Watching all at sea

I know the skipper - one of the best in the Solent.

If you'd listened carefully he actually said a F8 was 'forecast' - it was forecast for that evening, they left at 8.00am in a F5 gusting 6!

It was all done for camera - no surprise really. The only bit of decent seafaring for the 3 episodes IMO. Only wish they'd shown more about the boats and the crews - but I did enjoy seeing Madeley and 'Dawnie' getting wet.

Apparently one of the celebs went to the toilet half way through and stopped in the galley for refreshment - hence the cupboard contents emptying - shame that wasn't on camera!

You're dead right about the design of the bathing platform though - bonkers.

Does no one else ever go out in anything over a 5?
 
nonitoo said:
Not if I can help it - not anymore - been there, done that, got the teeshirt !

Tom
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It should be compulsory to be out in a 6-7 at least once. My most memorable trip was Brighton to Chichester in a 35ft Sports Cruiser - a trip done many times but one sunny evening suddenly turned from a forecast max 5 to a not forecast very rough 6/7 and a 3 hour cruise turned in to an 8 hour soaking.

Arriving at Chichester lock, the lockkeeper looked at 2 very pale faces and said 'you've left it a bit late' - didn't have the energy to reply.
 
Explosion said:
It should be compulsory to be out in a 6-7 at least once. My most memorable trip was Brighton to Chichester in a 35ft Sports Cruiser - a trip done many times but one sunny evening suddenly turned from a forecast max 5 to a not forecast very rough 6/7 and a 3 hour cruise turned in to an 8 hour soaking.

Arriving at Chichester lock, the lockkeeper looked at 2 very pale faces and said 'you've left it a bit late' - didn't have the energy to reply.
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Yep a good learning experience.
But for a bit of real upey and downey
Try mid Atlantic on a 8 to 10,000 toner in a F11 gusting 12+ with lightening you lose lifeboats as big as 35ft.
Bin there and go that T shirt.:D
 
All at sea

I really enjoyed the series.

Loved all six boats too. I really like the Oyster 82 too. She was berthed next to me in Ocean Village when she first arrived from across the Atlantic, what a boat.
 
PaulGooch said:
Presumably, if you knew how uncomfortable it was, you'd pay attention to the weather forecasts ?
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Indeed, you only have to look at it from the shore to realise how unpleasant the sea can be, you don't have to be out there.

1st experience (I can remember) about 12 years old sailing a Twinkle Ten (10' long) open gunter rigged dinghy from Holy Loch to the Gareloch, wind blew up to about 5/6, arrived at destination bailing furiously and with my old kapok ex-WWII lifejacket saturated - received bollicking from parents (I suspect mighty relieved to see me). Made quite an impression !!

Subsequently on several occasions being caught in the Irish Sea/North Channel in force 8 in various yachts 20-60 feet long.

Later various hurricanes in Atlantic/North Pacific and an interesting experience when the ship started cracking up and required constant rewelding in the high southern latitudes (weld plates over the cracks then reweld them when the originals tore off).

Trying to control a 50,000 tonne car carrier off the North Foreland during the 1987 hurricane.

Don't like bad weather anymore !!!

Tom
 
I confess I was really looking forward to the programme 'All at sea' .. but the whole thing was ruined for me by the bunch of idiots that were the so called personalities.
 
nonitoo said:
Indeed, you only have to look at it from the shore to realise how unpleasant the sea can be, you don't have to be out there.

1st experience (I can remember) about 12 years old sailing a Twinkle Ten (10' long) open gunter rigged dinghy from Holy Loch to the Gareloch, wind blew up to about 5/6, arrived at destination bailing furiously and with my old kapok ex-WWII lifejacket saturated - received bollicking from parents (I suspect mighty relieved to see me). Made quite an impression !!

Subsequently on several occasions being caught in the Irish Sea/North Channel in force 8 in various yachts 20-60 feet long.

Later various hurricanes in Atlantic/North Pacific and an interesting experience when the ship started cracking up and required constant rewelding in the high southern latitudes (weld plates over the cracks then reweld them when the originals tore off).

Trying to control a 50,000 tonne car carrier off the North Foreland during the 1987 hurricane.

Don't like bad weather anymore !!!

