Sailing on the telly - BBC Alba

[Gordonmc]

I was channel flicking while having supper and came across one of the best bits of sailing telly I have seen - ever.
A programme called Soillse on BBC Alba.
It tells the story of a circumnavigation of the North Pole using seaways freed from permanent Arctic ice, from Oslo over the top of Siberia to Alaska, Canada, Greenland and back to Norway... all in a smallish trimaran with precious litte freeboard.
I draw attention to the programme which will not be on council telly in the South, but it may be available on I-player: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rl3hr
Enjoy... if the link works.

 

[Georgio]

It works, thanks I will watch that later.

 

[afterpegassus]

BBC Alba is a much under-rated channel, but admit you do have to be selective at times. It is not just for us teuchters.

 

[NickRobinson]

Was really good I watched it 'live'.
I watch Alba quite a lot, folk music, border collies and boats.... perfect!
N

 

[Gordonmc]

Was really good I watched it 'live'.
I watch Alba quite a lot, folk music, border collies and boats.... perfect!
N

Shinty as well - plus a lot of club rugby union. I must see if the Marr V Livingstone final will be live from Murrayfield (20th April) .

 

[aquaplane]

I enjoyed that, thanks for posting.

 

[Kelpie]

Thanks for the heads-up, that was fantastic. Similar vein to 'Vertical Sailing'.

 

[saltylegs]

Thanks for that

 

[bikedaft]

excellent program/sail - thanks for posting it

 

[Georgio]

Anyone else think they were a bit crazy to do that trip in a lightly built (Corsair?) trimaran? Very impressive trip and well done them but I would have wanted to do it in a more rugged boat, made me cringe every time they hit a growler or burgy-bit.

 

[sailorman]

Anyone else think they were a bit crazy to do that trip in a lightly built (Corsair?) trimaran? Very impressive trip and well done them but I would have wanted to do it in a more rugged boat, made me cringe every time they hit a growler or burgy-bit.

Agreed, sailing very realistically shown when underway. didnt like the GW propaganda at the end of the video, which is what the video was made to portray

 

[Kelpie]

Agreed, sailing very realistically shown when underway. didnt like the GW propaganda at the end of the video, which is what the video was made to portray

I think those who made the film would argue that GW was the whole point.

 

[sailorman]

I think those who made the film would argue that GW was the whole point.

well it aint very warm here at the mo

 

[Spirit of Glenans]

It's available on Freesat to those of us who live in rural areas and are too penurious (i.e. of Scottish extraction ) to pay for Sky etc. Also us Irish, who learned Gaelige at school, can can almost make sense of the Gaelic!

 

[Seatrout]

'He's on dry land according to my GPS!'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=983Yz0O4R-A

 

[DaveS]

'He's on dry land according to my GPS!'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=983Yz0O4R-A

There are a number of places on the West Coast where there is a noticeable difference between the BA or BA derived chart and the actuality. I don't know about Arisaig (I was last in there before GPS existed) but e.g. in Loch Sunart if you go through the middle of the passage between Risga and the Ardnamurchan coast the plotter shows you on the beach. Blindly following the charted mid channel would put you on the rocks. Antares Charts (no connection etc.) provide a very useful tool for exploring an expanding range of such awkward places, but as yet they can't operate on a dedicated chart plotter, just a laptop, tablet, or other difficult to see in sunlight device.

 

[ianj99]

Good series on Scottish lighthouses on Alba as well.

 

[timmygobang]

Enjoyed that very much. Cheers! ps I think they're mad, and didn't one of them take a bit a dip going overboard at one stage?