1 00:00:02,760 --> 00:00:05,880 Stretching from Land's End to Dover, 2 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:09,240 this is the busiest seaway in the world. 3 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,120 And come hell or high water... 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,240 Three, two, one. Firing! 5 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:20,040 No amount of training can ever prepare you 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:21,760 for what we faced that night. 7 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,560 It's open for business 365 days a year... 8 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,080 Over 90% of the world's trade travels by sea. 9 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,800 It's not just TVs and refrigerators, it's everything around us. 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,160 ..teeming with every type of vessel... 11 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:36,800 Everyone on board reckons their job is the hardest. 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,160 ..and a rich diversity of wildlife. 13 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,000 It is kept safe by those who patrol its seaways... 14 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,480 Try and hang on to the boat. 15 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:51,920 ..their actions standing between triumph... 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,840 THEY CHEER ..and disaster... 17 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:56,400 Ease off, ease off! 18 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,000 ..on the unpredictable waters of the English Channel. 19 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,280 Today, the Royal Navy bomb squad unearth a deadly relic. 20 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,800 Can you tell me where it was in the house? Where you found it. 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,400 In the lounge, I found it yesterday in the lounge on the shelf. 22 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,440 It had been in that room for about 30 years. Yeah! 23 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:21,000 A cargo ship resupplies the tiny island of Alderney. 24 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,920 One of the strangest things we had to deliver to Alderney recently 25 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,880 is a big bronze Buddha for somebody's garden. 26 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,840 And a young entrepreneur battles to keep his business 27 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,280 afloat as he navigates through the commercial shipping lanes. 28 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,840 Put a lot of time and effort and money into getting this boat 29 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,440 and setting up the business, which is hopefully going to 30 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:40,840 happen in the next few months. 31 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,600 Obviously, there's absolutely nothing I want to do to risk that. 32 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,280 The English Channel not only joins us to the rest of Europe, 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,000 but at flashpoints in history, it has protected us from invasion. 34 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:00,920 After the Second World War, 35 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,680 the Channel bed was left littered with thousands of unexploded bombs, 36 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,480 and the agency tasked with retrieving and safely 37 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,040 disposing of them is the Royal Navy's Fleet Diving Squadron. 38 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,760 Based in Portsmouth, the Navy's southern diving group 39 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:23,000 has three elite units made up of 60 divers 40 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,680 and specialists in bomb disposal. 41 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,440 They are called out to over 200 incidents a year. 42 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:36,600 Their patch includes the Channel, where fishing, dredging 43 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,840 and bad weather can sometimes expose long-buried bombs and mines. 44 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,240 We can use the wagon for maritime jobs as well as land-based jobs, 45 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,560 so we have to have the ability to do a dive. 46 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,200 So we have a boat in there as well and an engine, 47 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:55,880 and obviously the dive sets as well. 48 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,560 On a Monday morning, or whatever day we've taken over the duty, 49 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,680 the whole of all the vehicles and all the equipment will be lined out 50 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,640 and checked ready, to make sure it's at a high state of readiness. 51 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:09,960 Six, seven, eight. 52 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:14,000 It takes one small slip-up and the whole job can go awry, 53 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,880 so you've got to keep on top of it. 54 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,720 What we've got here is personal protection equipment 55 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:21,840 for the operator. 56 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,400 This is basically to protect him 57 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,680 from things like phosphorus in certain flares that we get 58 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,040 and incendiaries, 59 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,760 Second World War incendiaries, which we do find quite a bit. 60 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,520 We've got these leather gloves, leather apron 61 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,320 and, over here, we have a face mask. 62 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,880 Sometimes you can turn up and the number one operator can just 63 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,560 look at it and know exactly what it is. 64 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,360 Other times you might need to get that on, 65 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,040 get close down and dirty with it. But he doesn't know what he's 66 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,440 touching, so it's better to be safe than sorry, really. 67 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,880 SDU2 duty operator, how may I help you? 68 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,200 OK, and what time did that come through? 69 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,720 Today, Chief Petty Officer Simon Crew 70 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,240 is taking a call from the police about 71 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:03,240 an unidentified shell that has been found at a house in Worthing. 72 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,120 SDU2 duty watch, office. 73 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,280 Yes, Chief? Hello, Doc. Just had a job in. 74 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,440 Looks like a possible German incendiary bomb down 75 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:12,720 in Worthing found during a house clearance. Right. 76 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:14,840 Awaiting your arrival, really. 77 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,320 If you could muster the duty watch, take these details with you 78 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,120 and I said that you'll probably be responding within ten minutes. Yeah. 79 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,240 Yeah. Bye. 80 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:25,760 The team is scrambled. 81 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,520 Right, it's task 88686. 82 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,040 That's us just leaving the section now. 83 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,840 We've had a call-out down to Worthing. 84 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:44,920 What's been reported is what we believe to be an incendiary bomb, 85 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:46,800 1kg incendiary bomb. 86 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:48,640 They are designed to burn intensely 87 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,560 and set fire to building structures, etc. 88 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,600 They dropped them in their thousands across mainland 89 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,560 UK during the Second World War. 90 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:02,040 So this is a German incendiary that has been sent through for us. 91 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,680 The cocked striker's in the nose here. And this is a thermite fill. 92 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,480 And the tail fin's there just so it maintained its sort of 93 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,280 nose orientation during flight, 94 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:13,600 to ensure that when it landed nose-on, it would initiate. 