0:00:02 > 0:00:05Stretching from Land's End to Dover,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09this is the busiest seaway in the world.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15And come hell or high water...
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Three, two, one. Firing!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20No amount of training can ever prepare you
0:00:20 > 0:00:21for what we faced that night.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25It's open for business 365 days a year...
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Over 90% of the world's trade travels by sea.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31It's not just TVs and refrigerators, it's everything around us.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34..teeming with every type of vessel...
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Everyone on board reckons their job is the hardest.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39..and a rich diversity of wildlife.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48It is kept safe by those who patrol its seaways...
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Try and hang on to the boat.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51..their actions standing between triumph...
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- THEY CHEER - ..and disaster...
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Ease off, ease off!
0:00:56 > 0:01:00..on the unpredictable waters of the English Channel.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Today, the Royal Navy bomb squad unearth a deadly relic.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Can you tell me where it was in the house? Where you found it.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14In the lounge, I found it yesterday in the lounge on the shelf.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- It had been in that room for about 30 years.- Yeah!
0:01:17 > 0:01:21A cargo ship resupplies the tiny island of Alderney.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24One of the strangest things we had to deliver to Alderney recently
0:01:24 > 0:01:27is a big bronze Buddha for somebody's garden.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And a young entrepreneur battles to keep his business
0:01:30 > 0:01:34afloat as he navigates through the commercial shipping lanes.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Put a lot of time and effort and money into getting this boat
0:01:36 > 0:01:39and setting up the business, which is hopefully going to
0:01:39 > 0:01:40happen in the next few months.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Obviously, there's absolutely nothing I want to do to risk that.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53The English Channel not only joins us to the rest of Europe,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57but at flashpoints in history, it has protected us from invasion.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00After the Second World War,
0:02:00 > 0:02:05the Channel bed was left littered with thousands of unexploded bombs,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08and the agency tasked with retrieving and safely
0:02:08 > 0:02:12disposing of them is the Royal Navy's Fleet Diving Squadron.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Based in Portsmouth, the Navy's southern diving group
0:02:19 > 0:02:23has three elite units made up of 60 divers
0:02:23 > 0:02:25and specialists in bomb disposal.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32They are called out to over 200 incidents a year.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Their patch includes the Channel, where fishing, dredging
0:02:36 > 0:02:40and bad weather can sometimes expose long-buried bombs and mines.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48We can use the wagon for maritime jobs as well as land-based jobs,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51so we have to have the ability to do a dive.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54So we have a boat in there as well and an engine,
0:02:54 > 0:02:55and obviously the dive sets as well.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00On a Monday morning, or whatever day we've taken over the duty,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03the whole of all the vehicles and all the equipment will be lined out
0:03:03 > 0:03:07and checked ready, to make sure it's at a high state of readiness.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Six, seven, eight.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14It takes one small slip-up and the whole job can go awry,
0:03:14 > 0:03:15so you've got to keep on top of it.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20What we've got here is personal protection equipment
0:03:20 > 0:03:21for the operator.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23This is basically to protect him
0:03:23 > 0:03:26from things like phosphorus in certain flares that we get
0:03:26 > 0:03:28and incendiaries,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Second World War incendiaries, which we do find quite a bit.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34We've got these leather gloves, leather apron
0:03:34 > 0:03:37and, over here, we have a face mask.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Sometimes you can turn up and the number one operator can just
0:03:40 > 0:03:42look at it and know exactly what it is.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Other times you might need to get that on,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47get close down and dirty with it. But he doesn't know what he's
0:03:47 > 0:03:49touching, so it's better to be safe than sorry, really.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51SDU2 duty operator, how may I help you?
