I imagine these programmes has been discussed here before, and I don’t know when it was broadcast, but someone kindly recorded them for me and I have just seen half of episode 1 and I am driven to comment!
I was blown away by Undina – what a gorgeous boat. (can anyone tell me a bit about her?) But it was amazing to see the reaction of the non sailor crew to her. The 1st shot of the interior had me gasping at the beautiful restoration and them commenting that it was cramped and woody!
I guess that the skipper’s apparent incompetence was largely down to the editing. But nevertheless, was that a real conversation with Dover coastguard?! Appalling VHF procedure apparently including illegal profanity!
She seemed to go to windward in a blow absolutely superbly, but they seemed to have a full genoa and no main going to windward in what looked like a 5-6. Why not a reefed main and a proper amount of headsail? I would have thought she would have handled way better. Or was that again just for the few minutes when the accompanying RIB could get a decent shot ?
Anyway, sorry if this has been done to death when it was broadcast, but I enjoyed it and will watch the rest over the next few days (if anyone wants a copy, I will be in UK next week and I could put a DVD in the post)
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