0:00:02 > 0:00:04Around the coast of Britain are cities
0:00:04 > 0:00:06where lives are shaped by the sea.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Well, what a day! Nice day without fog.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Yeah, lovely job.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Each city is a gateway to the wider world.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18And around each city, thousands of people work in jobs that
0:00:18 > 0:00:21touch all of our lives, whether it's shipping cars...
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Just short of £29 million worth within the day.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25..or importing fruit.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28What I love about bananas is they don't answer back.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Jobs that keep the nation afloat.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31This is the tricky bit.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33This is where the skill comes in.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Where every day brings fresh challenges.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38- YELLS:- Fire!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40These are cities that welcome the Navy,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43both serving sailors and new recruits...
0:00:43 > 0:00:44Work hard!
0:00:44 > 0:00:46..from clocking on in the morning...
0:00:46 > 0:00:48You should see me flying a kite, mate, I'm brilliant!
0:00:48 > 0:00:50..to relaxing after work.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51It's all part of the warm-up.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Around the shores and rivers of people's hometowns...
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Together!
0:00:55 > 0:00:57..water is a way of life.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Whoa!
0:01:01 > 0:01:02On the East Coast of Britain,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05the Humber Estuary is home to three major ports.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- 'Let's get this thing.' - Let go of it. Yeah, just let it go.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12The cargo kings of Immingham reign supreme.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14If you ever want a teddy winning,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16my daughter thinks I can.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Grimsby is going with the wind...
0:01:18 > 0:01:20We have quite a bit of a climb now.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23And in Hull, the race is on for cruise ships and competitors.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Go, go, go!
0:01:43 > 0:01:48Hull, an industrial port and also a busy North Sea ferry terminal.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Today, a cruise ship is making a stop off, and that means
0:01:51 > 0:01:54dock workers face a very different challenge from their day jobs.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Pull up, pull up.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58All the way. There, that'll do, mate.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Gary works as a crane operations foreman normally.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Today, though, he's a baggage handler, amongst other things.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Hundreds of passengers are about to disembark the SS Azores
0:02:07 > 0:02:09after a Baltic cruise.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13I've been here, around on the docks, since 1974.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Believe it or not! Yeah, I'm 60 this year.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19That net there is, if the baggage drops off the conveyor,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22that is supposed to save it going in the dock.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Supposed to, anyway. - HE LAUGHS
0:02:26 > 0:02:28The ship is Norway-bound this evening
0:02:28 > 0:02:30with a new set of passengers.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33It is good to have a good crack with all the passengers - help them off,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37go to the baggage with them and have a good crack with the crew.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I'm not saying nothing now.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41The last trip that we was on,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44we all got invited on board the ship for a breakfast, a cup of tea
0:02:44 > 0:02:46and everything, and they gave us a tour of the ship.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50But there is no time for that today - there is work to be done,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52and they're behind schedule.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54She's late in, is the Azores.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58And then the P&O, she's been waiting to come in behind, so...
0:02:58 > 0:03:01We've got three ships docking all at the same time,
0:03:01 > 0:03:02so it's a bit mayhem.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05We need to get the bag drop as soon as possible.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07So you stay there, you're all right.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10But the ones at the back, just give him a hand, all right?
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Mark Foxall is in charge of today's complex logistics.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16There's only five cruise days like this a year.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18All of the staff have volunteered,
0:03:18 > 0:03:21taking a break from their regular duties.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Cos we haven't got the bags off, so it's still early.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26There's no... No passengers are coming off
0:03:26 > 0:03:27until all the bags are off.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30And there is a North Sea ferry to unload.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35We've got 130-odd cars and 25 motorcycles and two coaches.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- How long is that going to take? - About an hour.- About an hour?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41It depends on customs and how quick...
0:03:41 > 0:03:43The passengers now know they can't come off the ship
0:03:43 > 0:03:45until all the luggage is off.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Might just go have a word.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50You forgot to put the passenger on it!
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Tonnes of provisions have to be loaded on board,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59and Gary is not impressed with the speed of the operation.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Why are we always slow?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- BLEEP!- Vamoose.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05They're always slow on the ship,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07that's why we're having a bit of stoppage all the time.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09It is stopped again.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19Trevor's usually a crane driver, but he's enjoying the job swap.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Usually, I'm just stuck in the steel terminal all day.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25It's undercover, so I don't get to see the sun.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Well, when it's sunny, it's nice. And it's a change.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Yep!
0:04:33 > 0:04:37That's it, boys, the last van today. Till we get them back.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Now Trevor can start reuniting holiday-makers with their luggage
0:04:48 > 0:04:50so they can go home.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51- It's quite heavy. - Yeah? I'll take that.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- All the best.- Can I get one? - Thank you.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- You've been marvellous fun. - Can I have one?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- SHE LAUGHS - So it's a no then?
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- It's a no.- Damn!- Is a definite no.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I'm losing it.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05All right, where are we going, girls?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Second right, it's a Mercedes.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- Oh, it's just a cheap car(!) - Cheap car.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Well, there's a lot of cars, but there doesn't seem much baggage,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15so I don't know what's gone wrong here.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I wonder if we've lost a couple somewhere in the cruise.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Two, three, four, five... We've got seven cars to get rid of there.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- All in here?- Yep.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27People take the wrong bags.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30People say, "That's my suitcase, let's go."
0:05:30 > 0:05:32And when they get home, "Oh, no!
0:05:32 > 0:05:35"What's all this bloke's gear doing in there? And I'm a woman!"
0:05:35 > 0:05:38HE LAUGHS
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Has anybody got a set of jump leads in the car?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Just going to speed up.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44HE PANTS
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- MOTOR REVS - Yes!
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Changing a spare tyre last time.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- HE PANTS - I'm done in!
