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0:00:09 > 0:00:11I think that was probably about 1982.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12That was on the back of the Roseanne,
0:00:12 > 0:00:14that was the first big boat I built.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23For over a century, East Belfast Yacht Club has been an oasis in the
0:00:23 > 0:00:26heart of Belfast's heavy industries,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29a place where its men have been able to build and work on their own boats
0:00:29 > 0:00:33without the titanic price tag of a new yacht.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35You woke up in the morning, you couldn't think of anything else to
0:00:35 > 0:00:39do but, "Got to go down to the boat, got to do this, got to do that."
0:00:39 > 0:00:42And it just seemed like a great time.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Owning a boat means friendship
0:00:44 > 0:00:46and the freedom to leave the city behind.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48I was probably about 19 there.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51That was a good summer, that.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53It was such fun.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00But for the club's members, one thing always stands in the way.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17We're on the bridge on the Airport Road, Belfast.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Up there's the East Belfast Yacht Club.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26This is one of the bridges that we have to negotiate to get out, to
0:01:26 > 0:01:27get the boats out into open water.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32The people in the club don't like the bridge. It's a pure hindrance.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35We've about 14 feet clearance between the mud
0:01:35 > 0:01:37and the top of the bridge there,
0:01:37 > 0:01:41so that's the maximum draught of boat we could get out, 14 feet.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44East Belfast Yacht Club has roots going down deep into the
0:01:44 > 0:01:46sleech and silt of Queens Island.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53My direct family,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56mother, father, grandfather,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58would all have been East Belfast.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06And I would have grown up in East Belfast,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08on the Upper Newtownards Road.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13The house itself hasn't really changed very much
0:02:13 > 0:02:14in all those years.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Round the corner here you can see the cranes of the shipyard there.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26And I would say the vast majority of working men around the area would
0:02:26 > 0:02:29have worked either there or in the aircraft factory.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35In the evening, the road just blackened with people
0:02:35 > 0:02:37coming out of the yard.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Today the shipyard builds wind turbines,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44but the connection between island men, boats and the sea,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47has never died.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50We're coming up to East Belfast Yacht Club.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Second home for the last 50 years in here.
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0:03:03 > 0:03:05We're the working man's club.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09There isn't vast amounts of money to go about.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Probably three quarters of us are over 65 and retired.
0:03:14 > 0:03:20But rich people want to come in and join in with the rest of us.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21They're welcome.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37We are quite possibly unique in that we're basically a mile
0:03:37 > 0:03:40out of Belfast city centre.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42We're a stone's throw from the airport.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47We're alongside Sydenham bypass.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Out through the bridge at the end of our embankment here,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54we're into the middle of a commercial harbour.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56It's also tidal.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58It's all very inconvenient, but...
0:04:00 > 0:04:02..we have what we have.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Belfast Harbour. This is a small yacht, Nikita.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Inward bound for the Abercorn Basin. Over.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17We've just left Carrickfergus, and we're heading up to the
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Musgrave channel in Belfast, going to the boat club.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Once a year we usually bring her up,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27try and tidy it up a wee bit, to keep it in good order.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Harris is my grandson, and when we go out, I just sit there
0:04:34 > 0:04:36and he takes it most of the time.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38He'll probably be owning the Nikita someday.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I left school at 15 and then my father said,
0:04:44 > 0:04:46"You're going to the shipyard."
0:04:46 > 0:04:50I wanted to be a joiner and it ended up there was no vacancies
0:04:50 > 0:04:54for joiners, so he said, "You're going to be a boiler maker."
0:04:54 > 0:04:58And he says, "It's the same as a joiner, only you work with steel."
