Howards Way

[Dino]

Just watched episode 1, Toms wife is a serious ballbreaker

 

[northwind]

Just watched episode 1, Toms wife is a serious ballbreaker

Careful, she's married to Ken masters in real life..

 

[ashtead]

Once met Stephen (aka Ken Masters) in a south London pub being his local over a snooker table many years ago seemed a really pleasant chap I recall .

 

[PCUK]

My mate bought the Sealine in the introduction. Biggest engines possible had been fitted for the show.

 

[colhel]

I watched it first time round and then again as an adult and love it - there are a few Ken Masters on here...

Yarmouth harbour was very different back then.

Some lovely old clips of Cowes, the hydrofoil and car ferry, but I missed Yarmouth. Was that in the same episode?

 

[benjenbav]

Seem to remember thinking Howard’s Way started as a good idea, but all got a bit silly with the boat stuff rapidly getting pushed into the background in favour of generic dysfunctional intrigues.

 

[sharpness]

Thanks to this post, I've started watching Howards Way again. I was a bit young to remember it first time round, but I do always remember the end credits with the Sealine zipping around the yacht.
Anyone know what series these end credits start to appear ?

 

[superheat6k]

Ah yes, Tarrant - I remember the place very well !

 

[scottie]

Some yachts do actually have a device called a trim tab but it’s and vertically mounted foil on the trailing edge of the keel. It is usually adjustable at the helm and is designed to make the boat sail closer to the wind, upwind.
Some of the old 12 metre Americas Cup boats had them

I believe that they are no longer viable under various rules

 

[chrishscorp]

We lived in Yorkshire in the 80s and it was a regular in our house as both Mum and Dad were based in Pompey and spent their courting years in many of the locations the filming took place.

The Floating restaurant in the Elephant boat yard has at the back of the seating area the original sign for the Mermaid Boat yard if your ever passing and the food was good the last time we were there.

 

[Fire99]

Thanks to this post, I've started watching Howards Way again. I was a bit young to remember it first time round, but I do always remember the end credits with the Sealine zipping around the yacht.
Anyone know what series these end credits start to appear ?

The jazzy end credits started in season 3. "Always There" the romantic sounding ending was for the first two seasons...

 

[Scolly]

One critic said of Toms character "He had all the animation of a plank" and thank god no one has mentioned Triangle !!!!

 

[penfold]

Holy cow. I have vague memories of it being on while I lay on the carpet playing and avoiding being sent to bed, but it's a remarkable artifact. Nasty Ken strutting about in a double-breasted blazer in the chandlery might as well be a John & Peter sketch from Fry & Laurie.

 

[ari]

My mate bought the Sealine in the introduction. Biggest engines possible had been fitted for the show.

Pretty much every Sealine 285 Ambassador ever sold in the last 30 years was 'the one from the Howards' Way intro'.

 

[Fire99]

One critic said of Toms character "He had all the animation of a plank" and thank god no one has mentioned Triangle !!!!

I thought he fitted the cast well. They were certainly a mixed bag. The only two that on recent watching that tended to irritate me were Abby and Leo. Abby because she could turn mineral water into sour milk and Leo because for about 4 seasons he seemed to look continually confused and had the backbone of a jellyfish. But he toughened up a bit later. You had to love it a little. All the dramatic exits and self-righteous poses.
On a slightly more serious note, the marinas and boatyards still had a bit of 'down to earth' charm about them. Most hadn't become these clinical monsters of today. And of course a huge boat then would probably now be called a compact starter boat!!

 

[Bilgediver]

On my Sky box it's on the "Drama" channel.
The same channel might be available on other platforms.
Picture quality is not great on a large screen TV.

Drama is 20 on my Freeview on one set but not available on other sets in the house.

 

[SC35]

Drama is 20 on my Freeview on one set but not available on other sets in the house.

Try re-scanning freeview if not available on a set.
Note that the re-scanning process can sometimes drop a weak channel as well as finding new ones!

 

[Bilgediver]

Try re-scanning freeview if not available on a set.
Note that the re-scanning process can sometimes drop a weak channel as well as finding new ones!

Forces TV coms in and out like a YoYo.

 

[stelican]

Pretty much every Sealine 285 Ambassador ever sold in the last 30 years was 'the one from the Howards' Way intro'.

They were all hammered then!

 

[dunedin]

Thanks to this post, I've started watching Howards Way again. I was a bit young to remember it first time round, but I do always remember the end credits with the Sealine zipping around the yacht.
Anyone know what series these end credits start to appear ?

Must be on the Mobo forum - I saw the credits of some great shots of a Barracuda 45 yacht sailing well, then some little motorboat goes and crosses dangerously close ahead near the end