Yes it that time of year again!
First the bad news from my look at the tides, the prefered smallest ones don't fall very well over a weekend and some of the neap tides are not very neap.
Tide wise the best dates appear to be: Mon 7th to Sat 12th May with the Sunday a somewhat bigger tide but fine for wrecking.
The smaller tides 2 weeks either side of these dates are not that small. As a reserve date I would plump for Thu 24th May to Sun 27th May but the tides are significantly bigger so very much a reserve date.
Well Tigerfish is planning to make the trip in spite of the mishaps last year (<a href="/forums/topic/19259-double-whammy/?tab=comments#comment-151522" rel="">Double Whammy), anyone else?
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Hi Steve yes I'm up for a trip again this year not sure about your reserve date will have to check family dairy
Dave
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9 hours ago, Wight Magic said:Hi Steve yes I'm up for a trip again this year not sure about your reserve date will have to check family dairy
Dave
Going teetotal then mate.............or you started early ????<img alt=":rolleyes:" data-emoticon="" src="/emoticons/default_rolleyes.gif" title=":rolleyes:" />
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I'm just a mis understood person
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JV will be there again.... as previous years we will book out the dates and then pray for slight winds.
Hope the fishing is better this year...
Madness will attempt the trip this year, fingers and any other bits crossed for good weather <img alt=":anguished:" data-emoticon="1" src="/emoticons/anguished.png" title=":anguished:">
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Ok up to 4 boats already, all old hands, in some cases very old...
Any of the newer/newish members fancy taking their boats over there??, it's quite an experience,. Personally I love going, we normally do a 3 or 4 day trip, either wrecking on the way there and back or just for half a day on the way back, rest on the time fishing the huge banks, but also other choices of targets as well depending on what we think is being caught.
If you're not sure if your boat is up to it, or big enough then just ask the members opinions, some will give sensible answers...
Going with some buddy boats takes a lot of stress out of it and reduces the learning curve.
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Would my Parker 660 pilothouse make it? Bearing in mind I only have a 140lt fuel tank!
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Neil we have had a couple of 6 metre boats cross the channel in previous years so your Parker would have no problem making the journey your only problem may be fuel. You need to know what your fuel burn rate (worst case) is and calculate the distance from your berth to Bray harbour plus allow at least 50% extra for hoping wrecks and punching tides. You would need to check the availability of petrol. In previous years Mainbrace the quayside chandler has assisted with getting petrol from the local garage (just up the road) to the boat. A couple of years ago there was talk of them having quayside provision of petrol at their premises but not sure where they are with that. The petrol supply in alderney is/was doable but needs checking out. For others watching there is no problem with diesel as this is available quayside
I'm sure Mainbrace can lay on petrol, would be best to order it before hand so it's ready for you. It would likely be in plastic tanks that will be lowered down to the boat for you to fill from. I've seen it done with a charter boat that was running outboats.
Mainbrace are helpful guys.
I will look into it but, think it may work out way too expensive.
What with a week off work as well !!
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I had battery issues on the last trip and rang Mainbrace on the way in, they got the batteries to the quayside, took the old ones away and even had the card machine with them to save me having to go to the shop. Price was good too.
Now that's what you call a great service and going the extra mile, forgot to say it was after hours too. 👍👍
Only problem was it meant we had more time in the bar!! Small sacrifice. 🍺🍺
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Neil we have had a couple of 6 metre boats cross the channel in previous years so your Parker would have no problem making the journey your only problem may be fuel. You need to know what your fuel burn rate (worst case) is and calculate the distance from your berth to Bray harbour plus allow at least 50% extra for hoping wrecks and punching tides. You would need to check the availability of petrol. In previous years Mainbrace the quayside chandler has assisted with getting petrol from the local garage (just up the road) to the boat. A couple of years ago there was talk of them having quayside provision of petrol at their premises but not sure where they are with that. The petrol supply in alderney is/was doable but needs checking out. For others watching there is no problem with diesel as this is available quayside
By my calculations I would run dry 60 miles into the trip !!!
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6 minutes ago, Tarlach. said:
By my calculations I would run dry 60 miles into the trip !!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
First time we went we took a couple of drums of fuel and refueled mid-channel.
It was blowing a F4-5 and not an experience I'd recommend but I think we were all a bit eager that year and tend to be a bit more fair-weather now for that trip (well most of us!) so it would certainly be do-able.
First time we went we took a couple of drums of fuel and refueled mid-channel.
It was blowing a F4-5 and not an experience I'd recommend but I think we were all a bit eager that year and tend to be a bit more fair-weather now for that trip (well most of us!) so it would certainly be do-able.
Yes but if I did that I would end using around 560 litres of fuel.........@ £1.30 a litre that’s £728 just on fuel !!!! OUCH
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