ex-Gladys
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We've also seen a couple on the way into Mersea, East and North of the Nass...
Sunken lobster pot lines strike again
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Marmalade
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really? are there lobsters in the Blackwater??
Daydream believer
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It is the east coast---A few of the locals have crabs:ambivalence::ambivalence:
Impaler
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We have a number of pots up here in the Moray Firth but probably not as bad as down south. Does anyone have opinions on rope cutters? I have a new boat ordered and it is to be fitted with a cutter. Just wondering how well they perform.
Daydream believer
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I have a saildrive & have cut quite a few ropes from pots with my "stripper." I have also cut a net in about 50 places ( I kept a picture of the bits when it was removed) & when the boat was hauled out i could see that if I had continued trying for a few more minutes I would have cleared it. I did pick up some polythene on the French coast & the stripper cut enough for me to get 2-3 kts in reverse at first then finally about a kt in forward which enabled me to get into Boulogne where a diver sorted it ( feathering prop)
It has also cut some difficult weed in places like the Alderney race where my engine has almost been bought to a stop. The bits streaming out from under the boat caught in the Aeries & could be seen to have been chopped
The bearings/bushes do not last long & my blades are worn thin but as I have a lathe I make my own & can accommodate the worn cutters, whereas the standard bearings would not do that and a new stripper is circa £ 500.
When I discussed a new one with the supplier I pictured a bloke sitting in his lounge making up prices as he gradually reduced the price to do a deal. In the end I refused to buy a new one & resolved to solve the issue myself which I have done for the last 5 years; making new tufnol bushes each year
pks1702
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This may be worth a watch, tests from a few years ago.
https://youtu.be/nPP3Kj6Zhc8
I have the disc cutter style, I like the idea of no moving parts of shearing action. All a personal choice.
Impaler
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Thanks for that, good to know they are worthwhile.
fisherman
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I have spurs. Spent perhaps £500 over the last 25 years when they got damaged. Last month I cut a piece of 25mm dia hard braided nylon, there was a bit of a rattle but no damage.
backwaters
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We almost hit the lobster pot markers near the Medusa buoy (off Walton Pier) last weekend.
Can someone tell me if there is a reason the buoys are black? It's an honest question! I would have thought yellow or red would be better, but is there a reason? Some seem to be made from old plastic containers that have been re-sprayed black!
Can someone tell me if there is a reason the buoys are black? It's an honest question! I would have thought yellow or red would be better, but is there a reason? Some seem to be made from old plastic containers that have been re-sprayed black!
Gargleblaster
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Passing the northern end of Sheppey on a trip to Gravelines last Thursday, I was surprised to see a large number of lobster pots that had small 'raincatcher' radar reflectors on their flagpoles. I thought there is someone really trying. Pity I don't have radar - I came back after dark on the flood on Sunday night and didn't see a single one but then to my knowledge I didn't hit any either.
Daydream believer
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On route from Ostend to Ramsgate last week in rough weather& went below. I think that I was just south of the shipping lane. There was an almighty bang along the hull & I went on deck to see that I had hit a clump of lobster pots. To my surprise they did have a small light on them as well. Luckily I did not get caught. Not expecting them I had not been looking; but then I started to look & could see about a dozen little lights twinkling around me. So pots can have lights & they can be visible in 1.5 metre seas. But one has to look for them !!!!!!
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