0:05:57 > 0:05:59I'm too old for that.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Well, that's it now. All done.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05For now, maybe.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08But hundreds of new passengers are starting to arrive
0:06:08 > 0:06:09for the next cruise.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Across the Humber on the south bank, ten miles along the estuary,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19is Immingham docks.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Been in the company about 29 years.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Man and boy.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I enjoy the job. Where'd you get an office like this?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34It's the start of Guy Armstrong's shift at
0:06:34 > 0:06:36the Humber International Terminal.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40If you ever want a teddy winning, my daughter thinks I can.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43"Dad, you're a crane driver, you'll win me one."
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Yeah, it's not like that.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52In terms of freight, the Humber ports are the UK's busiest,
0:06:52 > 0:06:54and Immingham is the cargo king.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Every year, 55 million tonnes passes through here.
0:06:58 > 0:07:0099% of that is imported.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03But the consignment Guy's busy with is a rare export.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07We normally do coal. This is just a one-off,
0:07:07 > 0:07:09seeing how well it'll do.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11It's a massive operation -
0:07:11 > 0:07:1566,000 tonnes of grain from hundreds of farms.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20It's said to be the largest ever consignment of wheat from the UK.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Boredom, it's a big factor, isn't it? As you know,
0:07:24 > 0:07:25when you drive your car,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28you don't even know how you got to work, do you?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30This shipment is bound for Thailand where it will be used to feed
0:07:30 > 0:07:32livestock. And that, in turn,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35could be sent back as frozen produce to Immingham.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38I've got to be genuinely alert all the time.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41You're looking out your window, you're looking at your camera,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43you're looking at your load, you're looking at your screen
0:07:43 > 0:07:45back out your window. It's tiring.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47It's a mental...
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It's a mental tired.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I'll just nick one here off the back.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54We've had a few hiccups and that, but I think it'll be all right.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57If we can get going with the weather and that, I think we'll be fine.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01With darkening skies, Guy's optimism looks premature.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05This cargo must be loaded dry.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08It's raining now, look. So, yeah, I'll have to rush
0:08:08 > 0:08:10and get this in cos he'll be shutting the lid.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12But if I don't get it in, it'll be contaminated.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Guy's skill and speed are put to the test.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23But he makes it in time.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29The lids slide closed to keep the cargo dry.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Just had a quick feel to see if the grain was wet at all,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39but it was in the lee of the ship, of the wind, so it's all dry,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42so we hope we are going to get it on the ship.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44The sun's coming out now, look.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47It's a tight schedule -
0:08:47 > 0:08:52six days of round-the-clock loading without delays, and time is money.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55The SS Piraeus will need high tide to sail
0:08:55 > 0:08:58and other vessels are due in to unload.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Daylight brings more delay.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Are we still working, mate, or are we rained off again?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09'No, we're rained off.'
0:09:09 > 0:09:11My favourite gaffer.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13We are a third of the way through on that one,
0:09:13 > 0:09:16so you are probably looking at Tuesday.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19But while the cranes stand idle, Guy can't go to work.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Shift supervisor Nick Jennings is under pressure to complete
0:09:22 > 0:09:23the consignment.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25We've got to try to get this ship completed,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29try and get it away as quickly as we can.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34Hopefully, if we can get this right, we will get further work from it.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36It's good for everybody.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40The rain has now stopped, but there is more frustration.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42We are stopped due to high winds.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44The crane driver has got an alarm going off in his cab.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47It's gusting up to 29m/s,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50so he has to stop the discharge till the wind subsides.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Frustrating for the lorry drivers,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56the crane drivers are wanting to get on.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Work finally restarts.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12That's it.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Eventually fully loaded,
0:10:14 > 0:10:19the Piraeus will take 40 days to sail the 11,000 miles to Thailand.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- YELLS:- Haddock!
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Haddock!
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Haddock! Haddock!
0:10:43 > 0:10:472.30am and the night shift prepares for the morning fish auction.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50There is 50 tonnes to sort and grade,
0:10:50 > 0:10:54but none of the fish was landed here at Grimsby quayside by trawler.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Instead, it arrived over land by lorry.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00The majority of our fish tonight is cod and haddock.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Ship supervisor Nicky Love has to make sure the 50 tonnes
0:11:04 > 0:11:06is all accounted for.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Most of it has come on a container vessel from Iceland.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14And it docks in Immingham and then they bring the containers here.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17It's unloaded here and the fish is, like, graded and sorted
0:11:17 > 0:11:19and waits for the market in the morning.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Grimsby is still a centre for fish sales and processing,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28but its own fleet has all but disappeared.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32There used to be about 600 trawlers in this dock.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Today, there is barely a dozen.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38It is 6am and Martin Boyers,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41the chief executive of Grimsby Fish Market,
0:11:41 > 0:11:42begins his day at work.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45There's about 1,000 boxes. I mean, the price will be the price.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47The price is not very good at the minute -
0:11:47 > 0:11:48the trade's not very clever,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52weather's warm, the fish is not actually at its best either.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54So it will be difficult today.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57It's a lot of fish. It'll be a lot of fish and chips.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Some of that is absolute rubbish.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05This used to be one big massive sales...
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Now they've it put into three...
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Now, in three years, it's declined into one part.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- YELLS:- Haddock!
