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- "Be careful with that tall boat! It's a very blustery day!"
- ― Elizabeth
Thomas Sets Sail is the twelfth episode of the eleventh series.
Plot
It is a windy spring day on the Island of Sodor, and Thomas is to deliver the Mayor of Sodor's yacht from the docks to the harbour. Cranky tells Thomas that he must wait for the engineer to put the boat's tall mast down, but Thomas is too impatient and conceited to wait and leaves.
Thomas races past Elizabeth, who tells him to be careful with the yacht, but Thomas feels too important to take any notice of her. Thomas approaches a bridge, but Rosie stops him from going under it as the mast was too tall. Thomas goes back to take another way, but the mast gets caught in some trees. Thomas pulls as hard as he can and breaks free, but he does not know that the ropes tied to the sail have come loose, and the wind pushes the sail, causing Thomas to speed faster and extra sped up significantly. Molly sees Thomas and tries to warn him about the wind is filling the boat's sail, but Thomas is going so fast that he does not hear her.
Thomas is approaching the harbour, but cannot stop and races pass The Mayor, the Fat Controller and Lady Hatt. Finally, the wind stops and so does Thomas. Thomas realises his mistake and collects the engineer from the docks. The engineer puts the mast down and Thomas arrives back at the harbour and the yacht is able to be unloaded and launched. The Fat Controller tells Thomas that he sees that he decided that full steam is better than full sail and Thomas agrees.
Characters
- Thomas
- Gordon
- James
- Emily
- Molly
- Rosie
- Salty
- Elizabeth
- Cranky
- Sir Topham Hatt
- The Boat Engineer
- Edward (does not speak)
- Percy (does not speak)
- Lady Hatt (does not speak)
- The Mayor of Sodor (does not speak)
- Butch (cameo)
- Sir Topham Hatt's Brown-haired Assistant (cameo)
- Two Railway Board Members (cameos)
- Big Mickey (faceless, cameo)
Locations
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the third episode of the eleventh series.
- Several shots of Thomas being carried by the wind are sped up.
- This episode marks the last of three things:
- Molly's last appearance in an episode, as well as her last speaking role.
- Butch's last appearance in an episode until the fifteenth series episode, Stuck on You.
- The last appearance of Edward's exhausted/anxious face.
- This episode was shown in select US cinemas as part of Thomas & Friends on the Big Screen.
- The boat engineer's model uses Old Bailey's body with a head repainted from one of the linesmen from Thomas and the Moles.
- Thomas' original plastic model was used at the Fishing Village, when he met Emily, when the sailboat got stuck and when he went very fast.
Goofs
- Throughout the episode:
- Thomas' well wagon is tilted.
- Thomas' steam platform can be seen.
- Edward's exhausted/anxious face is out of position.
- In the Polish dub, Rosie's English name is mistakenly used.
- in the Finnish Dub, Aku Laitinen does not attempt to give Salty a pirate accent.
Merchandise
- TrackMaster (cancelled)
In Other Languages
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| #01 Thomas and the Storyteller | #10 Thomas and the Big Bang | #19 Thomas and the Stinky Cheese |
| #02 Emily's Rubbish | #11 Smoke and Mirrors | #20 Percy and the Left Luggage |
| #03 Dream On | #12 Thomas Sets Sail | #21 Skarloey Storms Through |
| #04 Dirty Work | #13 Don't Be Silly, Billy | #22 Cool Truckings |
| #05 Hector the Horrid! | #14 Edward and the Mail | #23 Wash Behind Your Buffers |
| #06 Gordon and the Engineer | #15 Hide and Peep | #24 Duncan Does It All |
| #07 Thomas and the Spaceship | #16 Toby's Triumph | #25 Sir Handel in Charge |
| #08 Henry's Lucky Day | #17 Thomas and the Runaway Car | #26 Ding-a-Ling |
| #09 Thomas and the Lighthouse | #18 Thomas in Trouble | |