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Time Team Special: The Boats That Made Britain (2014) - FULL EPISODE

🕑 Added 2023-12-31 12:11:36 +0000 UTC

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Lewis Davis

hats off to the remarkable people who made this replica boat it is awesome, being a new member I can't wait to see what else I can find on this remarkable channel and from the most remarkable people

Jenna Tomlin

I love this boat. What a fantastic special.

Christopher L Gough

I brilliant special. Phil Harding is the best! Always puts a smile on my face. Looking at that reproduction boat, it looked way too narrow to sail, let alone carry all that weight. (and Phil) What do I know... Brilliant craftsmanship gentlemen. A really interesting, well put together special. Thank you all for your continued archeological work and entertainment. Time Team is The Best. Can't wait for more in 2024!

Bede Browne

Fantastic, I've never built a boat & this was a real cracker of a build by a special group who didn't know the meaning of the word no. I'm sure that there are many who are glad they kept going. 10 yrs ago I suppose some in the group have moved on to other areas but thank you so much for doing what you have done & a special thanks to Time Team for being involved.

Elizabeth F

Thank you for explaining! That seems pretty wild to a land lubber like me!

Pauline Purcell

Sawdust/Saucepan trick Hi I called it that. Basically the boatyard where I kept my wooden boat had an old saucepan strapped to a broom handle. Once the boat had been allowed to ‘take up’ ie the water had swollen the seams and the leaks were slowing; then they would fill up the saucepan with sawdust and plunge it into the water beside the hull, giving it a twist to allow the sawdust to float up. This would then clog the last few gaps. Repeat as needed. It really worked and was/is used around the classic wooden boats in Norfolk UK. The wood yards used to put out their sawdust for people to help themselves at one time.

Elizabeth F

how does the 'saucepan trick' work, and why is it called that?

vul100

So true -- I was astounded by that as well. I had a clinker-built sailboat for playing in the park (it was actually a shipwright's model), so before we took her sailing in the pond, she would spend the night in the bathtub.

Wendy Sengpiehl

Happy New Year, Time Team!

Kate Dillingham

Happy New Year, Time Team! This was fantastic. I always learn so much from these episodes. What a gift!

Kay Theriault

A perfect thing to watch today and Happy New Years to the whole Time Team crew and fandom! <3

Chris Bate

Thank you guyz & happy new year...

Time Team

Hi, you can find all the Classic Specials released on Patreon so far on the 'Collections' tab. Here's the link: https://www.patreon.com/collection/79454

RACHEL SNYDER

There was a War of the Roses special but I can't find the post/email.

MandyP

Absolutely brilliant! I’ve seen the Dover boat at the Discovery centre. It was wonderful to see the replica made. Thanks time team

David Cadogan-Cowper

Yippee. What a fantastic start to the New Year. An episode I have never seen. Best wishes to all for 2024.

Mario Papworth

Amazing

Pauline Purcell

Oh dear it had me shouting at the screen all over again 🤣 If you have wooden boats to launch you let them take up water so that the joints swell. It’s basic. Fill it with water for a day or two then pump out or let it sink even in the slings. I have seen both done. Next use the sawdust under the boat in the old saucepan trick. The sawdust floats up and clogs gaps. Most of the wood yards put out their sawdust for people to take. It seemed that nobody knew what was common knowledge in many boatyards. Nonetheless it was great to see it again. Happy New Year