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It's never too late to go on the
adventure of a lifetime.

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Jibe-ho!

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But when your experience of sailing
on the high seas is limited...

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Oh, bloody hell.

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This is completely outside our
comfort zone.

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..and your crewmate is just as
rusty...

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Things don't always go according to
plan.

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Man overboard. Ours is that way.

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Oh, right. We're not totally up to
it - let's admit that.

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We'll attempt to tame this glorious
traditional yacht.

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I just want to learn, I suppose,
can I still do it?

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I want to feel master of this
fabulous big boat.

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At least, not feel too incompetent.

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Can we pull together as a team?

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Come on, John, faster, faster.

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I'm going as fast as I humanly can.

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Or will old rivalries get the better
of us?

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OK. Lee-ho.

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Helm's alee, actually.
Not in my language.

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You shouting puts me off.

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As we explore Britain's
magnificent coastline

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It's one of the best day's sailing I
think I've ever had.

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This is proper sailing.

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The next leg of our maritime
adventure will take us around

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the spectacular southwest coast of
England.

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Welcome to Cornwall!

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Right. OK, Cornwall, how wonderful.

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OK, cleat it off.

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Yep.

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To comply with maritime law and to
stop us doing anything too

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silly, Mungo and Stella,
both professional sailors,

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have come along for the ride.

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Ease away, mate.

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Ease away.

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Properly release it.

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This is great, I love this bit.

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We begin in Fowey, idyllic former
stamping ground of novelist

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Daphne Du Maurier, and now home to
national treasure Dawn French.

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I've never been here. Really? No.

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Oh, it's absolutely lovely.

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From Fowey, we'll be sailing around
Dodman Point to Falmouth.

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Then we head around the Lizard
to Newlyn, where, if all goes to

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plan, a special treat awaits us.

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But first, the ship's stores have
run perilously low, so it's vital

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we stock up on essential rations
that won't spoil in the summer heat.

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So milk. So milk, yep. Bacon. Oh,
yeah. Sausages. Bread, bread.

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I do a special scrambled egg, you
know. Do you? Mmm.

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So what does that require?

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Well, a bit of Worcester sauce...
Cream, go on, yeah. ..and Tabasco.

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Right.

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And also, John, we do need
refreshment.

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We do.

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How do you spell wine?

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According to a strange local legend,

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Jesus Christ himself visited Fowey
as a child.

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Exactly how Jesus got to Cornwall is
unclear,

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as is whether or not he tucked into
the local delicacy.

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Now, what about these pasties?
Do you like pasties?

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Well, to be honest, I'm not...not a
great fan.

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Having offended an entire county,
we move swiftly on.

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Now this is a very nice place.

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What, the Ship Inn?

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No, don't be silly. The butcher's.

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Everything will be sold here.

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Good afternoon, chaps.
Oh, hello, hi.

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Some smoked back bacon.

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How much would you like?
Well, enough for...

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No, two slices of the ones at the
back.

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Four sausages.

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The award winning...what's that?
Tinny... Pen'n'tinny.

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What does that mean?
Very famous Cornish sausage.

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What's so special about it?
The name.

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I leave John to buy the ingredients
for my show-stopping

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scrambled eggs and focus on the
fresh vegetables that'll keep

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scurvy at bay during our voyage.

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Kind of designed to make a fool of
you.

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You haven't got any Tabasco sauce,
have you? Because...

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That's a good question. Yeah.
There's no Tabasco. No Tabasco.

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Everything, everything but.
I'm pleased about that.

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I don't want fancy scrambled eggs.
No? No.

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You any good at this?

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How do you open it?

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Just have to sort of squeeze it.

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Always have this trouble in the
supermarket.

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Right, so we're doing that.

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That's milk. How's Michael getting
on?

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Right, so..

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This assumes I can open this up.

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Do you want to have a go?

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This is meant to be the easy bit.

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Here we go. Oh, impressive. Yes!
Right.

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We only need... We only need one
onion. We only need one, I would

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think, OK. Wait a minute, John,
John, John, wait a minute.

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Coffee? We need some coffee,
Worcester sauce, Tabasco.

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Oh, now, Tabasco they haven't got,

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so I've got a feeling you should
scrap the idea of...

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No! This is my only contribution,
this special scrambled egg.

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I know, but honestly we've asked
about it.

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I've asked again and again about
Tabasco. No, no, no, no.

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Once a dogged reporter,
always a dogged reporter.

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Michael finally sniffs out what he
needs to ruin the scrambled eggs.

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Got it.

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Got it. That was as triumph.

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Sailing a heavy traditional boat
like Bonaventure requires

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expert teamwork coupled with an
absolute respect for your crewmates.

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Come on, John, faster, faster.

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At stake, a possible mutiny.

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I'm going as fast as I humanly can.

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Ready?! You shouting puts me off.

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There was a sharp edge of criticism,
I thought, with every grunt.

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No, no, no, not in the slightest.

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With no marriage guidance
counsellors willing to take

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us on, we do what any warring couple
in need of a bit of space

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would do and get back on the water -
in an even smaller boat.

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You pop yourself in, OK? Yep.

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Oh, my goodness.

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That's right, it's a bit of a long
way down.

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There we go, OK? How comfy is that?

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I'm just making sure...

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..making sure things are...
You're comfortable.

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..in the right position.

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OK, John? Yeah. I'm in control.
No, you're in control.

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The whole point of these two-man
kayaks,

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you've got to be coordinated.

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I'm trying to mimic your every move.

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Oh, sorry, John.

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It's got to be in time.

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Such coordination, brilliant.

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But then, of course,
he has to go and spoil it.

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I'm worried about us working so well
together, Michael,

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instead of against each other - as
we normally do.

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I know, it goes against the grain,
doesn't it, really?

