Lady Murasaki wrote:jra wrote:Lady Murasaki wrote:Can’t even imagine living on salt n pepper, mayo n mustard.
Fish that you literally caught?
Yes. From my own boat off the south Devon coast (Salcombe to be precise) with my own rod and line.
Mostly plaice, mackerel, pollack, garfish with the odd dab and bass.
I've waded around the local creek knee deep in mud digging up lugworm for the plaice.
A lot of work, but worth it for the end result.
A good day out fishing and getting a suntan (gradually), virtually free of charge for the best part of 21 years in total and others pay serious money to go there for a two week holiday in the summer. I only fished in the summer mind, as it's normally too cold out at sea in the winter.
Hobby or a proper job? What’s happened to the boat?
I have a friend who lives on a boat, she fishes, keeps inviting me to stay but I’ve a feeling it’ll be too cold for me. I think she’s one of my happiest friends living that carefree off the grid life.
Just a hobby. A 12 foot double skinned boat (which is basically an air pocket between the outer and inner hulls making the boat extremely stable, so you could stand on the gunnel without the boat capsizing), which you could row or put a small outboard on the back.
https://www.willsmarine.co.uk/sales/boats/bonwitcoThe boat was sold to a son in law of my dad's partner who is a qualified boat builder. AFAIK the boat hasn't seen much use in the last 20+ years, because of the son in law's other commitments, like bringing up a family. I made good use of the boat at the time.
As for the weather being too cold. Even in the summer it can be very cold out at sea, but it's a matter of having waterproof/windproof, many layers of clothing and a spare change of clothes. Be prepared in other words.
And treat the sea with respect and know how to read the weather and tide signs. Act earlier rather than later if the weather is showing signs of deterioration, which can happen literally in the matter of minutes.
A lot of tourists go out in boats when they are on holiday and haven't got a clue about what to or not what to do and that's why Salcombe for example has a lifeboat, which btw for The Baltic Exchange III at Salcombe (Tamar class moored near Batson Creek) we are talking about £2 million plus, as it's state of the art with all the navigation technology and of course self righting.
There is a video here.
Salcombe Lifeboat on Exercise with Portland Rescue Helicopter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U4yvTgocrE