0:04:59 > 0:05:02We came out of school, went to the shipyard.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03We were there till we retired.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08This is East Belfast Yacht Club now.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10That's the bridge there.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13We're going to have to watch here, getting under this.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25This time of the year is your start of your boating season.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30The sun starts to shine, you want to be out there.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34You've been working through the winter, trying to get your boat
0:05:34 > 0:05:36ready and everyone's the same round here.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39They all want it in the water for the summer.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51You need a bit of your own time.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54And once I'm out here on the water, mobile phone turned off,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56nobody can annoy me.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57This is my time.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Look at that. You couldn't pay for that.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07That's the bridge we're not going through,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10because it's quite low.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13But one man is setting his sights far beyond Belfast Lough.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19I retired there, officially, about March.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- And I think I've worked long enough, at work! - HE CHUCKLES
0:06:24 > 0:06:28I think I should've had that backstay onto the, the other one.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32I want to get back up the Clyde, I miss going up the Clyde.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Oh, it's fantastic.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39I've a wee boat down in Enniskillen,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41but it's not the same as up the Clyde.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42You're sort of,
0:06:42 > 0:06:46you feel a bit as if you've went places up the Clyde, you know, more!
0:06:46 > 0:06:48And you've risked it going across.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52When you do it yourself and you get there,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55you feel as if you've accomplished something.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06This is going to be the open area at the back, the cockpit.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08The rudder will be going on here.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Down this will be the shower
0:07:10 > 0:07:13and toilet and wash hand basin, in that area.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15And this will be the main saloon.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20That will be seating round there,
0:07:20 > 0:07:23and seating here. And this will be a double bunk in here.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25And units here and wardrobes.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29How much of your time would you like to spend on board?
0:07:30 > 0:07:31On board, when this is finished,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33I would absolutely love to live on board.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I think it'd be a lovely way to spend your life, but it's a dream.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- We're all dreamers. - HE LAUGHS
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Dreams are intangible, but the skills of the boat yard have been
0:07:45 > 0:07:49forged through a lifetime in the heavy industries of East Belfast.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53I've worked since I was 14. I'm 81 now.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55So that's how many years?
0:07:55 > 0:07:5860... Oh, God, it's about 67, something like that, yeah?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- LAUGHTER - I was a bricklayer. I think I worked harder than any of them men
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- ever, ever heard of working. - LAUGHTER
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I didn't get started until I was 16.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13So I'm 71 now, so...I'm not even going to try and calculate that.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16What about Bobby? Come on, let's hear your life story, son.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21- I started work when I was eight. - LAUGHTER
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Used to work in the printers. I stuck it till I was 17.
0:08:27 > 0:08:3015 when I started in the shipyard,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32and then I retired at 65.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- The only job I ever had. - LAUGHTER
0:08:37 > 0:08:40ENGINE SPUTTERS
0:09:09 > 0:09:12ENGINE STARTS
0:09:14 > 0:09:16The boats themselves that we would have,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20they're quite often boats that other people have given up on.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25That's legs for the boat,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28to steady the boat, because we've jacked it up,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31and one will go on the outside to hold it.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32- Got that welded?- Aye.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Things have to be recycled, reused...
0:09:38 > 0:09:42..modified to fit, rather than go and buy new.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I'm not a welder, actually, so I'm not,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49but I've been doing a right few.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- I thought you were a welder.- No. - That's why I always asked you.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54No, I'm not a welder by trade.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- LAUGHTER - Look at the hair on yourself there! Ginger!
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Look at that, tin of beer in his hand.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05That was taken, that picture, on the Star Of Dyan over there,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08we were just heading out fishing for the mackerel, of course.
0:10:08 > 0:10:14- And I built that...must have been 40 years ago.- Aye.- 40.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30When you left school, your goal was to get a trade like a joiner,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32electrician, welder.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Some people thought their trade was better than others, now, and
0:10:36 > 0:10:40the shipwrights, they reckoned they were the top dogs at the time.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48But they taught you well, really, sometimes,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50cos you did your City & Guilds and all.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51You had to go a day,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- day release, and then... - For four years.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56..a couple of nights a week and learn mechanical
0:10:56 > 0:10:58drawing and do different things.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02The milling machine, the lathe,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05and then you did, of course, the welding on the other side.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09You didn't know a lot, and then the older ones,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12they were very smart, and when they were working with them,
0:11:12 > 0:11:16you always picked up things, you know, how to do it easier and all,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19and different wee methods they had,
0:11:19 > 0:11:22and they were real experts, some real brilliant workers,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- so there were.- You sort of made your own things there, too,
0:11:25 > 0:11:27when you got a chance to.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Not in their time, like, know, at dinner time!
