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Jan plans a business trip to London for Ken. Tom's continued presence at the boatyard causes concern for Bill and other workers. Tom's design plans for a revolutionary boat ignite Jack's anger, particularly when Avril sides with Tom.
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00:29Satsang with Mooji
01:18Happy!
01:41Happy!
01:43Happy!
01:44Happy!
01:46Happy!
01:55Oh, my God.
02:25It was a bit stupid, wasn't it?
02:32I slipped.
02:34You slipped.
02:36I was trying to see something under the ledge.
02:38I lost my balance.
02:40God's sake, you idiot.
02:41What the hell were you doing?
02:42I was not...
02:46Okay, you slipped.
02:49Are you all right now?
02:53I'm a bit wet.
02:55That makes two of us.
02:58I should bring our swimming talks next time.
03:01I haven't any.
03:04That's right.
03:05Remember, you're dead swim.
03:08Better get you some dry clothes.
03:11You can dry off at my home.
03:14Well, it's nearer than yours.
03:16Would you rather stay here?
03:17No.
03:18I'll come with you, if you don't mind.
03:22Yeah, okay.
03:25Should I fall in again?
03:28From Mr. Keepsdale.
03:39Cheers.
03:40Cheers.
03:43I think I made a mistake with Tom Hart.
03:46He's got no idea what it's all about.
03:49No, you've got to face things, Jack.
03:51If he hadn't come in with us, we'd have been out on our ears by now.
03:55I mean, your Avril's done wonders with the accounts,
03:58but she can't make the order books that fill up now, can she?
04:02I bet he's a busybody.
04:13Weekend, Matlows.
04:15It's like the pirates of bloody Penzance, is it?
04:20The world's all wrong, Bill.
04:24You, um...
04:25You know he's been poking his nose into everything, don't you?
04:28I mean, he's only been in the yard a week or so,
04:32and he's in every day.
04:33He wants to know this, he wants to know that.
04:36Why can't he leave us to get on with it?
04:39What?
04:40Oh.
04:41Him.
04:42You're a flaming partner.
04:46Look as he thinks he is.
04:50You're thinking of leaving then, Bill?
04:52No.
04:52No, no, I'm not.
04:55I'm going home now.
04:58Come on.
05:01You've had enough for tonight, too.
05:03Come on.
05:22Yeah.
05:25OK.
05:28Come on.
05:46I'm going to the kitchen.
05:47It's not on the street.
05:56come on
06:02here
06:04this will do for your hair
06:07I'll get you some dry clothes
06:10you can change here
06:12you don't have to worry, everyone's out till after ten
06:16thanks
06:25so, statements and invoices I keep in the black file
06:28which you can refer to as necessary
06:31any amounts are transferred to the journal and the ledger
06:33in the ordinary way, nothing special in that
06:36no, but I've always had a department to take care of my paperwork
06:39is that it?
06:41I think so
06:43would you like a drink before we shut up shop?
06:45oh, please
06:47what would you like?
06:50scotch
06:53a small scotch will be fine
06:55right
06:59it doesn't look too encouraging, does it?
07:02well, you can't say I didn't warn you
07:03no
07:04you were very open, very fair
07:07when did we last build a boat?
07:10over a year ago now
07:12I wasn't here then
07:13dad lost money on that too
07:15ran into a penalty clause for late delivery
07:18why?
07:21oh
07:22just dad being dad
07:25he's such a perfectionist
07:27you know, he can't understand why anybody wants a boat by a specific date
07:31to him it's only ready when he can't improve upon it anymore
07:34admirable
07:35but commercial suicide
07:36oh, by the way
07:38the repair and refit job from Germany
07:40is it contracted?
07:41I haven't seen anything in writing yet
07:43no, no contractors yet
07:45but it is trade practice that any major repairs are done by the original builders
07:49most British insurance companies insist upon it
07:54I think
07:56it's reasonably secure
07:58and what about the bank?
08:01let's just say dad's con them once too often
08:07hmm
08:09by the way, the man who bought the fish
08:11his name is Deverell
08:13yes, why?
08:14is he bang it himself?
08:15hmm, as far as I know
08:17and his address is Burnham-on-Crouch
08:20why? something wrong
08:22no, no
08:23of course not
08:26cheers
08:31do you want to talk?
