BBC Fastnet

Sailfree · 3 Oct 2004

Like many I surfed the programmes on sky to find no BBC channel had the Fastnet Race! If anyone can provide a DVD of this programme I am happy to reimburse all costs. Please pm me. If anyone can sort out the BBC so that I can see what is actually on I am happy to pay a bonus!!

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BrendanS · 4 Oct 2004

Re: Freeview for you?

.What do you expect?

If you want real expurt opinion, just get out there and do it?

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Talbot · 4 Oct 2004

I watched it , and thought that a programme of such a good subject could hardly have been done worse. There was scope for explaining why the weather worked in the way that it did, and what happened to the boats, but no, just a regurgitation of previous footage.

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ParaHandy · 4 Oct 2004

read the book .. much better, perhaps? Fastnet 1979 is the title, I think.

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Twister_Ken · 4 Oct 2004

> just a regurgitation of previous footage<

I don't suppose there is any new footage.

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Talbot · 4 Oct 2004

wasnt expecting to see new video footage of the action. Was expecting to see more background on what caused the disaster (met info) changes to yacht design since etc
was not expecting to see footage of drum upside down after loosing her keel on a totally seperate incident, or interviews with an embittered politician.

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Becky · 4 Oct 2004

Don't waste any money on this programme, it wasn't worth watching. Just a few frames of a yacht sailing in fresh conditions, shown several times, and not much else. An extreme disappointment.

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ubuysa · 4 Oct 2004

I have a video of the programme (not a DVD though) taped direct from Sky so the quality is not bad. You're welcome to it if you PM me with you address.

Tony C.

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Twister_Ken · 4 Oct 2004

>or interviews with an embittered politician. <

Didn't realise Gordon Brown was involved.

Seriously, was Head Teeth bitter in the film? I met him a couple of times in a sailing environment and he pretty relaxed.

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bumblefish · 7 Oct 2004

Just practising
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bumblefish · 7 Oct 2004

Just practising
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bumblefish · 7 Oct 2004

Just practising
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bumblefish · 7 Oct 2004

Just practising
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Twister_Ken · 7 Oct 2004

Tedious. nm

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StugeronSteve · 7 Oct 2004

Yep, the keyboards deff working.

Why not put up a "Just practising, please ignore" post, then we won't keep opening it to see if there's anything interesting being said. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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halcyon · 7 Oct 2004

Re: Tedious. nm

Is that a tedious tedious, or just a practice tedious ???

Brian

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StugeronSteve · 7 Oct 2004

Re: Tedious. nm

Nope. I would have said Ken has gone for a prototype tedious there. I think he's missed out the practising altogether.

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BrendanS · 7 Oct 2004

you cannot use html, only the assigned markup tags

click on the preview button before you send, then you can see results of your experiments before actually sending (use back button rather than send after previewing

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bumblefish · 7 Oct 2004

Sorry, this was so far down the forum list I thought everyone had moved on and I could practise in secret without being exposed, wrong!

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jhr · 7 Oct 2004

Trouble is, a lot of peeps have dateshift switched on, so each time you post, it gets bumped to the top again.

PS: I think what you were trying to do was this: this?

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