Odyssey

Coastguard by prior arrangement. also try LGS marine. They service liferafts and life jackets as well as sell lifting gear. Costs about £3 per flare from memory

Legs can be ok if looked after. My boat used to have twin Yamaha legs but after spending 20k to get them fixed and reconditioned he gave up fitted a pod and twin outboards. Offshore 25 far better boat than an osprey. Osprey doesn’t have much beam so will roll. You won’t get a good one for 20k thoigh 😞

Defeated 🤣🤣🤣 2m swell on the nose before I left the haven with spray going over the roof and onto the deck. Gave the boat a good wash 🤣🤣 Refuelled for run home or shark trip next weather window 🙂

Quite nice down here tonight... 3 of us in pub, boat filled with fuel and another 200l in reserve, enough to get me to lands end or Bristol 😅😅 7am lock booked fingers crossed to get out 🙂 Even so, a day off mucking about in boats beats working 🙂

Toned the swell down now, and significantly smaller once you get past Gower so hopefully with wind and swell and tide following me I can make it home.... My boat is good in a following sea, its a head sea when you get them over to the roof as she rides bow up most of the time anyway... Not a day for stopping off on the reefs for a few mackerel/bass/pollack that’s for sure!

May not be a trip home..... maybe stuck down there 😮

Nice cod, I heard there had been quite a few in Solent, more than previous years 🙂 Hopefully I can get out in Bristol Channel soon to find some

Going to be a fun ride home..... 🌊🌊🌊🌊

If you got any contact details that’d great 🙂 im out on boat Tuesday so can measure up and then just need to get it plotted and made 🙂

From up channel today....

New improved version.... Its hand sketched and hopefully a slightly better surface finish on the white of the shark.... Just need to get it scanned and someone get it made 🙄🤔

Let me know how you get on 🙂 there’s a comp on Sunday but it’s a monster tide so I may go to Sully

Yeah I’m not sure they can recreate from a supplied sketch.... 🤔 First draft is attached, currently being recreated by hand ready for submission.... Hoping to have a shark with a blue on top, else it may just be a black outline.... depends on the print people.

Ok, im looking for some custom decals for my boat... Im looking for a printer who can take a hand drawn logo and name and then transfer this to a suitable sized decal. I think I can get a high definition of the logo over to them to import to Adobe illustrator so that they can manipulate from there..... Any recommendations? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Well weather still looking like it’s half holding for Tuesday.... last chance to to get back for at least a week.... Strap myself in and ride the swells for 100NM... going to be a long 5-6 hours I think 🤣🤣🤣

No blank always good 🙂 Or has Neil caught them all? 🤔

Pilothouse 20 then 🙂

Some legends there..... 😮😁

I’ll keep looking at it.... I may take the day off, check the boat over, refil with fuel and pop down to the heads to have a look anyway.... 🤔 If I stick inshore on the way home it maybe doable.... 🤔🤔🤔🤔

Pah Forecasr has changed again.... Marginal at best for a run home now.... only benefit is that it would be behind me but even so, taking a hammering on the way home dont appeal that much.... Will sulk in corner and consider my options again....

Celtic deeps are good.... Those days with no wind but still you got a 2-3m alantic swell rolling in. Cats abs mono hulls roll in that. Monohull has got me home in a F6 gusting F7.. wasn’t fun but got there 🙂

Yep! Agree with you there! Vigilante 33 is also a nice boat, plenty of deck space but it’s a mono hull

Orkney Pilothouse 20 or Day Angler 19 or 21. Pirate 21 nice boats but can be a bit heavy to trailer but good sea keeping. Quicksilver 640 another option but a lot of this will depend on your budget

There is one on twin shafts for sale in Cardiff for 100k+VAT so a bit out of my league 😢😢

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