GPSguru

All right , All right , ALL RIGHT FFS I’ll tell you, just stop with the constant PM’s .....jeez
 
The fan has a snorkel style air intake  which sucks the gas from the gas valve rather than the gas pressure being regulated by a governor. The air gas mixture is pre mixed before hitting the burner. Well, that snorkel has a noise suppressor built into it (the rectangular box at the top). In that box is a load of foam which suppresses the noise of the air being sucked into the fan. This is how the boilers keep their quietness. If that foam becomes unstuck from the case it can be sucked in cucumber shaped slices along the rest of the snorkel. This In turn blocks the airs passage and results in incomplete combustion. As we all know incomplete combustion by way of too little air makes a flame lift off the burner. As this happens the flame retention device registers no ignition and shuts the boiler down. 
On heating, ie low gas consumption the problem is not noticed until flow and return sensors recommend a higher rate of gas to quicken the heating cycle. This is why engineers assume (as you did) that if it’s not the gas valve it must be the PCB. But by that time the customer is already £300 + vat down in parts and still has the same problem. 
The moral of this story is.... before buying parts for the f28,f29 and f54 problem, disconnect the air noise suppressor first and run the boiler up. Just to check. 
Also it pays to always pop your head out side and make sure no foliage has grown into the air intake of the flue. 
 

A really small weather window of 3 hours this morning was worth a shot .............. however, this type of window is not without its risks, as the wind was set to gust to F5 at roughly 11:00am and the sea was also forecast to change at the same time, together with heavy rain ................. I would have preferred the weather yesterday afternoon, but that also coincided with low tide at the wrong time to make launching an impossibility on the slip I use, there is another slip 5 mins away that is all states of the tide, but parking is difficult ..............
Launched at 1st light (07:45) this morning with Brother in law James as crew (very experienced and has a 36ft yacht), and the plan was to get out to a 9 mile wreck. The wind was stronger than forecast and the sea a little confused, but a steady 26knts soon had us on the wreck.
This was more of a 'look see' exercise to see if the Bass had left the wreck, and  had the winter Pollock taken up residence ? .................. well, point 1 is that the Bass were gone, and point 2 is the Pollock have not yet arrived in any numbers ................ the wreck was Pout city and between us, we had 9 Pout, all of about 2lb a piece, but they are still bloody Pout !
At about 11:00am the weather began to change as forecast, but it happened very quickly, and, as many of you know, once you are more than 5 or 6 miles from the shore the wind is more severe as you have lost the lee of the land ...................... we quickly packed up, and as we were getting thrown around a bit, I knocked it into gear and let the boat idle into the waves .......
The journey back was not actually too bad, Bluefin was happy at 18 - 20 knts into a very rough head sea, and I lowered the bow by using the Mercury Active Trim profiles to cut through the short waves .......... the active GPS controlled trim is an impressive bit of kit and I could see it altering the trim every now and again to keep the bow down.
 
So, all in all, a pretty uneventful day, but nice to be back out on the water with a round trip of 22.5 Nm................. at the next opportunity I want to try a line of 20 mile wrecks that have held good cod in the past
 
 
 

I already know what the fault is. I remedied it yesterday. 

Yes 99.99% of the time if you have those 3 fault codes. The trouble is other elements can give the same codes and it’s not the gas valve. And it’s not the pcb. This is where I’m just testing @jonnyswamp and his fault finding skills. 
There is no big climax to this thread, it’s more just highlighting that norm is not always the norm. 

A really small weather window of 3 hours this morning was worth a shot .............. however, this type of window is not without its risks, as the wind was set to gust to F5 at roughly 11:00am and the sea was also forecast to change at the same time, together with heavy rain ................. I would have preferred the weather yesterday afternoon, but that also coincided with low tide at the wrong time to make launching an impossibility on the slip I use, there is another slip 5 mins away that is all states of the tide, but parking is difficult ..............
Launched at 1st light (07:45) this morning with Brother in law James as crew (very experienced and has a 36ft yacht), and the plan was to get out to a 9 mile wreck. The wind was stronger than forecast and the sea a little confused, but a steady 26knts soon had us on the wreck.
This was more of a 'look see' exercise to see if the Bass had left the wreck, and  had the winter Pollock taken up residence ? .................. well, point 1 is that the Bass were gone, and point 2 is the Pollock have not yet arrived in any numbers ................ the wreck was Pout city and between us, we had 9 Pout, all of about 2lb a piece, but they are still bloody Pout !
At about 11:00am the weather began to change as forecast, but it happened very quickly, and, as many of you know, once you are more than 5 or 6 miles from the shore the wind is more severe as you have lost the lee of the land ...................... we quickly packed up, and as we were getting thrown around a bit, I knocked it into gear and let the boat idle into the waves .......
The journey back was not actually too bad, Bluefin was happy at 18 - 20 knts into a very rough head sea, and I lowered the bow by using the Mercury Active Trim profiles to cut through the short waves .......... the active GPS controlled trim is an impressive bit of kit and I could see it altering the trim every now and again to keep the bow down.
 
