, baits and tackle

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    For me, it has to be the original Kenzaki braid rods, although I have a couple of Super Kenzaki 6 -15 rods on order, but delivery is not expected until mid Jan at the earliest.

    However, in the cheaper category you always get the odd surprise rod and for me that was the Tronixpro Aphex boat 8.5 -15 .......... a superb rod that really delivered beyond expectations. Unfortunately is no longer made, but that is only due to name 'Aphex' being a close resemblance to a similar named brand. George at Tronix is having the same blank remanufactured for another rod launch in the spring ...............

    Talk to me about anchors, chain and ropes

    in Boat Owning, Equipment and Maintenance

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    With small tidal streams in lyme bay I usually only put out  2 x depth of warp. It is not as it you are leaving the boat, so warp can be adjusted to suit.

    As my boat is ‘open’ wndage is not an issue ........currently my anchor is a 3.5kg bruce with 6m of 6mm chain and 12 mm 3 strand nylon warp.

    The ony time you need a lot of warp is anchoring wrecks.

    Next year I am considering fitting a bow mounted trolling motor to use instead of an anchor. It would give me 5 to 8 hours anchor time and stay within 1m of the position.

    Recommend me a solar battery charger

    in Boat Owning, Equipment and Maintenance

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    15 minutes ago, JonC said:

    Going back to @Odyssey’s points, when you take one over the top how fast does it pump out? 
    My boat is a bit smaller than yours so different, but when it gets snotty I get a fair bit over the top. I’ve got a walk round, so when I get a decent wave I can get a few hundred litres running down the walkway. 

     

    Yes, it is surprising how many litres there are in a decent wave !

    On the rare occasions when I take one over the bow, I just drop the elephant trunks and the water disappears at the rate of almost 40,000L/Hr

     

     

    Recommend me a solar battery charger

    in Boat Owning, Equipment and Maintenance

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    13 minutes ago, Andy135 said:

    About 4 weeks ago. And yes, whilst it's been wet it hasn't been biblical. Now you mention it, I have an idea that it may be the forward bilge pump (Whale Supersub) which I caught not switching off once, and had to pull the fuse to get it to stop. It has an auto-sensing switch which didn't cut out when dry. If it had been running on then it could easily have drained the battery. Probably worth replacing the pump just to be sure.

    Yes, that sound more like the problem. 
     

    A pump switching on a handful of times every hour under torrential rain conditions would not flatten a decent battery, and over 4 weeks it hasn't rained 24/7 ! (Seems like though).

    Those subs are good, but the sump well has to be kept very clean. I had one on my last RIB and it would stay on until the pump housing was cleaned.  I think I would change it for something like a Johnson or rule.

    solar charging is ok but you need to fix the illness and not the symptoms 😉

     

     

     

     

    Set Up

    in Boat Owning, Equipment and Maintenance

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    This is what a Nmea2K backbone looks like ............

     

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    You will need a T connector for each device and an extra one for the power.  Don't forget the 'terminators' at each end and ideally (not essential) keep the 2k drop cables to the backbone as short as possible. I doesn't matter which manufacturer of T connector you use, they all meet the same spec and are interchangeable ............

    Avet Range

    in Boat angling techniques, baits and tackle

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    1 hour ago, suzook12 said:

    In comparison, my 1st charter special was over 10 years old before the bearings were replaced

     

    i have 9 Charter specials, both 1000's & 2000's, some of which are over 10 years old ............. a massive improvement to the reel is to fit a carbontex drag washer coated in Cals drag grease. This transforms the drag to being super silky smooth ........... at the same time I always replace the original bearings with stainless steel bearings ................. after that the reel is fairly bombproof ...............

    What's the best bait for dogfish?

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    8 hours ago, Odyssey said:

    My record is 3 on a kennel rig. When they are in force it be every 3-4 mins a dogfish on your bait. No point fishing then, need to move marks

     

    Experience has taught us that once the dogs are around in force, then they seem to be everywhere along our part of the coast. Often, after an hour or two they clear off, which usually coincides with a change in the tide. That day we carried on bait fishing, but my usual tactic is to lure fish over a reef to avoid the dog plague.

    We didn't have as many dogs as usual last year, it was a quiet year for them ................but we did get a huge amount of smoothound pups in mid summer ...........

    What's the best bait for dogfish?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by GPSguru

    Any fish bait works a treat .............. Off of the Orestone in early Sept, Kyle and myself managed 31 in 3 hours (plus a couple of jnr Huss) .......... what is your record ?

    Disgusting things ......... they always, every bloody time, shit all over you when unhooking ............... but, they also put a decent bend in the rod, which is fine by me ...

    6 gang switch replacement & Point 1 installation

    in Boat Owning, Equipment and Maintenance

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    6 hours ago, Andy135 said:

    Last night I replaced the 6 gang switch panel on Jersey Girl. The old one was showing signs of corrosion on the switch bodies and I suspect this was causing a voltage drop on one of the circuits.

    Z/☘️🐼😅🧙‍♀️🚒

     

    Having labelled all the connections the old switch unit came out and the new one went back in, followed by reconnecting everything. A quick test showed that the deck light wasn't getting any power; turned out that the spade connector sheath was in the right place but the connector itself had slid down inside the sheath and wasn't actually connected. Quickly fixed, the deck light worked.

    New unit installed alongside the removed old one.

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    I also had just enough time to remove the old LCG4000 GPS antenna and replace it with the Point 1 I bought recently.

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    Not yet calibrated it, so that'll be a job for when I'm on the water next.

    These days, I will only use Carling switches in boats, most others seem to rot in any salt air environment ...

    Avet Range

    in Boat angling techniques, baits and tackle

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    3 minutes ago, Andy135 said:

    Yes, I've heard the same, but I've also heard that this is an intrinsic risk to all lever drag reels - if you adjust the pre-load when the spool is in gear it can crush the bearing - hence the guidance to always put the reel into freespool before adjusting the pre-load.

    Either way, I can confirm that they're great for 🐶🐟

    Indeed  .............. Shimano give you a large print warning about doing that !

    For now, i will stick to Shimano (Charter Specials and TLD's) and Fin-nor (twin speed for the bigger stuff) ............

    Avet Range

    in Boat angling techniques, baits and tackle

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    2 hours ago, Andy135 said:

    For me, yes. I'm actually turned off by the fancy colours - both of mine are in standard ali colour, but the build quality is great, the drags are super smooth and I love their design. Beautiful things to look at when I'm blanking...

    They also suffer from pinion bearing issues ................ IIRC the bearing gets slightly crushed, and it makes the reel feel really rough ?

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