08:36not really
08:38there isn't anything
08:43just thank you for being kind
08:47Abby, I don't know you all that well
08:49but can't I help
08:52I'm a good listener
08:55just leave it here
08:58please
09:03you
09:08you
09:09do you
09:24do you
09:26do you
09:28don'tلك
09:33Oh.
09:48Must you clatter in like that?
09:51What on earth?
09:52What have you been up to?
09:54We'll talk about it tomorrow.
09:55Well, we'll talk about it now.
09:57Now, I want to know what's happened to your hair and whose clothes you're wearing.
10:01It's nothing, Mother. I fell in the water down by Hursthead.
10:04I've no doubt someone will tell you about it.
10:05I want you to tell me now.
10:07No.
10:07Now, listen to me, my girl.
10:09I've no idea who you've been with or what you've been doing.
10:12Since when have you cared, Mother?
10:13That's an appalling thing to say.
10:15Your father and I have done everything we possibly could for you.
10:18Except love me.
10:20You don't even like me.
10:21You can't show me off. You can't wear me, so I'm useless to you.
10:25Just, please, leave me alone.
10:28Very well, I'll leave you alone, but I won't have you behaving like a little trollop.
10:32One in the family's enough.
10:34How dare you!
10:36Abby, come back here and apologise.
10:39Abby!
10:42Morning.
10:44Morning.
10:49Jack not in yet?
10:58Morning.
11:07Morning.
12:39No, we wouldn't.
12:40At least the mermaid yard wouldn't, because Jack is blinkered.
12:44I know one thing for sure.
12:47Tom, unless this yard has a change of attitude, it won't be here this time next year.
12:53But I intend to be.
12:55I've got too much riding on it.
12:58There's got to be an immediate change, Avril.
13:00I agree, Tom.
13:00I told you this right from the start.
13:02This yard needs you more than you need the yard.
13:05I may have a fight on my hands.
13:07You don't strike me as the sort of man who runs away from the fight.
13:13There's a 20-metre frontage over there doing nothing.
13:17Is it ever put to any use?
13:18Not that I know of.
13:20There's a mud bank and it runs shallow.
13:22Not much use for mooring.
13:24And it's time it was dug out and made to earn its keep.
13:29Hey, Davey, lunch break.
13:32I'm nearly finished.
13:33I just did this surface.
13:39Listen.
13:41We downed tools at 12.30.
13:44That means everybody, right?
13:45I said I was nearly finished.
13:47Yeah, you are finished, lad.
13:48We don't have no extras.
13:50Maybe he's claiming overtime.
13:52I just want to finish what I'm doing.
13:54What for?
13:55Because I want to.
13:57Listen, Sonny.
13:59I don't know what they bloody well teach you where you come from.
14:01But round here, we do things by the rule book.
14:04Right?
14:07This is where I come from.
14:08I was born here.
14:10That gives me the right to do as I please.
14:13And I will finish what I'm doing.
14:15Right?
14:19Mr Sayers around?
14:22I think he's gone for his lunch break, Mr Howard.
14:24Who showed up adventurer?
14:28Mr Sayers, I'm one of the lads.
14:29I don't really know.
14:31I was on the bench.
14:33I see.
14:40I'm not doing it just for the money.
14:43That makes a change.
14:44I didn't know you cared about prestige.
14:46I don't.
14:47Not for itself.
14:48But if it gets you noticed, it means money in the end.
14:54And you want me to suss out the ground?
14:58I don't know if I can do that.
14:59I don't know enough.
15:00No, but you're the sort that can find out.
15:02Like me.
15:03See what's on offer.
15:04Pick their brains.
15:05Chat them up.
15:06All I want to know is that in the end, I've got the finest selection of boating equipment
15:10in the south of England.
15:11And that means gear, too.
15:13It takes a little time to get a reputation like that.
15:16Well, make sure it is little, because I'm in a hurry.
15:19Honestly, Ken, I don't know if I'm the right sort of person for this job.
15:23I mean, I don't know the first thing about the sort of stuff you're talking about.
15:26Clothing, maybe, but the technical gear is beyond me.
15:29It's all about selecting and marketing.
15:32And you're good at that.
15:33I've watched you.
15:34You've got a nose for it.