0:12:17 > 0:12:21185, 90. 185, are you interested?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Then two again. The last two. 2.5 quid.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I tell you, it's 30 please, Tim.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30OOHS AND AHS
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Six for them to beat.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38170. Go on, then.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41It's gone OK, actually.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43The haddock prices could've been a bit better,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45but 15 minutes and it's all been sold.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48It has to be sold quickly.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50This afternoon, it'll be filleted, processed,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53put in a box and being dispatched to some part of the UK.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Kurt Christensen has been in fishing all of his working life.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15He came over to Grimsby from Denmark with his trawler skipper dad
0:13:15 > 0:13:18in the 1950s and he stayed.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Grimsby was the biggest fishing port in the world.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24And through no fault of our own, it has been totally destroyed.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26The collapse of an industry
0:13:26 > 0:13:29that employed probably 20,000 people, maybe more -
0:13:29 > 0:13:30just gone.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37The whole of that keel along there was too deep in huge trawlers.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40So that was a tremendous sight. It was the full-length.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43I mean, these fish docks, we used to have our own police force,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45we had our own doctors.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I think there was only one pub.
0:13:47 > 0:13:52Which was surprising, bearing in mind what it was like in them days.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57But Kurt could see a business opportunity.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00I couldn't understand how nobody could see
0:14:00 > 0:14:01how big this was going to be.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06To me, it was written in letters two miles high that wind power
0:14:06 > 0:14:09was going to be massive in this area.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11He is Grimsby's Danish consul
0:14:11 > 0:14:14and his connection with his countrymen helped persuade
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Denmark's biggest energy company to invest in the town.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Kurt now runs wind support vessels alongside his fishing business.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23How is it going, Phil?
0:14:23 > 0:14:27When you look at DONG Energy, it's the Danish equivalent of BP.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Good morning. Outbound to the Westermost Rough Wind Farm.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37We've got nine POBs.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Bryn Jones spent 25 years as a trawlerman.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47He now skippers crew transfer vessels out to the wind farms.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50I'd love to see the fish docks as it was before,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52but that's never going to happen again.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55So this industry now, it is breathing new life into the ports,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58especially into the area as well -
0:14:58 > 0:15:01employments, you know, different... More employment for people.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Five miles off the coast is the Westermost Rough Wind Farm.
0:15:05 > 0:15:1035 turbines, each standing 350ft above the North Sea.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Tue Lippert is the project manager.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19That's my wind farm.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22That's the one that we built for the last three years.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28With the official switch-on less than two weeks away,
0:15:28 > 0:15:33he and his deputy, Jason Ledden, are conducting final inspections.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Today we're going out to Westermost Rough to actually
0:15:36 > 0:15:39talk to the lads that are doing some retrofits
0:15:39 > 0:15:42and some snagging out on the turbines.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47My first job on the wind farm was as a diver working on the cables
0:15:47 > 0:15:50subsea, so I have literally worked my way from the bottom up.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58Just going to make an approach now, so concentrate a bit.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01You don't always get this right first time.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Although they are made to, you know, push onto these...
0:16:07 > 0:16:10..onto these, they are very delicate still.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13You can actually damage them quite easily.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Aye, aye. Yeah. OK, mate.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25We have quite a bit of a climb now.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29All the way up to the platform, and then we'll take the lift.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Tue and his team don't want any complications.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36There are conducting checks
0:16:36 > 0:16:38and safety drills before the official launch.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40'So, what are you guys doing?'
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Happy with the turbine towers, they move on to the offshore substation.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47It looks like an oil rig but channels the electricity
0:16:47 > 0:16:52generated by the wind farm back to the land via undersea cables.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- You haven't changed this level here, have you?- No.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59The wind farm cost £800 million to build
0:16:59 > 0:17:03and should provide energy for 150,000 homes.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Should this one have a little bit of yellow paint?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11That was good housekeeping.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14They were following procedures, which was good to see.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Satisfied that the work is completed properly, they head back to shore.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21THEY PLAY THE INFERNAL GALLOP
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Don't make me look too... - THEY LAUGH
0:17:27 > 0:17:28That's great.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Two weeks later, suited and booted,
0:17:32 > 0:17:37Tue and Jason are celebrating the launch of the wind farm.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Tue Lippert will return to his native Denmark having finished
0:17:40 > 0:17:42the project, as deputy Jason is briefing
0:17:42 > 0:17:46the press about building an even bigger wind farm.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Race bank is going to be about three times the size.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51- Excellent. No pressure(!)- No. - THEY LAUGH
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- Great. Cheers.- Thanks, Dave.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56- Go and enjoy yourselves. - Thanks, Ruth.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Good to see you. - Yeah, good to see you.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Kurt Christensen, Grimsby's Danish consul, is one of today's guests.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05It makes me feel good
0:18:05 > 0:18:08because it is a milestone in Grimsby's future, I think.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11I was wondering how I could convince my wife coming over here.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13I paid my respects to the local consul
0:18:13 > 0:18:15and he took me on a guided tour around the area.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18And that did the trick. I could come home to my wife
0:18:18 > 0:18:19and say we're moving here.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22It's been a pleasure having him as well.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24It's been good, been really good.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- The next commander-in-chief. - JASON LAUGHS
0:18:27 > 0:18:30There is a very good future for the Humber, no doubt.
0:18:33 > 0:18:38In Hull, wind power will also create hundreds of new jobs.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42This site will be home to a £310 million turbine blade factory,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45helping make the Humber a hub for renewable energy.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Back at Hull's makeshift cruise terminal,
0:18:52 > 0:18:57Kirsty Roebuck is welcoming the new guests bound for Norway tonight.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Hello there.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Just watch your step, my love, cos it's a bit tricky, that one.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- Thank you.- We'll get you on the coach very, very shortly.- OK.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I am a people person and I love working with people, helping people.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10And then at the end of the day when I go home, I feel much
0:19:10 > 0:19:15better having done this job than I do my everyday-to-day job.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Kirsty usually works in the port's estates office.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Right, have a great holiday. Toodles!
