Bicpen

The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc
(Pay scale)

This is worked out on a payload of 55 boxes per boat with a 50 kg load per box and £2.65 avg. Fish Price. Maximum boxes per boat per cannonball run is calculated on a five tonne pay load of 100 boxes. Box prices at sale are worked on a bill of £132.50. These are only Base Rate equivalents and are classed as our minimal.This is based on a four man team two working m.i.'s and two possible trainee's. At this present time the team could be split into two teams. One set of two m.i.'s having two trainee's and the other set of two m.i.'s having one trainee. The grading system is for m.i. information gaining and reliability. (a) is a Proficient m.i. (25%) (b) is an Adequate m.i. (16.66%) and (c) is for a Novice m.i. (8.33%) The pay scale is (1) for 21 or over (25%), (2) for 18-21 (18.75%), (3) for 16-18 (12.5%), and (4) for under 16 (6.25%).

The bonus of the white lightning works on excess tonnage. Each boat is guaranteed at least a tonne per cannonball run which may involve up to three strike zones. The bonus is paid for the collective average per ship of each cannonball run that could include up to three strike zones. Each cannonball run has the total catch weight divided into the number of boats present on the run and the average weight per cannonball run is given. The first bonus is (1) for 1-1.5 tonne (2) 1.5-2 tonne (3) 2-2.5 tonne (4) 2.5-3 tonne. Each maximum of 500 kg is divided against its max for a percentage then it is multiplied by a bonus percentage and then calculates the profit percentage. Example 1500 kg = 500 / 1500 = 33.33% * 0.5% = 16.66%. increasing by 0.5% per 500 kg. This means the percentage of the sale price of the 500 kg is calculated then divide between the team members. Four.

The bonus of the Lucky Strike is the number of boxes calculated over the estimated number of boxes multiplied by a small percentage of the box sale price. Example 5000 kg divided by 50 kg = 100 boxes max. 100 boxes minus estimated 55 boxes leaves 45 boxes multiplied by boat numbers multiplied by cannonball runs calculates 675 Boxes max. Based on a max. of 5 tonne take home payload. A suggested bonus percentage is about 0.5%.

100% = £5465.625
10% = Grading
45% = Pay
45% = Bonuses and Company Equity

Grade: (a) £136.64 (b) £91.05 (c) £45.52
Pay: (1) £614.88 (2) £461.16 (3) £307.44 (4) £153.72

Bonuses:

White Lighting
1) £220.74 max. / Team = £55.18
2) £331.25 max. / Team = £82.81
3) £397.5 max. / Team = £99.37
4) £441.62 max. / Team = £110.40

Lucky Strike
5) £132.5 * 0.5% = £0.6625 * extra Boxes = £ x amount each member of Team

Working Example:
(Based on a four man team)
Boxes 933 strikes 219 / 309 / 405 Base Rate £2.65

Grade: 1(a) B: 1,2,5

Basic wage:£695.37
Grade: £154.52
Bonus 1)£00.00/6 2) £220.74/6 3) £331.25/6
Bonus 4) £71.55

Weekly earnings: £1013.43 - 35% Tax = £658.73 min.
True Figure yearly earnings on this week :

£30 k (Take Home)

The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc.
(Training)

If you think you are gifted with the fore sight and possibly second sight approach the member of The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc called Little Tut Tut.

From there you will be tested by her team to see if you are adequately gifted or even partially gifted. You will be required if you have a gift or the gift to find two creels on land in a pre designated spot. After this you will be required to give information on two or even one creel that will already be planted at sea. If it is decided that there is potential you may be asked to take a live trip on an excursion to see if you can get a feel for and improve your minds eye at the finding and giving of information of destinations. This will only be done at the Stornoway Equinox Fishing Fleet's instruction.

Please try and not waste our time with pretend training or useless individuals who have not even tested their own abilities. Remember we have a great responsibility concerning costs livelihoods and lives and you may find yourself liable.

Cannonball Run: Monthly Report

Two full weeks left in this month and we have six solid cannonball runs to prove and claim. We have a core number of 4 boats in our fleet which will be responsible for all captures. They have some boats on standby for invite to any of the cannonball runs available. Thanks to The Stornoway Equinox Fishing Fleet for their time and preparation and also their hard work. We have all necessary requirements met to continue with this venture if all parties are happy with the current arrangements. We will be working in our own time on available cannonball runs for next month from here on in. All information to be checked and collated and given to Little Tut Tut for charting and plotting ... thanks team !

