Tom Cunliffe chases the ghost of Nelson at the ancient riverside village of Bucklers Hard
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- At Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River Tom Cunliffe discovers a world of history around the slipways where Agamemnon, one of Nelson's favourite ships, was built more than two centuries ago.
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Loved the video.
Black tie and wellington boots,only Tom Cunliffe. Brilliant Tom.
Absolutely Brilliant Tom. Your sailing stories are just as entertaining as can be. Thank you for this.
The history channel should be like this !
Thanks Mike. Stand by for another long video about the pilot cutter Jolie Brise. Tom
Did my Day Skipper practical with Four Winds sailing in Bucklers Hard in 2005 When it was my turn to skipper, I was given the last leg and we tacked up the Beaulieu River - with a kindly but pedantic and beady eyed ex naval officer watching me like a hawk. We went right past your boat Tom. I was terrified of hitting it ! Thankyou for this. It was fascinating. My teenage daughter is now taking an interest in sailing and she’s watching your videos too. Keep them coming.
Hi Marcus. Good to hear you made a wide berth past me. I'm delighted to learn your daughter is interested in sailing and watching my vids. We need more young folks to get into sailing. Tell her to tell her mates! All best Tom
Tom Cunliffe - Yachts and Yarns Thanks Tom for the reply . She came to it not via me, but by the many sailing vlogs out there ( Sailing la Vagabonde especially - a kind of reality soap opera on board a catamaran, run by a delightful couple).
just beautiful, thanks Tom!
Having viewed this video and numerous others by Master Cunliffe, it is no exaggeration to suggest that he surely qualifies as a British Natural Living Treasure.
I wish every story is told like this one.
A truly wonderful film Tom - this should be on mainstream media. I often wonder, given our history and the level of interest in boating, why there is so little sailing content on tv. I just hope the powers that be realise the potential for this type of programme , and the depth of knowledge and enthusiasm you bring to the subject.
I agree !!
Ahoy Fraser. I'm with you all the way on this one. I'd love to have another series on TV. Any producers out there interested? Tom
@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns Sad to say I think diversity in programming has been well and truly sunk. Too much anodyne output to massage the prevailing p.c. agenda - under the mistaken belief that sailing is elitist and for the well-rigged only. Boatyard was well received, not just with the cognescenti, and deserved another series - you would probably have to include baking or dancing to get another commissioned.
Henry Cole produces some great motorcycling output and niche interest programmes - he may be worth a call. In any case Tom, many thanks for what you do - long may it last.
The birthplace of HMS Surprise! A bit of serendipity for Patrick O'Brien fans.
Yes, I hadn't thought of that. Good one. Tom
I think Tom has met his match in Mary Montagu-Scott. Very knowledgeable and gifted with storytelling. Best wishes for Bucklers Hard.
I love your in-depth but comprehendible films.
Thanks Darren. I had some more professional ones planned, but with world events, they'll have to wait. We'll be shooting what we can, so keep watching. Tom
Fabulous video, informative and fascinating about the history of Bucklers Hard -- and, of course, Tom's own reminiscences. Many thanks!
Absolutely fascinating! Thanks for doing this Tom!
My pleasure, but it's really thanks to Mary who is a mine of information about Buckler's Hard.
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Fantastic Tom as a heavy timber Carpenter this resonates with me , lead a life that is fun but worthwhile and wholesome
Good to know we're singing the same shanty Chris. Thanks Tom.
Nice reflection of the past and your wonderful way of live.
Thanks Tom.
Thanks for watching. Buckler's Hard will always be a bit of a home away from home for me, having kept my boats there for 35 years. Tom
Wow, wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to travel back in time and experience this place and period of time for a day. Thanks for this video!
Yes Ronald it would. I think the main difference would be to the ear - the lack of motorised machinery, just the sound of people physically at work. Tom
Ahoy Tom. Great video, as always - Many Thanks. Super yarns. Good to hear the expert words from Mary also - always nice to hear from experts. Love the pretty Beaulieu River, and Buckler's Hard. Keep up the great work. Cheers. William.
William. I've passed your kind comments on to Mary. All best Tom
What a great episode 🙏
I truly enjoy when you do the historical pieces like this one. It is just fascinating to watch the history around sailing and you are the perfect person to show it as you love it so much. As always thanks for what you do Tom.
Lovely story!
Brilliant🇬🇧👍
I nominate Leo Sampson Goolden of Sampson boats as the shipwrights for the new shed. He might be interested when he’s finished building Tally Ho. It would give him a destination to sail her home.
You might be just the man to open up the discussion.
You're not alone in nominating Leo. A grand lad. I wonder if he would consider it? I'll pass your comments on to Mary. Tom
I second this nomination
@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns well Leo has mentioned shipping his ship saw back to u.k. and starting a shipyard. So that may be an actual possibility . Im sure Leo knows ya Tom.
