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Great idea's for places to go, why unlimited ribs only on a Tuesday though is there something that goes on?

@@DavesBoat No just one of the steak houses by the Town Quay Marina does an offer on Tuesdays and the ribs are to die for!

ahh that sounds great quick trip up to poole for an evening of ribs and beer :)

great idea's will do them in October as I didn't get much footage last time too buy actually enjoying my holiday :)

It's a lovely area isn't it. Where did you move to ?

@DavesBoat I moved to Beaulieu initially then back to Christchurch, where I was for 30 years previously. However I have now downsized and trail my boat, so can launch anywhere. Yes it is a lovely area but the solent chop can be a pain

@@fat_tommo_goes_boating yeah people have warned me about the chop and luckily for the 2 weeks I was down there it was almost non-existent even with mad winds. however i think I was lucky, having said that having come from the Humber the chop doesn't really bother me its the rollers I don't like large and slow so the boat sits off angle for periods of time. Anyway back down in October so hopefully the weather will be kind again and I can get some hours running in again.

@DavesBoat The Solent chop is worse from Cowes to Hurst in my opinion, all wind over tide. If it's bad, wait 4 hours and it will be gone as a rough rule. I might be about in October aswell. I need a few more trips out before the winter.

the 4 hour thing is good to know, we did get out to the needles past hurst but tbh at 26 knots we were basically flying over the chop so didn't notice it so much 😂

You are indeed. In the great words of Nick :)

and i will probably screw up a fair amount :)

So far loving it going down again at end of October see if i can get a week down before xmas as I'll get a little busy until the new year after that.

I'm sure i'll make it round to Poole soon too. plan on visiting all the local area's etc.

I forgot just how much I enjoyed it and it was nice to actually get to use the big beast properly and get some hours actually using her not just floating around. The ability to come and go from my berth basically 24/7 without even considering tide is amazing its like so much freedom even just to pop out for an hour and back a couple of times a day. I know its like a 5 hour drive to get there but now I'm planning on going down for a week or 2 every couple of months and I'll actually get out on the boat.

@@DavesBoat that’s great! And plenty of opportunity to get out during the winter too, there are heaps of calm but cool days down there. Good move away from Grimsby, too restrictive with tides, and really nowhere to go other than Scarborough or Whitby. It’s getting towards summer where I am, which sounds great, but regular 40+ degree days are brutal!

@@marinepilotchris3048 but at least you can be on the water ?

@@DavesBoat pretty much every day

Little jealous then I remember you now live in a country purely designed to murder humans. I'm hoping we get a break in the weather again towards end of October as I plan on going down for another week before the xmas shenanigans kick in.

Glad you enjoyed it

For me as a motorboat its only 20 mins to Isle :) little bit slower for you sailing but fareham is only just up the road from Universal where I'm berthed too so if you see a big motorboat flying around give me a wave :)

@@DavesBoat haha yes but i have an engine too but only 20hp

Burton waters is just up the road from me and its where SJ was from. Its nice there. You can also go through to the trent and cromwell lock has a lovely brewery just walking distance away good food at weekends and great beer, or you can head up to newark or even into nottingham if you want its not fast due to the speed limits but like lincoln its a lovely day drive to spend a night on the town and drive back next day. My house is across the river trent just before Newark so I'll wave :)

@DavesBoat that's the plan for next year , they are replacing the flood gates at the marina so we can't get out for a month , but it will give me a chance to do more work on the boat 😆

well if you need a hand i'm literally 20 mins max away :)

@@DavesBoat thanks that's much appreciated 👌🙏

While at SIBS go find Richard at ROC marine ask him to show you the kicker and rockford fosgate marine stuff tell him Dave from Wild Rose sent you.

@@DavesBoat Certainly will do!

😂😂 not really

Mixing 0183 and 2000 isn't a big thing tbh I'm still running old bits like the transducers etc using the raymarine itc5 as the converter . Having said that I have my old ray marine hybrid touch plotter I removed now as I needed all axiom pro for lighthouse 4 the old plotter only goes to 3. If you want it....

@@DavesBoat What size is it - i may have a use for it!

@lovelifeloveboat I'll check when I get home

@@DavesBoat It may fit let me know what bits and pieces you have pulled out and I may make you an offer - give me a shout on the Sealine Forum

I don't but if you join sealineforums.co.uk there's a guy called cannonmike on there he's got sally Jane and has had the arch hinged so he can probably point you in the right direction

@@lukekirby4180 nice boat how do you find it on the mooring rather than on the marina and with shore power ? Is be paranoid about not enough battery life 🤣

@@marinepilotchris3048 you moved to Australia.? Which bit ?