0:19:22 > 0:19:23We're not trained to do this,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26it just comes naturally that we want to help people.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Don't stand up yet, we'll wait for him to pull up for you
0:19:28 > 0:19:30and then we'll get you on.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33It just stems back from my mum and my mum now being on her own.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36I'd like to think that there's somebody there that will help her
0:19:36 > 0:19:39like I help people when they come here on their own,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41as we've done about seven or eight of them today.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45That's where it comes from and that's what I would love to happen.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I'd do it day in, day out. Definitely.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Need some help getting into the marquee and onto the bus?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55But some guests require more help than others.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- I've never been an awkward person. - No, don't worry at all. At all.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01We'll get you to the terminal, don't worry.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Christopher Fairbank can't walk but has arrived without a wheelchair.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10My main concern is... What I'm really afraid of for him
0:20:10 > 0:20:13and his wife is that they have to be able to walk up the gangway,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16and he's clearly not going to be able to walk up the gangway.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21I've got about 120 left to get on, and that includes cars as well.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26But they're proving a problem yet again for Trevor.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30A passenger has broken down just as he's reached the car park.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Sounds like the clutch, innit, that?
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Yeah, just stand and watch why don't you?
0:20:35 > 0:20:38HE LAUGHS
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Yeah, that'll do you, mate.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43There we go. That's two today already.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48How many more next week, while they've been sat here for a week,
0:20:48 > 0:20:49waiting?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54But Christopher is about to get a more reliable set of wheels.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Taxi, young man. I'll take your hand.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59There's still no guarantee,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01though, he'll be sailing on the cruise this evening.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04You're OK, we've got you. You're in safe hands.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Five minutes and they'll be done with the transit.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11I think it is pretty much 95% now that he won't get on.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14If I had any influence whatsoever, I would fight in his corner,
0:21:14 > 0:21:15I really would.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Shall I open the boot for you?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Trevor is back on baggage.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- Does that go in?- Yeah.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24I'll be in agony tonight.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26I'll be laid on the floor.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Crippled.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29It's the hardest work I've done all week!
0:21:29 > 0:21:32HE LAUGHS
0:21:32 > 0:21:34We're going. Let's go.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43All the bags have to come in here and they've all got to be scanned
0:21:43 > 0:21:46as if you was going on holiday at an airport.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48So they've all got to be taken out of here,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51through that scanning machine, into that van.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Until Hull gets its own purpose-built cruise terminal,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59holiday-makers have to share P&O's check-in with the ferry passengers.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01It can get a bit crowded.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Hello, welcome aboard.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05I will need your health form, please.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07While ship's nurse Branislav Ivkovic
0:22:07 > 0:22:08meets the passengers,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11his colleagues might be making more work for him.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Whisky, cognac, vodka, anything you like.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15All the cocktails.
0:22:16 > 0:22:22I am selling all-inclusive packages for £17 per day, per person.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24For wine, a cocktail, anything.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26All you can drink.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- As much as you can. - SHE LAUGHS
0:22:29 > 0:22:31It happens. You know, people are on their holiday,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34they drink more than usual, and then we have cases of...
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- HE LAUGHS - You know what.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Welcome on board.- Cheers. Thank you.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Christopher is still waiting.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45And it is far from certain that he'll be setting sail this evening.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Some of the fastest boats ever seen on the Humber are heading for Hull.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11David Taft is a powerboat racer in his spare time.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15For his day job, he runs a mobile key-cutting business in Hull
0:23:15 > 0:23:16for unfortunate motorists.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Motorists like him.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22I managed to drop the keys into the lake.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25The guy came to cut a new key and he was selling the business,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28so we bought it off him.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32It's so ironic that I've got a key-cutting company helping
0:23:32 > 0:23:35other people just like myself who are totally useless with their keys.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Talking about losing stuff, the last time that we actually raced
0:23:42 > 0:23:45in Hull, Dave lost his balance and ended up swimming in the marina.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Photographer Gavin Feldt was Dave's navigator last year.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53They were side-by-side racing together in a boat called
0:23:53 > 0:23:54Hull Speed Ahead.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Dave's been my best friend, must be going on for 12, 13 years.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59We are like brothers.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Never argued or anything in all the time we've known each other.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06But both new to the sport,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09the two rookie racers had a choice to make.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11We were sat in the boat in Bournemouth,
0:24:11 > 0:24:15after the first race, ripping shreds off of each other.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18It is a very, very stressful situation.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21We both agreed in the middle of last season that, you know,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24our friendship was more important.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28It's easy to see how nerves could be frayed aboard a P1 powerboat.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32They race at over 70mph on rough water.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35It's dangerous and accidents are frequent.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38We are rivals now. We are in different teams.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41As soon as the visor comes down, all friendships stop.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44And we start being best friends when the chequered flag waves.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47In a week's time, they'll go head-to-head in front of their
0:24:47 > 0:24:52home crowd as the P1 Powerboat Racing Championship moves to Hull.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59We're the dustmen of the docks.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Dock DC-1.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06We're just going over to the steel terminal
0:25:06 > 0:25:07to do some cleaning.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10'DC-1, you can go, thank you.'
0:25:12 > 0:25:14A dirty dock is definitely a dangerous dock.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Barry Hughes never knows what's lurking beneath the surface.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Picked up one day two baby deer, they must've drowned in here.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Big dead fish. I've had the odd dog.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30You got it?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34It's just usually rubbish - wood, timber, plastic.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36We've got one plastic cover here,
0:25:36 > 0:25:38we're just going to pick up another one now.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44It'll have to be lifted out with a crane.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49I'm going to put a rope round it, tip it alongside of us, all right?
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Barry's the founder of family firm Hughes Marine.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59We work seven days a week, 364 days a year. You get Christmas Day off.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01If the docks work, we have to.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06On the quayside, his son, Dean, who's taken over the family firm.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10But Barry's finding his supposed retirement hard to stick to.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Everybody wants to retire. And when they do retire, what is there to do?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17No, it's a way of life, believe it or not.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I've been working in the docks on the Humber for over 50 years.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25I've earned me good living over that time.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Something different every day.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Oh, look, this rope's...