0:11:29 > 0:11:31LAUGHTER
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Skills are currency here, and count for more than money.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43With the right skills, you can get ready to go to sea.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Well, this is a replacement engine, it's a 1.84 diesel.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50It's the only way we can afford it, really,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53cos it's the least expensive way,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55getting out a car engine and marine-ise it up.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00I had to put a bigger diesel tank in and I had to make up a shaft
0:12:00 > 0:12:03from the old engine joined to make a breach.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04In here.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08So hopefully...
0:12:10 > 0:12:14..it'll drive the boat far better than what the wee engine did.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17At least now this is enough power,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20that it doesn't matter if the wind is blowing or not.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24An old boat is given a new lease of life.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Another has been built from scratch,
0:12:28 > 0:12:30just like in the shipyard.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35This is the masterpiece, this is the one. This is definitely the one.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39It was very collaborative.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Jimmy and Billy and Sidney and everybody sort of got involved
0:12:43 > 0:12:45in the early stages.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48There was a real club effort went into it to start,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51like, three, four years ago there would have been
0:12:51 > 0:12:53four or five people around it on a Saturday.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Thing that always appealed to me about this is the lack of
0:12:59 > 0:13:01legislation that you have to put up with.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03There's very little restrictions on boat-building.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07I see that as a positive.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10That really does attract me to it, you know.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14I can build whatever I want and nobody can tell me how to do it.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Nobody tells me how to do it.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22Sometimes the process of working on a boat becomes even more important
0:13:22 > 0:13:24than the finished vessel.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27It's given me something to do, and I'll keep doing it as long as I can.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in...
0:13:35 > 0:13:37..2003.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Because of the medical advice I was getting at the time...
0:13:45 > 0:13:47..which was, "You're not long for this world,"
0:13:47 > 0:13:49the boat got sold.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Immediate surgery was necessary, it was too far gone.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59I think it was about 12 days or so later...
0:14:00 > 0:14:03..I was up and about.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Was buying this boat an affirmation, do you think, for you?
0:14:09 > 0:14:13Initially I had no intentions of buying another boat, but
0:14:13 > 0:14:17the more I was out in other people's boats
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I just felt the need, I had to have another one.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26I'm not sure exactly where I'm going with it,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29but age might defeat me
0:14:29 > 0:14:31before the boat will.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Once your working days are done,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40a boat could be at the centre of your life.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44This boat is my floating rose-covered cottage
0:14:44 > 0:14:45when I get to be retired.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Hopefully I'll get to spend extended periods of time onboard this,
0:14:51 > 0:14:52if my wife allows me.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58When you're driving up through the traffic in the mornings,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01you imagine the morning that you don't have to drive up through the traffic and
0:15:01 > 0:15:04say, "I'm sitting here, somewhere far away and it's just quiet,"
0:15:04 > 0:15:08and you're listening to the traffic jams on the radio. I think that just sounds lovely.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11So, does having your own boat, does that equal freedom?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19You could base your life round a boat this size.
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0:15:24 > 0:15:28But before you claim your freedom, there is one more obstacle.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Going under the bridge would be something people would be apprehensive about,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35especially a larger boat, it's a bit of a manoeuvre,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37sometimes it's quite tricky.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40ENGINE STARTS
0:15:45 > 0:15:47RADIO CHATTER
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Just have to wait on this tide dropping a wee bit.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Just too early.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- I hope we're not going to hit this bridge too hard. - LAUGHTER
0:16:09 > 0:16:12It's going to push us under, Paul, that tide.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Hateful, this bridge, isn't it?
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Just wait.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Only another 10-15 minutes, just let the old tide drop off a wee bit.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Hopefully we won't go under.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Just feed it around by hand. You keep your head down there.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42All right, Paul?
