Six films about old sailing vessels that have survived; some as play-things of the rich, some in the care of enthusiastic volunteers, and a few in the work they were built for, still sailed by men who get their living from the sea.
1: Falmouth Working Boats
The oyster banks on the River Fal are the last in the world to be fished by hand and sail alone. The boats that do the job have evolved over hundreds of years into craft that are practical and beautiful.
Frank Cock , skipper of Morning Star, has sailed in her for 30 years. Narrator TOM SALMON
Film editor PHIL MUTTON
Producers BRIAN HAWKINS , ROBIN DRAKE BBC Bristol