jerry.shutter

Looks good Mike, what weight anchor do you have and rough size is your boat? Jerry

Having now used the anchor a couple of times it is working much better than it has done previously but still not 100%🙄 A little more tweaking and I hope I will sort it, I might try and get a hole drilled on the “bottom” of the anchor, enough to keep the chain cable tie underneath so it runs up over the roller ALL the time. The first photo is the wire, I could silver solder the ends but just concerned about the u bolts, catching and or slipping. The second two show the present set up with chain and swivel. If I could keep the chain running along the bottom of the “shank” of the anchor I feel sure it will work.

Sorry we have had no electric/internet for 48hrs😡😡 Ok, my home made SS wire trip DID work, however the shrink tube/wrap came adrift quickly, this could of been remedied but I wasn’t happy with the SS u bolts which were very close to catching when coming to rest on the fore deck. Now I have cut a piece of chain two inches longer than the spine of the Bruce. I have put the SS swivel back. I cable tie the chain half way down the bottom of the spine and cable tie the point end of the anchor. This has worked well, it still needs some polish but is working. When I next get to the boat I will take some pictures as it’s difficult to describe. I still believe a larger front roller might sort the problem.

Happy birthday🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Have a great day🥳🥳

Thankyou guys, just got in 9.15 having left at silly o’clock this morning, report tomorrow, beautiful day and just having a glass of wine👍

Had half a dozen last week, all singletons.

Thanks Chris, I am sure Sandie would tell us something😳😳😳🤣🤣🤣 Charlie do you mean the lady from the University? I think it would be a good after meeting topic as and when we can hopefully get back to normality. As that could be a long time perhaps she could send us her thoughts on a video message and a Martin could put it on the site?

It was suggested to me that they had already spawned and gone to deeper water? Also 30-40% bigger males very black, I was told that was the ones guarding the nests, aggression being the dark colour. It would be great to find a scientist or someone who could really answer the questions, it is a controversial subject every year.

After such a long lock down 2 good weather days had to taken. Day one 5.15 start to do 9.30 bridge🙈. Bream the main target, the first day we struggled with only one small one but lots of sport including 4-5lbs smoothies on 30-50g lure rods, Undulate to 15.5lbs on the same which took some playing out, mullet,bass,LSD,Ballans, and a few cracking Plaice. Back in the 6.30 lift home 9.15. Day Two 5.15 start for 9.30 bridge, new Bream mark which kept us very busy all day, had 60-70 guesstimate, we decided only spent females for the pot. Only 4 females caught all full of eggs, so we took 2 males each, a tricky subject, decision. Best Bream 2-6oz, also had Baillons, Mackerel, LSD, and another beautifully marked Undulate. On the way home a few worms left so a drift for an hour we caught 9 Plaice best just over 2lbs. Better wash down and back home for 9.30 and a glass of red. Two superb days, let’s hope lockdown stays away for a very long time.

I followed this boat and van away from Poole. By the time it reached Spetisbury smoke was pouring from the trailer wheels. I was two cars back and flashed them down, they stopped, they were angry with me, no trailer board, lights etc, both males should of been on crime watch if you understand my political correctness.😡😡🙈🙈

Have a good one🥳

I had a friend at school who bought a pale blue invalid car like that Steve, not old enough to drive on the road he stripped it right back to the chassis, which was a square metal platform basically, it had all the clutch, gears, accelerator on the steering and was not easy to master. It used to pull wheelies and was lethal but good fun on the school playing fields- most of the time🙈🙈 He then got into sugar and weed killer and put a rocket booster on it🤣🤣🤣🤣 He was the son of an eminent member of the cloth, the trike never survived the rocket!!!!!

Come on Nigel, full list you petrol head, and how many survived your right foot😜

I had a Vauxhall Viva hc 1275cc as my first car, I used to stall it regularly at hill traffic lights around Bath, had to get out and hit the starter motor with a hammer, such a chic magnet!!