0:03:51 > 0:03:54OK, and what time did that come through?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Today, Chief Petty Officer Simon Crew
0:03:56 > 0:03:59is taking a call from the police about
0:03:59 > 0:04:03an unidentified shell that has been found at a house in Worthing.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06SDU2 duty watch, office.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- Yes, Chief?- Hello, Doc. Just had a job in.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Looks like a possible German incendiary bomb down
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- in Worthing found during a house clearance.- Right.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Awaiting your arrival, really.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18If you could muster the duty watch, take these details with you
0:04:18 > 0:04:22- and I said that you'll probably be responding within ten minutes.- Yeah.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Yeah. Bye.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25The team is scrambled.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33Right, it's task 88686.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36That's us just leaving the section now.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40We've had a call-out down to Worthing.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44What's been reported is what we believe to be an incendiary bomb,
0:04:44 > 0:04:461kg incendiary bomb.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48They are designed to burn intensely
0:04:48 > 0:04:52and set fire to building structures, etc.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55They dropped them in their thousands across mainland
0:04:55 > 0:04:57UK during the Second World War.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02So this is a German incendiary that has been sent through for us.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05The cocked striker's in the nose here. And this is a thermite fill.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08And the tail fin's there just so it maintained its sort of
0:05:08 > 0:05:10nose orientation during flight,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13to ensure that when it landed nose-on, it would initiate.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17SIREN WAILS
0:05:19 > 0:05:22A typical week of duty, you're sat with the phone right next to you,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24not knowing where the next call is going to be.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26But as soon as the phone does go and the task comes in,
0:05:26 > 0:05:27it's very exciting.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31It's still exciting whether it's a small job that's come in
0:05:31 > 0:05:33or a very large job, it just takes a lot more thought
0:05:33 > 0:05:36of what needs to go into the task that's in hand.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39But you're not sure what it is until you get there.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43You've seen the pictures and it looks like it's going to be a large bomb
0:05:43 > 0:05:45that is live, but when you actually turn up,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48it could just be a solid lump of metal,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51which obviously is a shell caused to injure,
0:05:51 > 0:05:55but there is no explosives held within. So until that time,
0:05:55 > 0:05:59the adrenaline's pumping until you close the task down.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04I wouldn't do a job that I was going to injure myself in,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08but, of course, every job is potentially very dangerous.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12With a possible unexploded bomb in the middle of a housing
0:06:12 > 0:06:16estate, the local police have already set up a cordon.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Bomb's in the back garden at the moment,
0:06:18 > 0:06:20the neighbours have been made aware of it.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23There's a lot of hard cover around so the cordon's not too big,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26it's about ten, 20 metres.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- It's just next to a greenhouse.- OK.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- Hi, are you the bloke that found this?- Yeah.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33OK, could you tell me where it was in the house? Where you found it.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36In the lounge, I found it yesterday in the lounge on the shelf.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40The bomb was discovered when the house was being cleared for sale.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Incredibly, it had been sitting on the mantelpiece for 30 years.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48I moved it from the shelf into the hallway and it was there all night.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50A chap was helping us clear this morning,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53I told him about it, he had a look at it and got a bit worried.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55He thought it might be a real one. He said I better get in touch
0:06:55 > 0:06:58with the police, which I did. I phoned the police.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Very well done on your actions there and obviously it's nice
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- and safe in the garden now.- He took it out into the garden, I didn't!
0:07:03 > 0:07:05THEY LAUGH
0:07:05 > 0:07:08But, you know, you just can't be too careful with these things.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09No, ideally try not to touch it
0:07:09 > 0:07:11if you do find something like this again.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14But like I say, calling the police is the best way to do these things.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Thanks ever so much. - It's all right, no problem.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23It may have remained safe sat on a shelf for years,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26but Doc's taking no chances.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28First he needs to take a look.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40The shell is confirmed as an incendiary bomb
0:07:40 > 0:07:45from World War II dropped from a German plane in the early 1940s.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51The item has been on the mantelpiece for probably 30 years plus.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53It is in very, very good condition,
0:07:53 > 0:07:57so it might well be the fact that somebody has at some stage dug
0:07:57 > 0:07:59the explosives out of it or moved the explosives out of it, which,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01obviously, is not a good thing to be doing.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03At the moment, there is no way of knowing it
0:08:03 > 0:08:06until I've actually picked it up to feel the weight of the item
0:08:06 > 0:08:09and to actually see that's what's in place.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11A little bit clearer.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15The personal protection equipment may be old school, but a butchers'
0:08:15 > 0:08:19leather apron has stood the test of time as a thick second skin.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25Lovely. Yeah. OK. Yeah. Yeah.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31I'll pick it up, I'll feel the weight of it as I pick it up
0:08:31 > 0:08:34to determine whether it is empty or not. And from there, I'll put
0:08:34 > 0:08:38it into a box of sand, to then give it more protection,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40and then minimum movement out of here,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42and then we'll transport it down to the beach,
0:08:42 > 0:08:43where we'll dispose of it.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06It doesn't look like it has been touched since it was made
0:09:06 > 0:09:10and it's heavy enough to still contain unstable explosive.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17The bomb was designed to catch fire so the sandbox Doc is
0:09:17 > 0:09:19using will make it safer to move.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Word has got out that there is an unexploded
0:09:24 > 0:09:28bomb in the neighbourhood and Doc needs to get it out of harm's way.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40So, we've moved the item from the garden into our control box.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43We're now going to transport it down to the beach where we've got
0:09:43 > 0:09:48local authority help to assist us in clearing a cordon.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50We'll find a safe location on the beach
0:09:50 > 0:09:54and then set up for a controlled explosion.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01During the Second World War, there was
