me and my mate also a north wester are both new to potting for crays we set some pots on ffb and checked them yesterday for bugger all ,it was funny as f,,k watching him pull them from 20 meters by hand , he is a strong as an ox but I could see he was doing his pooper valve ,I asked him if he wanted a hand , and he just snarled at me " no f,,,,, way just drive the boat" we are what you would say is getting on in age and him and me have been mates since we were 12 years old it was so funny but he did get the pots up then collapsed on the deck and had a ciggy and can of coke to recover