The Boats That Built Britain - The Pilot Cutter

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The Boats That Built Britain - The Pilot Cutter - Part 2

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4 жыл бұрын

Many consider the Bristol Channel pilot cutter to be the finest sailing boat design ever. Fast, seaworthy and beautiful to behold, the pilot cutter is the perfect combination of form and function - a thoroughbred perfectly adapted to a life in one of the Britain's most treacherous stretches of water. Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe explores the life of the pilots and sails a perfectly restored cutter to find out just what drove these men and their wonderful machines.

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@eddiej9733 3 жыл бұрын

As beautiful the cutters might be, the way Tom has brought their story to us....just sublime

@American_Jeeper 4 жыл бұрын

And now, thankfully, Leo Goolden is bringing one of these famous beauties, Tally Ho, back to life.

@nedlooby7419 2 жыл бұрын

Ah tally ho is a gentlemens yacht....

@briankay3380 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve am watching the rebuild of Telly Ho, and these stories helped me understand the final journey!🇦🇺🦘🦘

@christiankoellner7542 3 жыл бұрын

Most people already know after the 1st episode, that the name is TALLY HO.

@zerofox7347 Жыл бұрын

@@christiankoellner7542 Most people already know when they see a “predictive text” error and don’t feel the need to embarrass someone.

@youmanskids 3 жыл бұрын

looking forward to seeing Tally Ho sail!! go Leo!!

@swiftmatic 6 ай бұрын

BEAUTIFUL boats! Love the history, too. Tom Cunliffe really makes it come to life. You guys just got a new subscriber ❤

@vicoastdog 3 жыл бұрын

A lovely find, as it complements Cuncliffe's beautiful, three volume "Pilots" series of books - which I'm lucky to have on my bookshelf.

@garybarker9139 3 жыл бұрын

I've been watching Tally Ho and Arabella. These cutters were some amazing ships and if I could get one, it would be the dream of a lifetime. Thanks Tom for your information and insight to these wonderful ships.

@HMS1Blake 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. That slightly spoon bow on Olga, and the sheer line, and the counter an'all. Makes my teeth tingle.

@rvail136 3 жыл бұрын

I did a fair bit of sailing as a young man. I was a foretopman on on a topsail schooner that was part of Key West to Martha's Vinyard races some years ago. Those two pilot cutters were beautiful boats.

@danjames4086 11 ай бұрын

Up until a few weeks ago, I didn't know one end of a boat from another. I took a trip on a sailing ship, and now I'm hooked on learning the differences between different craft. This series, and Tom's enthusiasm, are helping me to appreciate the depth of maritime history here in the UK. Fantastic stuff.

@mitfreundlichengrussen1234 4 жыл бұрын

Thx a lot for making these jewels available. Cheers... and yeah, based on your expertise it would be great if you could cover the Tally Ho Project....

@SailorAllan 4 жыл бұрын

I think this series was made like 15 years ago and aired on BBC.........

@leemarsh4473 4 жыл бұрын

Superb viewing on a Sunday after dinner. Looking forward to more.

@BoatYardBuilds 4 жыл бұрын

And Monday ! More coming.

@AfricanFlightStar 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderfully presented Mr Cunliffe, great job, thank you! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼☺️

@805gregg 3 жыл бұрын

A modern Bristol Channel Cutter is still made I have hull #42 designed by Lyle Hess it has the lines and speed of the original but in 28' on deck, 38' overall length, called the Bristol Channel Cutter, very fast and seaworthy, one of the best boats ever made

@bighim04 3 жыл бұрын

And I have a Lyle Hess 30 foot all wood BCC, and she is truly a beauty, most particularly in moderate to heavy weather - she is totally in her element, and comes alive and flies…

@bradbusch9585 4 жыл бұрын

Well done So very interesting

@leonardodigrazia9758 2 жыл бұрын

After this video I will have finished watching this series;( Thank you so much.

@toddsumner3216 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You that was spectacular

@cricciethcastle5077 2 жыл бұрын

13.03 is Mumbles Head from Swansea Bay. Brings a lump to my throat for wonderful sailing days long ago.

@TJLovering 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Great grand dad was a channel pilot out of Cardiff with family in Pill and Padstow. Consequently I have really enjoyed your videos. Being dinghy sailor I will look out for a tourist trip on a pilot boat. I hope I am lucky.

@PillSharks Жыл бұрын

What was the family name which was from Pill? I take it you mean Pill, Somerset? Many Pill families left Pill for piloting work when the Welsh ports really started to take off.

@TJLovering Жыл бұрын

@@PillSharks great grandmother was a Shepherd and great grandfather was a Lovering

@terrycavender 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful out of the water, and in, especially under sail!

@blastforth 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I discovered this series. Thanks.

@bruceweber2361 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. Many thanks indeed.

@obiwanfisher537 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Cutter Pilot seems like it was an interesting career.

@jeffbigbear1766 3 жыл бұрын

...but why board the ships when they can simply follow the cutter? Thanks for a great video

@BoxTunnel 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent programme, even if I was brought here under false-ish pretences having searched for Jolie Brise!

@udovchjustin5941 2 жыл бұрын

Loved that!

@kenvoita135 3 жыл бұрын

Its great too see that some people will never grow up

@michaelfinnegan1542 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You.

@BoatYardBuilds 4 жыл бұрын

And you !

@Pocketfarmer1 2 жыл бұрын

Wish you had added more about the set up and handling of the rig.

@R.E.HILL_ 4 жыл бұрын

Colin Archer... that's someone who could build a pilot/rescue boat..

@CapnCody1622 5 ай бұрын

I’d listen to Tom Cunliffe narrate someone cutting grass.

@mitchellstadnik752 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, talley ho

@sp10sn 3 жыл бұрын

Fast, maneuverable, and sails shorthanded. So what characteristics make a bermuda sloop the popular, modern sailing vessel rather than a pilot cutter?

@richardgiles2484 Жыл бұрын

I was privileged enough to know John Heart, who has recently passed away. But sure, he's on a nice delivery trip 😉

@corvavw6447 Ай бұрын

Pilot kotters❤hoef ik niets meer over te zeggen 😊.

@arturasstatkus8613 2 жыл бұрын

Georgeos👍

@paxwallacejazz 3 жыл бұрын

Check out Salt and Tar an American couple building and living on a Gaff rigged Ketch and Ruth is indeed a catch.

@garydflatt4904 3 жыл бұрын

We would never go to sea on Sunday. It was an unwritten rule for tuna fisherman in San Diego, California.

@ditzydoo4378 3 жыл бұрын

The 1910 Gaff-Cutter "Tally-Ho' designed by Strange and being rebuilt from the Keel up by Leo Sampson. Go to his KZfaq channel at: kzfaq.info

@stevenk6638 3 жыл бұрын

I want to see more about the boat and less about the history !

@MARTINA-gc3tq 4 жыл бұрын

👍

@OgamiItto70 3 жыл бұрын

Must've been like Heaven and Hell. Heaven: you get to go sailing every day in a fast, handy, seakindly boat. Hell: you *_have to_* go sailing every day in your precious, expensive cutter in all weathers and then take a dinghy ride from your cutter across to a ship (again, in all weathers) in order to justify even leaving your anchorage.

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the sand banks shifted a lot, otherwise, why wouldn't you just navigate from the charts and tidal current tables? Really, in today's world, pilots are used only because they are legally required. GPS and constant updates about shifting sandbanks make pilots obsolete, in the practical sense.