So, all in all, a pretty uneventful day, but nice to be back out on the water with a round trip of 22.5 Nm................. at the next opportunity I want to try a line of 20 mile wrecks that have held good cod in the past
 
 
 

A really small weather window of 3 hours this morning was worth a shot .............. however, this type of window is not without its risks, as the wind was set to gust to F5 at roughly 11:00am and the sea was also forecast to change at the same time, together with heavy rain ................. I would have preferred the weather yesterday afternoon, but that also coincided with low tide at the wrong time to make launching an impossibility on the slip I use, there is another slip 5 mins away that is all states of the tide, but parking is difficult ..............
Launched at 1st light (07:45) this morning with Brother in law James as crew (very experienced and has a 36ft yacht), and the plan was to get out to a 9 mile wreck. The wind was stronger than forecast and the sea a little confused, but a steady 26knts soon had us on the wreck.
This was more of a 'look see' exercise to see if the Bass had left the wreck, and  had the winter Pollock taken up residence ? .................. well, point 1 is that the Bass were gone, and point 2 is the Pollock have not yet arrived in any numbers ................ the wreck was Pout city and between us, we had 9 Pout, all of about 2lb a piece, but they are still bloody Pout !
At about 11:00am the weather began to change as forecast, but it happened very quickly, and, as many of you know, once you are more than 5 or 6 miles from the shore the wind is more severe as you have lost the lee of the land ...................... we quickly packed up, and as we were getting thrown around a bit, I knocked it into gear and let the boat idle into the waves .......
The journey back was not actually too bad, Bluefin was happy at 18 - 20 knts into a very rough head sea, and I lowered the bow by using the Mercury Active Trim profiles to cut through the short waves .......... the active GPS controlled trim is an impressive bit of kit and I could see it altering the trim every now and again to keep the bow down.
 
So, all in all, a pretty uneventful day, but nice to be back out on the water with a round trip of 22.5 Nm................. at the next opportunity I want to try a line of 20 mile wrecks that have held good cod in the past
 
 
 

Depends on how you drive the boat and how much weight you have on it but expect .75 litres per mile or better at a cruise of 20kts or there about (correctly propped of course).
They do go better with a 75/80hp on them though although 60hp will be ok, it"s just revving higher and working harder than an 80 so will use a little more fuel when pushed.

Oh don’t you worry, we can stretch this one out for a day or two yet !!

A really small weather window of 3 hours this morning was worth a shot .............. however, this type of window is not without its risks, as the wind was set to gust to F5 at roughly 11:00am and the sea was also forecast to change at the same time, together with heavy rain ................. I would have preferred the weather yesterday afternoon, but that also coincided with low tide at the wrong time to make launching an impossibility on the slip I use, there is another slip 5 mins away that is all states of the tide, but parking is difficult ..............
Launched at 1st light (07:45) this morning with Brother in law James as crew (very experienced and has a 36ft yacht), and the plan was to get out to a 9 mile wreck. The wind was stronger than forecast and the sea a little confused, but a steady 26knts soon had us on the wreck.
This was more of a 'look see' exercise to see if the Bass had left the wreck, and  had the winter Pollock taken up residence ? .................. well, point 1 is that the Bass were gone, and point 2 is the Pollock have not yet arrived in any numbers ................ the wreck was Pout city and between us, we had 9 Pout, all of about 2lb a piece, but they are still bloody Pout !
At about 11:00am the weather began to change as forecast, but it happened very quickly, and, as many of you know, once you are more than 5 or 6 miles from the shore the wind is more severe as you have lost the lee of the land ...................... we quickly packed up, and as we were getting thrown around a bit, I knocked it into gear and let the boat idle into the waves .......
The journey back was not actually too bad, Bluefin was happy at 18 - 20 knts into a very rough head sea, and I lowered the bow by using the Mercury Active Trim profiles to cut through the short waves .......... the active GPS controlled trim is an impressive bit of kit and I could see it altering the trim every now and again to keep the bow down.
 
