Magnetic Fishing

[reg]

1 minute ago, Iain_S said:

Not sure about the suggestion that "So, because we want you to stay just the way you are, we suggest you visit our angling pages and try that instead… it’s more fun!"

 ... which suggests that the author has tried neither 

And not much use when retrieving a lost windlass. 

[Bee]

22 hours ago, bizzard said:

A hooge outdood loud speaker magnet is my magnet. I drilled and tapped the centre and screwed in an eye bolt for the rope.  It has a big catchment area and never fails to rescue things. Iven , for a laugh I even towed my cousins 40' narrowboat with it without it coming off.

Dunno who told you that's a speaker magnet, I reckon that's a limpet mine.

[ditchcrawler]

Well Water Womble came past this morning and he had more than one rusty bike in the hold so I guess he has been picking up behind the magnet fishermen 

[ditchcrawler]

For those who do Facebook there is a chap pulling out 2 safes and now hanging around waiting for the police to arrive.  

 

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Edited April 24, 2018 by ditchcrawler

[reg]

1 minute ago, ditchcrawler said:

For those who do Facebook there is a chap pulling out 2 safes and now hanging around waiting for the police to arrive. 

Do you know the link gives your Gmail account out? If not an issue then please ignore this

[ditchcrawler]

3 minutes ago, reg said:

Do you know the link gives your Gmail account out? If not an issue then please ignore this

Ta, no I didn't

 

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Edited April 24, 2018 by ditchcrawler

[Johny London]

Firstly, on the subject of magnets, apparently monopole magnets should exist, but non have yet been found.

Secondly, anyone passing Fleet might be able to recover a perfectly good metal jerry can spout that I lost in there recently!

[Slim]

On 20/04/2018 at 21:05, rusty69 said:

Question

1.If you lose your magnet, are you able to retrieve it with another magnet,or will it be repelled?

2. If magnets were made of Stainless Steel would they still work?

 

 

Q1. Yes you can. Some years ago lost a windlass so bought a Sea Seacher to fish for it. Second cast let go of line and lost magnet. Bought another one and went back the following weekend to try again. Recovered both windlass and original magnet. Now have 2 Sea Searchers

[zenataomm]

Whilst canal clearing on the five and a half from Hawkesbury to Coventry Basin with The Coventry Canal Society on board Panther, I threw out my grappling hook and pulled back in an identical grappling hook.