15:35What you don't know, you find out.
15:38Do you want me to go to Southampton this afternoon?
15:40Any reason why not?
15:42No, I'm on top of things here.
15:46All right, I'll do it.
15:47Make a nice change.
15:49I'll just phone Mother and ask her to cope with the evening meal.
15:55I see.
15:56Yes, I have tried to contact Mr. Deverell several times,
15:59but he never seems to be available.
16:04That's most kind.
16:05Goodbye.
16:19Hi, Davy.
16:20Hello, Leah.
16:21Have you seen Dad anywhere?
16:22He was there a while ago.
16:24He'd been in the office, I think.
16:25Cheers.
16:29All right.
16:31Got the whole family here now, have we?
16:33I was just looking for my Dad.
16:35Sorry if I'm in the way.
16:36Oh, it's all right, lad.
16:37I don't mind you being here.
16:39I thought it was your sister who was the sailor in the family.
16:43It is, really.
16:44I just like watching the boats being built.
16:47You're sort of bailing me.
16:48Not your Dad's assembly line things.
16:50No, the old boats.
16:52The ones built with, well...
16:55Love?
16:56Don't be frightened to sail, lad.
16:59He cares, young Davy.
17:01Yeah, I know.
17:04Got a half day, then?
17:05Yeah.
17:08Well, better go and find Dad.
17:18Dad!
17:20Hello, son.
17:24Anything I can do?
17:26No.
17:29Mum's going into Southampton's, and Gran's coming over to cook the dinner.
17:32She asked me to let you know.
17:33Oh.
17:35Fine.
17:40See you later.
18:05He's still nosed in the bay, is he?
18:07You mind your own business, Bill.
18:16Well?
18:18Actually, I'm not really sure where to begin.
18:20I suppose Leo didn't say anything about last night.
18:23No, why should he?
18:25Well, he seems to have brought Abby home on his motorcycle.
18:27Now, he didn't come in, and she looked like a drowned rat.
18:31Of course, I asked her what she'd been up to, but both last night and this morning, she's
18:36been extremely vague about it all.
18:39Not to say rude.
18:41Well, it's all news to me.
18:42I mean, Leo didn't even mention seeing Abby.
18:44Oh, well, they must be getting along all right if they've secrets already.
18:48Come to the point, Polly.
18:50I can't seem to make contact with Abby.
18:53Oh, perhaps it's just a generation gap thing.
18:56Well, I seem to be able to talk to Lynn, but...
18:58Oh, well, Lynn's a poppet, whereas Abby...
19:02Do you know, I'm not even sure I like her.
19:06One's own daughter.
19:07Polly, what is it Abby has or has not done?
19:10That's just it, darling.
19:12I don't know, but there is something.
19:15Ask Leo for me, will you, please?
19:18Oh, I'm sorry.
19:20Am I interrupting anything?
19:21No.
19:21Of course not, Mr. Masters.
19:23I just spotted my chum and couldn't resist a teeny chat.
19:28Oh, well.
19:30Must away.
19:31Bye, darling.
19:33Bye, Polly.
19:34Bye, Mr. Masters.
19:39That is a very naughty lady.
19:42Okay.
19:43Sorry, I should have said it.
19:44She's a friend of yours.
19:46Even if it is true?
19:48Even if it is true.
19:49Right.
19:50How do you make out?
19:51Well, enough.
19:52The report's on your desk and the latest brochure's in your top drawer.
19:55And?
19:55And I want to go to London tomorrow, if it's all right with you.
19:58I want to take stock of the large market as well as the local one.
20:01I was right about you.
20:02You know what you're on about.
20:03Well, you haven't read my report yet.
20:04Oh, I don't have to.
20:06I trust your judgment.
20:10Sorry.
20:11Have you all been waiting?
20:13That's all right.
20:13I think Kate has everything under control.
20:17I'm very sorry.
20:18It's just that I had a lot to do today.
20:22I've got to dash.
20:24I've had mine already.
20:26I'm smashing.
20:27I'll see you later.
20:28Bye.
20:29Bye.
20:30Bye.
20:30Bye, Gran.
20:32Well, I do think she might have waited.
20:33No time.
20:34She starts at seven.
20:36Oh, yes.
20:39Mother, what have you been doing?