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Yeah, we're a sort of happy duo, I
don't like that. I know.

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No, that's not very good.
I like the tough competition.

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Paddling along the River Fowey takes
me back to a canoeing trip

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I made in Africa some 30-odd years
ago.

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The Zambezi forms the order between
Zambia and Zimbabwe. Yeah?

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So the right-hand bank, as we were
going, was Zimbabwe

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and the Mana Pools National Park, it
was just fabulous,

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all those animals, you know.

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Yeah.

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This reference to the Zambezi the
whole time, did you notice that?

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Gosh, I mean, talk about milking a
story.

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Six days sleeping on stretchers by
the side.

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Yeah.

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There were elephants and lions.

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Zambezi this, hippo that.

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We camped overnight and a rhino came
tiptoeing through.

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And then we had crocodiles being
mentioned.

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I mean, I think we heard a bit too
much about the Zambezi,

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if I'm being really honest.

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I'm considering jumping overboard
and ending it all,

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but an opportunity to distract
Michael presents itself.

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Slow down a bit for a moment. What's
your name? Steve. Oh, hi, Steve.

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We'd like to challenge you.
That's fine, yeah.

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What, over what distance?

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Shall we just go for 30 seconds or
something like that?

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Oh, 30 seconds? You think you can
beat us in 30 seconds?

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Oh, ho, ho, a likely story.

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OK, so I'll say "one, two, three"
and we'll start, shall we? OK.

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OK, one, two, three.

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Oh.

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What's...? Has he got an engine on
that or what?

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He's showing... How's he done that?
He's just showing off.

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Yeah, but that's amazing.

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Go on, we can catch him. What, we
can catch him? Let's do it.

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He's so far ahead, I can't hear him
shout the 30 seconds.

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I think we're gaining on him now.

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We're gaining now, yes.
Well, he's flagging.

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Look, look, we've broken him.

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We've broken him.

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He hasn't, he's not been able to
carry on.

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Look, look, he's lost all sense of
direction.

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He's completely, he's off the course
now. He's off the course.

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Did we win? I can't...

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I couldn't be sure where we were.

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You seemed a bit ahead.

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No, well done.

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We may have lost, but at least our
encounter with Steve the

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kayaker has shown us we can pull
together, one team, one dream.

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That was great.

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Kayaking was a very good choice

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because it's a way of just seeing
the river.

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That's enough now of that.

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Could I handle this on my own,
without any paddles? No!

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Our little team-building exercise
has come just in time.

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Tomorrow, we sail Bonaventure to
Falmouth,

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around the ragged rocks of Dodman
Point.

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Tomorrow, we're off to Falmouth and
everything is fine,

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except it depends on the winds.

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If the wind just gets in the wrong
way, we could be in trouble.

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It's a glorious morning in Fowey
harbour and, before we embark

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on the 25-mile sail to Falmouth,

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it's time to give hunger the heave
ho.

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Breakfast, John? Yes, yes.

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What are you going to give us?

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My own very special scrambled eggs.

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Oh, I know that, that's where it
caused all the trouble.

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That's the Tabasco sauce and the
Worcester..

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You've got it, you've got it.

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OK, so we have to have that.

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Right, so at last you're now
actually scrambling the eggs.

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Milk has curdled.
It'll taste all right.

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That looks like the worst scrambled
eggs I've ever seen.

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That's not true.

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Look at that, deep yellow.

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If you close one eye and just almost
close the other, it'll look perfect.

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Now, look, it's all happening. OK.

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It's all happening. It's all
happening. Excellent.

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Ignoring my cries,

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Michael delivers the death blow to
the scrambled eggs.

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That should do the trick.

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Finish off any chance of enjoying
this breakfast.

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Oh, look at this.

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Well, thank you very much, Michael.
Pleasure. What do you think of these

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very special scrambled eggs?
Cos I think...

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..I've managed to lift the mundane
breakfast dish

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to something just inches short of
sublime.

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What's your secret ingredient?

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Worcestershire sauce and a dash of
Tabasco.

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Oh, right. I see.

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Actually, it's not bad. If you just
took out the Worcestershire sauce

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and the Tabasco, it could be quite
good.

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PHONE BEEPS

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Wait a moment, that's..
Down there, wasn't it?

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That's my phone.

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"Morning, gentlemen, have left a
pressie on the tiller."

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Oh, look, oh, that's nice.

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Oh. Oh, wow. Things are looking up.

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This is from Dawn French,
isn't that nice?

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That's very sweet. Lucky you. That
says, "To Michael."

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She's made a bit of a mistake there,
I thought, "Who's that?"

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What do you mean, "mistake"? Well, I
thought these were both to me.

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"To, John. Happy adventure.
Love, Dawn."

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Love Dawn? Then two Xs. How many Xs
have you got? I've only got one.

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Well, there we are, it's bloody
obvious, isn't it?

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If we're to reach Falmouth safely
today,

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we'll need to avoid the treacherous
rocks of Dodman Point.

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And to up the ante even higher,
instead of motoring out of Fowey,

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we're going to attempt to leave the
harbour under sail.

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A feat that will require some proper
teamwork.

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Just think of the boat sailing out
of this fantastically

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picturesque place, with its glorious
sails up, not chugging on the motor.

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Slip the bow!

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To avoid any squabbling about who
should drive,

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our crewmate Mungo will man the
tiller,

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while Michael and I demonstrate we
can work together on deck.

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On you go, John.

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It's imperative we get the sails up
quickly

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to stop us drifting back onto the
dock.

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Say when you're out of puff and
I'll take over. OK.

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THEY LAUGH

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That's very good.

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Say when you're out of puff
and I'll take over.

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THEY LAUGH

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With the mainsail hoisted, we led
the jib all the way out,

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allowing the wind to turn us towards
the ocean.

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So, we're sailing out.