@@DavesBoat yeah, it was a bit of a whirlwind! I got offered a job a few months ago. My feet didn’t hit the ground and arrived a few weeks ago, I’m in Western Australia

@@jdsfairlinetarga3790 off out on boat day of training Friday but I'll be around that evening and around all day Thursday pottering

Sounds like an outstanding idea 👍

Thanks, you may well, I'm sure I'll head to Poole at least once.

Hopefully if you do see me come over and say hi

@@DavesBoat 👍

Yep.indeed definitely

Boat wash she's fine in its the weird every direction at once 1m rolling chop you get specifically on the humber she's horrible in :( although I have to admit I'm still not confident in shafts and rudders much prefer out drives so if I don't get on then she'll be getting replaced with something on out drives or IPS probably.

@@DavesBoat Ahh the Solent does have its own chop especially between the Southampton to cowes crossing due to all the tides colliding with each other plus the wind. Another thing to watch out for is the tide running through the hamble marinas making mooring interesting. Also worth noting that anywhere you go to moor in the Solent will require a lot of money so your anchor will soon be your friend for cheaper trips out 👍🏻

@@jameslines5080 yes I had noticed the chop it's no where near as bad as.the Humber mouth so shouldn't be an issue hopefully, I'm actually looking forward to using the anchor more as there's really no where to use it up here so looking forward to lazy days and anchor that's why I fitted the solar panel so I don't need to use the generator.

@@jameslines5080 the mooring on tide is something I've already considered since I have literally zero experience so for the first run I'll be taking an experienced skipper with me to do some quick instruction with me on berthing in the flow hopefully I'll pick it up pretty quickly

Ta muchly hope to be back more often shortly

Busy I'm good with it's more the predominant wind and shit sea state of the Humber mouth and lack of access to facilities and skills that's the problem, so I'm optimistic the south coast will be much better

@@DavesBoat I liked the fact it was quite busy, always something going on. Sure there are loads of good facilities, not had any real experience. I did like it down there. Sea state was generally good as you are mostly sheltered, if not, there were rivers to escape to. Beaulieu was lovely. I know what you mean about finding skilled people, my S28 is in Greece, not easy there. Thanks for the engine servicing videos. Very helpful when I was clueless.

Glad they were some help it's why I made them so others can learn

I am indeed, if you see in the news about a yacht crashing or sinking check me out 🤣

@DavesBoat 😆. In the summer there are supposedly more boats on the river Hamble than there is in the whole of Scotland 🤔

Lol I can believe that

I havent yet but when I go down to move wr I'll be calling in and looking at some axopar 28's

Yeah south coast solo handling the big bitch on Grimsby is hard work so going for sunnier climate and hopefully easier / more.useavle waters

Last few times I went to try and go out the wind was always too bad or the Humber chop was stupid as usual so just kinda given up and my back is that bad now I can't even service the engines myself so need it to be somewhere with easy access to people to do work

@@DavesBoat you’ll have much more fun in the Solent! You’ll be able to get out much more, good choice!

@@marinepilotchris3048 certainly hope so plus I'll be going for "holidays" so I'll be there for extended periods to catch good weather. Although I can't say the 10k extra per year berthing was a sweet pill to swallow

Its just a thought if i'm going for a small rib or something then new makes sense if i go for something bigger then it'll have to be 2nd hand

ta although still irregular it appears :)

I have a couple of options open to me im just waiting to hear back from premier universal that's my preferred place if not then I'm gonna try and get on hamble point

@@DavesBoat look forward to more videos Cheers Dave

Well they're a rib and ribs are pretty good at sea going, I'll do a quick my thoughts video some point this week as I've come away with a few options and thoughts.

Yep hopefully wild rose will be down there within a month or 2

Yes I saw the email thanks will give it a look

i already had an older raymarine and older ray marine stuff so I just kinda stuck with that, garmin would probably have been better tbh to work with my watch but the ray marine stuff works really well so all good.

It'll be in the video when I get back and edit it down

@@DavesBoat hope you had a great day @ NEC 😃

Just have to shop around unfortunately if I can't get exactly the part I get as close as I can and make it work or find something similar, britboatparts occasionally have some bits but no guarantee

There's a little clip you need to release doesn't look like it does but give it a prise with your finger nails then then connector will pop off