20:41I thought a touch of the Orient might be a nice change.
20:43I'd never do this at home.
20:45Gives me a chance to be adventurous.
20:47Are those spare ribs?
20:49Spare ribs.
20:50Beef and oyster sauce.
20:52Chiamen, something I can't pronounce.
20:53Crispy noodles and rice.
20:55Well, it's nice to know someone still cares about the home.
21:00I don't think that's entirely fair.
21:05Can we eat this up before it gets cold?
21:07Leo, pass the plates now, will you?
21:12Leo, what's all this I hear about you bringing Abby home last night soaking wet?
21:16Oh, nothing.
21:17What do you mean, nothing?
21:18She was messing about below the yacht club and she fell in the water.
21:21Fell in the water?
21:22She can't swim.
21:24I happened to be wandering around down there and I pulled her out.
21:27It was no big thing.
21:31Modesty is most becoming in a hero and rather rare to judge by the memoirs of nearly every
21:36general in creation.
21:39Well, you two, shall I come tomorrow?
21:42Yes, please.
21:42No, thanks, Kate.
21:47I have to go to London tomorrow, so if you could come in and cope, I would be grateful.
21:53Yes, of course.
21:57Is this to be the pattern of things to come?
22:00I don't imagine so.
22:02I simply have to examine everything that's on offer and see if we can better it.
22:07There's no other way of doing that but going and seeing.
22:14Can we all please start eating?
22:21You've been here a long time, Mrs. Erkert?
22:23Yes, darling, I know.
22:25My husband's staying in town again.
22:28I'd have thought that now Abby was home, you'd enjoy her company.
22:32Enjoy her company?
22:33Abby?
22:34Oh, Lynn, darling, you have no idea.
22:37Now, if I had a daughter like you, I'd probably slash my wrists.
22:54Oh, Mrs. Erkert?
22:59Would you give these to Abby?
23:01They're her clothes.
23:02She left them at our house when she fell in the drink.
23:04I've washed and ironed them for her.
23:09And do thank Leo for whatever it was he did.
23:13I only hope it was worth it but, er, knowing Abby, I fancy that's unlikely.
23:23I couldn't persuade her to stay the night.
23:25She'll be over early afternoon.
23:28I do care about the home, Tom.
23:32Yes, I know.
23:34I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that.
23:38I suppose you have to go to London tomorrow?
23:41Yes.
23:43Is Masters going?
23:46No.
23:50How's the yard working out for you?
23:52Oh, early days.
23:54I can see what has to be done.
23:57Avril's gone over the bookkeeping and all the office paperwork with me.
24:01I'm picking it up.
24:03And do you like her?
24:05Avril Rolf?
24:07Yeah.
24:09Is there any reason why I shouldn't?
24:12Oh, she's very attractive, I think.
24:14Well, I suppose so.
24:16She doesn't get it from Jack, that's for sure.
24:18Ah, now, by all accounts, Jack was quite a catch in his younger days.
24:22Well, I believe he led his wife a hell of a dance.
24:25Somebody told me that Avril was brought up by some people...
24:27Jan, can we stop skirting issues?
24:33We used to be close.
24:36Honest with each other.
24:38What happened?
24:41I don't know.
24:44We've just drifted apart, I suppose, like a lot of married couples.
24:48We're both to blame for that.
24:51But our lives, Tom, us as a family, suddenly stopped when you decided to go your own way.
24:58That's when it all fell apart.
25:03Can't you see that?
25:05No, I can't.
25:07I don't understand what's going on.
25:09Look, I've changed my job, that's all.
25:11Is that all you think it is?
25:13Well, that's all your mother thinks it is.
25:16Kate can't understand what all the fuss is about, either.
25:21That's what I'm talking about, Tom.
25:23That was Leo.
25:24Our lovely, gentle Leo, letting us know he doesn't like what's going on.
25:28What am I supposed to do?
25:32You know, I can see myself developing a serious drink problem if you're going to work here for long.
25:37Attendance till closing time isn't compulsory.
25:40It is if I want to see you.
25:42Why did you take this job, anyway?
25:44Because I need to earn some money.
25:47And as you pointed out, it's the likeliest place to get some crowing.
25:50Any luck?
25:51Not much.
25:53I've had some offers, but they've all been the wrong sort.