0:10:01 > 0:10:05one part of the British Isles that was occupied by German forces.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Lying closer to France than England, today the Channel Islands
0:10:11 > 0:10:15are a British dependency populated by British citizens.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19The second biggest of the islands is Guernsey.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23We are, at the moment, situated on White Rock,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26the harbour at St Peter Port, in Guernsey.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28This is where the ships come in to unload
0:10:28 > 0:10:32and load their freight for the islands and the UK.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37With a population of over 65,000,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Guernsey is an important staging post when it comes to getting
0:10:40 > 0:10:44vital supplies to its smaller, more northerly cousin,
0:10:44 > 0:10:45the island of Alderney.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49The main commodities that they will require in Alderney that we rely on
0:10:49 > 0:10:57in the islands and in the UK, we have to import into Alderney twice a week.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Every time the ship goes into Alderney, it's an event
0:10:59 > 0:11:03because the people in Alderney, they rely on our service.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Home to less than 2,000 people,
0:11:06 > 0:11:10the Alderney islanders depend on imports for everything and anything.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14What you normally would expect to receive in the shop on a daily
0:11:14 > 0:11:17basis in the UK, we have to ship into Alderney.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Your soft drinks, carpets, alcohol at the back there.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26This is all the frozen food.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31So you'll have butters and dairy products in here,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33frozen meats, because this is
0:11:33 > 0:11:36the only way that they can sustain their frozen products.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43Fresh fruit and veg, herbs, milks, cheese, yoghurts.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Everything you would expect to find in a normal supermarket in the UK
0:11:47 > 0:11:49is imported into Alderney.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53The people of Alderney certainly rely on Guernsey for their everyday
0:11:53 > 0:11:57items, but it's not always just the essentials.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01One of the strangest things we had to deliver to Alderney recently
0:12:01 > 0:12:05is a big bronze Buddha for somebody's garden.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06It was a life-size figure,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09weighed approximately 1.5 tonnes of bronze.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13And that was it...that was an interesting commodity to deliver.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16We recently shipped over two brand-new fire engines.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21We've shipped in cranes from the UK to Alderney,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24cos the harbour needs a crane to unload.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28When it comes to what the islanders can import,
0:12:28 > 0:12:30there is just one golden rule.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Here and in Poole, the cranes,
0:12:33 > 0:12:37they lift 60, 70 tonnes. But a crane in Alderney
0:12:37 > 0:12:40has only got a maximum lift of 19 tonnes,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43so everything has to be under that weight.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Today, the cargo ship Valiant
0:12:48 > 0:12:51is making its weekly three-hour voyage to Alderney,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53and on the ship's manifest,
0:12:53 > 0:12:5719 tonnes of highly-inflammable petroleum spirit.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02If we get it in the wrong position on the ship, then it will not be able
0:13:02 > 0:13:03to be lifted off in Alderney
0:13:03 > 0:13:07so we have to load it in a special part of the ship.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14As well as considering the crane's capacity at the other end,
0:13:14 > 0:13:17the heavy fuel container must be positioned near the centre
0:13:17 > 0:13:20of the ship for ballast on its journey north.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- You going to have a nice trip to Alderney today?- Should be all right.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- Yeah.- Picked a nice day for it. - Yeah, yeah. Good, good.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Responsible for the Valiant
0:13:36 > 0:13:38is Dutch-born Captain Adrian Snoodijk,
0:13:38 > 0:13:42who has been taking supplies to Alderney for eight years.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43One of the older ships I was on,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45we brought even a replica
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Second World armoured tank across
0:13:47 > 0:13:51for the movie they were shooting.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53It's a mix of everything.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Getting livestock across is quite easy.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00We only take them when the weather is nice because otherwise they
0:14:00 > 0:14:05would be ending up with broken legs, and the farmers won't like that.
0:14:09 > 0:14:15Today, we picked up the tank with fuel for the islands.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19It's quite important to the island cos if you don't bring it,
0:14:19 > 0:14:23most likely the island will be on a standstill.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32While the Valiant is well on her way to Alderney harbour,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36400 miles away, in skipper Adrian's home country,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39a young British entrepreneur is preparing to set sail.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42OK, excellent. We'll head out in just a few moments.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45This is Amsterdam, Holland.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Deep in the dockland is a boat called De Liefde
0:14:49 > 0:14:53and its new owner, Harry Reynolds, who spent most of his inheritance
0:14:53 > 0:14:56on a 25-foot tall ship that is nearly 100 years old.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59If we get that bowline off first...
0:14:59 > 0:15:03On board - pal Jez, Dave, a water sports instructor
0:15:03 > 0:15:07and sister Becky, a student nurse.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Cool, happy?
0:15:10 > 0:15:14Harry spent the last few years sailing boats around the world,
0:15:14 > 0:15:15but for other people.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Now, he wants the De Liefde
0:15:17 > 0:15:19to be at the heart of a new sailing school
0:15:19 > 0:15:21he is setting up in Swanage, Dorset.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Sailing is quite a restricted sport
0:15:23 > 0:15:26and so what I'm looking to offer
0:15:26 > 0:15:28is an introduction sail training.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30So you can come out on
0:15:30 > 0:15:31a fairly low-cost day out
0:15:31 > 0:15:34and just learn the very basics in a no-pressure environment.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Harry has invested everything.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41As well as his new business, the boat will be his new home too.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Cool, Dave, so if we could start tidying up some lines...
0:15:44 > 0:15:46If we take them all off, get them nice and coiled up,
0:15:46 > 0:15:47that'd be great.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50His first job is to get out on the North Sea
0:15:50 > 0:15:53and down the English Channel's busy shipping lanes to Shoreham,
0:15:53 > 0:15:57where it will be made ready for paying customers to come aboard.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00It is a career move, really.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04If I can make this work, I've got a job for as long as I want one.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07And I am my own boss, which is a nice bit of freedom.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15It's taken us 2.5 years to get to this point where
0:16:15 > 0:16:17we are finally taking her home.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Before they reach the Channel, they have to navigate
0:16:21 > 0:16:25the 12-mile-long canal that connects Amsterdam with the North Sea.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28This is De Liefde. De Liefde, over.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32'De Liefde, IJmuiden Locks. Good morning.'