It always tickles me when I see people thinking that, after TallyHo, Leo will immediately want to build something else.
I'm sure Leo could handle any boat building he set his mind to,
but I like to think and hope that after what all he's gone thru in restoring TH he will go sail the heck out of her and not stop until she is ready for a re-fit or at least a good tweaking after which he will happily get to sea again before somebody shows him something else to work on.
Love your sense of sailing and history Tom. Well done from Chesapeake Bay.
Keith Staton Your so right. And Leo said so himself. He plans to sail not ship as somebody else suggested Tally-ho back to uk for hopefully the 2027 Fastnet , race, 100th anniversary of her victory . But also not thru the Panama Canal as that was not built when her keel was first laid! I vote for the northwest passage! Which can be done in one year now! Future plan is then to sail Tallyho as he sees fit! Cheers Warren
Amazing episode Mr Tom....you brought back so many memories of living aboard my Rival on the Hamble, then in Cowes...with regular sorties up the Beaulieu River and wonderful days at Bucklers Hard. I could spend hours sitting on the benches taking in all the history. Thank you.
Pleased it brought back some memories. It's a special place. Tom
Thanks v much. Its really wonderful for us to hear your stories - it brings our charming world to life. We very much appreciate it, Thanks again.
So kind of you to write. There's so much history all around us and it's a joy for me to share it. Tom
I enjoyed the video very much. Thanks.
Jesus if only every teacher was as passionate amd informative as Tom. Its intoxicating
You really are too kind. It's just life as I see it. Thanks. Tom
@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns Well im hooked i'll be following you long as i can till i can finally get a boat of my own. Great stuff Cheers
Great film, very interesting, thanks for uploading it.
Well done that man, what a great little film.
Cheers mate. Tom
Brilliant vid, thanks for sharing
I was there last September to go out for a daysail on Gipsy Moth IV after attending the Beaulieu Autojumble.
I've been watching your videos all day Tom, I've learned so much. Thanks.
Sterling people. Enjoyable video!
Thanks Robert. Tom
In 2019 while on a solosail coming from Holland to the Channel Islands I crossed this man with a white beard on the jetty in Portsmouth. The man said "Good evening" and I replied accordingly. A few steps further I said to myself, this chap looked very familiar. It was only a few minutes later seeing Suhaili tied to the dock that I realised who I had just greeted. Hope that I'll be able to visit the UK again soon (brexit and covid permitting) and maybe come across Mr Cunliffe. By the way, I purchased Cunliffes pilot of the English Cannel in Dunkirk on my way to the UK on that trip when I realised I had forgotten to bring a pilot. Although in French it was very helpfull on this trip.
Hallo Dirk. Very pleased to hear the pilot book was useful. Let's hope we cross tacks before too long. Tom
Thank you Tom.
What an interesting place. Thanks Tom.
Pleased you liked it Calum. Tom
Superb programme. Thank You Mary and Tom.
I live on a 38ft Swanson ,that I bought as a derelict project 4 years ago. It’s in Australia. I used to be a crab fisherman in Dorset , I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos and find them interesting and informative thank you.
Thanks Daniel. Good luck with the project. Tom
Wonderful video! Thank you
Loved that
Cheers mate. Tom
Enjoyed that. Thank you.
Tom. I am once again being fascinated with your great English. Mrs. Mary's too.
Brilliant Tom I loved that thank you
Great news! Thanks for watching. Tom
Outstanding video, My mother came from Ireland and I enjoy listening to the accents..
Thanks Rick. I really enjoying introducing people to places and ships they may know nothing about. Tom
Wonderful video Tom. Thanks.
My pleasure Terry. Thanks go to Mary though, for giving us such an insight. Tom
What a fabulous video. Nice work - thanks. Hirta was beautiful, above and below the waterline.
Thanks Paul. Yes, she was a sweet boat with absolutely no vices. Tom
Tom what a gem of a video! Wonderful! Many thanks for sharing! 🇸🇪
Thanks Jay. So pleased you enjoyed the trip to Buckler's Hard. Tom
Fabulous. Enthralling and hugely entertaining. I've sailed in there and also driven in a few times but I now need to go back to see everything I missed. Thanks Tom.
It's full of interest and there's also the Car museum at Beaulieu. Tom
Love your stories tom.
Thanks so much Rod. I really appreciate you saying so. Tom
Wow!
What great videos you make. I learn and smile at the same time. Thank you so very much !!
Thanks Dusty. I'm really pleased I'm making you smile! tom
I’m a bit late to the party on this one Tom... An absolutely fascinating and enjoyable watch, thanks... you are priceless 😊
Nice piece! Bucklers Hard holds very many happy memories for me.
