blowin
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any boat anglers out there ?I am sometimes lucky enough to get out in a mate's boat and have had some stunning days fishing off the Sligo / Mayo coast . Do any of you guys do a bit ? If so , where have all the coalies and whiting gone ?
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wayland
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A boat this year  Cant wait.
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blowin
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| wayland wrote: | | A boat this year .... |
Did I see somewhere that you have your eye on a 16 ft Orkney ? We had a basic model ( not Longliner ) 16 ft with removable cuddy . Great boat . A bit tricky for single hand launch & retrieve but easy for 2 . Very stable even with 3 kids feathering mackerel from the same side  . I was sad to part with it ( so I kept the longshaft 8 hp just in case  ).
There were just two downsides . No built-in bouyancy . I don't know what the coast is like down your way but I wouldn't risk it here with the slow but big swell over the reefs which come straight up without warning .
The other was hull-speed . You probably know about this but I didn't . There is a simple way to calculate the max speed any boat can go . I don't know the formula but the answer for the boat I had was 7 knots . There wasn't any point in going bigger than 8 hp because any more power would just cause cavitation . And 8 knots is about the speed Sligo bay empties out on a big tide ! Good luck , whatever you go for
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wayland
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Interesting info B. The area that I shall fish is that around the south east coast. Lots of rocks and other interesting stuff to keep me on me toes. It was the Longliner with cuddy that I was looking at. It will have some sort of second fit buoyancy added to it. I also have a long shaft. A British Seagall. I think it only a four HP though. Cheers.
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steve
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Blowin, that formula for hullspeed only aplies to displacement boats, planing boats are a different kettle of fish,
Steve
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wayland
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Cool. So all I have to do is get the Orkney to plane. No probs 
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admin
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Hi Steve and welcome to the forum .
Don't mind Wayland -- he has a funny sense of humour . Nearly as off-the-wall as mine !
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