Mid month Update:

We have made our mid month target of boxes landed and sold and have room to spare. I hope the next two weeks are going to be as favourable and as fruitful so we may continue. We have just over our prescribed target of mid month boxes by 267 Boxes. This will be favourable if any cannonball run fails. The bonuses required attached to them is calculated on the weekly basis and on a cannonball run estimated limit of 275 per trip. This is why it is important to know the true number of boxes landed each cannonball run. Fish Prices have been favourable with a first week of £3.23 and a second week at £3.73. The Northern Equinox Fisheries will be based on 7 members split into 2 Teams working collectively at a 35% Tax Rate:

Monthly Update:
All we need is an update of days boats strikes and time of watches to fill out our cannonball run update ... any info would be much appreciated. I hear this info from our charter who works for the Stornoway Equinox Fishing Fleet and mainly unless cannonball run info all I need to hear is the correct landed and sold box numbers. Little Tut Tut has true price value and weights landed and sold so please be in touch with her if need be. Working on payloads equivalent to the first two weeks the yearly wage for an eleven month year works out at £30 k Take Home there about.The watch times are strike zone times so please be aware. Pay day will be the first of each month with four weeks covered.

Official Time of Watches:

1st. watch (12 midnight - 6 a.m.)
2nd. watch (6 a.m. - 12 noon)
3rd. watch (12 noon - 6 p.m.)
4th. watch (6 p.m. - 12 midnight)

Official February Monthly Report:

Target no. of Boxes = 3,300
True no. of Boxes = 1,917

Week 1= Full

Cannonball runs = 3
Strikes = 3,3,3
Vessels = 12
Box est. = 660
Days = Wed (3rd watch) Thur (1st watch) Fri (4th watch)
True boxes = 219 / 309 / 405

Week 2 = Full

Cannonball Runs = 3
Strikes = 3,2,3
Vessels = 12
Boxes est. = 660
Days = Mon (4th watch) Tues (2nd watch) Thurs (1st watch)
True Boxes = 397 / 316 / 271

Week 3 = Full

Cannonball Runs = 3
Strikes = 3,3,3,
Vessels = 14
Boxes est. = 770
Days = Tues (1st watch) Wed (3rd watch) Fri (4th watch)
True Boxes = 307 /

Week 4 = Full

Cannonball runs = 3
Strikes = 3,2,3
Vessels = 12
Boxes est. = 660
Days =Mon (3rd watch) Tues (2nd watch) Fri (1st watch)
True Boxes = 0

Bicpen: ... please inform me if any of this information is incorrect .... thank you. georgebing@hotmail.co.uk

February 8, 2019 at 12:07PM

Selection Feathers ...

(Update)

The sixth feather which happens to be a seagulls keeps being lost from the observation post. I am getting tired of looking for it and trying to replace it. From here on in it will only contain crow feathers and training feathers. These are smaller and stay put like they are meant to. This can only mean one thing they are putting themselves over for selection. This will be proved in the spring if three black feathers turn up one each for our new trainee's on our Northern Equinox Fisheries plc enterprise.

The Equinox m.i. feathers had been dispelled and prayer and curse released over them over twenty four hours ago. I am glad to report that the feathers are still here and have not been lost which means they are still a God blessed selected team.

The idea of dispelling them is so when the Master has had enough they are taken in his right hand after the stroke of midnight on a Lords Day and prayed over then cast to the four winds. If the feathers are lost then the members they belong to are to have nothing to do with the master or anything to do with any Equinox Enterprise. This includes the master feather also which would mean he or she would no longer have power or authority of any kind over any returned member.

The feathers are now complete and the original six are still here and will be placed back in there observation post to continue working on Equinox projects such as The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc.

I understand there are individuals trying to uphold some sort of equivalent organisation under some sort of Equinox banner ... if this is true I advise people to have nothing to do with them as they are to be considered disillusion and nothing more than a pretence.

Any trials conducted for feather selection will be done under the auspices of The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc banner and no other organisation or individual is to be the accepted authority.

The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc Team official mercenary of information of the sea names are:

The Black Crow The White Bishop The White Knight The Drawn Sword and The White Rook also we have two learned friend's ready for training then selection who will be known as The Blue Dragon and The Lady.

The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc
( Business Investment)

Heres a simple idea yet to be finalised. The 5% we gain for business investment is to be used for small loans for members of the fishing fleets or those who wish to be involved in the cannonball runs. The idea of the cannonball run is that one run is made up of two to three shoals with each having their own strike zone. The payload we are expecting from this is about one tonne per ship per cannonball run minimal. The shoals to be consistent for five fishing vessels would have to be at least four and a half tonnes in mass affording just under one tonne catch for each vessel per strike zone, providing we have three strike zones.