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Yeah. That's good.

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This is glorious, isn't it?

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Which one is Dawn French's house?

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It's that one. You see on the rocks
coming up? Yeah.

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On the rocks.

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What a wonderful sight we must be,
were she to be at the window.

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I know, much love.

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Did she say much love to...?

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Much love to me.
No, no, not you, John, not you.

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As the wind dies down, we're forced
to favour a slower pace,

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the perfect opportunity for John
Sergeant, Britain's least

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successful fisherman, to pit his
wits against the local mackerel.

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So, what have you got there?

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Right, so this is... It's obviously
incredibly complicated.

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Yeah, yeah must be.
You throw it in and wait.

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It could catch more than one at
the same time almost

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cos you go through a shoal.

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You don't seem to be doing too well

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in unshipping this, John.. No.
I don't...

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No, this is where calmness pays off.
Oh, right.

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Just once false move and your
finger's gone.

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With the old man of the sea
struggling to untangle his line,

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and the breeze freshening,

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I seize my chance to take over on
the tiller

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and set course for Dodman Point.

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This is the business.

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OK, off we go. Yeah.

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If the wind just goes,

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or if we let the sail out a bit,

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we can start hauling in the
mackerel.

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Nothing yet, John? No, no.

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Not a twitch? Not a bite?

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A twitch, no,
just slow down a bit more.

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I can't slow down,
it's a sailing boat.

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No, but you can let out some of the
sail.

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No! The sailing's important.

295
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Fishing is just a hobby.

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I think what I'm going to do is,
actually...

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You're going to give up, aren't you?

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I'm going to give this up,
there we are. Yeah.

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Well, I'm glad we've allowed some
mackerel to live a little longer.

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There's a generosity I think I've
got there.

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Leaving the mackerel sniggering in
our wake,

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we turn our attention to the task in
hand.

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Dodman Point, also known as "Dead
Man's Point" because of the

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number of shipwrecks that have
happened here, towers 114 metres

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above the sea and is the highest
headland on Cornwall's south coast.

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You're looking at one of the great
parts of Britain, this...

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..this coastline, not only because
of its history,

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because of its beauty, and because
it's just, on a day like this,

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very difficult to beat.

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This is why I wanted to do this
trip, really.

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And, to be honest, beforehand, I
used to scoff and people who said,

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"Oh, I like sailing round England."

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You thought, "Oh, yeah, like getting
wet and cold in the drizzle,"

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and all that sort of stuff

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But, actually, I'm beginning to see
the point now.

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I mean, this is really, really
great.

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It's what you do this for,

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it's one of the best days sailing I
think I've ever had.

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And here we are,
coming into Falmouth.

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In order to reach Falmouth, we'll
need to sail into the wind

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and that means tacking the boat,

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a manoeuvre that requires us all to
pull together as a team.

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Ready to go about?

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Ready. Ready. Ready?

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Lee-ho.

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Ready to go about.

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Helm's going over.

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Tacking.

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It's been a seamless operation

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and even our professional crew mates
are impressed.

331
00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:50,280
Wow. You're getting pretty good at
this. Everything is excellent.

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What a team.

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We're nearing the harbour, after our
six-hour sail,

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and, as if sent to greet us, we pass
a race between members of the

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Falmouth Working Boat Association.

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These were the original oyster
dredging fleet, which is

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pretty much the only time in the
whole year when they all come out.

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I don't remember ever seeing
anything like this, it's wonderful.

339
00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,040
Gosh, what a fantastic day.

340
00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,000
Every day at sailing is slightly
different,

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00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,080
but the good ones stick in your
mind. This will stick in my mind.

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Made it.

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We'll be back on the water tomorrow,

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for an appointment with some
men who are even braver than us,

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preparing to take on arguably the
toughest of ocean challenges.

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This morning we're heading up the
Fal River to Mylor

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to meet a team of adventurers who
are about to take on one of

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the most challenging races on earth.

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Tally-ho. Tally-ho, let's go.

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00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,320
As we motor out of Falmouth Harbour,

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00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,720
a couple of local ruffians
show up to see us off.

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00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:14,640
Hi, swans.

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00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,520
Always wanted to see if they really
could break your arm, they're meant

354
00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,880
to. Well, let's see if they're
attracted by the arm.

355
00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,040
Could you break this?
They're off, you see, frightened.

356
00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:29,800
This evening, we've been invited to
a sea shanty festival.

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00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,240
I need to rehearse,

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00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:36,200
which means treating my shipmates to
an impromptu recital.

359
00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:42,920
# There's plenty of gold, so I've
been told either way... #

360
00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,640
Michael is practising those sea
shanties

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and you can't stop him,
and it's going to go on and on.

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00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,280
I'm limbering up for the singing.

363
00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,560
You've got to get the tonsils free,

364
00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,760
you've got to get the vocal cords
working,

365
00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:02,040
and I'm not expecting a great deal
of support from John, actually.

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00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:06,360
I mean, he's got a voice like a
bullfrog is the truth of the matter.

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00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,480
Hitching a lift into Mylor Harbour,
we catch a glimpse of a

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00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,640
strange-looking vessel.

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00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:15,840
Oh, there they are.

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00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,280
Oh, right, look at that.

371
00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,800
It's the Atlantic seamen we've come
to meet.

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Amateur rowers, who will be
competing in a 3,000-mile

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transatlantic race -
The Talisker Challenge.

374
00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,240
Hi. Hi. Michael. Bez.

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00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,080
Have you done anything like this
before? No.

376
00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,520
Is it wise? I mean, is it too late
to pull out?

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00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:36,560
Far too late. Unfortunately.

378
00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,120
So what are you actually doing?

379
00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:40,880
So we're rowing across the Atlantic,
from the Canaries to Antigua,

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00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,760
and it all started off with me and
Bez chatting in the pub one night,

381
00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,960
a few pints, next few days we were
signed up.