0:26:30 > 0:26:32It's got a big iron. Look, it's been a ship's rope.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36They broke it leaving and just left it.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39That, in a ship's propeller, would stop any ship.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43This is only a week. That's a bed. There you are, that is a chair.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Tell me how that's got into the dock.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48But there is money in dock debris.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50That's what buys these cars.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51It doesn't come easy.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Soon, there will be three generations of the Hughes
0:26:54 > 0:26:56working on the Humber.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00But how will Barry's grandson, Cory, take to the family firm
0:27:00 > 0:27:02when he leaves school in a few weeks' time?
0:27:06 > 0:27:07'OK. Coming into
0:27:07 > 0:27:10'the Humber International Terminal, dock number one.'
0:27:10 > 0:27:14This is the world's largest shipment of biomass fuel.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16It's on its way to Immingham docks from Canada.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Guy Armstrong is about to learn to use a new machine to unload it
0:27:21 > 0:27:24after two decades as a crane driver.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28It's totally different to what I've ever done.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29But it's the future.
0:27:30 > 0:27:35This is a continuous ship unloader, or CSU for short.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38It's like a massive Hoover for sucking up the cargo.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42These biomass fuel pellets are destined for Drax power station.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Ex-crane driver Paul Smith is in charge of the training.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48This seat is like The Voice.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49You press this pedal here...
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Isn't that right? You been watching Will.i.am?
0:27:52 > 0:27:55And you just spin it around. Or Tom Jones. Tom Jones!
0:27:55 > 0:27:56- IMITATES TOM JONES:- Isn't it, boyo?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Yeah, there you go. And that's it.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01The main screen. Everything is touch-screen.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04It doesn't matter about that pendulum angle?
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Right, so your pendulum angle...
0:28:06 > 0:28:08It's daunting.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10It's a big old piece of kit, isn't it?
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- SNEEZE - Crikey.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Can we go then?- Sir Tom.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Well, it's not unusual.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20So Guy takes the controls.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- Tommy Tonnage. - Yeah, we'll put it in the cargo now.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Let's see what this baby can do.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29You're getting 1,100 tonne an hour.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33So this is unique because you can take your hands off the controls.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36You can't scratch your nose with the crane.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38- I like it.- He's a natural.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40It's not working, is it?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43But as Guy is just about to find out,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45there's more to it than he thought.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- The back end...- BLEEP!
0:28:48 > 0:28:50His mate Gaz has spotted a problem.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Just swing round. Come out and have a look.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Whilst moving the machine, Guy has missed a collision
0:28:55 > 0:28:58with the ship's cargo doors by less than a foot.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00You aren't touching them, are you?
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Nothing to stop you doing that.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04He's lucky...this time.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06You go any more, you've got him.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07Don't like him.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10It is a steep learning curve.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- That's scary.- See how close that is?
0:29:14 > 0:29:16You could say I touched cloth.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- A simple mistake.- A simple mistake.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Me armpits are dripping!
0:29:21 > 0:29:23That's why people have been doing accidents.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Guy, I don't want you to start making excuses now.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27I know, I'm just saying...
0:29:27 > 0:29:30The trainees now have a week to perfect their technique
0:29:30 > 0:29:33before the Popi S bulk carrier will need unloading.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36We are not the brightest of groups, are we?
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Mike comes in here to say, "He's untrainable.
0:29:39 > 0:29:40"What can we do with him?"
0:29:47 > 0:29:52In Hull, cruise ship the SS Azores is due to set sail and passenger
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Christopher Fairbank is still unsure if he will be on board.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58The ship will actually make the decision once they get to the
0:29:58 > 0:30:01gangway as to whether or not he'll actually be allowed to board.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03All we can do is help him get as far as he can.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07He'll do it in his own time.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09You know, it'll be all right.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12It's not sailing till well gone six, so you've no panic.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Don't worry. 6.30 you've got till.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20For Christopher, the climb ahead looks a daunting one.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26It's time to see if he'll be going on his cruise or back home.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28All right, we've got you, fella.
0:30:28 > 0:30:29Don't you worry.
0:30:31 > 0:30:32Good lad.
0:30:35 > 0:30:36Lovely job.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42If you want to rest, just say when you want to stop, all right?
0:30:42 > 0:30:48It's painfully slow, but he's determined to make the cruise.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50You surprised me, fella, I didn't think you'd make this.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52What do I know?
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Finally, after proving the doubters wrong,
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Christopher's holiday can begin.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04And good news spreads fast.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05Did Christopher get on?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Yeah, every one of them. Just finished now. So that...
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Yeah, a good result, that.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Oh, superb!
0:31:11 > 0:31:13A happy ending!
0:31:14 > 0:31:18As the Azores set sail, the dock staff take a well-earned rest...
0:31:18 > 0:31:20until the next time.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23In ten days, they'll do the same all over again.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Hull's planned cruise terminal can't come soon enough.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43The economies of Hull, Grimsby and Immingham all depend
0:31:43 > 0:31:46to varying degrees on the tidal Humber estuary.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49It's almost like Charlie And The Chocolate Factory,
0:31:49 > 0:31:50the chocolate river,
0:31:50 > 0:31:53with all the chocolate all churning up.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56To the unwary, it may look wide,
0:31:56 > 0:32:00deep and easy to navigate, but it's one of the most difficult stretches
0:32:00 > 0:32:01of water for shipping.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04A lot of people think it's a really dirty river, but actually,
0:32:04 > 0:32:07it's very clean, it's just muddy.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09And that's because the Humber
0:32:09 > 0:32:12contains 10 million cubic metres of silt.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Hydrographic surveyor Tom Humphreys
0:32:16 > 0:32:18charts the shifting bed of the river.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22I wanted just to do sharks, that was my dream. I ended up on the
0:32:22 > 0:32:26Humber, stood here in mud. I didn't really even know hydrography was
0:32:26 > 0:32:31a thing until I left university, so it wasn't really on my radar.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35The water from a fifth of England's landmass eventually drains
0:32:35 > 0:32:36into the Humber.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39You've got the tide to account for, the wind, as well as
0:32:39 > 0:32:42the sandbanks themselves, cos they can be a danger to us.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43Have you seen the tide?
