Slow Boat Home (Chinese: 情越海岸線; literally "love exceeds the coastline") is a 2013 Hong Kong romantic comedy television drama produced by Leung Choi-yuen and TVB, starring Raymond Wong Ho-yin, Ruco Chan and Aimee Chan. The show was conceived in late 2011 by Leung, who aspired to write a youthful television drama for the aging TVB. Slow Boat Home was produced at 25 episodes, and the first episode premiered on TVB Jade on 13 May 2013.
The drama was primarily filmed in Cheung Chau.
Premise
The serial delves into the lives and relationships of several high school classmates from Cheung Chau, a small island district in Hong Kong. Cheung Po-tsai (Raymond Wong Ho-yin), the 28-year-old son of a seafood restaurant owner, lives a seemingly aimless life that consists of stalking around the island and picking up fights with neighbors. He is, however, best friends with his polar opposite, Fit Wing (Ruco Chan), a hardworking medical intern in the city. While Cheung Po-tsai is struggling to gain his father's respect, Fit Wing is involved in an emotionally manipulative relationship with his high school sweetheart, Heidi (Selena Li).
Main cast
Raymond Wong Ho-yin as Cheung Po-seng (張寶生; jyutping: Zoeng Bousang), nicknamed "Cheung Po-tsai" (張保仔), the 28-year-old son of Cheung Shing-mui, the owner of a seafood restaurant in Cheung Chau. A college drop-out, Cheung Po-tsai lives in a seemingly aimless life which consists of picking up random harmless fights and causing trouble for his father. Nonetheless, Cheung Po-tsai is extremely loyal to his friends, compassionate, and holds high respect for his father, who struggled to raise his two children in a single-parent household. Ruco Chan as Kevin "Fit Wing" Ching (程禮榮; Cing Laiwing), Cheung Po-tsai's high school classmate and best friend. Unlike Cheung Po-tsai, Fit Wing is hardworking, polite, and well-mannered. He is a medical intern at a public hospital in the city, but considers resigning due to his disappointment with Hong Kong's public hospital system. He has been in love with his high school sweetheart Heidi, who broke up with him a year before he earned his medical degree. Fit Wing and Heidi get back together "four or five years" later, but the relationship is strained by Heidi's manipulation. Aimee Chan as Kate Cheng (鄭抱抱; Zeng Poupou), an American-born Chinese documentary director from New York. She arrives in Cheung Chau to film a documentary about the island, its culture, and its customs, but the movie almost never made it to the final cut when Cheung Po-tsai and his neighbors caused havoc and drove away Kate's film crew. Realizing his mistakes, Cheung Po-tsai decides to help Kate in finishing the documentary, and the two become close friends.