95 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,120 SIREN WAILS 96 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,160 A typical week of duty, you're sat with the phone right next to you, 97 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,120 not knowing where the next call is going to be. 98 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,840 But as soon as the phone does go and the task comes in, 99 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:27,960 it's very exciting. 100 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,040 It's still exciting whether it's a small job that's come in 101 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,320 or a very large job, it just takes a lot more thought 102 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,400 of what needs to go into the task that's in hand. 103 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,920 But you're not sure what it is until you get there. 104 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,480 You've seen the pictures and it looks like it's going to be a large bomb 105 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,920 that is live, but when you actually turn up, 106 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,080 it could just be a solid lump of metal, 107 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,720 which obviously is a shell caused to injure, 108 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,280 but there is no explosives held within. So until that time, 109 00:05:55,280 --> 00:05:59,240 the adrenaline's pumping until you close the task down. 110 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,680 I wouldn't do a job that I was going to injure myself in, 111 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,240 but, of course, every job is potentially very dangerous. 112 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,760 With a possible unexploded bomb in the middle of a housing 113 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,640 estate, the local police have already set up a cordon. 114 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,480 Bomb's in the back garden at the moment, 115 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,400 the neighbours have been made aware of it. 116 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,680 There's a lot of hard cover around so the cordon's not too big, 117 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,240 it's about ten, 20 metres. 118 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,360 It's just next to a greenhouse. OK. 119 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,680 Hi, are you the bloke that found this? Yeah. 120 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,920 OK, could you tell me where it was in the house? Where you found it. 121 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,600 In the lounge, I found it yesterday in the lounge on the shelf. 122 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,480 The bomb was discovered when the house was being cleared for sale. 123 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,400 Incredibly, it had been sitting on the mantelpiece for 30 years. 124 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,400 I moved it from the shelf into the hallway and it was there all night. 125 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,360 A chap was helping us clear this morning, 126 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,000 I told him about it, he had a look at it and got a bit worried. 127 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,760 He thought it might be a real one. He said I better get in touch 128 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,040 with the police, which I did. I phoned the police. 129 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,600 Very well done on your actions there and obviously it's nice 130 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,480 and safe in the garden now. He took it out into the garden, I didn't! 131 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,160 THEY LAUGH 132 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,080 But, you know, you just can't be too careful with these things. 133 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:09,600 No, ideally try not to touch it 134 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,440 if you do find something like this again. 135 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,280 But like I say, calling the police is the best way to do these things. 136 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,040 Thanks ever so much. It's all right, no problem. 137 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,480 It may have remained safe sat on a shelf for years, 138 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,360 but Doc's taking no chances. 139 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,320 First he needs to take a look. 140 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:40,640 The shell is confirmed as an incendiary bomb 141 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:45,120 from World War II dropped from a German plane in the early 1940s. 142 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,240 The item has been on the mantelpiece for probably 30 years plus. 143 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,600 It is in very, very good condition, 144 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,080 so it might well be the fact that somebody has at some stage dug 145 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:59,880 the explosives out of it or moved the explosives out of it, which, 146 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:01,720 obviously, is not a good thing to be doing. 147 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,560 At the moment, there is no way of knowing it 148 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,160 until I've actually picked it up to feel the weight of the item 149 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,040 and to actually see that's what's in place. 150 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:11,800 A little bit clearer. 151 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,480 The personal protection equipment may be old school, but a butchers' 152 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:19,880 leather apron has stood the test of time as a thick second skin. 153 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:25,560 Lovely. Yeah. OK. Yeah. Yeah. 154 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,720 I'll pick it up, I'll feel the weight of it as I pick it up 155 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,880 to determine whether it is empty or not. And from there, I'll put 156 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,040 it into a box of sand, to then give it more protection, 157 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:40,080 and then minimum movement out of here, 158 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,040 and then we'll transport it down to the beach, 159 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:43,360 where we'll dispose of it. 160 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,000 It doesn't look like it has been touched since it was made 161 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:10,320 and it's heavy enough to still contain unstable explosive. 162 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,400 The bomb was designed to catch fire so the sandbox Doc is 163 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,440 using will make it safer to move. 164 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,320 Word has got out that there is an unexploded 165 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:28,080 bomb in the neighbourhood and Doc needs to get it out of harm's way. 166 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:40,680 So, we've moved the item from the garden into our control box. 167 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:43,760 We're now going to transport it down to the beach where we've got 168 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:48,560 local authority help to assist us in clearing a cordon. 169 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:50,880 We'll find a safe location on the beach 170 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,560 and then set up for a controlled explosion. 171 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:01,920 During the Second World War, there was 172 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,840 one part of the British Isles that was occupied by German forces. 173 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,960 Lying closer to France than England, today the Channel Islands 174 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,120 are a British dependency populated by British citizens. 175 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,920 The second biggest of the islands is Guernsey. 176 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,640 We are, at the moment, situated on White Rock, 177 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,360 the harbour at St Peter Port, in Guernsey. 178 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,720 This is where the ships come in to unload 179 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,600 and load their freight for the islands and the UK. 180 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,640 With a population of over 65,000, 181 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,840 Guernsey is an important staging post when it comes to getting 182 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,160 vital supplies to its smaller, more northerly cousin, 183 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:45,760 the island of Alderney. 