25:56That's the penalty for looking the way you do.
25:59How about taking up with a steady stalwart protector?
26:03Like who?
26:04Like me.
26:05Who else?
26:06If you sit here night after night, you'll end up becoming a lunch, so watch it.
26:10And we're closing.
26:12Hello, Nick.
26:13Hi.
26:18Trouble back at the ranch?
26:21Look as if you're drinking.
26:25Beatty doesn't like family gatherings at closing time.
26:29I can't stand it, Lynn.
26:31When I left, they were starting to fight again.
26:33Oh, dear.
26:34Parental fisticuffs.
26:36I've had my share of them.
26:37Didn't go for them much myself.
26:39Shall we share a bottle of bubbly?
26:40I'm feeling expansive.
26:42What for?
26:42One of the pools?
26:43Your gorgeous sister is allowing me to take her home, aren't you?
26:47A purely protective measure.
26:49Come on, Lynn.
26:50Break out a bottle of shampers.
26:52We'll all go back to my place and darn it.
26:55He's been there too, has he?
26:57Yeah.
26:57By God, he's pushing his luck.
26:59And I don't like the way he upsets the lad's routine.
27:02Here's another thing.
27:03He gets here in the morning when we're clocking on.
27:06It makes you feel like he's checking up.
27:08I'm not happy, Jack.
27:10Neither am I.
27:12It's my yard.
27:17Oh, didn't expect you back.
27:19Evening.
27:19I've got a taxi waiting outside.
27:21I just wanted to drop all these off.
27:22How'd it go?
27:23Bought half of London.
27:24I haven't bought anything, but I've got all the bump.
27:26Names, addresses, contacts.
27:27But I need to talk to you first at length.
27:29Right.
27:29Let's go and have a drink.
27:30No, I can't.
27:30Mother's making the evening meal.
27:31It's more than my life's worth to be late.
27:33It's all right.
27:33I'll drop you off.
27:34Just relax.
27:35I'll just go off and pay off the taxi.
27:38Thanks.
27:39So young Davey comes up to me, bold as brass, and asks me if we've got any system for disposing
27:45of scrap metal.
27:48What put that notion into his head?
27:50Well, I asked him that.
27:52He said Mr. Howard asked him about it.
27:55Did he now?
27:58Right.
28:02It was at this very desk that I first formulated Rolfe's Law of Horizontal Surfaces.
28:08What's that?
28:09Well, it states that junk tends to accumulate in direct proportion to the space available.
28:16Then I hereby promulgate Howard's Law of Lactual Levely.
28:20If you want to know anything about the workings of this yard, you either ask me or Bill Sayers.
28:25Dad, what's all this in aid of?
28:26Yesterday, he goes to young Davey and asks him if we have a system, a system I'll trouble
28:31you, for getting rid of scrap metal.
28:32Is that why you're all steamed up?
28:34When I was poking about the yard yesterday, it occurred to me there was a lot of scrap lying
28:38around.
28:39I only asked Davey because he happened to be there.
28:41That doesn't sound too awful.
28:42And it's not a bad...
28:43I won't have people giving my apprentices notions behind my back.
28:47Oh, don't be daft, Jack.
28:49And if we're getting possessive about the apprentices, 25% of them are mine.
28:52That's not the point.
28:53It's not just that.
28:56You've done nothing else since you came here but criticize and want changes made.
29:02Well, it's not on, man.
29:03By God, it is...
29:04Just a minute, Dad.
29:05Such as what?
29:05Such as complaining about the props and shoring we're using.
29:08We've been using those props for years.
29:10And they look it.
29:13We're careful here.
29:15I was raised to mend and make do.
29:18Oh, very fine and economical, especially when you're letting a few hundred quid with a scrap
29:22lie around going to rust.
29:23I don't...
29:24I think we can afford to listen to any suggestions Tom might have.
29:26I am not having my yard that I...
29:29I'm sure Tom is well aware of the virtues of the mermaid yard.
29:31Otherwise, he wouldn't have put a hundred thousand pounds into it, would he, Father?
29:39Oh, dear.
29:46I think it might have been a little more tactful to have mentioned your points to Dad first,
29:50no?
29:52I try to remember to keep to the pecking order in future.
29:55Sorry.