0:32:43 > 0:32:454-6-6.
0:32:45 > 0:32:474-6-6.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Powerful tidal forces constantly shift the riverbed.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54800 surveys like this are carried out every year by the team.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58It's responsible for 500 square miles of water.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Gradually, over time, this channel here has moved southwards
0:33:02 > 0:33:03to the point that it is now.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06There's so many people relying on those.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Because if you get it wrong and a ship doesn't get up there,
0:33:09 > 0:33:12a company could fold because they don't make a profit.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15The other half of the team aboard the Humber Ranger
0:33:15 > 0:33:17is coxswain Steve Blackford.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Any mistake he makes is going to be costly.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24I daren't touch the bottom now cos we've got this 250,000-pound piece
0:33:24 > 0:33:29of equipment. It's so narrow on the keel. You could do a lot of damage.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32And then there is a lot of paperwork to fill in then.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37This is just the bottom profile of the riverbed.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40While Tom monitors the sonar output,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Steve guides the Humber Ranger backwards and forwards
0:33:43 > 0:33:46as the riverbed is methodically scanned.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49To me, it's just like mowing the lawn at home.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53It can last sometimes two hours, three hours, four hours.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Humber Ranger on 15.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59That's a completed survey where we are.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02The Upper Humber is so big that we have to split it into two boats
0:34:02 > 0:34:04and, normally, over two days as well.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Back at the office, Tom feeds in the raw survey data.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13We do that by using the software that we have here.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Actually, the depth minus the tide
0:34:16 > 0:34:19is around 3m or 4m, so you can see, we've got a real nice clean bottom
0:34:19 > 0:34:22there where the mud quite clearly is a nice slope.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26With the riverbed depth now charted, the buoys and floats will have to be
0:34:26 > 0:34:30moved to show the new safe navigation channels.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33This could be a problem area. This is where we'd be looking at
0:34:33 > 0:34:35potentially moving the light float
0:34:35 > 0:34:37and therefore moving the ships' course.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40And back out on the Humber,
0:34:40 > 0:34:43that means more work for the crew of the Seahorse.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Stand by. Stay on route, please, John.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48The latest survey shows that number 33 float
0:34:48 > 0:34:50needs to be moved 50m.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54But as they come alongside and try to moor up,
0:34:54 > 0:34:57the float begins to list. It could turn over.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Throw the rope off, John.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02The skipper Justin Veal is having to study the vessel
0:35:02 > 0:35:04against an onrushing tide.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Let go of it, Jeff, just let it go.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09- It's tied up now.- Sorry.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12The buoys were over the top, there is no slackage.
0:35:12 > 0:35:17- Yeah, I think the chain's buried. - The whole chain's buried.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20We're going to have to leave this one possibly till last, maybe.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22You know, you just don't risk doing the job,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25you just move to another location.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Next up, it's the Cappers West float.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32It's all right, I've got it. Get the bottom. All right, Neil!
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Marine supervisor Andy Shorthouse hopes to move four in total today,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39but time and tide are against them.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40Check the work, please, Neil.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48For every move, the one-tonne concrete sinker which anchors
0:35:48 > 0:35:51each float has to be lifted from the riverbed
0:35:51 > 0:35:53across the deck
0:35:53 > 0:35:55and then lowered back into the water.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Using GPS to find the new position,
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Justin then gives the signal to release the chain.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06HORN BLOWS
0:36:13 > 0:36:18The float's now correctly positioned to keep shipping on course...
0:36:18 > 0:36:19until the next time.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Deck's cleared, Justin.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29You can hear how much it's straining trying to get out of the mud.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32You know, it's a 35-tonne winch, that is.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37If the chain snaps with people on the deck, you know, broken bones,
0:36:37 > 0:36:41death. So I've cleared the deck and then the worst that can happen,
0:36:41 > 0:36:44really, is it just comes flying back, knocks some paint off.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47You know, that's not... We can deal with that.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49'That's it, Justin...'
0:36:49 > 0:36:51OK, Andy. Keep an eye on it, mate.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Let off, please, now.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Even it.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58From the North Sea to the port of Goole,
0:36:58 > 0:37:0050 miles inland,
0:37:00 > 0:37:02there are 120 such floats.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07And now for the troublesome number 33 again.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- Andy, if at any point you're not happy, just get back on board.- Yeah.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11It's a bit of a twisted link,
0:37:11 > 0:37:14so we're just going to take that out and put a new swivel in.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18Then it's just reconnecting and back home.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Another day at the office.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24HORN BLOWS
0:37:24 > 0:37:25All right.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Fought us all the way, but we got there in the end.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29We don't like to give up.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Yeah, just to inform you we were successful
0:37:32 > 0:37:35and we're about two hours out of the dock.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36'OK, thanks for that.'