184 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,960 The main commodities that they will require in Alderney that we rely on 185 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:57,160 in the islands and in the UK, we have to import into Alderney twice a week. 186 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,960 Every time the ship goes into Alderney, it's an event 187 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:03,240 because the people in Alderney, they rely on our service. 188 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,640 Home to less than 2,000 people, 189 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:10,600 the Alderney islanders depend on imports for everything and anything. 190 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:14,960 What you normally would expect to receive in the shop on a daily 191 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,920 basis in the UK, we have to ship into Alderney. 192 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:21,600 Your soft drinks, carpets, alcohol at the back there. 193 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:26,920 This is all the frozen food. 194 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:31,560 So you'll have butters and dairy products in here, 195 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:33,840 frozen meats, because this is 196 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,760 the only way that they can sustain their frozen products. 197 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:43,920 Fresh fruit and veg, herbs, milks, cheese, yoghurts. 198 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:47,680 Everything you would expect to find in a normal supermarket in the UK 199 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:49,240 is imported into Alderney. 200 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,800 The people of Alderney certainly rely on Guernsey for their everyday 201 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,960 items, but it's not always just the essentials. 202 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,720 One of the strangest things we had to deliver to Alderney recently 203 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,080 is a big bronze Buddha for somebody's garden. 204 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:06,560 It was a life-size figure, 205 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:09,640 weighed approximately 1.5 tonnes of bronze. 206 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,680 And that was it...that was an interesting commodity to deliver. 207 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:16,640 We recently shipped over two brand-new fire engines. 208 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:21,440 We've shipped in cranes from the UK to Alderney, 209 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,000 cos the harbour needs a crane to unload. 210 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,200 When it comes to what the islanders can import, 211 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,600 there is just one golden rule. 212 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,880 Here and in Poole, the cranes, 213 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,760 they lift 60, 70 tonnes. But a crane in Alderney 214 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,840 has only got a maximum lift of 19 tonnes, 215 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,280 so everything has to be under that weight. 216 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,240 Today, the cargo ship Valiant 217 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,800 is making its weekly three-hour voyage to Alderney, 218 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:53,640 and on the ship's manifest, 219 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:57,760 19 tonnes of highly-inflammable petroleum spirit. 220 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,360 If we get it in the wrong position on the ship, then it will not be able 221 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:03,800 to be lifted off in Alderney 222 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,080 so we have to load it in a special part of the ship. 223 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,040 As well as considering the crane's capacity at the other end, 224 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:17,440 the heavy fuel container must be positioned near the centre 225 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,000 of the ship for ballast on its journey north. 226 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,640 You going to have a nice trip to Alderney today? Should be all right. 227 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,560 Yeah. Picked a nice day for it. Yeah, yeah. Good, good. 228 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:36,120 Responsible for the Valiant 229 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,320 is Dutch-born Captain Adrian Snoodijk, 230 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:42,200 who has been taking supplies to Alderney for eight years. 231 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:43,760 One of the older ships I was on, 232 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:45,200 we brought even a replica 233 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,720 Second World armoured tank across 234 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,320 for the movie they were shooting. 235 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,280 It's a mix of everything. 236 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,800 Getting livestock across is quite easy. 237 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,640 We only take them when the weather is nice because otherwise they 238 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:05,080 would be ending up with broken legs, and the farmers won't like that. 239 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:15,280 Today, we picked up the tank with fuel for the islands. 240 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,640 It's quite important to the island cos if you don't bring it, 241 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:23,120 most likely the island will be on a standstill. 242 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,760 While the Valiant is well on her way to Alderney harbour, 243 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:36,120 400 miles away, in skipper Adrian's home country, 244 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,880 a young British entrepreneur is preparing to set sail. 245 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,800 OK, excellent. We'll head out in just a few moments. 246 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,760 This is Amsterdam, Holland. 247 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,000 Deep in the dockland is a boat called De Liefde 248 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:53,000 and its new owner, Harry Reynolds, who spent most of his inheritance 249 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,960 on a 25-foot tall ship that is nearly 100 years old. 250 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,560 If we get that bowline off first... 251 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,960 On board - pal Jez, Dave, a water sports instructor 252 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,200 and sister Becky, a student nurse. 253 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:08,920 Cool, happy? 254 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,200 Harry spent the last few years sailing boats around the world, 255 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:15,640 but for other people. 256 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:17,480 Now, he wants the De Liefde 257 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,600 to be at the heart of a new sailing school 258 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,880 he is setting up in Swanage, Dorset. 259 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,920 Sailing is quite a restricted sport 260 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,280 and so what I'm looking to offer 261 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:28,520 is an introduction sail training. 262 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,040 So you can come out on 263 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:31,600 a fairly low-cost day out 264 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,600 and just learn the very basics in a no-pressure environment. 265 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:37,960 Harry has invested everything. 266 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,840 As well as his new business, the boat will be his new home too. 267 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,320 Cool, Dave, so if we could start tidying up some lines... 268 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,480 If we take them all off, get them nice and coiled up, 269 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:47,840 that'd be great. 270 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,160 His first job is to get out on the North Sea 271 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,680 and down the English Channel's busy shipping lanes to Shoreham, 272 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,400 where it will be made ready for paying customers to come aboard. 273 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,360 It is a career move, really. 274 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,640 If I can make this work, I've got a job for as long as I want one. 275 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,640 And I am my own boss, which is a nice bit of freedom. 