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[Gaffers]

I'm off to give Pen-gooin her sea legs down in Poole.  Rig is packed, along with fishing gear, warm kit, waterproofs as well as all my safety gear

Hopefully as well as playing around with the sails I should be able to catch a few fish for supper too

See you this evening (I hope!)

[Ghost]

Good luck and have fun mate.
Dont forget your life jacket

[PhilRich]

Don't forget to splice the mainbrace if you catch any fish

[Plomien]

So did you get wet or stay fairly dry?

[Dishevelled Den]

How did it go G?

[Vamps]

He's probably still 'bailing it out' ........

[Gaffers]

I'm back!   

It was fantastic started off steady under motor until I got to the wind south of Brownsea island threw the sail up and pulled up the motor.......

.....wow!  Considering she only has 4m2 of sail area she's bloody quick even with a fatty like me on board!  Got into the tidal stream so dumped the sail and the fish finder went beserque, fish everywhere!  Dropped the rod in and caught me a few mackerel 

Then I had a little moment when I fouled the prop and I was not in a very safe place.  The tide is running at about 4 knots so I head over to one of those private piers around Sandbanks, lashed myself on, fixed the problem and as I pushed off the Harbour Master came over to see what I was doing.  I pointed toward Chesil Beach, he nodded and I whizzed through at about 7 knots over ground (arent tides awesome!) and popped over to a spot I always wanted to go to.

About 500m off shore outside the entrance to Poole Harbour there is a patch of shallow ground where you can get out and stand in 2 feet of water with tankers to your right and yachts to your left, it's very surreal!

I waited for the tide to turn and used to the tide to push me all the way back home in a respectable 1hr 15mins (5 nautical miles!)

So the fish are gutted and in the fridge..... whats missing?



Ah beer!   

[Dishevelled Den]

Excellent de-briefing - sounds like you had a rewarding time 8-) 8-)

[Gaffers]

Excellent de-briefing - sounds like you had a rewarding time 8-) 8-)

Cheers bud

Mate you have no idea how I feel.  I built the whole boat from scratch including the sails, so to get it working so well first time is very satisfying

[Martin_1962]

Sounds brilliant

All I have is a 10foot long pump up boat (Intex)

Lets see some more pictures please 8-) 8-)

[Elite Pete]

I'm back!   

It was fantastic started off steady under motor until I got to the wind south of Brownsea island threw the sail up and pulled up the motor.......

.....wow!  Considering she only has 4m2 of sail area she's bloody quick even with a fatty like me on board!  Got into the tidal stream so dumped the sail and the fish finder went beserque, fish everywhere!  Dropped the rod in and caught me a few mackerel 

Then I had a little moment when I fouled the prop and I was not in a very safe place.  The tide is running at about 4 knots so I head over to one of those private piers around Sandbanks, lashed myself on, fixed the problem and as I pushed off the Harbour Master came over to see what I was doing.  I pointed toward Chesil Beach, he nodded and I whizzed through at about 7 knots over ground (arent tides awesome!) and popped over to a spot I always wanted to go to.

About 500m off shore outside the entrance to Poole Harbour there is a patch of shallow ground where you can get out and stand in 2 feet of water with tankers to your right and yachts to your left, it's very surreal!

I waited for the tide to turn and used to the tide to push me all the way back home in a respectable 1hr 15mins (5 nautical miles!)

So the fish are gutted and in the fridge..... whats missing?



Ah beer!   

Thats good going Seaman Guffer, Poole to Nantwich in 1hr 15 , you'll have to rename her Star Ship Enterprise

[Tony H]

Sounds like a good trip out . I have a fishing mark, a sand bank about 4 miles out to sea. At low water on spring tides to be able to get out of the boat when your out at sea, is as you say "very surreal".