I think Tom, you will remember my 9 ton Hillyard called 'Hannah'. I remember many years ago, you rowing by on the river, and mentioning you always had noticed her, due to her having the same name as your daughter.
I have just sold Hannah, after nearly 20 very happy years with her, and that was second time around in our family, as my parents originally had her built and owned her for 11 years. Doug
I do remember your Hillyard 'Hannah'. Couldn't forget that name! Happy days.
love it Tom ,Its great during lockdown here on the North Coast of Ireland to watch your videos and particularly your yarns! dreaming of getting back round Malin Head again !Stay Safe ,Kieran
Bravo! From California coast.
Outstanding Sir. Your best ever. Thank you so much for sharing the history of on of our old haunts. We will share on our FB page too. Sail Safe. Ant, Cid and the pooch crew aboard SV Impavidus, anchored on the Isle of Ponza, Italy.
Thanks Ant, Cid and the pooches. Beaulieu is a special place, but I wouldn't mind being in Ponza right now! Tom
Great job, went there in the 90s on a yacht knew a little about the place, thanks Tom.
Thanks MrC. Hope you'll get back again some day. Tom
I hope to steam my small trawler along the south coast one day so perhaps I can go back then
Thanks for the explanation Tom. Now to repeat my comment: Did part of my Comp Crew in 1988 up through the moorings here, trying to avoid colliding with the moored expensive boats! I can guess what you left out, but will watch this again now, LOL. Regards
I often brought my candidates and students up river back in the late 70s and early 80s. It was usually on a Thursday night so that we could go to the Master Builder's and have a good old sing song! Tom
I was there a few weeks ago during the Beaulieu autojumble. My wife and I went for a sail on Gipsy Moth IV. I hoped to see Mr Cunliffe's boat as we traveled down the river, but could find her.
Sorry you were disappointed not to see my boat. She's currently in Denmark where she's overwintering. I hope the sail on GMIV made up for it. Tom
Grateful for your films just watched with a beer anchoring weight then this one great mixture of advice and history 🌏 😊
Thanks Buzz. We're lucky that the sea has so many aspects to it. Tom
Very much enjoyed this Tom, did wonder where the other went, but read your reply, all forgiven! lol
I'm relieved you found the new one and watched it. Much of the content is the same, but the one on my channel has more about me and the boats. Tom
An excellent presentation, Tom! Here's what Erskine Childers had to say "But if for your first evening out you want the perfection of beauty and solitude, ..... steer west for the Beaulieu River. You may drop anchor almost anywhere short of Buckler's Hard and after supper listen to the nightingales (i the early summer)". Lovely place, must visit sometime...
Thanks George. I don't remember that quotation, but can imagine what the river must have been like in Childers' day. Sadly, now, there is a ban on anchoring in the river as it seems we have to protect the eel grass! Never mind. There's plenty of moorings.
Tom
@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns Childers wrote a regular column, rather like yourself! I found it in a book (Robin Popham) which links his sailing logs to events in the novel. Eel grass eh? - what next!!
Thanks for the introduction to Popham's book. I hadn't come across it before, so have just ordered it for my library.
@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns It's a good read, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
Tom.....thank you so much for this great history lesson. What a fantastic part of shipbuilding history. Please tell Mary to contact Calvert Museum, in Solomons Island, Maryland. They have a great maritime museum and shipbuilding schools run by people of Maryland with tons of knowledge of how to set up shop.
Thanks Las. I'll pass your recommendation on to Mary. Tom
Wonderful history lesson.. I always thought that Bucklers Hard was just a playground for modern yachties.....
It's so much more. I guess that applies to a lot of places when we scratch the surface. Tom
Most interesting to watch this video with all the history from the glorious Napoleonic War . I was not aware of your interest of that period when I sent you a copy of the Chart of the Straits between Denmark and Sweden made by W. Faden april 1801 just before the Bombardment of Copenhagen . You were the right person to have that gift . I hope you will come once more to my hometown Ystad so that I can see there as a guest .
Thank you for the chart. I treasure it. I hope we will return one day Jan, but next summer we are committed to sail in the English Channel as I have to update the Shell Channel Pilot. All best Tom
You can tell that Mary is a bit of quality.
Tom. Marvellous video. I sailed up to Bucklers Hard outward bound to Madeira and the Azores in 2018. I anchored just inside the river on my return home to the east coast the same summer. I thought we were blessed with our rivers. I'm a complete amateur film maker and its tough trying to convey safe sailing on CZcams when there is so much for the unwary to be impressed by. Hope to meet you before too long and thanks again for the plug for 'Orca' in YW. ATB James
Thanks James. Pleased you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed your book. Hope sales are going well. All best
Tom
Thanks
Your videos are very charming and full of Marine Heritage, I really enjoy them.. Do you have a DVD I could buy? Watching your shows would be a great way to spend time at anchor.