276 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,160 It's taken us 2.5 years to get to this point where 277 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,360 we are finally taking her home. 278 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:21,120 Before they reach the Channel, they have to navigate 279 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,200 the 12-mile-long canal that connects Amsterdam with the North Sea. 280 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,680 This is De Liefde. De Liefde, over. 281 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,800 'De Liefde, IJmuiden Locks. Good morning.' 282 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,280 Good morning, sir. We are about ten minutes away from the lock. 283 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:39,080 I want to know we can get passage through from Amsterdam to the 284 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,040 North Sea, please, over. 285 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,240 The first challenge for Harry and his crew is the lock. 286 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,600 On paper, not a problem. 287 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:47,960 Shouldn't be too complicated. 288 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,520 Really, we'll head through the first lock gates... 289 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,480 'De Liefde.' 290 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,600 This is De Liefde. Go ahead. Over. 291 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,600 'Yeah, we are having some problems with the Small lock 292 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,080 'and the South lock. 293 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,320 'We hope to fix it as soon as possible.' 294 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:07,600 OK, no problem. 295 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,120 I will approach the locks and hang around here until you tell me 296 00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:12,960 which lock to go in. 297 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,000 'Yeah, thank you.' 298 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,720 Immediately, they have to change their plans. 299 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,840 If we head up... Do you see the watchtower up there, Becky? 300 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,080 If we head for that and just hang around that sort of area... 301 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,960 But it is a good opportunity for Harry to practise the teaching 302 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,480 skills he's going to need on his sister. 303 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,680 Yeah, so we're still turning to starboard a little bit there. 304 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:41,040 So a little bit back to the left there. A little bit nerve-racking. 305 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,280 Well, it depends whether she keeps trying to aim us 306 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,520 towards this building here or not. 307 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:51,760 All her childhood revenge...hopefully not coming to the surface. 308 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,400 Maybe, we'll see where we end up in a moment. 309 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,840 I've never driven anything quite so expensive. 310 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:59,720 So that's a bit nerve-racking. 311 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:02,800 Good to have her on board, really. 312 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,400 Someone that I know that she's there, really. 313 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,560 This boat is Harry's future, 314 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,440 so as they approach the lock, he takes back the wheel. 315 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,320 'This is IJmuiden Locks.' 316 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:21,080 Are you ready for us to proceed into the lock? Over. 317 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:25,000 'Yes, she will be prepared for you.' Excellent, thank you very much. 318 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:28,800 Harry and I grew up together, 319 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,040 like, we grew up sailing together on our dad's boat. 320 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:33,680 I think he's an all right brother. 321 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,040 I mean, don't tell him that. 322 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,240 If you put off from about mid-ship... 323 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:41,400 He is investing the money that we got as an inheritance together. 324 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,360 He is investing his part of the money into this whole business. 325 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:50,600 The small one here or this one? Go for the upper one. 326 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,840 It is a big risk, but I think it'll pay off for him. 327 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,400 If anyone can do it, I think he could. 328 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,000 Good. Cool, that'll do you. 329 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,000 He brought up the idea a long time ago 330 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,000 and sort of we all thought, "OK, yeah." 331 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,040 That's a good idea. But, I mean, people have 332 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,480 ideas like this all the time. 333 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,280 For him to actually be getting it done is really impressive. 334 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,760 I'm really proud of him. 335 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:17,600 As the lock gates close, 336 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,880 Harry is looking out for the next challenge in the open sea. 337 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,240 Getting for certain our first course, 338 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,680 out past our first sort of obstruction. 339 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,320 We've got a couple of marks en route, marking a few dangers. 340 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,280 The first real thing we need to watch out for is a wind park that is 341 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,720 under construction, so it should be pretty easy to miss that one. 342 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:41,080 Once we're out there, traffic, vessel traffic becomes very important. 343 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,680 Lots of traffic separation schemes nearby, so we will be... 344 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,920 We won't be in any, or too close, but there will certainly be 345 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,040 a lot of traffic around and we'll see when we get out there, really. 346 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,520 With the lock negotiated, they can head out to sea. 347 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,440 It feels good to finally get out in the open ocean again. 348 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,760 A few months since I've been at sea. 349 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:13,080 Most of the delivery work I've been doing over the past years, 350 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:14,880 none of it has been my own boat 351 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,360 so it's finally doing it for myself rather than someone else. 352 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:21,800 So, great feeling. 353 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,560 The De Liefde is modelled on a 17th-century tall ship 354 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,680 that used to trade with Japan. 355 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:35,400 She takes her name from one of the Dutch words for love. 356 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,640 Apparently love isn't quite an accurate translation, but there's 357 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,560 no real word for it in English. 358 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:45,400 Apparently, it is a very beautiful, poignant, a good historic Dutch name. 359 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,560 She was built in 1930, originally of steel plate with rivets. 360 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,240 Now she is all welded steel, built like a tank. 361 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,760 In some places, it is 20 millimetres thick. 362 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,720 And so, yeah, she is a very strong, very sturdy boat. 363 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,240 It is a 48-hour trip. 364 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:05,160 The motor is on, but they need to make a stable crossing. 365 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,960 We'll probably put the mizzen sail up and maybe the foresail as well, 366 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,240 just to get a bit of stability in the boat. 367 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,120 We're rocking around a little bit at the moment. 