The financial aspects of the cannonball run are as follows: Each boat is working for us with our information on a payload of 55 boxes of fish at 50 kg per box making a complete payload per cannonball run of 2,750 kg. Working on a base rate of £2.65 each cannonball run could and should afford a return of £7,287.50 sterling. Five percent of this will be for The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc for their business. This equates to £364.37 per boat per cannonball run involved, though only fishing vessels.

The expected fleet is to consist of five boats making three cannonball runs in a complete week making a calculated £16,396.65 return. One boat is expected to make at least 165 Boxes per week totalling £21,862.50 less 20% leaving 80% equalling £17,490.00. 5% of the £21,862.50 will go to The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc equalling £1,093.12.

As to the 5% for business investment we could loan monies when available to the fleet for a repayment plan of monies lended compared to monies available making the percentage of repayment, with a 5% repayment interest after full repayment has been made.Working example:

Cannonball run = £17,490.00 / week. Loan = £3,500. Money available = £5,500. Repayment Percentage = 3,500 / 5,500= 63.63% / 3 trips = 21.21%. Repayment = £17,490.00 * 21.21% = £3709. Outstanding = £665.50

1 cannonball run £7,287.50 - 20% = £5,830.00 - £665.50 = £5,164.50.

In four cannonball runs we could have the loan repayment and finance interest returned, with still 70% of original pay load free and available for the vessel's skipper.

The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc.
(The Stornoway Equinox Fishing Fleet)

The Cantabrian circle is the dedicated fishing format for the Stornoway Equinox Fishing Fleet. It stems from the long gone Roman Empire and is basically a circle moving in a perpetual forward motion, which was done on horseback.

The idea is that once at a rondezous point you will head to the strike zone where the Cantabrian circle will be formed. The theory behind this is that by doing this you keep the shoal within your circular inner boundary. The only ship at this point allowed within the iron ring is the reconnaissance vessel which is there to point the direction of the shoal and give the orders as to when everything is in place.

When the shoal is in a favourable position the vessels will be called for a strike in order determined by their quotas. As the vessels prepare for approach the iron lung which is the scout ship it will be in a position approx. to the stern of the shoal and instructing the vessels within the Cantabrian circle of positioning.

When the approach vessel is on approach it goes into its run known as the cannonball run here it will be in a drag and ready to hit the shoal across the middle which will be known as the cut and strike. Once through the shoal it is to make a turnaround and join with the Cantabrian circle thus allowing for the next vessel through.

Depending on the shoal it may make three, four, possibly five strikes. However we hope to have at least two to three shoals to hit on each cannonball run, three times a week if possible. We hope the average payload for each cannonball run complete strike will be around the one one and a half tonne mark per vessel.

The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc.
(Cannonball Run)

This name can only be used if the good Lord allows another set of selection feathers. We probably will not know that till the spring. Six members already. Boat trials and information has been tested and all good.

The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc will be run as a fisheries information centre for our local fleets with migration and other information plotted and kept along the way.

The Stornoway Equinox Fishing Fleet will be responsible for the catches, planning and training of all new vessels which will be introduced to the company.

We have a basic to competent business model which will be used as a base rate for all calculations. We have room for two charters and planners who will oversee all cannonball runs.There is a possibility of more funds being made available for business investment or possible fishing loans to anyone involved with any of the fleets.

For anyone interested if they have a selection from The Northern Fisheries plc they will be asked to do additional testing from the fleet organisers. This is to ensure that all personnel involved will be satisfied with their information and suitability for the roll.

We want when fully operational pairs of m.i.'s to be responsible for five fishing vessels with one reconnaissance vessel. They will be known as a single fleet. The fleet must be proficient in the method of catch that we have organised which will be the Cantabrian Circle. They have to be adequate sea worthy vessels with crew working on a profit and expenses margin of about 30% / 70%. The Reconnaissance vessel will be working on a profit and expenses margin of about 40% / 60%. The Northern Fisheries plc team will be working on a profit and expenses margin of about 64% / 34%.

Our aim at The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc. is to provide three cannonball runs a week for each fleet. The pay load and all fisheries information will be gathered at sea as an approximation by the reconnaissance vessel known as the iron lung, as she will be the control ship for the cannonball run expeditions.

All true figures are to be given over to The Northern Equinox Fisheries plc. once landed and sold. Payments are to be made as prompt as possible and for The Norther Equinox Fisheries plc members payment will be made monthly.

The percentages of all involved if agreeable is thus:

Fishing Vessels : 80% of cannonball runs
Iron Lung : 8% of cannonball runs
Equinox : 5% of cannonball runs
Charters : 2% of cannonball runs
Business inv. :5% of cannonball runs

Each fleet will be responsible for their own overseeing into correct Quotas and sales. Payment is to be made from each vessel involved in each fleet on each cannonball run.