Tom
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sound's like you've got the tee shirt and the video to go with it!!!!!!
 
oldgit said:
"would you have gone out in that boat"

And the point of scaring the passengers silly was what exactly ...if that chancer did not have the self confidence to tell the film crew to FO,then surely he was not doing his job.
Me I would rather go with the skipper of the MTB probably not as many bits of paper or machismo as the Squeeker driver but someone who has nothing to prove or a boat to sell.
Ooo ...and did you them trying to get on and off the boat......£500K and risk breaking your ankle what a wonderful and well thought out design.
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A bit harsh Fred he told em it would be lumpy and it would be best not to move around the boat, both correct. Dont think they had any thing to prove the SS was well up to the job for goodnessake.

As I recall he even mentioned it would slam a bit as they come off the top of the waves.They could have refused to go.

I do agree about the inability to get off the thing from the side SS should address that issue.
 
"They could have refused to go."

The man on the bridge has to think about for each and every passenger on his boat and sometimes make decisions on their behalf,the passengers on that boat would have had no experience of what awaited them and the journey was presumably supposed to be a pleasure cruise,not an SAS weed out the wimps endurance test.
It is all fine and dandy when you are up top hanging on to the wheel and enjoying every minute of the trip,but others were on the boat and their comfort appeared secondary to whatever persuaded him to make that particular journey on that particular day.
Still think it was a pointless way of putting those people off boating for life.
 
oldgit said:
"They could have refused to go."

The man on the bridge has to think about for each and every passenger on his boat and sometimes make decisions on their behalf,the passengers on that boat would have had no experience of what awaited them and the journey was presumably supposed to be a pleasure cruise,not an SAS weed out the wimps endurance test.
It is all fine and dandy when you are up top hanging on to the wheel and enjoying every minute of the trip,but others were on the boat and their comfort appeared secondary to whatever persuaded him to make that particular journey on that particular day.
Still think it was a pointless way of putting those people off boating for life.
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I think they changed the skipper, I have it recorded, so I will check, perhaps not the best advert putting the contents of the galley in the bilge
 
I was too busy ogling the future Mrs Catastrophe, and I don't mean the fat loud mouth woman, who I was hoping would fall overboard, just to shut her up.
 
Was in Greece, so only saw the last one of the series. Whilst happy to have any prog on telly with boats in it, I'm afraid I rather missed the point.

Cannot see how having "celebs" being passengers on various boat trips makes for good TV. Plenty of opportunity for the celebs to be precious, but little else. Where's the challenge?

As someone else posted, Timothy Spall, warts n all, knocked it for six; and because of the Greek trip, I only saw the first and last one of those.
 
tinkicker0 said:
Was in Greece, so only saw the last one of the series. Whilst happy to have any prog on telly with boats in it, I'm afraid I rather missed the point.

Cannot see how having "celebs" being passengers on various boat trips makes for good TV. Plenty of opportunity for the celebs to be precious, but little else. Where's the challenge?

As someone else posted, Timothy Spall, warts n all, knocked it for six; and because of the Greek trip, I only saw the first and last one of those.
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I thought the Timothy Spall thing was great viewing, he had a modicum of self taught knowledge, a lot of guts and great support from his wife, the combination, with a few mishaps, allowed him to achieve his goal, that said I am not sure I would go to sea with him.
 
tinkicker0 said:
Cannot see how having "celebs" being passengers on various boat trips makes for good TV. Plenty of opportunity for the celebs to be precious, but little else. Where's the challenge?

As someone else posted, Timothy Spall, warts n all, knocked it for six;
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Was slightly sickening to see already well paid people getting paid to get what effecitvly amounts to free lavish treats at the license payers expense. I think they should have been put through it a bit more on the 'non treat' boats. What was the point of going on the fishing boat in the first one, they didn't really do any fishing? That guy sulking on the torpedo boat was also unecessary, lots of people would love to have a go on that, even if it's not your sort of thing, complaing like a spoilt child wasn't unecessary.

Really enjoyed the Timothy Spall progs, hope they make some more, although I hope for his own sanity he spends a few days doing Yachtmaster Theory course rather than having to worry quite so much over his tidal calculations (oh and reads the manual for the windlass ;) ). Hat off to him though for teaching himself and getting out there; liked his honesty about feeling responsible for the boat and people on board and the stress that it sometimes brings, I am sure we have all felt that at times!

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