368 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:16,360 Unfortunately, not really enough wind to just sail, 369 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:18,360 but we'll get a little bit of speed out of them 370 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:20,320 and it just helps stabilise the whole boat. 371 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,200 Yeah, if we get a little more tension on that one, Dave. 372 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:28,920 That's enough. So we're nearly there. 373 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,600 Hoisting a traditional sail takes muscle. 374 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:39,560 But luckily, pal Jez has got what it takes. 375 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:44,480 Harry actually taught me to sail. And since he's been working abroad, 376 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:45,920 his skippering 377 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,680 skills have certainly come into their own. 378 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:50,400 And so I think it is just the ideal 379 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,480 career choice for him, really. 380 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,440 Watch that move, guys. 381 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:55,720 I enjoy being at sea. 382 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:59,120 I think there is something very liberating about it 383 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:02,240 and there's a sort of sense of exploration, I suppose. 384 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,480 There's something very primitive about it as well. 385 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,640 I think you're good there. Yeah? Yeah. 386 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,640 That's all good, thanks, guys. 387 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,920 With the sails successfully up to steady the ship, 388 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:18,280 they had out across the North Sea for an overnight crossing. 389 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,880 While the De Liefde sails to the British mainland, 390 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,120 further west, the cargo ship Valiant is nearing the end 391 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:32,600 of its three-hour voyage. 392 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,880 Under the command of Captain Snoodijk, 393 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,240 she is approaching Alderney, in the Channel Islands. 394 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:43,760 Yeah, coming up to the turning point. 395 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,760 Can we have clearance in, please? Over. 396 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,520 Aboard are the islanders' weekly supplies, 397 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,400 including 19 tonnes of petroleum spirit. 398 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,160 With most maritime accidents happening in harbour, 399 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:03,240 the tricky part of any voyage can be navigating your ship to its berth. 400 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,000 It's very hard for us to see with these containers, 401 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:10,200 but if there's anything in front of us, we just run straight over. 402 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,200 I think we're going to be aiming for the two... 403 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,640 flashing lights there in a minute. 404 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,160 Which are the leading lights that get us safely inside. 405 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,400 Now we're straight on the leading lights, which brings us 406 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:32,720 safely between all the rocks and stones into the harbour. 407 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,560 'Valiant, over top.' 408 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,440 Yeah, all secure on the berth, over. 'Roger, thanks.' 409 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,240 We're safely alongside now in Alderney harbour, 410 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:55,160 after a nice quick voyage with no problems and everything, 411 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,880 so the people in Alderney are going to be happy they can get fed again. 412 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,920 The skipper's job may be done, but down at Alderney Shipping, 413 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:05,960 the work has just begun. 414 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,560 Hi, Alison, it's Wendy down at Alderney Shipping. 415 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,080 Hi, I've got some freight that's come in for you. 416 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,880 Wendy Hamman is the office manager who organises 417 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,960 the distribution of all the supplies. 418 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:17,080 Sure, will do. 419 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,560 And with just 2,000 people on the island, 420 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:20,960 she can offer a personal touch. 421 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,320 Right, lovely. Thank you very much. Thank you. Bye. 422 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,000 I ring everybody and let them know that it's available. 423 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,120 For example, this week, we've got over 80 different consignments 424 00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:31,360 that have come in for various different people 425 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:34,560 as well as the shops, and the businesses as well, 426 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,880 but we've had an awful lot of freight for private people. 427 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,600 Back at the dock, the ship's crew begin the immense 428 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,040 task of unloading the heavy containers, 429 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,960 full to the brim of goods, using the crane on the port. 430 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:53,120 The goods coming in every Wednesday and will be unpacked, 431 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:57,200 delivered and on the shop shelves the following morning. 432 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,800 And it's not long until the Alderney residents start turning up to 433 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,480 pick up their goods. 434 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:05,680 I've just returned from England 435 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,720 and come to pick up my television, which arrived while I was away. 436 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,360 It's actually about 1,200 photographs that have been 437 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:18,760 printed in the UK for me. I'm in the publishing business 438 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:23,080 and I require these for my library of photographs. 439 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,800 With no domestic supply chain for raw materials on the island, 440 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,160 local businesses rely heavily on what the boat brings. 441 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:36,080 The work we do, welder and engineer, fitting work, 442 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,360 we have to work weeks in advance, 443 00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:41,480 planning wise, to make sure we've got everything here 444 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:45,080 because we can't go down to steel stockholders like on the mainland 445 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,000 to collect what we need if we're short of something. 446 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,560 So logistics, you've got to plan well ahead. 447 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,400 Alderney may be just three miles long with only one town, 448 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,440 but the high street is bustling with shops and businesses 449 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,920 and that generates the one thing Alderney does export. 450 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,240 They do not have landfill, they do not have incinerators, 451 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,480 so all the waste is exported to Guernsey from Alderney 452 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:19,400 and we then have to landfill it all - segregate it and separate it 453 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,440 and then recycle it and send it back to the UK. 454 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,640 There is no recycling facilities in Alderney. 455 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:32,680 Back in Alderney harbour, it is time to unload the huge tank of petrol. 456 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,520 Weighing in at 19 tonnes, it is at the top limit 457 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,880 of the shore-side crane's capacity. 