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Good morning, sir. We are about ten minutes away from the lock.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I want to know we can get passage through from Amsterdam to the
0:16:39 > 0:16:41North Sea, please, over.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44The first challenge for Harry and his crew is the lock.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46On paper, not a problem.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Shouldn't be too complicated.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Really, we'll head through the first lock gates...
0:16:50 > 0:16:52'De Liefde.'
0:16:53 > 0:16:56This is De Liefde. Go ahead. Over.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59'Yeah, we are having some problems with the Small lock
0:16:59 > 0:17:01'and the South lock.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04'We hope to fix it as soon as possible.'
0:17:05 > 0:17:07OK, no problem.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11I will approach the locks and hang around here until you tell me
0:17:11 > 0:17:12which lock to go in.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14'Yeah, thank you.'
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Immediately, they have to change their plans.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20If we head up... Do you see the watchtower up there, Becky?
0:17:20 > 0:17:24If we head for that and just hang around that sort of area...
0:17:27 > 0:17:30But it is a good opportunity for Harry to practise the teaching
0:17:30 > 0:17:33skills he's going to need on his sister.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Yeah, so we're still turning to starboard a little bit there.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41So a little bit back to the left there. A little bit nerve-racking.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Well, it depends whether she keeps trying to aim us
0:17:44 > 0:17:46towards this building here or not.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51All her childhood revenge...hopefully not coming to the surface.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Maybe, we'll see where we end up in a moment.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57I've never driven anything quite so expensive.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59So that's a bit nerve-racking.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Good to have her on board, really.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05Someone that I know that she's there, really.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11This boat is Harry's future,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14so as they approach the lock, he takes back the wheel.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17'This is IJmuiden Locks.'
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Are you ready for us to proceed into the lock? Over.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- 'Yes, she will be prepared for you.' - Excellent, thank you very much.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28Harry and I grew up together,
0:18:28 > 0:18:32like, we grew up sailing together on our dad's boat.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33I think he's an all right brother.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35I mean, don't tell him that.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37If you put off from about mid-ship...
0:18:37 > 0:18:41He is investing the money that we got as an inheritance together.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45He is investing his part of the money into this whole business.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50- The small one here or this one? - Go for the upper one.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53It is a big risk, but I think it'll pay off for him.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56If anyone can do it, I think he could.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Good. Cool, that'll do you.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00He brought up the idea a long time ago
0:19:00 > 0:19:02and sort of we all thought, "OK, yeah."
0:19:02 > 0:19:05That's a good idea. But, I mean, people have
0:19:05 > 0:19:07ideas like this all the time.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11For him to actually be getting it done is really impressive.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13I'm really proud of him.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17As the lock gates close,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Harry is looking out for the next challenge in the open sea.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Getting for certain our first course,
0:19:23 > 0:19:25out past our first sort of obstruction.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29We've got a couple of marks en route, marking a few dangers.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32The first real thing we need to watch out for is a wind park that is
0:19:32 > 0:19:35under construction, so it should be pretty easy to miss that one.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41Once we're out there, traffic, vessel traffic becomes very important.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Lots of traffic separation schemes nearby, so we will be...
0:19:44 > 0:19:47We won't be in any, or too close, but there will certainly be
0:19:47 > 0:19:51a lot of traffic around and we'll see when we get out there, really.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03With the lock negotiated, they can head out to sea.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07It feels good to finally get out in the open ocean again.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09A few months since I've been at sea.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Most of the delivery work I've been doing over the past years,
0:20:13 > 0:20:14none of it has been my own boat
0:20:14 > 0:20:18so it's finally doing it for myself rather than someone else.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21So, great feeling.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27The De Liefde is modelled on a 17th-century tall ship
0:20:27 > 0:20:29that used to trade with Japan.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35She takes her name from one of the Dutch words for love.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Apparently love isn't quite an accurate translation, but there's
0:20:38 > 0:20:40no real word for it in English.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45Apparently, it is a very beautiful, poignant, a good historic Dutch name.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48She was built in 1930, originally of steel plate with rivets.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Now she is all welded steel, built like a tank.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54In some places, it is 20 millimetres thick.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57And so, yeah, she is a very strong, very sturdy boat.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01It is a 48-hour trip.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05The motor is on, but they need to make a stable crossing.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08We'll probably put the mizzen sail up and maybe the foresail as well,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11just to get a bit of stability in the boat.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14We're rocking around a little bit at the moment.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Unfortunately, not really enough wind to just sail,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18but we'll get a little bit of speed out of them
0:21:18 > 0:21:20and it just helps stabilise the whole boat.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Yeah, if we get a little more tension on that one, Dave.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28That's enough. So we're nearly there.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Hoisting a traditional sail takes muscle.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39But luckily, pal Jez has got what it takes.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44Harry actually taught me to sail. And since he's been working abroad,
0:21:44 > 0:21:45his skippering
0:21:45 > 0:21:48skills have certainly come into their own.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50And so I think it is just the ideal
0:21:50 > 0:21:52career choice for him, really.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Watch that move, guys.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55I enjoy being at sea.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59I think there is something very liberating about it
0:21:59 > 0:22:02and there's a sort of sense of exploration, I suppose.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04There's something very primitive about it as well.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- I think you're good there. - Yeah?- Yeah.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08That's all good, thanks, guys.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13With the sails successfully up to steady the ship,
0:22:13 > 0:22:18they had out across the North Sea for an overnight crossing.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27While the De Liefde sails to the British mainland,
0:22:27 > 0:22:31further west, the cargo ship Valiant is nearing the end
0:22:31 > 0:22:32of its three-hour voyage.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Under the command of Captain Snoodijk,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39she is approaching Alderney, in the Channel Islands.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Yeah, coming up to the turning point.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Can we have clearance in, please? Over.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Aboard are the islanders' weekly supplies,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53including 19 tonnes of petroleum spirit.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59With most maritime accidents happening in harbour,
0:22:59 > 0:23:03the tricky part of any voyage can be navigating your ship to its berth.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06It's very hard for us to see with these containers,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10but if there's anything in front of us, we just run straight over.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I think we're going to be aiming for the two...
