Queen's Jubilee Thames Event

[dylanwinter]

has anyone on here been given a place in this event

and

would they like an on-board cameraman

it would be shame to miss the opportunity of filming it from of the participants

I also understand about not getting in the way when on board

needless to say the skipper of any host boat would get a complete set of High definition rushes

I will make a film of it and put it up on youtube along with all the rest of the KTL content


Dylan

 

[neale]

has anyone on here been given a place in this event

and

would they like an on-board cameraman

it would be shame to miss the opportunity of filming it from of the participants

I also understand about not getting in the way when on board

needless to say the skipper of any host boat would get a complete set of High definition rushes

I will make a film of it and put it up on youtube along with all the rest of the KTL content


Dylan

You do realise that this means getting on a, cough cough, Motorboat dont you?

 

[Boomshanka]

You do realise that this means getting on a, cough cough, Motorboat dont you?

This from the event's website... just to get everyone really motivated and whoop whooping. I've highlighted a bit which might give some hope to Dylan:

"At high water in the afternoon of Sunday 3 June 2012, up to a thousand boats muster on the River Thames in preparation for Her Majesty The Queen to lead the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. It will be one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the river. Rowed boats and working boats and pleasure vessels of all shapes and sizes will be beautifully dressed with streamers and Union Jacks, their crews and passengers turned out in their finest rigs. The armed forces, fire, police, rescue and other services are all afloat and there are an exuberance of historic boats, wooden launches, steam vessels and other boats of note.

The flotilla is bolstered with passenger boats carrying up to thirty thousand flag-waving members of the public placed centre stage (or rather mid-river) in this floating celebration of Her Majesty's sixty year reign. The spectacle is further enhanced with music barges, boats spouting geysers and pyrotechnic barges spitting smoke and daytime fireworks. And there will be specially constructed elements like a floating belfry, its chiming bells answered by those from riverbank churches.

The opening ceremony of London's Olympic Games is just six weeks away and the public that crowd the riverbanks and bridges gives a rousing reception to the many boats that have travelled from far and wide to represent UK port cities, the Commonwealth countries and other international interests. Downriver of London Bridge, there is a gun salute and the flotilla passes through a spectacular avenue of sail made by traditional Thames sailing boats, oyster smacks, square riggers, naval vessels and other impressive ships.

The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant celebrates Her Majesty's sixty years of service by magnificently bringing the Thames to life; making it joyously full with boats, resounding with clanging bells, tooting horns and sounding whistles; recalling both its royal heritage and its heyday as a working, bustling river. "

 

[neale]

Alas, the avenue of sail which, although certainly spectacular, will be stationary. He would get just as good footage from the banks or one of the bridges.

No, if he wants to be on a boat it is going to have to be a motor boat. Now his saving grace could be one of the lovely historic boats or a Dunkerque little ship. Failing that, if he can film with one hand he could row with the other, he could jump aboard one of the 300 rowed vessels.

 

[DanTribe]

has anyone on here been given a place in this event

and

would they like an on-board cameraman

it would be shame to miss the opportunity of filming it from of the participants

I also understand about not getting in the way when on board

needless to say the skipper of any host boat would get a complete set of High definition rushes

I will make a film of it and put it up on youtube along with all the rest of the KTL content


Dylan

Surely you've been asked to attend with your gun punt?
Just explain to Phil that it's designed to make shooting birds easier, I'll bet he wants one.

 

[dylanwinter]

I own a motor boat

You do realise that this means getting on a, cough cough, Motorboat dont you?

I own a motorboat

actually my boat has two engines

but I regard both of the infernal devices as necessary evils.

However, I like the sound of a well balanced single cyclinder as much as the next man.

there are several parts of my films where I praise motorboats

I fear you are judging 250 films by the one that got more yourube hits than any other

primarily because it was a film about twassocks in boats

I assume that this event will not include many members of the Romford navy

if they do turn up then I promise to film their antics


as for the suggestion that I should film it from the shore....

well the BBC will be doing a much better job of it than I ever could

no point in doing that

but to see the event from the perspective of something like max's classic naval vessel

http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/max-and-his-beautiful-mobo-300x168.jpg

would be a thing not to miss

I for one would like to see a film made from the perspective of one of the participants

Dylan

 

[neale]

I assume that this event will not include many members of the Romford navy

Ill give you one guess where I was born and brought up..........

as for the suggestion that I should film it from the shore....

To be fair, I wasn't suggesting you should film from the shore, more saying that filming from a boat in the avenue of sail wouldn't be much better than filming from the shore.

Your best bet would be to get on one of the historic vessels. Then maybe you could do a bit about the boat as well. I understand the vessel that saved the most men at Dunkerque will be there. What a story that boat could tell.

 

[Mudisox]

I've had an email saying sorry you are not on the list.
Offered me two tickets to watch however .

 

[dylanwinter]

well done

I've had an email saying sorry you are not on the list.
Offered me two tickets to watch however .

well done for trying

what did you say on your application

how did you justify your boat as a candidate

Dylan

 

[A1Sailor]

What kind of flags do the public get to wave?

 

[johnwest]

How about a nice HDML. Have a look at HMS Medusa.

j

 

[larger top dave]

q j thames event

out of interest did anybody with a normal yacht get invited
everybody i know who entered got refused

 

[PhillM]

I've had an email saying sorry you are not on the list.
Offered me two tickets to watch however .

+1