29:56Don't apologise to me.
29:58I think you're right.
30:00So will Dad in a day or so.
30:03He's not a fool, Tom.
30:05He's just got his blind spots.
30:15Hi.
30:16Hello, Leo.
30:17Did you want something?
30:18We're just about to close up.
30:19Yes.
30:19Could we go somewhere?
30:22Sure.
30:24I'm going now, Rita, okay?
30:26Bye.
30:28Let's go.
30:45Thank you, Leo.
30:46Pleasure.
30:48See what I say.
31:02Hello, I'm back.
31:03Hello, darling.
31:10Bless you.
31:12Where on earth do you keep the cheese grate?
31:14I've looked everywhere.
31:15It should be in the cupboard.
31:20Oh.
31:22Thanks.
31:26Had a good day?
31:27Yes.
31:29Very interesting.
31:31What time's dinner?
31:32When it's ready.
31:34Lynn tells me she's going to a party, so she won't come in.
31:37That's right.
31:37We're all going.
31:39What?
31:40It's the Norton's hog roast.
31:41First, I bumped into Roger on the way home.
31:44It's really their son's thing, but the adults are getting cold feet and need some middle-aged
31:49support.
31:49Oh.
31:50Well, that lets me off the hook.
31:52Oh, no, it doesn't.
31:54You're coming with us.
31:55I can't look what I'm wearing.
31:56Oh, don't worry.
31:57I can lend you some jewellery.
31:58But I haven't even...
31:59No buts.
32:01It's all arranged.
32:03After the sort of day I've had, I could do with a change of scene.
32:15Oh, no, no, no, no.
33:02I feel like a gate crasher.
33:04Oh, don't be ridiculous.
33:05You know at least half the people here.
33:08Now, Marjorie Norton goes to all the race meetings.
33:10Have a nice time.
33:13Hello, Mrs. Howard.
33:14Nice to see you.
33:14Hello, Phil.
33:15I don't believe you know my mother.
33:17This is Kate Harvey, Phil Norton.
33:19Marjorie's boy.
33:20Hello.
33:20Hello.
33:21Anything I can get you?
33:22Ben just arrived and we're already managing splendidly.
33:26If you want Lynn, by the way, she's over at the pool.
33:29I don't want to be bothered with us.
33:31Well, if you'll excuse me, must host.
33:33Bye.
33:33Bye.
33:35Do you want to mingle?
33:37Oh, there's plenty of time for that.
33:39I thought you wanted to talk.
33:41I do.
33:42Well, then let's get some food and find a few.
33:45Fine.
33:46Very proud.
34:00I didn't know you knew this place.
34:03I used to come here sometimes.
34:06On my bike.
34:08Before I went away.
34:10I come here because nobody else does.
34:13It isn't littered with bottles and plastic bags and cans.
34:18The river cell was meant to be like this.
34:21Clean and quiet.
34:28I know what you thought about the other night.
34:31I didn't think anything about the other night.
34:34You don't have to look after me.
34:35There's nothing the matter.
34:37There's almost always something the matter.
34:39Anything in particular.
34:41Anything you want to talk about.
34:49Yes.
34:51Why do parents have to be the way they are?
34:53I know what you mean.
34:55Mine are going through a bit of a thing right now.
34:58Don't much like it.
35:00Don't you get along with yours?
35:01I hardly know my father.
35:04When I was little, I...
35:08I mean, I was counting up.
35:11I spent exactly 17 hours in my father's company.
35:1517 hours in two years.
35:19I marked it in my diary.
35:21Spent 10 minutes with Daddy.
35:25We never said anything.
35:30I know they didn't want me.
35:31It was just an accident they didn't have the courage to get rid of.
35:34Your mother wouldn't have done that.
35:35Oh, yes, she would.
35:37She doesn't like me.
35:40And I hate her.
35:41But why?
35:46Because she's just a...
35:51a horrid, disgusting.
35:54I don't even know if my father is my father.
36:02Oh, that's loads.
36:04Not another thing.
36:05Oh, sweet conker.
36:06Hey, Doc.
36:11Are you going to be in Tarrant all summer?
36:14I think so.
36:15We were going to the Dordogne, but that's off now.
36:18Not that I mind.
36:19I'd rather be sailing.
36:25So, what do you think?