382
00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,960
How long's it going to take you?

383
00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,480
Oh, that's the question.

384
00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,680
It's going to take us about 40-odd
days.

385
00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,280
When we do the row, most of the
time, you've got to row naked. Why?

386
00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,520
Because of salt sores and all that
sort of stuff, so...

387
00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,400
You'll row naked across the
Atlantic?

388
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,880
Yes, yes, we will know each other
really well.

389
00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,640
Right, yes. Well, John...
Can we have a go?

390
00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,360
Come aboard. Indeed. Right.

391
00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:09,480
Come on, take your kit off.
OK, right, no, don't be silly.

392
00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,120
We're aware we'll be disappointing
the public,

393
00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:15,120
but John and I refused to go
commando while we see if

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00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:18,280
we've got what it takes to row
for 40 days straight.

395
00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,200
And in the water, away together,
and..

396
00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:22,320
..in.

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00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:25,400
In.

398
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,040
Perfect.
Right, Antigua, here we come.

399
00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,520
That's it, boys.

400
00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,040
Before they're allowed to compete in
the transatlantic race,

401
00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:39,040
the Atlantic seamen will need to
complete 96 hours of training.

402
00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:40,960
Take it nice and steady.

403
00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,320
Less than 96 seconds into our
voyage,

404
00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,240
John decides he's had enough.

405
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:48,720
Right...

406
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:53,240
Well, that's it for me.
I think I'll take a rest.

407
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,080
So much for one team, one dream.

408
00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,440
It's tough, isn't it?
That really is.

409
00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:04,200
OK, chaps. Well, you do the rest of
the Atlantic row on your own.

410
00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,120
I think I'll skip the next seven
weeks.

411
00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:09,360
Well, I was a bit disappointed with
John, actually,

412
00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:11,760
but he was quite right, you know,
I mean,

413
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,400
he did about 30 seconds and
then...and then stopped.

414
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,840
You know, I really hope he didn't
get any blisters.

415
00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,040
What a lovely day to be rowed.

416
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,000
Do you feel a bit like Cleopatra,
John?

417
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,720
I feel better than that...
This is your barge.

418
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,680
I find, with rowing,
there's no point

419
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,360
in showing off about how good you
are at it.

420
00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:33,040
Or indeed rowing.

421
00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,560
It was great, you really felt quite
powerful,

422
00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,320
concentrating and keeping in unison,

423
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,080
you know, it was quite a challenge
to do,

424
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:42,520
for about five or ten minutes.

425
00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,520
The idea of doing it for 40-odd
days,

426
00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,360
it just beggars belief, I think.

427
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:53,480
They come across as being amazingly
normal, non-mad people

428
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,720
doing something quite exceptional,
and I think they are very,

429
00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,680
very inspired and they're inspiring
the rest of us.

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00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,320
So, my admiration for those guys is,
well, goes to the top.

431
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:13,400
I really wish them well, but, gosh,
you wouldn't get me doing it.

432
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,720
OK, so I've slightly let the team
down on the boat today,

433
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,480
but I've got a chance to redeem
myself by joining Michael at his

434
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,120
treasured sea shanty festival.

435
00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:28,120
# And we'll row the whole chariot
along, we'll row... #

436
00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:31,600
Sea shanties are an important part
of coastal culture...

437
00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,760
# We'll row the old chariots
along... #

438
00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:40,200
..with many choirs competing in
festivals across Europe...

439
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,960
..and Falmouth is one of the
hotspots.

440
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,520
I think he's forgotten the words,
John.

441
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,360
THEY SING

442
00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:54,320
Femmes de la Mer is one of
Cornwall's

443
00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,720
leading sea shanty groups.

444
00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:02,040
# There's seven more buses from this
day forth woo! #

445
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,280
Plucking up our courage,

446
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,640
we ask if two hommes de la mer can
join them for a shanty.

447
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,720
We've got a song. Yeah.

448
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,680
It's called Leave Her, Johnny.
Oh, we know that!

449
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,960
You know that? Right.

450
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:21,080
# Now the times are hard and the
wage is low

451
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,640
# Leave her, Johnny, leave her

452
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:29,560
# Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her

453
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:35,400
# For the voyage is done and the
winds don't blow

454
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:43,080
# And it's time for us to leave
her. #

455
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,880
Woohoo! Very good.

456
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,360
By the time we're done, there's not
a dry eye in the house.

457
00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:55,440
Homme de la mer have taken the
Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival by

458
00:24:55,440 --> 00:25:00,040
storm and our greatest hits album
will be hitting record stores soon.

459
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,080
ALL: Wahey!

460
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,640
The next morning, some strong coffee
is required

461
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,560
as we gird our loins ahead of
today's sail -

462
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,200
40 miles around Lizard Point to
Newlyn.

463
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:25,640
But first things first.

464
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,640
Well, now we were told last night by
one of the people

465
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:31,000
at the Shanty Festival

466
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,640
where we should look for these fish
and it's...

467
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,840
..I can't remember where it was.
Oh, that's great.

468
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,800
It's something like Old Wall,
Gold Wall,

469
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,640
anything on the map that's like
that? OK. Yep.

470
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,200
We've got Old Wall just a mile off
the headland.

471
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,520
What is that, that's a patch of
shallow water, is it? Yeah.

472
00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,400
It's a patch of solid fish.

473
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:49,520
Solid fish, that's...

474
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,520
They're waiting to be caught.

475
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,520
Michael, this could be the day,
honestly.

476
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,120
I feel it. Do you?

477
00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:00,840
You'll go back through all your
experiences,

478
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:02,840
both at home and abroad,

479
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,880
and you'll come down to one simple
little sail from Falmouth,

480
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,720
with your chum John, fishing.

