Britain By Boat - Tonight Channel 5 20:00- East Coast Episode

Right who is going to admit watching this tonight then? I only managed to see the first one last night, I am going to put my head above the parapet.....I didn’t mind it, wasn’t brilliant, but didn’t mind it. Lots of pointless stuff but I do admit to quite liking the Serg, not too keen on the berk. Seems to remind me of the bitching argumentative relationship I have with my co owner and very good friend, note to self, stop it it’s ugly �� .
Lovely boat, loved the engine failure moment , didn’t really understand the urgency as they had a great big chartered rib with them? Anyway let’s see tonight. Let battle commence....tee hee
 
Trapped now! Watched first one and formed a very low opinion. Decided not to watch any more.

But it was so bad I sort of want to see how much worse it could get,

Tardis from Ramsgate to the Solent does seem a shame. But sailing is a bit Solent centric, but that is for a reason.

Maybe if it snows I'll try it on catch-up or whatever 5 caalls it.
 
Watched it in the ads on Brokenwood Mysteries* last night and found there was very little sailing and lots of badly scripted chatter wandering around various places and pubs. However did enjoy the explanation of 'Freezing the Balls of a Brass Monkey': I had heard the explanation before but not the bit about the different contraction rates of dissimilar metals.

Both my wife and I thought it was a beautiful boat quite reminiscent of Pyro James' 'Croix de Guerre'.

*My wife is a Kiwi who worries that the population of NZ is rapidly declining due to the number of murders in this fictional town. They did have some stunning views of what she believes to be the Waikato River with a number of boats moored and a body was discovered by a motor boat taking the tide out of the river.
 
Glayva said:
Watched it in the ads on Brokenwood Mysteries* last night and found there was very little sailing and lots of badly scripted chatter wandering around various places and pubs. However did enjoy the explanation of 'Freezing the Balls of a Brass Monkey': I had heard the explanation before but not the bit about the different contraction rates of dissimilar metals.

Both my wife and I thought it was a beautiful boat quite reminiscent of Pyro James' 'Croix de Guerre'.

*My wife is a Kiwi who worries that the population of NZ is rapidly declining due to the number of murders in this fictional town. They did have some stunning views of what she believes to be the Waikato River with a number of boats moored and a body was discovered by a motor boat taking the tide out of the river.
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She should move to Midsummer.
 
If you were to put a camera team on my boat, the result would be dead boring for the masses and not very interesting for sailing folk either, because nothing dramatic ever happens (unless I foul up and even then it's hardly Harry Potter, is it?). Sailing isn't like that, it's about being there, enjoying the moment. It simply doesn't translate onto film.
Any programme for the masses about sailing will be a failure for any viewer who understands what's going on.
I've seen John Sergeant on stage, he's a very funny man. I do enjoy the banter between the two of them.
 
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Cantata said:
If you were to put a camera team on my boat, the result would be dead boring for the masses and not very interesting for sailing folk either, because nothing dramatic ever happens (unless I foul up and even then it's hardly Harry Potter, is it?). Sailing isn't like that, it's about being there, enjoying the moment. It simply doesn't translate onto film.
Any programme about sailing for the masses will be a failure for any viewer who understands what's going on.
I've seen John Sergeant on stage, he's a very funny man. I do enjoy the banter between the two of them.
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Agree
 
Agree +1

I’ve enjoyed both programs so far, ‘we’ as sailors know how sailing works, ‘we’ as East Coast sailors know that Ramgate Marina isn’t part of Bradwell ..etc. Etc. But many people don’t , ( including the director and editor by all accounts :0) ) and that’s why it’s on the telly.

Bad editing and continuity aside, I’m sure the boat was under its own power as it came alongside the pontoon in Lymington despite the engine having failed earlier that day and apparently getting fixed that night, but hey ho that’s TV for ya!

Still, it’s a bit of lightweight entertainment, and it’s got boats in it , can’t be all bad eh ?

I guess it was never intended to be taken too seriously, I mean it’s not like it’s real life like a Top Gear ‘challenge’ or that Eastenders is a true reflection of the daily lives of Londoners, (insert ironic smile) it’s a bit of telly...that’s all.

For a decent ‘Round Britain’ experience check out Dylan Winters ‘Keep Turning Left’ website.... that’s proper sailing.

www.keepturningleft.co.uk
 
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Applescruffs said:
Agree +1

I’ve enjoyed both programs so far, ‘we’ as sailors know how sailing works, ‘we’ as East Coast sailors know that Ramgate Marina isn’t part of Bradwell ..etc. Etc. But many people don’t , ( including the director and editor by all accounts :0) ) and that’s why it’s on the telly.

Bad editing and continuity aside, I’m sure the boat was under its own power as it came alongside the pontoon in Lymington despite the engine having failed earlier that day and apparently getting fixed that night, but hey ho that’s TV for ya!

Still, it’s a bit of lightweight entertainment, and it’s got boats in it , can’t be all bad eh ?

I guess it was never intended to be taken too seriously, I mean it’s not like it’s real life like a Top Gear ‘challenge’ or that Eastenders is a true reflection of the daily lives of Londoners, (insert ironic smile) it’s a bit of telly...that’s all.

For a decent ‘Round Britain’ experience check out Dylan Winters ‘Keep Turning Left’ website.... that’s proper sailing.

www.keepturningleft.co.uk
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Not a good advert for a Beta 50 is it, 2 break downs in 2 episodes
 
tillergirl said:
It would be more interesting to know how you learnt that than watching the programme last night - HMS Warrior! Hardly Nelson's boat!
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In the late 1970's I was crewing a friend's McGruer sloop down channel from Walton towards her new home at Portland. She had a Stuart Turner 8hp and it wasn't playing. I rashly said that I had been to Lymington and could get us in there under sail. Which we duly did, and parked nicely in the Lymington Yacht Haven marina, only to receive a truly epic bollocking from the marina management for having the effrontery to sail in, in breach of the Harbour Master's Instructions, which were unknown to us, after we had moored up without scratching anything. I bought a boat in Lymington earlier this year and the rule still applies.
 
Minn said:
In the late 1970's I was crewing a friend's McGruer sloop down channel from Walton towards her new home at Portland. She had a Stuart Turner 8hp and it wasn't playing. I rashly said that I had been to Lymington and could get us in there under sail. Which we duly did, and parked nicely in the Lymington Yacht Haven marina, only to receive a truly epic bollocking from the marina management for having the effrontery to sail in, in breach of the Harbour Master's Instructions, which were unknown to us, after we had moored up without scratching anything. I bought a boat in Lymington earlier this year and the rule still applies.
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Constrained by draught will apply to you now :)
 
Minn said:
In the late 1970's I was crewing a friend's McGruer sloop down channel from Walton towards her new home at Portland. She had a Stuart Turner 8hp and it wasn't playing. I rashly said that I had been to Lymington and could get us in there under sail. Which we duly did, and parked nicely in the Lymington Yacht Haven marina, only to receive a truly epic bollocking from the marina management for having the effrontery to sail in, in breach of the Harbour Master's Instructions, which were unknown to us, after we had moored up without scratching anything. I bought a boat in Lymington earlier this year and the rule still applies.
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I did a RYA course out of Lymington in the early 1990's where we took the boat back into the Yacht Haven under sail with simulated engine failure. I don't recall anyone asking permission first.
 
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