36:26Does it not make sense?
36:29Well, I don't know why you're asking me, Tom.
36:32You know more about design than I ever did.
36:35I'm not asking you about design.
36:37I'm picking your brains because you know the national markets better than anybody else.
36:41Whenever I'm at the boat show, anyone that matters is always crowded around your table talking to you.
36:47Don't be so damn modest.
36:49Look, Dave, I need your advice.
36:54Well, I'd say you've arrived at the right answer, well, with anybody's help.
36:59Fast cruisers, and that means in this area, ULDB.
37:02These ultra-light displacement boats, they're just developing a following.
37:07You produce a boat that's not in the racer-cruiser rut.
37:11Throw the handicap rule out of the window.
37:13Now, you give the new owner what he wants and not what is offered to him.
37:17Believe you me, you smell the difference in your home in like a pigeon to your product.
37:22Size?
37:23Forty-five footer.
37:24Should cut through the water without damn great sales.
37:27Prototype cost.
37:28Ah, now that I can't tell you.
37:30And I won't hazard a guess, not off the cuff.
37:32You know what's involved.
37:33You can work it out.
37:36You know, I had a good look at these, and you're on the right lines.
37:40Not being a designer, well, a regular one, that is.
37:42That could be in your favor.
37:45Fresh eyes are never a bad thing.
37:49Hey, let's find my wife, Pig.
37:51You're going to make me feel hungry.
37:53Sorry to drag you away.
38:00Thanks for your advice, Dave.
38:01It's all right.
38:02It's what all friends are for.
38:05Ah, there she is.
38:06I'll see you in love.
38:33Darling, not all on your loons.
38:35Oh, hello, Polly.
38:36No, I've just been talking to a friend of mine, and now I'm looking for Jan and her mother.
38:41I don't suppose you'd tell me where they are?
38:43Blinkies.
38:43Just for Polly and Tom.
38:45Isn't Gerald here?
38:46Darling, is he ever.
38:47What about Abby?
38:49What about Abby?
38:50Doesn't seem to like anyone, my daughter.
38:52I rather think it's mutual.
38:54She's nothing, sweetie.
38:55Just a self-righteous little prude.
38:57Well, that's hard on her, isn't it?
38:58We don't want to talk about her.
39:00Can't we go somewhere a little more acting?
39:03Not this time, Polly.
39:04I really must find my wife.
39:19You haven't said anything for ages.
39:22Do you want to go?
39:23No, not really.
39:25Didn't talk because you seem to want it that way.
39:28Well, you're very nice to me, Leon.
39:32I'm grateful.
39:33That's sweet.
39:36Ever go to the Isle of Wight?
39:38No.
39:39I know some places over there.
39:41You know, away from the touristy bits.
39:43Great for just roaming around.
39:45You should come over with me sometime.
39:47You don't have to take me about.
39:49No, I don't.
39:51I thought we'd been through that already.
39:53Can't we just make it that if I ask you to go somewhere with me,
39:56it's because I want to.
39:57And if I don't, I won't.
40:04Are you sure there isn't something else?
40:09I threw the box out before.
40:11The holes in it.
40:11The sink goes,
40:12Oka, loka, loka, loka.
40:16There's nothing you could do about it, poor girl.
40:18Here we were, standing with a spillover draped over his shoulders
40:20and the college pennant slamming in the water.
40:24It was a bunch of wallets.
40:27Then we fell from grace and we got the boot.
40:28But he didn't really matter.
40:30My old man got sent down in his days.
40:32I didn't get much of a mummy.
40:38Phil, are you entering for the fast net this year?
40:41Probably.
40:42Why, you want a tow?
40:44I was wondering if you needed any crew.
40:48Oh, yes.
40:49Who wants a berth?
40:50Me.
40:53Want to come sailing tomorrow?
40:55Please.
40:56But for heaven's sake, Mother, you talked me into taking the job.
41:00I know.
41:00That's why I feel guilty.
41:02But I'm glad you did.
41:03You were right.
41:04It's high time I did something other than wait around on Tom and the children.
41:08Well, as long as you don't go to the other extreme.
41:10How do you mean?
41:11And as long as you're doing it for the right reason.
41:13Not to get back at Tom.
41:15Well, he didn't exactly consider me much, did he?
