Practical Boat Owner — November 2017

The Mercy:

Donald

Crowhurst

film delays

The film about Donald

Crowhurst’s Ill-fated attempt to

win the Golden Globe race will

now be released in the UK next

year. The Mercy, which stars

Colin Firth as Crowhurst and

Rachel Weisz as his wife,

Claire, was scheduled to be

released on 27 October 2017.

Now the IMDb website is

listing the film as being

released in the UK on

9 February 2018.

Don McIntyre, organiser of

the 50th Anniversary race that

will be sailed next year,

claimed: ‘They have held the

release date to partly hook into

the 2018 50th anniversary

edition of the original 1968

Golden Globe’

Directed by James Marsh,

The Mercy follows Crowhurst’s

attempt to race around the

world to win the 1968-

Golden Globe Race on his

trimaran, Teignmouth Electron,

and his subsequent descent

into falsehood and madness.

PBO Columnist Dave Selby
has released a book of his
early writings. The Impractical
Boat Owner: Tales and Trials
from years of Floundering
Afloat is a collection of Dave’s
columns, expanded for the
book, and with additional
‘Lessons Not Learned’ hints
and tips boxes, all illustrated

with cartoons by Jake

Kavanagh. Themes covered

include: First attempts at

sailing, how not

to sail singlehanded,

mysteries of maintenance,

how not to sail with a dog, the

impenetrable mysteries of

navigation and weather and

how not to race. The

Impractical Boat Owner is an

antidote to all that’s written

about expensive shiny new

yachts, self-improvement, the

quest for qualifications and

practical skills.

Dave Selby’s The Impractical

Boat Owner is published by

Bloomsbury, costs £9.99.

Britain Afloat: new BBC boating

series to air this autumn

A replacement skipper has

been appointed for the

Greenings team in the

Clipper Round the World

Race after the original

skipper, David Hartshorn, had

to be evacuated by helicopter

following a serious hand

injury. Andy Woodruff, 41,

from Poole, has been named

interim skipper and was due

to join the team in Punta del

Este, Uruguay, at the end of

September.

Describing his new role,

Andy, who already has over

60,000 nautical miles in his

log-book, commented: “It is a

great honour to be joining

such a prestigious global

event as the Clipper Race. My

aim is to continue the

fantastic work that David

Hartshorn has started on

board Greenings.

I believe it is important that

the crew get the most out of

this experience as possible,

not just on the leaderboard

but also within themselves,

though of course I am keen

to get them as many points

as possible in the process!’

Leg 2, the 3,560-mile South

Atlantic Challenge, from

Uruguay to Cape Town, will

start on 4 October 2017 and

will take approximately 17

days to complete. From Cape

Town, the Clipper Race will

continue on to Fremantle in

Western Australia.

Clipper skipper replaced after injury

Dave Selby Impractical Boat Owner book launch

Mary-Ann Ochota filming the first episode, Thames Barges

Sailors craving their nautical fix
might like to tune in to BBC 2
on Saturday evenings this
autumn. A new BBC series,
Britain Afloat, sees presenter
Mary-Ann Ochota travel the
coasts and waterways of
Britain, discovering how boats
have shaped the lives of the
people that use them. Starting
on Saturday 30 September
(available on iPlayer in UK) at
8.30pm, the series runs for the
next six Saturdays.
The series explores the
regional diversity in boat
design and the floating way of
life, from the modest coracle –
whose shape was adapted to
suit individual rivers across
Britain – to the imposing
Thames sailing barges – boats
that helped build London.

In each episode, Mary-Ann

uncovers the story of a

different boat’s design and

evolution and discovers the

impact it had on the people

and communities who have

used it, both in days gone by,

and today.

Schedule

BBC 2, Saturdays, 8.30pm

Part 1: Thames barges

Part 2: The coracle

Part 3: The narrow boat

Part 4: The punt

Part 5: Mersey sailing boats

Part 6: The rowing eight

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