481
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,360
Look at these, yeah, we'll wave at
them.

482
00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:32,520
You know, it's very hard to wave
when you're rowing.

483
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,360
Yeah, well, John wouldn't know.

484
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,320
The Old Wall is a popular fishing
spot about half a mile

485
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,080
offshore from the lighthouse at
Falmouth.

486
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,520
Well, I think this feels right, it
smells right.

487
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,880
Can't quite smell the fish, but we
will do, when we bring them on
board.

488
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,280
Any mackerel around here don't stand
a chance.

489
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,360
How do you work this thing?
Take that off here.

490
00:26:58,360 --> 00:27:02,440
If they know that's good for them,
the fish would make it easy

491
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:07,000
on themselves and jump straight into
the boat of their own accord.

492
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,880
Why's.. Oh, that's it. The brake's
on.

493
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,360
That's going down, the other way!
Whoops.

494
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,760
Which way is that going?
Is that winding it in?

495
00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:19,800
Nothing's happening, actually.

496
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:24,120
Oh, yeah. Go.. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right, so when you throw it... Yeah.

497
00:27:24,120 --> 00:27:28,040
..release it, and then flick it over
when it's gone enough, OK? OK.

498
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,240
Well, it's not far but...

499
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,360
I do hope we're not going to catch
each other, John.

500
00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:39,600
Well, it'd be better than nothing.

501
00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:44,920
30 minutes later and it'd seem the
mackerel

502
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,080
are more wily than we give them
credit for.

503
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:49,920
See, the problem is there may not be

504
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,520
any fish under this boat -
that's the problem.

505
00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,160
How can we possibly catch something
that's not there?

506
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,080
There, they just caught one.

507
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:58,240
Where? Did they?

508
00:27:58,240 --> 00:27:59,680
He just pulled in a fish.

509
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:01,520
The swine.

510
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,720
People love incompetence.

511
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:07,000
I've spent all of my life being
paid large sums of money for

512
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,320
being incompetent
and it seems to work.

513
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,640
If I was really competent,
it'd be boring.

514
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,360
This is thrilling.

515
00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:25,720
You're far too impatient.

516
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,000
I'm not impatient.

517
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,360
The excitement's unbearable, John.

518
00:28:32,360 --> 00:28:36,680
Amazingly, it turns out that even
John's patience has its limits.

519
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,880
Reel them in, that's it.
Reel them in.

520
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,080
Another experiment failed.

521
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:45,760
I'm going to go down into the hold
and just have an enormous vodka.

522
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:52,120
Sadly, I am denied even that small
pleasure as I am required back on

523
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,640
deck to help sail Bonaventure
towards the Lizard.

524
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:57,920
Yeah, keep going.

525
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:06,600
Keep going. Are you all right?
Faster.

526
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,440
Keep going, don't slacken.

527
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,640
That's about it, that's wonderful.

528
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,160
No, well done.
Do you want to go and rest now?

529
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:17,560
You can tidy it up.

530
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,120
Well, this is sailing, isn't it?

531
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,680
I mean, this is activity, this is
getting something done,

532
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,880
not standing there,
waving your willy at the fish.

533
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:41,800
The Lizard is the most southerly
point on mainland Britain,

534
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,240
a notorious shipping hazard.

535
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,560
It's here that the Spanish Armada
was first

536
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:50,840
spotted approaching England in July
1588.

537
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,720
This is another of Britain's great
landmarks, isn't it? Yeah.

538
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,200
When you think of how many sailors

539
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,760
have lost their lives on this
stretch of coast. Yeah.

540
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,720
Just as well there's a sailor on
the tiller with the skill and

541
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,640
fortitude to navigate this perilous
coastline safely.

542
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,560
I hate to say this, but we're
heading for the rocks, you said?

543
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,880
And we are heading for the rocks,
yeah. We are, yes.

544
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,760
Are we all ready to tack? Yeah.
Yeah. OK. Ready to tack.

545
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,640
OK, helm to lee.

546
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,640
OK, lee-ho.

547
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,280
Helm to Lee.

548
00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,200
Lee-ho. OK.

549
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,200
Lee-ho.

550
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,000
Come on, go round.

551
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:45,200
Think that's it.

552
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,800
With Bonaventure and his crew
performing perfectly,

553
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:53,240
Captain Sergeant comes over all
philosophical.

554
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:59,440
That's what real sailing's about,
being with the sea,

555
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:04,160
not on the sea, against the sea,
with the sea.

556
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,680
You see, you're getting it.
Oh, yes, yes.

557
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,280
You're getting the idea.

558
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,040
And this trip looks set to get even
better,

559
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:17,600
as tomorrow I'm hoping to fulfil an
ambition I've had since I was a boy.

560
00:31:24,900 --> 00:31:29,500
This maritime adventure is showing
Michael and I what can be achieved

561
00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:31,620
when we work together as a team.

562
00:31:33,380 --> 00:31:36,500
See you, have fun. Farewell.
Behave yourselves, now.

563
00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:39,100
Be careful. Look after the boat,
please.

564
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:44,380
But today we're meeting a group who
risk their lives to help

565
00:31:44,380 --> 00:31:46,540
others on a regular basis.

566
00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:52,060
We're going to go on one of these
things, it's a lifeboat,

567
00:31:52,060 --> 00:31:54,340
and it's very exciting.

568
00:31:54,340 --> 00:31:56,140
I've always wanted to go on a
lifeboat,

569
00:31:56,140 --> 00:31:58,340
it has been a lifelong ambition.

570
00:31:58,340 --> 00:32:01,980
Anyone who sails knows how
marvellous these people can

571
00:32:01,980 --> 00:32:04,820
be because they're heroes.