Thanks Tom. Your enthusiasm and positivity are an inspiration. I've been sailing for 50 yrs, but still feel like a novice when I listen to your wonderful stories.
I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere at the mo and have been watching your brilliant videos for the last week or so. Like yourself, I learned to sail with none of the new fangled instruments available today, and back in the day, was pleasantly surprised that we had ended up at more or less the right place at the first sight of land. But I am also fascinated by the technology available these days and try to use it to the full. (within the limits of my capability :0)
In a few weeks I'll return to my boat and, hopefully some of your knowledge and a few of your tips will have rubbed on on me when I set off on a new adventure. (One rope for one job on one cleat is the one that is fresh in my mind and which I'll be passing on :0)
Like to know what boat Tom sails in now!!! And, where does he keep her now.
Hi Tom. I now sail a Mason 44 which I keep in Augustenborg, Denmark There's a few more vids on my site which feature her. I'm currently on board and I'm planning to make one, giving a tour of the saloon. Tom
@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns hi Tom . An old cannon ball that weighs about 10k with a hook at the top does make a wonderful extra anchor weight. I used to run it down the chain with an oversized shackle so it would run. Why did you not go for a centre cockpit and why a mason 44 Tom Hermens net2611@hotmail.com
Did you end up puchasing a old Yarmouth built sailing trawler which was lying in harbour at Bora Scotland still in pretty good condition.
I told a pal of yours who lived aboard a old tug at Kyalkin 2007?
No, I fear not. I wonder who that was....?
...Or perhaps I should say, British National Living Treasure (although the term "natural" seems equally applicable...)
Mary Montagu-Scott looks like the female version of Keith Moore, Head Librarian of the Royal Society! See the "Objectivity" page of CZcams
Now showing subscriber numbers. Might get you a beer or two. Regards
Excellent idea Ron. I'm up for it! Tom
Oh dear. what happened to the previous video Tom?
Hi Geoff The one I just took down was made for the people at Buckler's Hard for viewing by non-sailors, so I took out some of the personal material. This vid is 5 minutes longer and has more of my own reflections in it. Sorry for the confusion. The original had already had well over 1k views, so this will look a bit thin for a while. That'll teach me to be careless! Tom
I cannot believe that workshop is standing empty. Are there no traditional shipwrights left in Britain?
Nelson was my eighth great uncle . Unfortunately I have discovered that the genius for sailing gene is at present dormant.
Hi Bill. I'm honoured to be communicating with an eighth great nephew of Nelson who is my hero. Have you seen my video about my chart table? You'll notice that I have a photo of Nelson up on the bulkhead. Tom
@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns Yes I'm descended from his brother who went into the church and was by all accounts a bit of a rogue. I think there are a few others around descended from the more romantic Emma Hamilton. I have a couple of chairs with a sort of rope motif worked into the back which have made it down to me and which are said to have belonged to him. I have never told anyone before as I think a skipper might get the wrong idea. 'You know what you are doing then. I am going down below for a bit of shut eye.' Probably ridiculous. Love the chart table.
Tom , does someone told you that Peter blake looked like you???
If you still need a boat builder, i'm available.
When God have out the good looks He didn’t pass you by Tom did He. Make the most of them. You’re good to look at. Maybe grow your hair a touch longer.
Hi Paul. I used to have really long hair, until my wife learned how to cut it! I'm lucky not to have lost it. Tom
Tom Cunliffe - Yachts and Yarns hahaha😀🤣😂
Tom Cunliffe - Yachts and Yarns We can learn a lot from one another Tom. You always have a happy positive disposition which you seem to keep intact by always having something diligently on the go or something to look forward to. That’s what I’m learning from you You stay bright. Obviously having a marvellous wife is key. Maybe that’s your great secret. She must be wonderful. And of course your love of sailing, Every aspect, every detail, you are very interested in. All these things help I’m sure. Sometimes Tom seeing a happy camper can be contagious and others can catch it. Your videos are great. They are great to watch. And informative and interesting. Such as your stove or the place in Denmark where you were staying. It’s all good. Needless to say you’re an excellent presenter. Wonderful. Keep doing more and more. It’s great. Good luck and God bless from NZ
Lovely history Tom, but a rather sad emasculated looking place, stripped of everything boat building , there should be boat parifinalia (?) lying around all over the place for a small boy to crawl around in over winter weekends while his father fettles with their wooden yacht in the shed, like I did in West Mersea in the 60's.
cheers Warren
Hi Warren. Mary is endeavouring to bring traditional boat building back to the dock side. Be great to hear the thwack of the caulking irons again. Tom
must try and visit when all this nonsense is over