0:37:41 > 0:37:44In Hull, it's powerboat race weekend.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Best mates Gavin Feldt and Dave Taft
0:37:47 > 0:37:49are hours from the start line.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Last year, they were in the same boat.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53They're now racing as rivals.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55This morning, I mean, I woke up at 2.30.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58I was thinking about my fuel calculations,
0:37:58 > 0:38:01good positions, that sort of thing.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04You know, what's going to happen. It's my home city.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08Tired, excited, nervous, stressed.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10That's powerboat racing.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14Gavin, or Gav the Nav, is navigating for his new driver,
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Arran Scott. But there is concern about their boat after they broke
0:38:17 > 0:38:19the keel in the last race.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24We haven't had a chance to get out and test.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27We picked the boat up from the repairers on Thursday night
0:38:27 > 0:38:29and we had to run straight up to Hull with it.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32So, yeah, today is the unveiling.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Go out there, see how it goes.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42Extra kill cord, two whistles, knife, rules, boots...
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Dave is hoping his arrival at Hull marina
0:38:45 > 0:38:47isn't a foretaste of his luck today.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- BRAKES SQUEAK - Oops.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54BLEEP!
0:38:54 > 0:38:55- Now it is fully down, yeah?- Yeah.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Dave and his new navigator, Lee Norvall,
0:38:58 > 0:39:01prepare their boat for the weekend's competition.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04This is one of them moments where you know that you're going
0:39:04 > 0:39:07racing, so it's nice watching it go in.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16You must do one pit lap.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17Play by the rules, yeah?
0:39:17 > 0:39:19And hopefully, it'll just go perfectly.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Stay safe, ladies and gents.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- So, who is going to get it today out of you two?- Not going to call it.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30- You're not going to call it? - Not going to call it.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- Good luck, mate.- Cheers.- Go, go, go!
0:39:34 > 0:39:37All the teams know the dangers of the sport.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41A driver was killed in a P1 race off the Dorset coast in 2012.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43He was thrown from his boat.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49Can you please make sure your helmet is fitted when you're on the water?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Every boat is the same, every propeller, every engine.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56It is all down to driver/navigator skill.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57Dave's wife, Helen,
0:39:57 > 0:40:01and the couple's three children wait anxiously for the start of the race.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05I've only put my white mascara on. That is how stressed I've been!
0:40:05 > 0:40:08SHE LAUGHS
0:40:08 > 0:40:10You can't take me anywhere.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13And we are off and rolling on a yellow flag.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17At the start of this P1 Hull Grand Prix of the Sea, guys.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19On the start run, it's fear.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22You get to the first turn buoy, it's excitement.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24And then the adrenaline kicks in.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28Gavin's wife, Sarah, is nervous before the start.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31I felt actually physically sick in Gosport before he raced.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Because I didn't want him to go out.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36So the nerves for that, cos it's...it's my husband.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Green flag, go, go, go!
0:40:38 > 0:40:40And they're off, guys.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46GD Environmental and Allam Marine are neck and neck.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49Allam Marine coming round first.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52CHEERING
0:40:52 > 0:40:53Come on, Gav!
0:40:53 > 0:40:58Number 99, Arran and Gavin, round the crucial first bend in the lead.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Dave and Lee, in boat number 17, are back in sixth place.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Come on, Dave and Lee!
0:41:07 > 0:41:08Come on, baby!
0:41:11 > 0:41:15Lap nine out of ten, and Gavin's boat is still out in front.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Last lap.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19We are on the last lap.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23The guys are doing maximum speed out there, foot hard to the floor
0:41:23 > 0:41:25and probably loving every minute of this.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Keep it.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Yes. Come on, Gav!
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Come on!
0:41:31 > 0:41:34The winner - Allam Marine!
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Number 99.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40A very good speed race
0:41:40 > 0:41:44by Arran Scott and the local boy, Gavin Feldt.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Oh, wow.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51Driven out of his skin, hasn't he, today? Well done. Yeah.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Dave and Lee cross the line in eighth place.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03But there is little time to celebrate Gavin's win
0:42:03 > 0:42:06as race two starts straightaway.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08There is no rest for them this time.
0:42:08 > 0:42:09There is a green already!
0:42:09 > 0:42:13That was quickly! They are off and running.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18My money was on Allam Marine, it's staying with Allam Marine.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22But this time, number seven gets to the first turn ahead of Arran
0:42:22 > 0:42:24and Gavin in boat 99.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28SHOUTING
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Go, go, go!
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Come on!
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Arran and Gavin are pushing hard, too hard.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39- AUDIENCE:- Whoa!- What did they do?
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Somebody's hurt.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42I don't know what's going on.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46You're all right, my love.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Sarah needs to know that Gavin is safe.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51- As long as he's in the boat and he's all right...- Yeah.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54CHEERING
0:42:54 > 0:42:56- CHEERFULLY:- Well, they look all right, don't they?
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Fortunately, Arran and Gavin are quickly back chasing the leaders.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05They survive another spin and still finish third.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Dave, in only his second year as a driver, finishes fifth.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14That's my one fear, that it's just going to flip
0:43:14 > 0:43:18and he's going to be hurt. But no, he's fine. He's fine.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20But it's... I don't know.
0:43:20 > 0:43:25I can't even express to you. I'm all shaky!
0:43:25 > 0:43:29- It does stuff to you.- It does. - People don't understand.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31Who don't have a partner racing,
0:43:31 > 0:43:33you don't understand how we feel, do you?
0:43:33 > 0:43:36- It's great that the Hull boys have done good today.- Yeah, it is.
0:43:36 > 0:43:37I am well proud of them both.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39Well proud.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44Yeah, I loved it. Loved it. Absolutely loved it.
0:43:44 > 0:43:45If we hadn't have spun out,
0:43:45 > 0:43:48we would've ended up with another first.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51Gavin's dreaming of a podium finish tomorrow.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54If we happen to spray champagne, all well and good.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57But as long as we don't let the other guys get
0:43:57 > 0:43:59out of our sights, that's...that's the main thing.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01I can't wait to see Dave. Have you seen him?