458 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,480 So the only way to safely get the tank onto the dock is to walk 459 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:50,640 it bit by bit to the edge of the ship directly under the crane. 460 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,480 The tank is finally in the position for the crane to lift. 461 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,440 Critical for fuelling all vehicles on the island, 462 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:28,160 the petrol tank is safely on land and the cargo ship team have 463 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:32,200 successfully completed their weekly supplies delivery to Alderney. 464 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:37,520 For shipping boss Bruno Kay-Mouat, it's just another day at the office. 465 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:38,880 We've had llamas, 466 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,840 we've had a Rolls-Royce, which is a bit unusual 467 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,680 for Alderney seeing as it is only 3.5 miles 468 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,480 by 1.5 miles. Today was a good day. 469 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,600 You know, the operation went smoothly. 470 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,880 Everybody seems to be smiling and it's not raining, which is good. 471 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,920 It's the absolute lifeline of the island. 472 00:27:54,920 --> 00:28:00,240 From everything from food, building materials, steel, 473 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,200 gardening materials, pet food, everything. 474 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,520 It is the absolute backbone of the island. 475 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,440 Without it, it would be very, very hard to exist. 476 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:20,400 The people of Alderney may rely on outside help, but when you're 477 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,120 skippering a boat across the ocean, you need to be able to do 478 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:26,600 everything the boat requires of you. 479 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,720 If you could come to port about ten, 15 degrees. Right. 480 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:37,280 That's perfect. The sandbank at its lowest point 481 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:38,920 is... 482 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,960 Oh, actual datum, it's 0.4 metres out of the water 483 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,400 so at absolute maximum low tide, 484 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,320 potentially the land will be sticking above the water, 485 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,400 which basically means that at any state of tide, 486 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:53,960 it's going to be very shallow for us. 487 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,560 Round the Goodwin Sands, you get all sorts of tidal eddies 488 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:58,840 and currents making it quite unpredictable. 489 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,320 And really, it's nicely marked and there's no reason to go through it. 490 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:06,640 Skipper Harry is taking his newly acquired sailing ship De Liefde 491 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:10,160 from Amsterdam to Dorset to set up his sailing school. 492 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:14,480 On the way, he is planning to put in at Shoreham, on the Sussex coast, 493 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:19,280 and he is using all his navigational skills to get there unscathed. 494 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,800 So, at the moment, we are just off the East Goodwin Lightship. 495 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,280 That is a big lightship, land beam 496 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:28,080 marking the eastern edge of the Goodwin Sands. 497 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,880 It is sort of a bit more than just any other navigation buoy, it is 498 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,240 a constantly maintained position. 499 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,840 So whereas normal mooring buoys are simply anchored to the ground, 500 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:43,240 that sort of is kept up to check and it is a guaranteed position fix. 501 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,080 I see it. We're just passing it now, which means we are 502 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,200 nicely in between the Goodwin Sands 503 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:52,600 and the Dover Straits shipping lanes, which is exactly where we want to be, 504 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,440 keeping a nice bit of clearance from the shipping lanes to one side 505 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,880 and nice clearance from the sandbanks on the other. 506 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,240 As well as steering a careful course, 507 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,440 Harry has other concerns on his mind. 508 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,920 So, at about 7am this morning there was a forecast for potentially 509 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,240 force eight later, 510 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,720 which means that at some point in the next 12 hours, 511 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,200 it could be building up to force eight. 512 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:18,600 In about ten minutes' time, 513 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,200 we're going to get a weather forecast through. 514 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,840 For now the skies are clear, but in the English Channel, 515 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:28,520 the weather has a habit of changing quickly. 516 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,440 'This is the Dover Coastguard. 517 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,880 'Dover Coastguard. Dover Coastguard. 518 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:37,960 'Gale force eight expected in Strait of Dover.' 519 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,280 They've just issued a gale warning for the area. 520 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,480 I think we'll probably pop into Dover, 521 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,320 just wait it out for 12 hours and then carry on with the passage. 522 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,320 Put a lot of time and effort and money into getting this boat and 523 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,840 setting up the business, which is hopefully going to 524 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:54,600 happen in the next few months. 525 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:58,080 Obviously, there's absolutely nothing I want to do to risk that. 526 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,240 To protect both boat and crew, 527 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:05,040 they head for shelter and have to negotiate a way into Dover avoiding 528 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:09,720 the ferries and other vessels using one of the channel's busiest ports. 529 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,720 Requesting permission to come in, 530 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:15,640 drop our sails and then anchor in the outer harbour, please. Over. 531 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,160 They drop the sails as the weather closes in. 532 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,440 Safely within the harbour walls, they drop anchor for the night. 533 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:41,040 This is one weather front they'll just have to sit out. 534 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,640 The next morning, even with the protection of the harbour, 535 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:57,200 the seas are still choppy and Harry has another headache. 536 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,240 Just after we anchored here in Dover, 537 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,000 Harry came down to do something 538 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,200 and found the leak in the generator. 539 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:08,200 A clip came off and that has flooded the base of the generator 540 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,680 and some water has got into 541 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:13,000 one of the cables and wrecked the connector. 542 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,280 It doesn't bode well for Harry's investment. 543 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,480 A lack of power could mean they get stuck in Dover. 544 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,480 It could be a problem getting the anchor up, 545 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,320 but I'll have to think about that later. 