MFF Alongi Competition - General Chat

The_Gaffer · June 22, 2009, 13:43:58 CET

Guys, its very important that all skippers, or thier representative attend the briefing on Wednesday 24 June at the Punch and Judy Bar in Rabat. All competition participants are welcome to attend. The night's event will be filmed by Mister Fisherman, and Mr. Fish has kindly donated fishing tackle, rods and reels to be raffled on the night. So come along, attend the briefing, have a few beers and nibbles, and you could be in the chance of winning something too!!!!

SteveGB · June 22, 2009, 13:51:57 CET

Will be there also! Coming for the few beers!

skip · June 23, 2009, 06:26:24 CET

Weather Warning:

There is a good chance that we will need to postpone the competition as Malta Airport is clearly showing WNW Force 4 to 5 for Sunday which will mean we'll have to resort to our backup weekend.

Even if the wind does drop a bit there's going to be a serious established swell from all this wind that's been blowing.

We'll keep the safety briefing on Wed and keep an eye on the weather.

The_Gaffer · June 23, 2009, 08:10:48 CET

Not so sure about the swell, since the wind will be changing direction on Friday to SSE. However, I track 4 weather stations, Maltairport.com, windfinder, SD Weather and meteo.it. There is a 50% chance that we'll have a fresh breeze, F4 blowing on Sunday. Still too early in the week to make a solid forcast since the wind is changing direction and then back to NW. Meteo.it is forcasting a F4 to F5 NW'ly wind for Sunday 5 July, which is our fallback day. However, Monday 29 June, which is a public holiday, is looking promising with the wind veering to NE to E F2 to F3. I'd open this up for discussion tomorrow at the briefing.

skip · June 23, 2009, 08:28:52 CET

Yep just wanted to give a heads up, btw backup day is SATURDAY 4th July NOT the sunday

The_Gaffer · June 23, 2009, 08:50:12 CET

Quote from: skip on June 23, 2009, 08:28:52 CET
Yep just wanted to give a heads up, btw backup day is SATURDAY 4th July NOT the sunday

Meteo.it is forcasting a F4 to F5 NW wind for Saturday 4 July as well. The forcast for Monday 29 June on meteo.it E F3

robby017 · June 23, 2009, 12:13:35 CET

Umm, winfinder is stating force 2-3 for Sunday till 2 pm, keep in mind all boats will be heading in at around 11 am to be at the weighing stations by noon so the Force 4 forcasted for the afternoon shouldn't be of any serious concern for now. However, as has happened many times, its best to wait for last minute changes.

fishfinder · June 23, 2009, 16:11:21 CET

I fully agree with you Robby017

skip · June 23, 2009, 20:36:14 CET

We'll definately wait guys, but wanted everyone to consider and see if they would be available on the Monday (29th) and the following weekend so that it can be discussed tomorrow.

fin · June 25, 2009, 09:04:55 CET

Dear All,

First of all i would like to thank you for all participating in the safety brief. It is always a pleasure to see such enthusiasm in the local fishing scene. You are all a colorful and entertaining bunch.

I would also like to thank SKIP for giving me the honour to give MFF first safety brief. I hope i did nor bore you too much and hope that you found informative. I am very particular about it and through the years of experience at sea i have only learnt that preparation for anything that may crop up is half the measure complete to dealing with the scenario you may be involved in.

I am hoping that this briefing will become a standard in every fishing tournament held not only within MFF but within all our fishing mates in all other organisations within our shores.

Our biggest thank you is when all boats and crew return to their home base safe and sound with a smile that their fishing trip (fish or no fish) was a peaceful and happy one.

Tight Lines to all

and hope to see you all at sea soon

FIN

robby017 · June 25, 2009, 09:13:41 CET

thanks fin.... was very informitive yesterday and it was a good briefing as a number of the things you mentioned may be taken for granted... thanks again.

skip · June 25, 2009, 10:32:50 CET

If anyone still wants to register their boat but was unable to attend yesterdays safety briefing please contact me by PM or email admin@maltafishingforum.com so that I can advise you what needs to be done

THE GO OR NO GO DECISION WILL BE TAKEN ON SATURDAY AT 10.45AM LOCAL TIME AFTER THE ISSUE OF THE LATEST FORECAST - TAKING AN AVERAGE OF MIA, MALTAWEATHER AND WINDFINDER

Salient Points Clarified Yesterday:

1. Competition finish time 13:00 at B'Bugia and Beachaven

2. Departure Point Marfa - Clarified as Jetty next to Riveria Hotel (opposite Ramla Bay Hotel)

3. Boats can leave from the north (Marfa) but finish from the south (B'Bugia)

4. You must be on time to have your boat inspected or you will not be eligible to compete.

5. We will do our best to notify skippers by SMS but please check the forum for updates

6. Competition rankings based on total number of fish caught. Each fish will be weighed in case more than one team have the same number of fish and also to determine the prize for biggest fish.

benri · June 25, 2009, 10:53:22 CET

Thanks for the briefing Fin - It was great and hopefully useful to all! A big thank you also goes to Skip & The_Gaffer & all involved in the organistaion of this event - I'm sure it's not easy! Thanks also to the spearos for offering their assistance and also to the sponsors - nice cap!

fin · June 25, 2009, 11:55:53 CET

you are most welcome

baghira · June 25, 2009, 14:29:33 CET

wow guys
for being the first event organised by the MFF, It was absulutely stunning and professional.
I was so happy to see the evolvment of our beloved MFF. I love the atmosphere that the crowd provides, and that drives me to participate as much as possible.
I want to say well done to all yesterday's speakers.
Straight forward, professional, in detail, and bi-lingual

I am jealous about your perfect english fin.....

I really beleive that this forum will grow bigger and bigger, and I have high hopes bout it.

Well done guys