0:23:15 > 0:23:17flashing lights there in a minute.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Which are the leading lights that get us safely inside.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Now we're straight on the leading lights, which brings us
0:23:28 > 0:23:32safely between all the rocks and stones into the harbour.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42'Valiant, over top.'
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- Yeah, all secure on the berth, over. - 'Roger, thanks.'
0:23:45 > 0:23:49We're safely alongside now in Alderney harbour,
0:23:49 > 0:23:55after a nice quick voyage with no problems and everything,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58so the people in Alderney are going to be happy they can get fed again.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03The skipper's job may be done, but down at Alderney Shipping,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05the work has just begun.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Hi, Alison, it's Wendy down at Alderney Shipping.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Hi, I've got some freight that's come in for you.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Wendy Hamman is the office manager who organises
0:24:13 > 0:24:15the distribution of all the supplies.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Sure, will do.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19And with just 2,000 people on the island,
0:24:19 > 0:24:20she can offer a personal touch.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Right, lovely. Thank you very much. Thank you. Bye.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I ring everybody and let them know that it's available.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29For example, this week, we've got over 80 different consignments
0:24:29 > 0:24:31that have come in for various different people
0:24:31 > 0:24:34as well as the shops, and the businesses as well,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37but we've had an awful lot of freight for private people.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Back at the dock, the ship's crew begin the immense
0:24:42 > 0:24:45task of unloading the heavy containers,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48full to the brim of goods, using the crane on the port.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53The goods coming in every Wednesday and will be unpacked,
0:24:53 > 0:24:57delivered and on the shop shelves the following morning.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01And it's not long until the Alderney residents start turning up to
0:25:01 > 0:25:03pick up their goods.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05I've just returned from England
0:25:05 > 0:25:09and come to pick up my television, which arrived while I was away.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15It's actually about 1,200 photographs that have been
0:25:15 > 0:25:18printed in the UK for me. I'm in the publishing business
0:25:18 > 0:25:23and I require these for my library of photographs.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26With no domestic supply chain for raw materials on the island,
0:25:26 > 0:25:30local businesses rely heavily on what the boat brings.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36The work we do, welder and engineer, fitting work,
0:25:36 > 0:25:38we have to work weeks in advance,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41planning wise, to make sure we've got everything here
0:25:41 > 0:25:45because we can't go down to steel stockholders like on the mainland
0:25:45 > 0:25:48to collect what we need if we're short of something.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50So logistics, you've got to plan well ahead.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58Alderney may be just three miles long with only one town,
0:25:58 > 0:26:02but the high street is bustling with shops and businesses
0:26:02 > 0:26:06and that generates the one thing Alderney does export.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10They do not have landfill, they do not have incinerators,
0:26:10 > 0:26:14so all the waste is exported to Guernsey from Alderney
0:26:14 > 0:26:19and we then have to landfill it all - segregate it and separate it
0:26:19 > 0:26:22and then recycle it and send it back to the UK.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24There is no recycling facilities in Alderney.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32Back in Alderney harbour, it is time to unload the huge tank of petrol.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Weighing in at 19 tonnes, it is at the top limit
0:26:35 > 0:26:37of the shore-side crane's capacity.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46So the only way to safely get the tank onto the dock is to walk
0:26:46 > 0:26:50it bit by bit to the edge of the ship directly under the crane.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04The tank is finally in the position for the crane to lift.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Critical for fuelling all vehicles on the island,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28the petrol tank is safely on land and the cargo ship team have
0:27:28 > 0:27:32successfully completed their weekly supplies delivery to Alderney.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37For shipping boss Bruno Kay-Mouat, it's just another day at the office.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38We've had llamas,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41we've had a Rolls-Royce, which is a bit unusual
0:27:41 > 0:27:43for Alderney seeing as it is only 3.5 miles
0:27:43 > 0:27:45by 1.5 miles. Today was a good day.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47You know, the operation went smoothly.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Everybody seems to be smiling and it's not raining, which is good.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54It's the absolute lifeline of the island.