546 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:29,000 MOTOR DROWNS OUT SPEECH 547 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,320 Right, found the location of the leak. 548 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,160 But after a couple of hours tinkering, 549 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,320 eventually they find the dodgy part. 550 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:41,360 Right. 551 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,240 That is the bit that is causing the problem. Right. 552 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:46,520 Let's have a looky-looky. 553 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:50,320 Water is coming on as it's leaking through there. 554 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,280 And then it's coming out through the edges there. 555 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:57,160 So there is a gasket or something that is gone in the middle of it. 556 00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,360 Jez has got to track down a replacement or they're going 557 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:01,720 nowhere. 558 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,400 It's only a sort of five-pound part, 559 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,480 but we don't have any spares on board. 560 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,800 I've managed to track down the part number 561 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,920 through a little bit of internet research. 562 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,840 They're just checking the shelf and I'm just waiting for a call back. 563 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,600 They are still getting to know the boat. 564 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,960 And while they're holed up in Dover, the scale of the task is sinking in. 565 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,600 Boats generally take a lot... Three times the amount of time 566 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:32,280 you think it's going to take, it'll take that time. 567 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,000 We're looking to get the boat in active business 568 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,880 service in about three or four weeks' time, 569 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,360 so basically every second counts 570 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,560 because we've got at least a few weeks here 571 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,640 and there of having the boat in a boat yard to get a few things done. 572 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,880 Basically, every day we waste here and there is a day taken off 573 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:50,640 when we can open for business. 574 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:58,000 Luckily, it only takes Jez 24 hours to locate the part 575 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,360 they need to fix the generator. 576 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,240 As the wind drops, they finally weigh anchor, 577 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:08,360 and with Harry's business idea still afloat, set sail down the Channel. 578 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,200 On Worthing Seafront, 579 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:22,840 business of an altogether different nature is in progress. 580 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,480 The tide is out at the moment, 581 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,440 so that's a good 300 metres from the shoreline there. 582 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,200 So it'll be a well safe zone. 583 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,160 After discovering a World War II incendiary bomb had been 584 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:38,080 sitting on a local resident's mantelpiece for the last 30 years, 585 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,080 the bomb squad have come to the beach to dispose of it. 586 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:48,320 OK, Ryan, if we use the drawing just in front of us here... Yep. 587 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,120 ..as the firing point, run the cable out to the full extent - 588 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:52,880 200 metres down the beach - 589 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:56,560 filled with ten sand bags and, obviously, dig the hole for the sand. 590 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:58,520 We'll use that as the firing hole. Yep. 591 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:02,280 And then I'll be down there in a minute to continue to set up. 592 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:03,720 OK. 593 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,920 With some of the general public still using the beach, the 594 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,800 local authority have to get everyone clear and set up a safe zone. 595 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:18,120 Have the rest of the team fill in the sand bags down there. 596 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,920 They're making a hole at the same time as filling the bags. 597 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:23,360 That's where the item will be placed in before we carry out 598 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:24,840 the controlled explosion. 599 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:29,120 The bags will be placed around in a horseshoe to direct any debris 600 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:30,160 out to sea. 601 00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:35,000 I mean, there is a fair bit of public on the beach today, 602 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,240 but during the summertime, there'd be ten, 20 times as many public here, 603 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:44,520 so to push that cordon out would be a very time consuming job to do. 604 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:48,880 So the police or the coastguard very much help us out in these situations. 605 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,520 So, what we've got is a shrike, which will send an electric pulse 606 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:57,760 through this wire to the detonator that we'll connect to the end of it. 607 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,760 And that detonator will then go on to a detonating cord, which will 608 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:05,520 go into the explosives, which will be next to the item to get rid of, 609 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:07,520 therefore disposing of that item. 610 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,200 We can probably go in a bit tighter. 611 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,080 The damp sandpit will absorb much of the explosion, 612 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:20,480 but Doc wants to limit the flying shrapnel as much as possible. 613 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,320 The item itself isn't very much of an explosive hazard, 614 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:28,360 it's more of an incendiary hazard. So it's more of a fire-making material. 615 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,240 So the actual explosives inside, there's a very small amount, 616 00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:34,920 just to ignite the item. But to make sure that we get rid of all 617 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,520 that content, we put explosives 618 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:40,800 on top to completely break down the item. 619 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:49,000 With the explosion site prepared, the wires run back to a safe 620 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,240 distance, where they'll have the detonator. 621 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:55,000 The rest of the team has now set up the site down there, 622 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,560 so the last thing to do is take down the item to be disposed of, 623 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:02,360 set it up in the demolition pit, retire back, 624 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,720 confirm that we've got a safe cordon and then carry out 625 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:08,440 the controlled explosion at a time that suits us best. 626 00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:10,080 I'll give a thumbs up that I'm ready. 627 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:12,120 If you do a chat with him and the rest of them, 628 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:15,880 you give me the thumbs up back, I'll know that... Five, ten seconds. 629 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,960 And then from there on... So you're happy? Happy. Let's do it. 630 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:26,160 With the public and the crew a safe distance away, Doc makes the 631 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:31,200 final checks and gives the thumbs up that everything's OK in the pit. 632 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:35,080 Lead diver Ryan Hague is in charge of the detonator. 633 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:36,880 Would be the fire button 634 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:40,000 and whichever circuit that you've got the wires 635 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,480 plugged into from one to four. 636 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:46,720 That's the demolition all set up. Ready for a controlled explosion. 