572
00:32:04,820 --> 00:32:09,500
The RNLI has been saving lives at
sea for almost 200 years,

573
00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:12,860
and the story of Newlyn's lifeboat
is one of the most poignant

574
00:32:12,860 --> 00:32:15,220
and heroic in the charity's history.

575
00:32:15,220 --> 00:32:16,500
They'll come running down,

576
00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:18,900
probably miss every other step as
they're running. Yes!

577
00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:21,220
Martin Brockman looks after the

578
00:32:21,220 --> 00:32:24,540
former lifeboat station at nearby
Penlee Point.

579
00:32:24,540 --> 00:32:26,740
So it's a big, old empty station at
the moment,

580
00:32:26,740 --> 00:32:28,620
but obviously when the boat was in
here... Yeah.

581
00:32:28,620 --> 00:32:31,220
..the boat literally filled the
whole of the lifeboat station.

582
00:32:31,220 --> 00:32:33,420
Filled it, yeah. It was... it was
huge.

583
00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:37,780
The station closed after the tragedy
of the Solomon Browne in 1981.

584
00:32:42,180 --> 00:32:46,500
That night, Solomon Browne launched
into monstrous seas that eye

585
00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:49,900
witnesses claim never to have
seen before or since.

586
00:32:51,060 --> 00:32:55,540
She launched at 8:12pm,
on request of the coastguards.

587
00:32:57,140 --> 00:33:00,380
They say that on that night they
opened the doors and the

588
00:33:00,380 --> 00:33:02,780
waves were hitting the slip and
coming inside here,

589
00:33:02,780 --> 00:33:06,500
blowing, gusting, hurricane force.
Yeah..

590
00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:10,500
The cargo ship Union Star was on her
maiden voyage from Holland

591
00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:13,780
when her engines failed in the force
12 hurricane.

592
00:33:16,020 --> 00:33:19,460
William Trevelyan Richards,
Coxswain of the Solomon Browne,

593
00:33:19,460 --> 00:33:22,980
led an eight-strong crew on the
rescue mission.

594
00:33:22,980 --> 00:33:27,500
There wasn't a huge amount the
lifeboat could do, it was trying to

595
00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:30,740
get the passengers and the crew off
the Union Star onto the lifeboat.

596
00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:33,420
At one stage, the lifeboat even got
lifted up and was dropped

597
00:33:33,420 --> 00:33:36,980
onto the deck of the Union Star,
and then slid back into the water

598
00:33:36,980 --> 00:33:39,700
again, and then went round and had
another attempt.

599
00:33:39,700 --> 00:33:42,420
Four survivors were hauled onto the
lifeboat,

600
00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:45,540
but then all radio communication was
suddenly lost.

601
00:33:45,540 --> 00:33:47,580
By then, wreckage had started coming
ashore

602
00:33:47,580 --> 00:33:49,740
and it was fairly obvious we'd lost
the boat.

603
00:33:53,660 --> 00:33:56,260
The eight crew and passengers on the
Union Star

604
00:33:56,260 --> 00:33:58,820
and the entire crew of Solomon
Browne were lost.

605
00:34:00,220 --> 00:34:02,860
Martin's father Nigel was one of
them.

606
00:34:04,820 --> 00:34:07,940
Can you remember when you were told
that your father had been killed?

607
00:34:07,940 --> 00:34:09,380
Yeah, I was woken up.

608
00:34:09,380 --> 00:34:11,860
My mum and my great auntie woke me
up.

609
00:34:11,860 --> 00:34:15,300
It was my birthday two days before,
so I was just ten,

610
00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:16,740
literally just ten.

611
00:34:16,740 --> 00:34:18,940
It was...it was very surreal.

612
00:34:18,940 --> 00:34:20,260
Yeah. Yes.

613
00:34:20,260 --> 00:34:23,540
It was still blowing a gale the next
day and all you could hear was

614
00:34:23,540 --> 00:34:26,780
helicopters going up and down,
and the fishing fleet were out in

615
00:34:26,780 --> 00:34:29,340
a gale to try and help and search
where they could.

616
00:34:29,340 --> 00:34:32,620
Everybody expected to find them,
you know. Yeah.

617
00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:36,260
But did it take you a long time to
realise you had lost your father?

618
00:34:36,260 --> 00:34:40,500
It took several weeks before it
really sort of hit home.

619
00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:42,700
Awful. Shouldn't ever happened,
should it?

620
00:34:42,700 --> 00:34:47,020
No. My brother Neil came out
that night as well,

621
00:34:47,020 --> 00:34:49,700
he got himself ready to go, put his
life jacket and all on, got on

622
00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:55,300
boat the life boat and Trevelyan
refused him, said, "No, off.

623
00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:57,460
"Only one member from each family
tonight."

624
00:34:57,460 --> 00:34:59,940
And Trevelyan took him off the boat.

625
00:35:02,340 --> 00:35:04,860
It's a thought-provoking place,
isn't it?

626
00:35:04,860 --> 00:35:07,700
It just shows what's at stake here.

627
00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:12,180
These people going out into
effectively a hurricane

628
00:35:12,180 --> 00:35:15,140
and knowing that they were putting
their lives at risk to try

629
00:35:15,140 --> 00:35:17,580
and save other people.

630
00:35:17,580 --> 00:35:21,540
And that telling point about how the
coxswain wouldn't take more than

631
00:35:21,540 --> 00:35:25,820
one person from any
family and that just shows you,

632
00:35:25,820 --> 00:35:27,580
in a very moving way,

633
00:35:27,580 --> 00:35:31,860
how the coxswain knew the risks that
they were all running that night.

634
00:35:31,860 --> 00:35:32,980
But it just...

635
00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:38,940
..just shows you what the
institution's about.

636
00:35:49,580 --> 00:35:53,420
Today, this treacherous coastline is
under the watch of the new

637
00:35:53,420 --> 00:35:57,260
Penlee Station and it's lifeboat -
the Ivan Ellen.

