"Weigh the anchor; check the engines and set sail for a rendezvous with the irrepressible Para Handy, captain of The Vital Spark, as he and his ramshackle crew's adventures are brought bang up to date in this this original 21st century production. Catch up with Para Handy, his mate Dougie, engineer Macphail and cabin-boy Sunny Jim as they travel from a West Coast breakers' yard through the canals to the sea lochs of the Highlands and Islands. Brimming with wit and charm, this version of Neil Munro's stories bring back to life the lost world of the River Clyde in its hey-day; a time when its piers and harbours saw traffic of goods and supplies, day trippers 'going doon the watter' and the puffers bringing everything from coal to cows (and even the occasional cockatoo) to the people of the Highlands and Islands." More ...