637 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:49,520 Just going to confirm that my cordon is clear, 638 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,440 Ryan's carrying out any actions. 639 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:55,240 Once that's done, my number two will shout, "Stand by, firing," 640 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:56,560 and he'll press the buttons, 641 00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:58,120 detonate the serial 642 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,280 and then we'll wait for the forward shot. 643 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,160 OK. Happy? Check. Test for green... 644 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:10,680 With everything in place, 645 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:14,440 the unexploded shell can finally be made safe. 646 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:19,160 Stand by, firing. Three, two, one... Firing! 647 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:24,960 Disconnected. 648 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,680 70 years after it was dropped on Britain, 649 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:34,640 a 1940s German bomb does what it was built to do on an English beach. 650 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:36,040 One man approached, 651 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:39,080 confirmed that everything had been cleared with that clearing shot. 652 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:42,080 And then once that's cleared, the rest of the team will come down to 653 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:43,160 help cover in any holes 654 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,560 that are down there so no public fall over later on. 655 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,960 And we'll clear up any rubbish that we've left 656 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:49,320 and close down the site. 657 00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:55,600 With nothing but a few fragments of the shell left, the team make 658 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:59,520 sure it's safe and levelled out until the tide comes in. 659 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,080 Successful job. That's complete. 660 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:05,200 Timely done. 661 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,720 The tide will cover it fairly quickly anyway, 662 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:14,920 but it took a bit of site remediation, 663 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,640 just to make it less of an impact. 664 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,560 With the job complete, 665 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:28,400 the team from the Royal Navy's Fleet Diving Squadron head for home. 666 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,320 Well done, gents, good task. Done nice and timely. 667 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,960 What we'll do now is wrap up here, make sure we've cleaned up, 668 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:38,640 everything done. And we'll get on our way back to Section, re-roll, 669 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,480 ready to run again on our next task. Well done. 670 00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,480 Home for skipper Harry 671 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,600 and his crew is the 100-year-old sailing ship De Liefde. 672 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,320 Heading for Dorset to set up a sailing school, 673 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:09,040 they've decided to stop in Shoreham, 674 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:12,840 a good place to get the boat modified and ready for business. 675 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:21,600 So now we've arrived in Shoreham, our final destination for the moment. 676 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,920 This mooring up was a bit of a challenge. 677 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:28,280 I think the space was 25 metres and ten centimetres, and we're 25 metres. 678 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,720 So that was a bit of a tricky one. 679 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:34,760 But we're here, we're safe and all the lines are on, so, yeah, all good. 680 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:48,840 For his business idea to succeed, Harry needs his boat to be 681 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,960 shipshape enough to accept paying customers. 682 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,320 It's making the boat home. 683 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:57,560 In the last couple of weeks, I've fitted a dishwasher. 684 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,200 Currently in the process of wiring up a new oven 685 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,440 and just making the electrics a bit more meaty 686 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:07,160 so that it can handle a slightly larger, slightly newer oven. 687 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,400 But really, it's a case of turning it from somebody else's boat, 688 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:16,200 as she was a month or so ago, into my boat, making it a home. 689 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,920 But Harry thinks there is one fundamental thing that might 690 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,080 be letting his business down. 691 00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:23,680 So the main thing that 692 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,400 I'm sort of thinking about is getting the name changed. 693 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,920 At the moment, De Liefde is a bit... It's a bit clunky 694 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,080 for English-speaking customers. OK, what have you got in mind? 695 00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,680 Thinking about getting that changed to Moonfleet. 696 00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:37,320 It's quite a local name. 697 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:40,520 Moonfleet is based in Dorset, on the Jurassic Coast. 698 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,880 There's a book written about 699 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,720 this smugglers' town there. And there'd be the potential to 700 00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:49,240 maybe do smuggler themed trips and that sort of thing. 701 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:53,000 Yeah, I think it's a pretty good name for a boat. Yeah, it's good. 702 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,200 I like it. OK, sounds like Moonfleet it is, then. 703 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,440 In times past, 704 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:04,040 changing the name of a boat was considered to be bad luck. 705 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:08,360 Legend had it that the gods of the sea would become enraged. 706 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:11,320 To keep Neptune's wrath at bay, some sailors 707 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:15,240 went as far as eradicating all traces of the boat's old name 708 00:42:15,240 --> 00:42:18,480 and offering up ritualistic prayers to the deep. 709 00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:22,120 Of course, these days the boating community are far less 710 00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:23,920 superstitious. 711 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:26,880 MOTOR FAILS THEY LAUGH 712 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:30,280 How's that going? So, that's not how that should happen. 713 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,200 Although from the look of things, 714 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:36,000 Harry's not having much luck with his backup generator. 715 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:39,000 This is the main problem. 716 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,880 This spring is old and knackered. 717 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,920 Harry may be flying in the face of superstition, but luckily, 718 00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,880 he has absolute faith in his business idea. 719 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:53,200 Changing the name is important for the marketing for the upcoming 720 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:54,800 business. 721 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,400 Once we've got the name changed, 722 00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:00,440 I can start getting some publicity, photographs, that sort of thing done. 723 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:03,240 Then Moonfleet will be up and ready to go. 724 00:43:03,240 --> 00:43:06,360 With every day spent in harbour costing him money, 725 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:10,040 let's hope the newly christened Moonfleet will finally get underway 726 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:14,800 soon, down the Channel towards Dorset and Harry's business dreams.