Geordies overboard

dylanwinter said:
it had boats in it

and large men

I am always a bit frightened when I watch such things

trying to guess where the reality gives way to the creativity of the editing

the blokes did not look fit enough to me


Dylan
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Nor me, I don't think they would stand a chance in the real RNLI
 
To begin with, my main reaction was what a dick the moneybags builder seemed to be, disrupting an organisation that seemed fine as it was, with his obvious control-freak tendencies and despite his complete ignorance of the sea.

Then we saw them on a shout, looking like something out of the Chuckle Brothers.

After that it seemed like maybe he had a point.

Could have gone about it a hell of a lot better though.

(Going by the story the TV crew wanted to tell, anyway)

Set up a reminder for the next episode already!

Pete
 
The funniest bit was the quote from the guy onshore about the other guy called Staff who was on the life boat trying to throw the rope. It went something like "I should be out there, Staff doesn't know ropes" :eek:
 
Don't forget these guys don't have the funding of the RNLI yet still volunteer to put themselves out to help and save people. If I am in trouble off blyth and battling against adversity then ... Help arrives ... Thank goddess for the gemorosity of spirit and public decency that drives volunteers to put themselves at risk to help.
 
smeaks said:
If I am in trouble off blyth and battling against adversity then ... Help arrives ...
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Well, as long as enough people to crew the boat have actually bothered to turn up, and as long as they didn't get one of their own ropes round their prop again :D

Wish 'em all the best though.

Pete
 
Just watched a bit on the 'puter, thanks for the link.
I come from the NE of England and it was a joy to hear those guys (and gals) talking.
As for the prog, well I'll put in the list and watch next week. Looks worthwhile, but it may fall foul of the TV chaps' ideas of the fly-on-the-wall rubbish they think we want to have on our screens.
As for the "suitability of the crew", well I think slimmer men/girls would be more appropriate in a rough-weather rescue. I stand to be corrected.
 
Just watched it on the link.

They can't possibly be as bad as they were made out to be. The life boat owner was unbelievable, his management style made David Brent look like a pussy cat.

The performance of the 'Cox' and 'crew' was some of the worst seamanship i have seen in a long while, they were a danger to everyone, including themselves.

I can only hope that it was all in the editing, but even that doesn't explain their inability to throw a rope :mad:

I appreciate the effort and commitment of the guys, but if they cant rescue a boat with a small leak on a calm day, what hope have they got ?
 
No doubt the editing was a bit biased as I'm sure the Coastguard wouldn't use them if they were really that bad.

The owner is obviously struggling to manage things. He's probably used to talking to builders where both he and they know he knows what he's talking about. He'd doubtless laugh heartily at a competitor who reckoned he could run a construction business without knowing what an RSJ was, but at the same time he reckons he can run a lifeboat without knowing what Lat & Long are and has made that clear to his volunteers.

It looks like he knows he really needs to do something about the competence of the crew, but he seems to be tackling it by introducing petty bureaucracy rather than pushing a serious training programme to develop their seamanship skills. For all their faults, he has volunteers with some enthusiasm. The owner complains they're using the lifeboat station as a social club, but he's doing nothing to make them use that time to learn how to be better seamen. If they can't throw a rope, set up a target in the yard and make them keep going until they can hit it with a line everytime.
 
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