I swore I would never watch
Three Smartypants Comics Make Snarky Remarks for a Whole Hour of My Time ever again, but I have a cold and am too weak to do anything but watch the telly and tonight there was nothing,
nothing else on. And although I still wouldn't recommend you watch the whole thing, the glory of the BBC iPlayer is that you can skip the longeurs and watch the stunning footage of a Fife-designed yacht and a lovely victualling inshore craft or VIC (incorrectly described as a Clyde puffer).
But the highlight was a rowing race in a couple of nice clinker dinghies in which Griff Rhys-Jones ruthlessly demolished a 17 year old called Angus.
He then called Angus over and got him to lift the bow of his boat. He had gone down beforehand to ensure that he had the lightest boat. Cunning - that's how age beats inexperience.
The race is in Episode 1 so I'm afraid you only have a couple of days to watch it. And apologies to non-UK residents who can't get to watch it at all (but it was paid for out of our license fee after all).