0:27:54 > 0:28:00From everything from food, building materials, steel,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03gardening materials, pet food, everything.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05It is the absolute backbone of the island.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Without it, it would be very, very hard to exist.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20The people of Alderney may rely on outside help, but when you're
0:28:20 > 0:28:24skippering a boat across the ocean, you need to be able to do
0:28:24 > 0:28:26everything the boat requires of you.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30- If you could come to port about ten, 15 degrees.- Right.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37That's perfect. The sandbank at its lowest point
0:28:37 > 0:28:38is...
0:28:40 > 0:28:44Oh, actual datum, it's 0.4 metres out of the water
0:28:44 > 0:28:47so at absolute maximum low tide,
0:28:47 > 0:28:50potentially the land will be sticking above the water,
0:28:50 > 0:28:52which basically means that at any state of tide,
0:28:52 > 0:28:53it's going to be very shallow for us.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Round the Goodwin Sands, you get all sorts of tidal eddies
0:28:56 > 0:28:58and currents making it quite unpredictable.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02And really, it's nicely marked and there's no reason to go through it.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06Skipper Harry is taking his newly acquired sailing ship De Liefde
0:29:06 > 0:29:10from Amsterdam to Dorset to set up his sailing school.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14On the way, he is planning to put in at Shoreham, on the Sussex coast,
0:29:14 > 0:29:19and he is using all his navigational skills to get there unscathed.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22So, at the moment, we are just off the East Goodwin Lightship.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25That is a big lightship, land beam
0:29:25 > 0:29:28marking the eastern edge of the Goodwin Sands.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31It is sort of a bit more than just any other navigation buoy, it is
0:29:31 > 0:29:34a constantly maintained position.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38So whereas normal mooring buoys are simply anchored to the ground,
0:29:38 > 0:29:43that sort of is kept up to check and it is a guaranteed position fix.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46I see it. We're just passing it now, which means we are
0:29:46 > 0:29:48nicely in between the Goodwin Sands
0:29:48 > 0:29:52and the Dover Straits shipping lanes, which is exactly where we want to be,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55keeping a nice bit of clearance from the shipping lanes to one side
0:29:55 > 0:29:57and nice clearance from the sandbanks on the other.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02As well as steering a careful course,
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Harry has other concerns on his mind.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09So, at about 7am this morning there was a forecast for potentially
0:30:09 > 0:30:12force eight later,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14which means that at some point in the next 12 hours,
0:30:14 > 0:30:17it could be building up to force eight.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18In about ten minutes' time,
0:30:18 > 0:30:21we're going to get a weather forecast through.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24For now the skies are clear, but in the English Channel,
0:30:24 > 0:30:28the weather has a habit of changing quickly.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30'This is the Dover Coastguard.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32'Dover Coastguard. Dover Coastguard.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37'Gale force eight expected in Strait of Dover.'
0:30:39 > 0:30:42They've just issued a gale warning for the area.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44I think we'll probably pop into Dover,
0:30:44 > 0:30:47just wait it out for 12 hours and then carry on with the passage.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Put a lot of time and effort and money into getting this boat and
0:30:50 > 0:30:52setting up the business, which is hopefully going to
0:30:52 > 0:30:54happen in the next few months.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58Obviously, there's absolutely nothing I want to do to risk that.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00To protect both boat and crew,
0:31:00 > 0:31:05they head for shelter and have to negotiate a way into Dover avoiding
0:31:05 > 0:31:09the ferries and other vessels using one of the channel's busiest ports.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Requesting permission to come in,
0:31:11 > 0:31:15drop our sails and then anchor in the outer harbour, please. Over.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19They drop the sails as the weather closes in.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Safely within the harbour walls, they drop anchor for the night.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41This is one weather front they'll just have to sit out.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52The next morning, even with the protection of the harbour,
0:31:52 > 0:31:57the seas are still choppy and Harry has another headache.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Just after we anchored here in Dover,
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Harry came down to do something
0:32:01 > 0:32:03and found the leak in the generator.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08A clip came off and that has flooded the base of the generator
0:32:08 > 0:32:09and some water has got into
0:32:09 > 0:32:13one of the cables and wrecked the connector.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16It doesn't bode well for Harry's investment.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19A lack of power could mean they get stuck in Dover.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21It could be a problem getting the anchor up,
0:32:21 > 0:32:23but I'll have to think about that later.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29MOTOR DROWNS OUT SPEECH
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Right, found the location of the leak.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37But after a couple of hours tinkering,
0:32:37 > 0:32:40eventually they find the dodgy part.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41Right.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- That is the bit that is causing the problem.- Right.
