During last year the new sea urchin II not only lived up to but surpassed all my expectations the extra deck space was heaven and its heavy displacement hull proved extremely stable in all conditions I still have one or two alterations to make outlined below

but the fishing season produced plenty of fish and it was a good year for large cod the largest was just over 18lb and the largest ling went over 24lb along with a host of other fish  remember this is 2009 and not 1989 when fish were in abundance  not many anglers can claim  to have caught fish of this size last year from whitby me included, lets hope 2010 will prove to be even better than the last,

over the next few months I will be modifying the boat with the intention of giving anglers even more comfort, I intend to add folding seating which can be used when steaming between fishing marks and quickly folded back when not needed alsoI will be raising the forward hand rail giving me the option when conditions are favaroble to allow anglers to fish down one side and across the stern of the boat without lines working under the keel, anyone who fishes on boats will know how uncomfortable this can be especially during big tides, I will also be changing the colour this year back to the old and familiar sea urchin orange below is a gallery of some of your best fish last year well done and thank you for your business

Mick Leonard skipper