Nice boaty program on iplayer

[Croak]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b036f8nw/britain-on-film-series-2-6-messing-about-in-boats

 

[jimmcgee]

bumping this up to the top , people need to watch this , health and safety would have a field day in the sixty's lol , kids in boats , WITH NO LIFE JACKETS !! , guys building boats , WITH FAGS HANGING OUT THERE MOUTHS !!, and people sailing boats WITH BIG OVERSIZE WOOLY JUMPERS , shocking so it was > :encouragement:

 

[elton]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b036f8nw/britain-on-film-series-2-6-messing-about-in-boats

Thanks for the reminder. I caught a bit of it before I turned in the other night, and forgot all about next day. What I saw of it looked really good, about how boat building changed with the fist GRP hulls, and stuff like that.

 

[CPD]

I have it on Iplayr ready for a trip to San Francisco tomorrow

 

[Bru]

It has been on before but it's so good it's worth another watch I think!

 

[Croak]

Having just bought a trailable 19 foot canal cruiser I found the launching method of something similar quite shocking.

 

[DownWest]

The launching of the rather boxy canal cruiser was one of my father's Otter amphibious caravans. Raymond Baxter had one. Bought back happy memories of Thames cruising.

 

[bikedaft]

i enjoyed that

my dad was boat hunting/saving in the '60's - he bought a halcyon clipper new in 1973 (we still have her)

when we bought a hustler 35 recently he hunted about in his house and found a promo brochure from the '60's for them...

 

[Croak]

The launching of the rather boxy canal cruiser was one of my father's Otter amphibious caravans. Raymond Baxter had one. Bought back happy memories of Thames cruising.

More here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CrcLNtOtrc


But I will have problems if my Wilderness WaterRat rocks around that much.

 

[Tam Lin]

Loved it, thanks for posting!

 

[DownWest]

Loved it, thanks for posting!

Pity it was only the prototype, all the other 250odd ones had a stern cockpit, as in the film, where the engine (an Anzani 3hp) was outside. The vid was from 55 and that is my mother in the fetching blue trews.

 

[Tam Lin]

Pity it was only the prototype, all the other 250odd ones had a stern cockpit, as in the film, where the engine (an Anzani 3hp) was outside. The vid was from 55 and that is my mother in the fetching blue trews.

I really meant the original post! Never mind, I liked the Youtube clip too!

 

[Actionmat]

Thanks for the link, it came in very handy when there was nothing on the telly.

There's a huge archive of boaty, sea and thames footage at http://www.britishpathe.com
For example, GRP boats being made in Surrey, while wearing a collar and tie and no gloves:
http://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/flash/00000000/00034000/00034696.mp4.m3u8

Great info about the caravan/boat. I've seen one in the flesh, I'm surprised they didn't catch on. How many were made?