0:32:45 > 0:32:46Let's have a looky-looky.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50Water is coming on as it's leaking through there.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53And then it's coming out through the edges there.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57So there is a gasket or something that is gone in the middle of it.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Jez has got to track down a replacement or they're going
0:33:00 > 0:33:01nowhere.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04It's only a sort of five-pound part,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06but we don't have any spares on board.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09I've managed to track down the part number
0:33:09 > 0:33:11through a little bit of internet research.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15They're just checking the shelf and I'm just waiting for a call back.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19They are still getting to know the boat.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23And while they're holed up in Dover, the scale of the task is sinking in.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Boats generally take a lot... Three times the amount of time
0:33:28 > 0:33:32you think it's going to take, it'll take that time.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35We're looking to get the boat in active business
0:33:35 > 0:33:36service in about three or four weeks' time,
0:33:36 > 0:33:39so basically every second counts
0:33:39 > 0:33:41because we've got at least a few weeks here
0:33:41 > 0:33:44and there of having the boat in a boat yard to get a few things done.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Basically, every day we waste here and there is a day taken off
0:33:48 > 0:33:50when we can open for business.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Luckily, it only takes Jez 24 hours to locate the part
0:33:58 > 0:34:00they need to fix the generator.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03As the wind drops, they finally weigh anchor,
0:34:03 > 0:34:08and with Harry's business idea still afloat, set sail down the Channel.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19On Worthing Seafront,
0:34:19 > 0:34:22business of an altogether different nature is in progress.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24The tide is out at the moment,
0:34:24 > 0:34:27so that's a good 300 metres from the shoreline there.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29So it'll be a well safe zone.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34After discovering a World War II incendiary bomb had been
0:34:34 > 0:34:38sitting on a local resident's mantelpiece for the last 30 years,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41the bomb squad have come to the beach to dispose of it.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48- OK, Ryan, if we use the drawing just in front of us here...- Yep.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51..as the firing point, run the cable out to the full extent -
0:34:51 > 0:34:52200 metres down the beach -
0:34:52 > 0:34:56filled with ten sand bags and, obviously, dig the hole for the sand.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58- We'll use that as the firing hole. - Yep.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02And then I'll be down there in a minute to continue to set up.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03OK.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08With some of the general public still using the beach, the
0:35:08 > 0:35:12local authority have to get everyone clear and set up a safe zone.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Have the rest of the team fill in the sand bags down there.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20They're making a hole at the same time as filling the bags.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23That's where the item will be placed in before we carry out
0:35:23 > 0:35:24the controlled explosion.
0:35:24 > 0:35:29The bags will be placed around in a horseshoe to direct any debris
0:35:29 > 0:35:30out to sea.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35I mean, there is a fair bit of public on the beach today,
0:35:35 > 0:35:39but during the summertime, there'd be ten, 20 times as many public here,
0:35:39 > 0:35:44so to push that cordon out would be a very time consuming job to do.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48So the police or the coastguard very much help us out in these situations.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53So, what we've got is a shrike, which will send an electric pulse
0:35:53 > 0:35:57through this wire to the detonator that we'll connect to the end of it.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00And that detonator will then go on to a detonating cord, which will
0:36:00 > 0:36:05go into the explosives, which will be next to the item to get rid of,
0:36:05 > 0:36:07therefore disposing of that item.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11We can probably go in a bit tighter.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16The damp sandpit will absorb much of the explosion,
0:36:16 > 0:36:20but Doc wants to limit the flying shrapnel as much as possible.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23The item itself isn't very much of an explosive hazard,
0:36:23 > 0:36:28it's more of an incendiary hazard. So it's more of a fire-making material.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31So the actual explosives inside, there's a very small amount,
0:36:31 > 0:36:34just to ignite the item. But to make sure that we get rid of all
0:36:34 > 0:36:37that content, we put explosives
0:36:37 > 0:36:40on top to completely break down the item.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49With the explosion site prepared, the wires run back to a safe
0:36:49 > 0:36:52distance, where they'll have the detonator.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55The rest of the team has now set up the site down there,
0:36:55 > 0:36:58so the last thing to do is take down the item to be disposed of,
0:36:58 > 0:37:02set it up in the demolition pit, retire back,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05confirm that we've got a safe cordon and then carry out
0:37:05 > 0:37:08the controlled explosion at a time that suits us best.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10I'll give a thumbs up that I'm ready.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12If you do a chat with him and the rest of them,
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- you give me the thumbs up back, I'll know that...- Five, ten seconds.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18- And then from there on... So you're happy?- Happy. Let's do it.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26With the public and the crew a safe distance away, Doc makes the
0:37:26 > 0:37:31final checks and gives the thumbs up that everything's OK in the pit.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Lead diver Ryan Hague is in charge of the detonator.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36Would be the fire button
0:37:36 > 0:37:40and whichever circuit that you've got the wires
0:37:40 > 0:37:42plugged into from one to four.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46That's the demolition all set up. Ready for a controlled explosion.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Just going to confirm that my cordon is clear,
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Ryan's carrying out any actions.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Once that's done, my number two will shout, "Stand by, firing,"
0:37:55 > 0:37:56and he'll press the buttons,
0:37:56 > 0:37:58detonate the serial
0:37:58 > 0:38:00and then we'll wait for the forward shot.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09- OK.- Happy?- Check. Test for green...
