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Olly4088 ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 10 Jan 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 424 |
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All, Does anyone remember when they used to have sailing on the TV. Gone are the days of showing ultra30 sailing on afternoon grandstand. I feel annoyed that the only sailing programes that I can find are Watersports World and Seamaster Sailing. I think that is shocking that sports as rubbish as tiddly winks have more television coverage that sailing. I am toying with the idea of writting a strongly worded letter to the bbc and sky to as them to have a word with themselves and pull there finger out. Any Views????? |
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Phil eltringham ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105 |
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maybe if we all go and stand outside BBC television centre and shout lots......
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Black no sugar ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941 |
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I caught the tail-end of an afternoon programme about the Round the Island race a couple of weeks ago.
A harassed-looking instructor had to transform two vapid, brainless, female presenters into half-decent crew. I can't remember what they were sailing, and neither did they, I reckon. However, one of them broke a nail! It was almost the end of her career that day ! ![]() After years of preparation (well... the best part of 3 days, felt like years for the instructors) they completed the race and went back to their grossly-overpaid-for-the-quality-of-entertainment-provided jobs.... kids' TV presenters!! I can't fathom how this kind of show can encourage little kids to sail... unless it's to escape this type of TV drivel ![]() |
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Pondling ![]() Posting king ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Jul 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 149 |
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i no i really want proper people on tv presenting sailing programs but first i want sailing programs!!! the only thing i can watch related to sailing is the olympics!!! dam! |
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Sailors don't get old!!! They get a little dinghy (or skiff, or yacht...)
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Phil eltringham ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105 |
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I think that the problem is that sailing is not the most exciting of spectator sports, especially offshore racing, its great fun to do (don't get me wrong) but trying to make it into something that will entertain people who have no idea of the sports mechanics is next to impossible. I would say, however that match racing and team racing are definately good for TV, team racing especially, races are about 5 min long, you could easilly pick the highlights out of a days racing to fill a half hour slot or so on a saturday afternoon. The other problem we have is that the vast majority of sailing is amature, and how many other amature sports get on TV? The Ultra 30's were on because it was a pro circuit. It would be good to hear from olympic class regattas like Hyeres and SPA, and even the youth worlds. I reckon it would be great to have a monthly slot on grandstand where they did a round up of all the major regattas, at least olympic, european, and world championships where UK teams did well, that alone would be enough of a start to get more people interested in the sport. |
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Olly4088 ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 10 Jan 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 424 |
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not that the coverage of the olympics was any good. We won the first gold medal for great britain in the olympic with Shirley Robertson and they have a 1 min news report on it. Whats the point in that. I think that the great britain sailing team are very good and win lots of medals for the country and they show 1min news reports, thats shocking.
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Olly4088 ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 10 Jan 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 424 |
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There used to be 18 foot skiff sailing on a sky sports and also on a channel called extreme also on sky, it was on every week for about 9 months and then just dissappeared. With regard to sailing not being the most thrilling thing to watch on tv if you are not a sailor then what about programmes like Matt Hayes fishing adventures, how is watching someone sit on the side of a river and catch nothng for hours and talk about bait and maggots thrilling. I think that is is shocking. |
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Pondling ![]() Posting king ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Jul 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 149 |
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i no i mean what is interesting about maggots??!!!!!!! |
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Olly4088 ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 10 Jan 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 424 |
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Thats a good shout actually. If there is anyone out there on this forum or reads stuff from the forum that works for the bbc or any kind of tv network that let me or anyone know as we need to put more sailing on tv. I think I may be forced to write a strongly worded letter/e-mail to the bbc telling them that they are missing out on a massive audience. |
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Pondling ![]() Posting king ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Jul 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 149 |
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yay!!!
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