So, all in all, a pretty uneventful day, but nice to be back out on the water with a round trip of 22.5 Nm................. at the next opportunity I want to try a line of 20 mile wrecks that have held good cod in the past
 
 
 

Not sure to be honest, but it could be that it needs to see a device ID, so give it a try ...................
Sounds like you are just seeing the base map, which means that Homeport has not acknowledged the card, or it is ignoring it.
Also, you could give Garmin customer service a call ............ they are very good and the wait times are usually minimal ................
 
 

Yes, cracking boat Gary ............. and nice to see it back in after a long absence ...........
I see it pretty much every day, as it is moored just up stream of the slip ...............
 

Not sure to be honest, but it could be that it needs to see a device ID, so give it a try ...................
Sounds like you are just seeing the base map, which means that Homeport has not acknowledged the card, or it is ignoring it.
Also, you could give Garmin customer service a call ............ they are very good and the wait times are usually minimal ................
 
 

@KennyPowers you are our 100th member sir!!!
Drop me a PM with your address and I will post you a small reward. 
 
CONGRATULATIONS

I wouldn’t bring the anchor in at the side. No way I’m having 20m of chain smacking up the side. 

Don't do it kenny, I've had to move twice after he found out my address
The restraining order didn't work either

I am posting this just the pee off Luke @Odyssey and Ian @headlight , because i know they struggle with bait fishing off the welch coast !
Yesterday, I launched out of Teignmouth at about 8:00am, twas a cold morning with the air temp of about 6C .................
The plan was go to a 9 mile wreck, then onto a 12 mile wreck, and then return just after lunch, as i had the school run in the afternoon .............
The sea forecast was good with 0.5m @ 15secs, flattening to 0.3m @12 secs ...............
Once out of the Navigation channel , i was met with a very confused sea .......... the wind was F3/4 NE and the tidal stream was from the south, so we had a situation of wind over tide, that was further compounded by the wind chop from the NE (we are open to anything East).
I put the boat on the correct heading of 0.91 degrees true and opened the throttle to about 20knts, slightly bumpy but OK, however, there was an unthought about issue ......... the wind chop was the major sea and coming from the NE on my port bow ........ the hull spray rails were doing a good job, in fact too good, and about every third wave the spray was being picked up by the wind and giving me a good shower .......... OK in the summer, but not good in the winter with a 9 mile steam to do, and something you have to 'manage' in an open boat when winter fishing ............
So ........plan B ......... a quick turn of almost 180 degrees would put the sea on my port quarter / following sea and I could then head towards Torquay and the Orestone for some rough ground fishing ........... that works, and I am now progressing at 26knts toward the Orestone.
My route took me through the middle of the moored cruise ships in Babbacombe bay of which there are now 5 .............
Also, I had company for about 3 miles with a pod of 2 very young dolphins on my starboard bow, they were tiny, only about 2ft long and looking like mini Orca's with their white belly ...........
OK ....... once at the Orestone there were about 4 other boats fishing, and I knew three of them from my home port.............
I decided to drift and drop down a small squid on a 4/0 pennel .......... within a few minutes it was nodding and into the first fish, which was a medium sized bloody Mackerel 😲 ............ next drop produced the same, and so on ..................not even the whiting were getting on the baits, the Macks were like bloody piranha's .
So ....... i set up a string of Snowbiki's , baited the bottom two, and dropped down, but I just couldn't get to the bottom (60ft) ......... each time a full string of Mack .......... all sizes.
Eventually I did get a couple of decent Whiting of about 1.5lb each .................
Even when I had my coffee, I just dangled the snowbikis over the side and within a minute another full string of Mack, looking in the water I could see the mack coming up for them !
On the way back I decided to spend an hour on a patch of gravel and small reef about 300yards offshore where we get hounds, Plaice,  Rays, Gurnards, all sorts of stuff ............... but yes, you guessed it ........... full of Mackerel again ...............
So I ended up with a cool box and 2 buckets full of Mack for the bait freezer and another 15 Mack as eaters for the family .................I probably shook off as many as I kept, so possibly I had over 300 - 400 Mack in 3 hours or so ............ TBH, it was better than  Mack fishing in July !
Not a great day, but nice to be out on the boat .............. a round trip of 22Nm .............
 