41:18Two wrongs don't make a right, darling.
41:22But I'm beginning to think I might be good at this job.
41:25I'm discovering another me.
41:27Okay.
41:28But don't risk throwing everything away, will you?
41:31You've got a good marriage there, Jan.
41:33Have I?
41:36And why is it coming apart so easily?
41:41Enjoying yourselves?
41:42Enormously.
41:43And I've been given a really hot tip for Saturday.
41:45Ah.
41:46What have you been doing?
41:48Oh, just talking to Dave Bridger.
41:49About boats.
41:53Well, I'll wander off, I think.
41:57Parties are not my scene.
41:59You've got your car keys.
42:01I'll walk, I think.
42:07Tom?
42:11Tom?
42:28Well, I should say, that was the hog of a woman about to cut loose.
42:33I'm feeling very guilty about it.
42:36I'm feeling very guilty about it.
42:39No.
42:56Well, I'm feeling very guilty about it.
42:58Come on.
42:59Yes, sir.
43:00Well, I'll go to Africa.
43:01Love you.
43:06If you're looking
43:19you come up here and drive
43:28what time did you say you had to get back to the club 12 ish sorry to drag you back
43:33but i did warn
43:34you no problem i just thought you might like to get the feel of it she's a good deal heavier
43:39than
43:40the flying fish she handles beautifully we'll take her to winwood skirt the sandbank she draws
43:48six foot four we should be all right let's see state of the tide there should be no trouble
43:53oh the spit by the boys built up over the winter we better watch that point taken all right we'll
44:00play it safe
44:24that's the final one great
44:30good morning morning morning i've uh just got back from southampton i've been talking to some
44:37scrap metal merchants and well it seems there might be something in this disposal business
44:44i've taken a list of some of the prices and told bill to uh get one of the men in
44:50the yard to sort
44:51of all that and tom's suggestions aren't so useless i'm always open to suggestions everyone knows that
45:02i'm pleased to hear it i've got a more important one to make now
45:08uh-huh i'm not telling you anything we don't all know when i say this yard is on its last
45:13legs and
45:14olympic we've gotten by up to now only just and not for much longer not unless we do something about
45:20it such as what build a new boat haven't we done that before dad this one will be different a
45:31design
45:32entirely original to the mermaid yard now my idea is to build a prototype that is so good so revolutionary
45:38that we'll be able to sell the manufacturing franchise and take a royalty for everyone built
45:43elsewhere and who's to design this wonder boat you i believe i can do it yes but you know i'm
45:50not
45:50interested in the assembly lines i'm a custom boat builder when did we last build a new boat dad what's
45:55that got to do with everything i'd have thought and what kind of boat is it going to be this
46:01first this
46:04original i think i found a hole in the market that is going to get bigger and if we look
46:09sharp we can
46:10be among the first to fill it i'm talking about a fast cruising ultra light displacement boat
46:17i can't build a boat like that out of timber no no of course not i'm thinking in terms of
46:23a high
46:23tech cord structured hull with the latest honeycomb core and it's not for this yard i build timber boats
46:31no jack you don't build any boats you just think you do
46:36i've built more boats than you've had hot dinners but that was a long time ago this yard is insolvent
46:42jack there's no way that you can hang on any longer now what made you so bloody keen to come
46:46into it
46:47because i can see what it could be oh wake up man read these damn things that's the future whether
46:54you like it or not get into it or get out altogether a boat that isn't made of wood
47:00isn't a boat not as far as me and my yard are concerned rubbish now listen to me jack and
47:05listen
47:06carefully i put everything i've got into this yard and i am going to make it work and i want
47:12to do
47:12that with you but i'm going to do it whatever way i have to i am in partnership with you
47:17not financing
47:18a hole you've dug for yourself is that clear too bloody clear we'll see whose yard this is
47:29avril i think tom's right it's a question of survival
47:33you're not siding with it i'm siding with the yard oh dad i don't want this yard to die and
47:37it will if
47:38we go on as we have been and then it won't matter if we've been buried in the finest wooden
47:42coffin money
47:43come by then you can dumb well make flaming paper books out of those bloody things i'll see this yard
47:55in hell and meet with it before i have anything anything at all to do with them
48:16so
48:25so
48:27so
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