638
00:35:57,260 --> 00:35:59,020
Hello. Nice to meet you, nice to
meet you.

639
00:35:59,020 --> 00:36:01,260
Oh, you're the coxswain. I am, yes.
What's your name?

640
00:36:01,260 --> 00:36:03,700
Patrick, or everyone calls me Pat.

641
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:05,060
This is it.

642
00:36:05,060 --> 00:36:07,300
I'm about to go on a lifeboat,

643
00:36:07,300 --> 00:36:10,020
but first I need to make sure I look
the part.

644
00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:15,300
Look what do you think? Look, what
do you think? I'm a lifeboat man.

645
00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:18,420
Problem is most of our guys here are
quite big chaps, there's not many...

646
00:36:18,420 --> 00:36:20,740
That almost meets in the middle,
look.

647
00:36:20,740 --> 00:36:24,220
That's a medium too, so you'll be
happy with that. So, you know...

648
00:36:24,220 --> 00:36:26,580
Right, I'm a medium lifeboat man,

649
00:36:26,580 --> 00:36:30,260
so, if anyone asks me, I'll just say
that's how I fit in.

650
00:36:33,980 --> 00:36:35,900
That's it, right.

651
00:36:38,220 --> 00:36:39,460
Say hello to some of the crew.

652
00:36:39,460 --> 00:36:41,500
Right, what do you think?
Do we look the part?

653
00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:43,860
You're looking pretty good.
Really? Convincing?

654
00:36:43,860 --> 00:36:45,460
Yeah? Almost.

655
00:36:45,460 --> 00:36:48,100
The look on his face! "Almost"?

656
00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:50,580
Well, now you're kitted up, we're
going to right go on exercise

657
00:36:50,580 --> 00:36:53,380
right now. Go on exercise? These
guys are going to get kitted up and

658
00:36:53,380 --> 00:36:55,580
we're going to go afloat right now,
so let's go.

659
00:36:55,580 --> 00:36:58,220
As if you had a shout?
Yeah, let's go, we're going now.

660
00:36:59,620 --> 00:37:03,980
Well, we were hoping to go on the
boat, but we weren't expecting this.

661
00:37:04,980 --> 00:37:08,220
It's like as if we were going to the
moon.

662
00:37:08,220 --> 00:37:11,540
Each lifeboat crew runs weekly
training sessions

663
00:37:11,540 --> 00:37:14,580
and today they're taking us on a man
overboard exercise.

664
00:37:14,580 --> 00:37:16,820
Were you running?
Yes, you've got to.

665
00:37:18,780 --> 00:37:20,820
I'm just feeling so hot.

666
00:37:20,820 --> 00:37:22,620
I mean, this is just the basic gear

667
00:37:22,620 --> 00:37:25,460
and I've still got to save somebody
from drowning.

668
00:37:25,460 --> 00:37:27,020
Right then, chaps, cast her off.

669
00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:33,180
Better view up here.

670
00:37:33,180 --> 00:37:36,220
So, for our exercise today, we've
got a report of someone in the water

671
00:37:36,220 --> 00:37:39,020
near St Michael's Mount, so we're
going to get there, try and locate

672
00:37:39,020 --> 00:37:41,060
him, get him out of the water as
fast as possible.

673
00:37:41,060 --> 00:37:43,220
So, once we get clear of the gaps,
we'll...

674
00:37:43,220 --> 00:37:44,820
..we'll put the hammers down.

675
00:37:55,900 --> 00:37:57,940
There we go, full speed.

676
00:37:57,940 --> 00:37:59,340
Oh, that's great.

677
00:37:59,340 --> 00:38:01,780
Do you want a go with the helm?
Yeah.

678
00:38:01,780 --> 00:38:04,100
We're aiming towards St Michael's
Mount, so I'll...

679
00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:05,740
..I'll get out of your way. Thanks.

680
00:38:08,980 --> 00:38:14,100
Do you want any help with this?
You can have a go in a moment.

681
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:16,340
Well... I'd better not run down this
yacht.

682
00:38:18,620 --> 00:38:20,940
There's St Michael's Mount...
Got him, got him.

683
00:38:20,940 --> 00:38:23,620
You're very steady, if I may say so,
yeah.

684
00:38:23,620 --> 00:38:25,540
It's a feeling of real power though,
isn't it?

685
00:38:25,540 --> 00:38:28,460
It is, and you have that power.
And I have that power.

686
00:38:31,860 --> 00:38:35,340
I was beginning to think Michael
would never give up the helm,

687
00:38:35,340 --> 00:38:38,060
in fact, stop me fulfilling my
childhood dream.

688
00:38:39,860 --> 00:38:42,260
I was going to kick him,
but I thought, "No."

689
00:38:42,260 --> 00:38:44,220
And at the last moment,
he managed to pull away.

690
00:38:44,220 --> 00:38:46,980
He realised that he just couldn't
stay there all the time.

691
00:38:46,980 --> 00:38:49,020
Oh, it's a real thrill.
Can I have a go now?

692
00:38:49,020 --> 00:38:50,900
Of course you can. There you go,
John.

693
00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:52,020
You have control. OK.

694
00:38:52,980 --> 00:38:54,100
And there it was, heaven.

695
00:39:02,460 --> 00:39:06,020
It's amazing, once you start to turn
it...

696
00:39:06,020 --> 00:39:08,180
Can you feel the boat leaning? I do.

697
00:39:08,180 --> 00:39:10,380
I've flown a spitfire, you know,

698
00:39:10,380 --> 00:39:14,820
so it's this and a spitfire,
it's not bad, is it?

699
00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:17,860
It was terrific, I mean, you build
up expectations

700
00:39:17,860 --> 00:39:21,420
and you think it won't be very good,
but it was good.

