Hi Hugo,
Seems like forever since I put up a report, She’s a 26ft Fastworker that makes a great fishing platform, she handles a bit of rough water good enough as I found out last week,
Hi Jim
Its been great for the past 2 weeks, this is a club boat that belongs to the community so we kinda all have a share in her,
They have had it over 3 years just using it mainly for very rare river trips, Last year as far as I know it was used less than a dozen times,
So a couple of months back I proposed it to be taken down to the Carrigaholt area for Tope Tagging and trips out for anybody that wants to Tag / fish or just watch the Dolphins at play, a month later they came back to me to say take her and do what you want with her and at the end of the expedition they will look at how things went,
I said cool.. How long have I got her for, they replied ‘As long as you want’.
So I have to prove to them before the season ends that this idea is a much better option then having her tied up in limerick,
They not only gave her over to me but they also paid €400 extra on the insurance to cover me AND gave me €100 AND 40 litres of fuel to send me on my way
The whole objective since they’ve had this boat was to take people that couldn’t normally afford a trip on say a charter boat out for a few hours to give them an interest in the boating scene or just a day to themselves,
In between these trips I can do what I want as in fishing or just tripping around… Take this Wednesday for instance The weather looks good for Tope on the estuary and no crew has booked up… ITS FREE AND NOONE HAS ASKED FOR A TRIP
Its only just kicking off now so word is getting around, I took four groups out and everyone of them want another trip but I don’t want the same heads on the list until I get as many newcomers as possible,
Another good thing is they gave me authority to enrol members as I see fit… Get my meaning