keryl
New Member
Not sure if I will be allowed to make a direct plug for a TV show on the forum but as there was so much chat on here about Boatyard, I thought I would mention the series starting tomorrow night on RealTime.
I was the bloke with the counter stern classic in the first two episodes of Boatyard (that bloke who `looks like David Brent`). During the making of Boatyard, a seed of an idea was sown. To take a boat across the Channel, through the French Canals looking at France from a Chef`s perspective and to open as a restaurant in Paris.
The reason for mentioning this here is that the boat used for the mission is an absolute stunner. Waterlily, a 48`, 1937 herring boat. Built in Anstruther by Reekie for the Falconner family, later fishing out of Peel and the West Coast.
And you are all going to whinge. What I had to do to this boat could be considered sacrelige. The pragmatic view is that Waterlily was derelict, had sunk twice already, was going to be destroyed and that if I didnt do something with her she would have been broken up by now. She is a working boat so I found a job for her and kept her alive.
I am hoping this series will be a stepping stone. If I can get the funding, the next will allow me to treat Waterlily with a lot more respect. I have the perfect journey and the perfect home lined up for her.
The Floating Kitchen. 9.00pm. Realtime.
I was the bloke with the counter stern classic in the first two episodes of Boatyard (that bloke who `looks like David Brent`). During the making of Boatyard, a seed of an idea was sown. To take a boat across the Channel, through the French Canals looking at France from a Chef`s perspective and to open as a restaurant in Paris.
The reason for mentioning this here is that the boat used for the mission is an absolute stunner. Waterlily, a 48`, 1937 herring boat. Built in Anstruther by Reekie for the Falconner family, later fishing out of Peel and the West Coast.
And you are all going to whinge. What I had to do to this boat could be considered sacrelige. The pragmatic view is that Waterlily was derelict, had sunk twice already, was going to be destroyed and that if I didnt do something with her she would have been broken up by now. She is a working boat so I found a job for her and kept her alive.
I am hoping this series will be a stepping stone. If I can get the funding, the next will allow me to treat Waterlily with a lot more respect. I have the perfect journey and the perfect home lined up for her.
The Floating Kitchen. 9.00pm. Realtime.