701
00:39:21,420 --> 00:39:25,660
It had power, those engines, wow,
gosh, this is what...

702
00:39:25,660 --> 00:39:29,420
..this is what sort of boy's stuff's
all made of, isn't it?

703
00:39:29,420 --> 00:39:31,620
Right, do you mind if I take over?
Yeah, on you go, Pat.

704
00:39:31,620 --> 00:39:35,980
We're getting close to where
hopefully he'll be now. OK.

705
00:39:35,980 --> 00:39:38,780
I think I can see it right here, you
see? I can't see anything.

706
00:39:38,780 --> 00:39:40,660
Something orange?
Yeah, I can see it.

707
00:39:43,820 --> 00:39:46,660
So what I'll do now is, when we
get close... Yeah.

708
00:39:46,660 --> 00:39:49,580
..one of the crew will jump in and
he'll swim the person alongside the

709
00:39:49,580 --> 00:39:51,780
lifeboat, and then you and John will
go down

710
00:39:51,780 --> 00:39:53,820
and help the guys recover the person
onto the boat.

711
00:39:53,820 --> 00:39:56,220
You don't want us to jump in the...?
No, no, no.

712
00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:57,580
Please don't jump in.

713
00:39:57,580 --> 00:40:00,660
The man overboard is actually a
40-kilo dummy,

714
00:40:00,660 --> 00:40:03,980
known affectionately to the crew as
"Dead Fred."

715
00:40:03,980 --> 00:40:06,180
Got to hurry, this is..

716
00:40:06,180 --> 00:40:08,820
It may seem like an exercise,
but it's rough.

717
00:40:13,940 --> 00:40:15,780
They both seem all right.

718
00:40:15,780 --> 00:40:17,140
He's swimming to..

719
00:40:17,140 --> 00:40:19,140
Oh, they're going to pull him in
there.

720
00:40:19,140 --> 00:40:22,340
Have you got the stretcher board?
Yeah.

721
00:40:22,340 --> 00:40:24,940
This one's for under the arms mate,
all right?

722
00:40:28,900 --> 00:40:32,020
When you're ready, guys. Yeah, OK,
here we go. Here we go.

723
00:40:32,020 --> 00:40:36,260
We're told it's vital to lift a
person overboard horizontally

724
00:40:36,260 --> 00:40:39,580
to avoid a drop in blood pressure
and cardiac arrest.

725
00:40:39,580 --> 00:40:41,340
You learn something new every day.

726
00:40:41,340 --> 00:40:44,180
You OK? Yeah, now just you've
trapped my fingers.

727
00:40:44,180 --> 00:40:45,860
Oh, no, we can't have that.

728
00:40:45,860 --> 00:40:47,700
OK, guys, if you just lower, slowly.

729
00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:49,020
Perfect, great.

730
00:40:50,140 --> 00:40:51,860
Mission accomplished.

731
00:40:51,860 --> 00:40:56,060
Dead Fred lives to be man overboard
another day.

732
00:40:56,060 --> 00:40:57,020
Well done, chaps,

733
00:40:57,020 --> 00:40:59,820
thanks for recovering and looking
after Dead Fred.

734
00:40:59,820 --> 00:41:01,100
It was largely down to us,

735
00:41:01,100 --> 00:41:03,220
I felt, at the end of the day. Well
done, Fred.

736
00:41:04,420 --> 00:41:06,740
The whole exercise is pretty
impressive, isn't it?

737
00:41:06,740 --> 00:41:09,140
The speed of reaction.

738
00:41:09,140 --> 00:41:10,740
The sense of a team.

739
00:41:10,740 --> 00:41:13,420
Had I been Dead Fred, or not so
dead Fred,

740
00:41:13,420 --> 00:41:19,700
is there anything more of a relief
than seeing an RNLI lifeboat

741
00:41:19,700 --> 00:41:23,380
thundering towards you and knowing
you're not going to die after all?

742
00:41:23,380 --> 00:41:25,620
I think they're absolutely
marvellous.

743
00:41:25,620 --> 00:41:28,260
Whenever I'm messing around in
boats, which is quite a lot,

744
00:41:28,260 --> 00:41:31,660
I'm just so relieved that you've got
these super guys who will

745
00:41:31,660 --> 00:41:35,900
know what to do, get the gear on,
roar across and save me,

746
00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:38,380
and I'm delighted to be here among
them.

747
00:41:38,380 --> 00:41:41,340
One of them, really,
with my gear on.

748
00:41:41,340 --> 00:41:42,900
Thanks a lot.

749
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:46,260
Ignoring the Penlee Lifeboat crew's
pleas for Michael and I to

750
00:41:46,260 --> 00:41:50,860
join their ranks,
we bid farewell to our new friends.

751
00:41:50,860 --> 00:41:53,180
And with a lot more sailing still
ahead of us,

752
00:41:53,180 --> 00:41:56,340
we hope we don't meet them again
any time soon.

753
00:41:56,340 --> 00:41:58,020
What will remain with us is what

754
00:41:58,020 --> 00:42:00,860
they've taught us about working
together

755
00:42:00,860 --> 00:42:05,100
and so it's with a renewed sense of
team spirit that we power

756
00:42:05,100 --> 00:42:07,860
away on the final leg of our
voyage of discovery.

757
00:42:07,860 --> 00:42:09,500
Ready to go about?

758
00:42:09,500 --> 00:42:10,940
Jibe-ho!

759
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:20,140
Next time...
Let's party. ..we're sailing solo.

760
00:42:20,140 --> 00:42:22,940
Gosh, it's hard, isn't it?

761
00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:26,100
And find ourselves in over our
heads.

762
00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:28,380
The words "help" and "panic"
may come into it.

763
00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:30,620
Oh. Ow!

764
00:42:42,340 --> 00:42:45,340
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