0:16:42 > 0:16:46- I'm not. I have to give a wee bit to steer.- All right.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03What is the best thing about having a boat?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- HE LAUGHS - It's a hard question.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12You can get out and get away from it all and relax.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15But it's a lot of trouble.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20The money it costs you and all the trouble you go to,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22sometimes you...you wonder if it's worth it.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35The best thing about being out on a boat is you realise that you've
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- got some of your work done, you've just got some of it done. - HE LAUGHS
0:17:40 > 0:17:43The way we do our boating is, it takes a lot of work.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46I mean, there's this wee boat here today, and Billy has been at this
0:17:46 > 0:17:49ten hours a day, just to get it cleaned again for
0:17:49 > 0:17:51the summer. He's exhausted, the poor chap.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56But it is worth it for these bits that you get, you know?
0:17:57 > 0:17:58This is just lovely.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Time seems to take on a different thing,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03you always imagine, we're not far from there, but in boat terms,
0:18:03 > 0:18:05you're always a bit further away than you think,
0:18:05 > 0:18:07but that doesn't seem to matter, you know.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10You just let it go past, just let it go.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Hear that there? The engine just changes its note a little bit,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19that's when your heart starts to go, "What was that? What was that?"
0:18:19 > 0:18:21HE LAUGHS
0:18:22 > 0:18:26It's a sound every boatman listens out for.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29ENGINE STARTS
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- ENGINE STOPS - Oh!
0:18:32 > 0:18:34ENGINE STARTS
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- ENGINE STOPS - Oh, sh...
0:18:41 > 0:18:43ENGINE STARTS
0:18:50 > 0:18:52ENGINE STOPS
0:18:52 > 0:18:54No, it's still stopping with that, even.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56ENGINE STARTS
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I'll see if I can get her out.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12I think there's still a wee bit of work to be done here, but at least
0:19:12 > 0:19:15that's the first trip, and it seems to, it's going better than what it
0:19:15 > 0:19:17did before, anyway.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26We're nearly ready. Very, very little to do now, thank goodness.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Have to put the mast down again, ready for under the bridge.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39If you've built a boat or even got a boat that needed a major restoration
0:19:39 > 0:19:42and done that work, and then actually go and sail it
0:19:42 > 0:19:45to another part of land, it's a big thing.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47It would be our Atlantic, going across our Atlantic,
0:19:47 > 0:19:48sailing to Scotland.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51With the tide going out,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54judging the time to make your move is everything.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57I'm just making sure he doesn't get into trouble.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Without me, he'd be lost!
0:20:01 > 0:20:05It's just a matter of waiting now for...
0:20:05 > 0:20:07for the water to drop low enough.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Apart from being a physical barrier, it's another barrier.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13It's a bit like being closed in here, and you're away from
0:20:13 > 0:20:16the world, and when you go out you've got to do it yourself.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17It's a wee bit too close there.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- Too close to risk. - CHUCKLING
0:20:22 > 0:20:24I think we'll go round again, Sidney.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27When you get the boat through the bridge, you feel that's a hurdle
0:20:27 > 0:20:30that you've overcome. Then the boat's ready to use.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34When you get out through it, you feel,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38"Let's put the tools away here for a while, let's go sailing."
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Oh, yes, I think I can see a bit of clearance now.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Yes, looking good. I think we'll fit under all right.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- Just. - HE CHUCKLES
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Yes, we're going.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Yeah. Looking good.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Well, that's the lowest bit.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Oh, it's clearing it, just.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Oh, good, that's us through!
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Four months of renovations and preparations are over.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37The sun is out, the tide is running and the open sea beckons.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Sea Horse, Sea Horse, Nikita.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- RADIO:- Go ahead, this is Sea Horse.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Aye, Jimmy, we're going to, we're starting to get set up on our away point here.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53OK. Carry on.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Is that the Mull of Kintyre you can see?
0:21:56 > 0:22:01Yeah, we'll be going to the right, the starboard side of that, over.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02On our way at last.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06We'll be going to Campbeltown first.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11About 35 miles this will be, then, or something like that. 35, 40.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Been doing it now, oh, just over 40 years,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19going back and forth to Scotland.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23But the last time over on my own boat was...
0:22:25 > 0:22:26..maybe...