0:38:09 > 0:38:10With everything in place,
0:38:10 > 0:38:14the unexploded shell can finally be made safe.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19Stand by, firing. Three, two, one... Firing!
0:38:23 > 0:38:24Disconnected.
0:38:26 > 0:38:2870 years after it was dropped on Britain,
0:38:28 > 0:38:34a 1940s German bomb does what it was built to do on an English beach.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36One man approached,
0:38:36 > 0:38:39confirmed that everything had been cleared with that clearing shot.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42And then once that's cleared, the rest of the team will come down to
0:38:42 > 0:38:43help cover in any holes
0:38:43 > 0:38:45that are down there so no public fall over later on.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47And we'll clear up any rubbish that we've left
0:38:47 > 0:38:49and close down the site.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55With nothing but a few fragments of the shell left, the team make
0:38:55 > 0:38:59sure it's safe and levelled out until the tide comes in.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Successful job. That's complete.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05Timely done.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11The tide will cover it fairly quickly anyway,
0:39:11 > 0:39:14but it took a bit of site remediation,
0:39:14 > 0:39:16just to make it less of an impact.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24With the job complete,
0:39:24 > 0:39:28the team from the Royal Navy's Fleet Diving Squadron head for home.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Well done, gents, good task. Done nice and timely.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34What we'll do now is wrap up here, make sure we've cleaned up,
0:39:34 > 0:39:38everything done. And we'll get on our way back to Section, re-roll,
0:39:38 > 0:39:41ready to run again on our next task. Well done.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Home for skipper Harry
0:39:59 > 0:40:03and his crew is the 100-year-old sailing ship De Liefde.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Heading for Dorset to set up a sailing school,
0:40:06 > 0:40:09they've decided to stop in Shoreham,
0:40:09 > 0:40:12a good place to get the boat modified and ready for business.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21So now we've arrived in Shoreham, our final destination for the moment.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23This mooring up was a bit of a challenge.
0:40:23 > 0:40:28I think the space was 25 metres and ten centimetres, and we're 25 metres.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30So that was a bit of a tricky one.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34But we're here, we're safe and all the lines are on, so, yeah, all good.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48For his business idea to succeed, Harry needs his boat to be
0:40:48 > 0:40:51shipshape enough to accept paying customers.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54It's making the boat home.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57In the last couple of weeks, I've fitted a dishwasher.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01Currently in the process of wiring up a new oven
0:41:01 > 0:41:03and just making the electrics a bit more meaty
0:41:03 > 0:41:07so that it can handle a slightly larger, slightly newer oven.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11But really, it's a case of turning it from somebody else's boat,
0:41:11 > 0:41:16as she was a month or so ago, into my boat, making it a home.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19But Harry thinks there is one fundamental thing that might
0:41:19 > 0:41:22be letting his business down.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23So the main thing that
0:41:23 > 0:41:26I'm sort of thinking about is getting the name changed.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29At the moment, De Liefde is a bit... It's a bit clunky
0:41:29 > 0:41:33- for English-speaking customers. - OK, what have you got in mind?
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Thinking about getting that changed to Moonfleet.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37It's quite a local name.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Moonfleet is based in Dorset, on the Jurassic Coast.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42There's a book written about
0:41:42 > 0:41:45this smugglers' town there. And there'd be the potential to
0:41:45 > 0:41:49maybe do smuggler themed trips and that sort of thing.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53Yeah, I think it's a pretty good name for a boat. Yeah, it's good.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- I like it.- OK, sounds like Moonfleet it is, then.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00In times past,
0:42:00 > 0:42:04changing the name of a boat was considered to be bad luck.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Legend had it that the gods of the sea would become enraged.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11To keep Neptune's wrath at bay, some sailors
0:42:11 > 0:42:15went as far as eradicating all traces of the boat's old name
0:42:15 > 0:42:18and offering up ritualistic prayers to the deep.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22Of course, these days the boating community are far less
0:42:22 > 0:42:23superstitious.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26MOTOR FAILS THEY LAUGH
0:42:26 > 0:42:30- How's that going?- So, that's not how that should happen.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Although from the look of things,
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Harry's not having much luck with his backup generator.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39This is the main problem.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41This spring is old and knackered.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Harry may be flying in the face of superstition, but luckily,
0:42:46 > 0:42:49he has absolute faith in his business idea.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53Changing the name is important for the marketing for the upcoming
0:42:53 > 0:42:54business.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Once we've got the name changed,
0:42:56 > 0:43:00I can start getting some publicity, photographs, that sort of thing done.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03Then Moonfleet will be up and ready to go.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06With every day spent in harbour costing him money,
0:43:06 > 0:43:10let's hope the newly christened Moonfleet will finally get underway
0:43:10 > 0:43:14soon, down the Channel towards Dorset and Harry's business dreams.