All at Sea

[deborahann]

Whitby,Hull,Grimsby,Spurn and Wells soon,He's not brave enough to do the Trent Tho'

those Tent locks are not to be messed with, up a slippery ladder out of the lock no, nooo.

 

[shetland]

And i beleive he has radar as well as a plotter on the boat.

 

[Searush]

And i beleive he has radar as well as a plotter on the boat.

But he's from Birmingham - so possibly a member of the Birmingham Navy?

With a canal user's understanding of tides?

 

[Captain Daz]

He is from London

 

[Greg2]

Don't forget that it is just TV & that they are actors using the programme to cover their costs & VAT. RNLI will be happy to co-operate for the publicity too.

As has already been mentioned on the Scuttlebutt thread, he has a GPS plotter switched on, so no matter how incompetent his navigation, he only has to glance at his plotter to see exactly where he is. Don't believe all the bollox on the telly & in the papers.

Not neccisarily the case. I found the Medway quite confusing to navigate and the chart on my plotter stopped not too far in so it was not possible to accurately tell where I was. Fortunately, knowing this I had waypoints prepared all the way to the marina and without them would probably not have got there. He did comment that he had neglected to do this.

Not saying it wasn't staged but it is just possible that it wasn't.

 

[Montemar]

Have enjoyed all I managed to watch.
Is it possible to get a DVD? May get Shane's book however.
I wonder if the MBM round Britain tour by S34 will end up on the telly. T'would be good if it did. I have watched it on streaming video but broadband is tragic down here (Chesil Beach). You have time to make a cup of tea while it is downloading. It is a shame you can't save them.

 

[Searush]

He is from London

Funny, he said he was from Brum in one episode. Not that it matters, I understand that there is a similar outfit known as the Essex Navy is there not? Mostly wiv jetskis & sportboats that break down IIRC.

 

[Richard Shead]

Have enjoyed all I managed to watch.
Is it possible to get a DVD? May get Shane's book however.
I wonder if the MBM round Britain tour by S34 will end up on the telly. T'would be good if it did. I have watched it on streaming video but broadband is tragic down here (Chesil Beach). You have time to make a cup of tea while it is downloading. It is a shame you can't save them.

I have the book (I mentioned it on one of the three threads going!) its ok and does give a good insight as to how,when and why they started to do this.

12 quid mind...