0:22:27 > 0:22:28..14 or 15 years ago.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33You don't even know what day it is, most of the time, it's strange.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Because every day is the same when you don't have to go to work.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- I usually have to ask somebody what day it is. - HE LAUGHS
0:22:40 > 0:22:43It sort of, the time just flies, too.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46You wonder how you got time to do things when you were in work.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48So do you miss work at all?
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Aye.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52I miss it like a headache. You know the way you miss a headache?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54HE LAUGHS
0:22:57 > 0:23:01And then, just the sound of the waves on the hull.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07ENGINE STARTS
0:23:11 > 0:23:12ENGINE STOPS
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Oh! I don't like the sound of that!
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Looks as if there's been an oil leak.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24ENGINE STUTTERS
0:23:30 > 0:23:31Seized.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36I'm so disappointed with that.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42I'm disappointed for Jimmy. He put so much work into this.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Look at how clear it is, look at how close we were!
0:23:46 > 0:23:48But although Jimmy and Sid are stranded in the middle of
0:23:48 > 0:23:52the Irish Sea, they're not alone for long.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Nikita. Nikita, this is Sea Horse. Sea Horse, over.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- RADIO:- 'Sea Horse, come in.'
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Nikita. I think the engine has seized,
0:24:03 > 0:24:04so...
0:24:04 > 0:24:08I think the best thing to do for us would be to turn around and sail
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- back, over.- 'Are you sure?
0:24:10 > 0:24:14'Cos I can back with you and come back another day.'
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Well, Jimmy, I think that's the most sensible thing to do.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Well, yes, that would probably be the most sensible thing to do, it would...
0:24:22 > 0:24:24OK. We're going to turn round now, then, over.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26'I'll see you there.'
0:24:43 > 0:24:44Billy goes the extra mile.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48He helps a whole lot of people out.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55You know, you just get a second-hand engine and
0:24:55 > 0:24:58different things like that, and...
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Just hope I get a better one the next time.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04But anyway, it's good.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06And we're nearly into Belfast Lough again now.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12And then if we can do it again some other time
0:25:12 > 0:25:15and hope everything works out better the next time.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18That's just the way the crumble cookies.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20HE LAUGHS
0:25:23 > 0:25:26GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS
0:25:48 > 0:25:51LAUGHTER
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Some of them look old, but most of them don't feel old, you know?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Maybe the difference between old and knackered!
0:25:58 > 0:25:59LAUGHTER
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Probably when they're carting you up the road
0:26:01 > 0:26:05to Roselawn, you might feel old then, but other than that,
0:26:05 > 0:26:06I don't think so, I never feel old.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11No, you definitely don't feel old round this place.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Do you feel old, Jimmy?
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Not all the time. Now and again, when you're sort of...- Drunk?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- ..lifting something heavy and your back goes! - LAUGHTER
0:26:31 > 0:26:34It was got off a fella that had it for another boat...
0:26:35 > 0:26:39..and I went and approached him...
0:26:42 > 0:26:45..and he said he wasn't going to use it,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- so I bought it off him. - HE CHUCKLES
0:26:48 > 0:26:51It's a proper marine engine. It's been made for a boat.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02We may appear to be a bit throughother
0:27:02 > 0:27:04in the way we do things,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07but that's not to say it's wrong.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13If we decide something is going to work, it will work.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17ENGINE STARTS
0:27:20 > 0:27:23We got it done, well, in roughly two weeks.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28I might get to Portpatrick for the music festival.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31If not, I'll get somewhere sometime.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Sea Horse will be out to sea again.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39- Jumping over those waves! - HE LAUGHS
0:27:41 > 0:27:42Not too high, I hope.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Not too high.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more."
0:28:00 > 0:28:04The people in the club don't like the bridge, but when we think about
0:28:04 > 0:28:07it, it has probably saved the club, because if it had've been easy
0:28:07 > 0:28:12access, it could have been commercialised and could probably
0:28:12 > 0:28:15have been taken out of our hands years ago, so we wouldn't have had
0:28:15 > 0:28:18the opportunity to keep boats here.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22Bangor, all that, that's been commercialised now, and it's priced
0:28:22 > 0:28:24beyond most working men's means.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS