Odyssey

We get similar (albeit on a vastly smaller scale) when coming through the heads at Milford. 
 
The swell funnels up between the islands and you get some move lumps even though the underlying swell offshore is small. 
 
It’s why it’s nice knowing I got lots of power on board... I just wish boat builders in UK looked at Aussie boats, saw the technology and got with the times! We are 30 years behind you guys! 

There is a guy in north east who makes them o eBay. He’s also happy to customise. 
 
I’ll see if I can dig out his details. Otherwise try Pete Watts at breaksea. I’m sure if you took some photos/measurements to a fabrication house on south coast you’d get it done cheap 🙂 

Dunno.... 130idh for blue I think? Porgie was 200+ I think? 
 
more concerned with getting it back TBH and GF out of cabin and stopping panicking 🤣

Get it made! 
 
Breaksea boats or stainless Steve. 
 
if you’re going chsnnel you’ll want a radar reflector (that works) and maybe Radar too.... may as well make room for it now 😁

No fishing due to lockdown so got back in the kitchen 🙂 
Fruit loaf 
brownies
Honey roast gammon 
now for a few beers and watch the rugby 😬😬😬

No fishing due to lockdown so got back in the kitchen 🙂 
Fruit loaf 
brownies
Honey roast gammon 
now for a few beers and watch the rugby 😬😬😬

Nice report and nice curry! 
 
 

These guys had a lucky escape, makes me glad I carry a liferaft 
 
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/royal-navy-rescues-two-fishermen-from-capsized-vessel?fbclid=IwAR2JHYeAC5FmVMtWRcgrDLWCWNCL4x59Rjt9EUHxiTLGQE1cbeoQntGXBD0

Nice boat 🙂 I quite like them, just couldn’t afford one when I got my first boat 🙂
Quite a lot of fishing room 🙂 

PB for me, I was too excited to take it in 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Id caught it slack water at eve of day, didn’t know it was on until I saw this mouth. It then decided to try and head back in. Was rather relieved to see it in the net 

PB for me, I was too excited to take it in 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Id caught it slack water at eve of day, didn’t know it was on until I saw this mouth. It then decided to try and head back in. Was rather relieved to see it in the net 

He’ll of a scrap in a fast tide 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It came home, got sold for a fiver 

Started to serious shore fish at 11 years old in Knab Rock Swansea.
My folks had a caravan next to the beach so in school holidays would fish every day..... surf beach fishing for flounder bass and mullet...
stopped shore fishing at 16 as I became more and more into surfing to a high standard. 
 
I used to crew out of mumbles as a teenager in the winter for cod. You turned up, asked around a few times and helped out launching retrieving boats until you got offered a trip.... had some nice catches around Swansea. 
 
only got back into shore fishing when I moved to Cambridge, went to see the sea at Aldebrugh, saw them catching cod and old the spark was kindled! 
 
shortly after moved to Birmingham and went back to South Wales on the shore and charters out of Cardiff and Swansea on Rob Rennie’s boat. We used to leave Cardiff at 6pm so I’d bunk off work at 4, leg it to boat and then we’d get back into Cardiff at 4am before I drove back to midlands and get to bed at 6am.....
I also did Saturday trips on another charter called Benjoma Too. Sadly the skipper Paul Crossman passed away yesterday. Top skipper, bit crusty but once you got to know him was a gentleman.
 
Later on I moved back to Wales, first thing was buy a boat.... ran an Orkney Pilothouse for 4 years before wanting to go bigger..... 
Having separated from the ex the idea was an offshore 25 or osprey 26/28 for weekends and sharks....
 
Somwhow I ended up with an Evolution 30 from Rob which was the first boat I had fished off for 15 years.... She was a tip but a summer of fixing up and away I went! Later that summer it was a trip down memory lane fishing and the same marks I used to within out of Swansea and in the winter from Cardiff. She now follows her larger cousin in Milford. Rob always gets excited when to see her..... I left the keys with him to refuel for me. I noticed on my AIS track that he had a little run around the haven too 🤣🤣🤣
 
It used to be fishing first. These days I love to tinker with boats and boating but I prefer the fishing. However the boat is great to sleep over, weekend on around Swansea/Milford, go sharking/reefing but still go snorkelling in the haven before a nice pub meal and a pint in Marina.....
I almost called my boat Wanderlust as I have a real sense of adventure always wanting to know what’s around the corner, but there was a sail not called that so she was called Odyssey instead as that’s what I’m on. An odyssey to see what’s next on my travels 🙂 

Hi Jon,
Nice of you to pop over and say hi 🙂 
If you dns hold off the fish pics for 2 weeks that’d be great, I’m in lockdown in wales so no travel, boating, fishing, gym or anything.... 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬

Yep! 24lb that one 🤣 
Xmas day 2 years ago, had an 11lb cod on my other rod at the same time 

They certainly did😁

Dunno.... 130idh for blue I think? Porgie was 200+ I think? 
 
more concerned with getting it back TBH and GF out of cabin and stopping panicking 🤣

Yeah, season is over, I’ll leave the straps and doggies to you South coast softies 😉 

Too many to list 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’ve had loads of 20lbers, best went 27lb.... here’s a few pics 🙂 
 
 

He’ll of a scrap in a fast tide 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It came home, got sold for a fiver 

Too many to list 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’ve had loads of 20lbers, best went 27lb.... here’s a few pics 🙂