i agree dave ive had my owns boats , ive also worked crew for charter boats, ive also put boat on wrecks for charter skippers the reason i fish with alan skinner is safety .plus he ,s a top guy ,also i have had a 33IB cod not quite a 40 but i was only 11 year old so not bad .at the end of the day if you cant take a joke dont bother replying ,in fact richy was a very customer of alans till you come along,all i know is i get doulbles every year not now and again so go and polish your prop and take bert with you .Its a good job alan towed you in the other week no radio very dodgy