Another full string !

 
Here is a forward scanning sonar of  a Mack shoal from when I stopped on the way back in less than 30ft of water ....... you can see the mack shoal 50 ft in front of the boat
 

 
 
 
 
 

Yes, but it is those sort of days at a young age that makes them a fisherman for life, and something that they will always remember ............. also dad is the hero 😉

I built two really old pushbikes up.  One had a 90cc two stroke (really bloody scary) and the other a chinese C50 engine copy (still scary enough).  Used them to go to the village before they changed the law regarding power assisted bicycles so you could get nicked for drink and drive!  The two stroke used to wheelie like hell, do 50mph and set fire to the brake blocks!

Sod off! 🤣 At least I put a bit of effort into bumping my fish. You merely have to touch your rod for the fish to spit the bait...

For the first time in ages I was able to get afloat this Sunday 29th.
I had planned on launching from Herne Bay as the wind was forecast a lot lighter than on the South Coast.
With this in mind I planned a blast over to the NE Spit area to try and find a Cod or Spur.
Unfortunately, upon arriving at Herne Bay for an 8.15am launch there was more wind than expected and it was coming in from the North East, so on the nose (almost) if I were to run to the Spit. As the tides and daylight hours were making for a short day I decided against the long run east and settled on a mark in the Copperas Channel, west of the Reculver towers. The bottom here is a mix of sand, mud and chalk boulders and holds lots of shrimps and crabs.
I anchored in 7m of water and set-to fishing. I wanted to get a good scent trail in the water so had 2 x 12lb class downtiders with size 1/0 hooks bated with lug and squid, and 2 x uptiders with 2/0 hooks baited with herring and squid wraps.
I needn't of bothered trying to draw fish to the boat as the sea-bed was alive with 6oz to 1lb whiting. My first rod was bouncing away to a bite before I had the second rod baited.
In all I must have had 70 whiting in the 4 hours fishing!
I mentioned 2 surprises and the first was in the form of a very welcome change from whiting, a nice big, meal-sized Dab.
The second surprise started when one of the downtiders rattled to a whiting bite. Before I could put my quiche (posh I know) down the rod buckled over and line started to pour off the reel at a good pace. I dropped said quiche and grabbed the rod, tightened the drag and thought (as the pull was very good and solid and heavy) BIG COD.
I have to say the quiche was wasted in vain as the rod went very light after about 20 seconds and i was left to reel in the rather mangled remains of a sad looking whiting.
Whilst unhooking the carcass I was looking at the damage to it and wondering what had taken it as the tooth marks  weren't Cod-like or Thornback-like either.
My answer came 10 seconds later when a Seal surface not 20ft off the stern of the boat! 
I'm not sure whether he or I were the more miffed at lunch being spoiled!
High tide came and went and the ebb got underway and the whiting just kept coming. It was a shame more were not of a better size but at least I got out, gave the boat a good run and had a very pleasant, short day, getting home in good time to a lovely hot beef stew.
Until next time, tight lines and keep safe. John

First drift 3 mackerel, want these all summer, can’t find them!!! 
 
Emma with a dogfish (why I don’t know, must follow Andy’s reports) 
me with smallest hound and some nice conditions 

I'll have you know I aimed for that anemone! 🤣
#pureskill

Hi everyone, thanks for making me feel welcome. Really appreciate it. Sorry for the slow responses as didn't check the site all week not expecting much banter. How wrong I clearly was! Bring it one guys haha

had a fantastic day fishing yesterday on the Blackwater. Using slider rigs pulled in a 3 1/2lb codling (small for you boat guys but tidy for the essex beaches) along with 6lb thornback, five small sole and a couple of gurnard. Strangely not a single whiting? Will blog about if today from 6pm on essexanglers.co.uk  Both the cod and flounders were caught well off the bottom on whole bluey so I reckon the fish are feeding on the river herring. More later chaps  - for now have a great day