Bill Perkins‘s StreamBoat 2 picks up an impressive sponsor who gives six punters a chance to win a berth on the yacht when it sets sail from the Caribbean island of St Thomas.

“Love, exciting and new. Come on board, we’re expecting you.”

In the 80s, those words jumped out of my idiot box tearing at my eardrums, as the image of the Pacific Princess cut away my cornea.

It was Sunday.