0:44:03 > 0:44:06We're happy. Disappointed with race one,
0:44:06 > 0:44:09but two more races tomorrow and you never know what can happen.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11Here you go, brought you a sandwich.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14Gavin's trying not to rub his best mate's nose in it.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17Hey-up. Nice seeing you again.
0:44:17 > 0:44:18But he just can't help himself.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21- You seen when you went screaming past him, didn't you?- Um, yeah.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23THEY LAUGH
0:44:23 > 0:44:26Are you coming out tonight to celebrate?
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Am I coming out tonight?
0:44:28 > 0:44:30After what I've just been through?
0:44:30 > 0:44:32- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34But Gavin should enjoy the moment
0:44:34 > 0:44:37because he doesn't yet know there's a problem with his boat.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Ian and Chris are pilots.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51They are travelling ten miles out into the North Sea.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54The first glimpses of the Popi S.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57Today, their job is to guide a ship longer than two football pitches
0:44:57 > 0:44:59into Immingham docks.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04- Soon fly up there, Ian. - That's right.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07HE LAUGHS
0:45:07 > 0:45:10One of them first dangerous parts of our job is actually
0:45:10 > 0:45:13getting on the ship, climbing up the ladder.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17They have been known to break when pilots have been going up.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19Afternoon.
0:45:19 > 0:45:24So in other areas around the UK, the pilots have ended up in the water.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26Not today, though.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36OK, Captain, just through a few formalities.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39- You have your passage plan?- Yeah.
0:45:39 > 0:45:43We take our passage in down the deep water route,
0:45:43 > 0:45:45past the Spurn light float.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49Ian briefs the Greek captain on the ship's course into the Humber.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53With the tide, we have 3.2m on the keel clearance.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55A lot of captains have had long trips.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58As soon as you get on board, you can see the relief
0:45:58 > 0:46:00in their faces.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06Every ship over 40,000 tonnes needs two pilots to bring it
0:46:06 > 0:46:07into the Humber ports.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10The next tricky bit, really, will be Spurn light float.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Chris is setting the course for a rendezvous point
0:46:12 > 0:46:14with four tug boats.
0:46:14 > 0:46:15Steer 2-6-5, please.
0:46:15 > 0:46:20VTS, Popi S. Just at the Spurn light float now.
0:46:20 > 0:46:21Sunk Dredged Channel in 30 minutes.
0:46:21 > 0:46:25Popi S, VTS Humber. That's all received, thank you.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29The vessel is carrying what's said to be the world's largest ever
0:46:29 > 0:46:32consignment of biomass fuel pellets.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35It's bound for Drax power station via Immingham dock.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38ALARM SOUNDS
0:46:38 > 0:46:42A troubling sound for the captain - the depth alarm.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44For a ship the size of the Popi,
0:46:44 > 0:46:46to run aground would be more than just an embarrassment.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48It's OK, Captain.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Chris reassures the captain there's sufficient clearance
0:46:50 > 0:46:52beneath the keel.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55They've set their echo sounder at 4m, and it's just gone off.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59Spurn Point is a narrow spit of land that separates
0:46:59 > 0:47:01the North Sea from the River Humber.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04And around its tip, treacherous tidal currents
0:47:04 > 0:47:08and sandbags are ever-present hazards for shipping.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10It'll be all clear on the radar
0:47:10 > 0:47:12and then in the process of about 20 minutes,
0:47:12 > 0:47:15there's a million tonnes of ship floating around.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17We're all heading to make the turn.
0:47:17 > 0:47:21What often happens on this river, ships funnel in.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25You might think, "Whoa, this is quite tight."
0:47:25 > 0:47:28It is often described as like the cavalry coming over the horizon,
0:47:28 > 0:47:30cos you get your tugs coming toward you.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33They are the ones who are going to slow you down or help you turn.
0:47:33 > 0:47:34They can be real life-savers.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37The fun starts here.
0:47:37 > 0:47:38Tugs for the Popi S.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40'Good afternoon.'
0:47:40 > 0:47:43Good afternoon. You're our number four today?
0:47:43 > 0:47:44'Cheers, central lead-off?'
0:47:44 > 0:47:46That's the one. Thank you very much.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48The four tugs move into position
0:47:48 > 0:47:51and fasten themselves securely around the Popi S.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56Good afternoon again, that is Popi S out to harbour,
0:47:56 > 0:47:57making our approach.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00You've got to pass these ships that are a set distance off
0:48:00 > 0:48:04and not too fast because you can create a pressure wave
0:48:04 > 0:48:07which might snap their moorings.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10We can stop engines, please.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13- Number four, Popi S.- 'Number four.'
0:48:13 > 0:48:16Yeah, if you could just give me 10% right of stern again, please.
0:48:16 > 0:48:17'10% right of stern.'
0:48:19 > 0:48:22A bit of parallel parking, really.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24You can cause a lot of damage on this berth.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26And of course, the captain is going home,
0:48:26 > 0:48:29so he doesn't want to do paperwork.
0:48:29 > 0:48:30Which is good for us.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32HE LAUGHS
0:48:32 > 0:48:34All easy, one.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36'Easy one, pal.'
0:48:36 > 0:48:38All easy, four.
0:48:38 > 0:48:39'Easy four.'
0:48:41 > 0:48:45- You have done a professional job. - IAN LAUGHS
0:48:45 > 0:48:48- OK, Captain, thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Now the work of unloading the cargo can begin.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55It's frightening.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58- Can you smell the wood burning? - The cogs turning.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03Crane driver Guy Armstrong is still mastering the new machine.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06It's just different. Good, though. I like it.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11Just give us a shout when you're ready to come back in, Guy.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13'Aye-aye, mate.'
0:49:15 > 0:49:18I'm all right for leaving it there for a bit, am I?
0:49:18 > 0:49:20'No problem. I'll push the rest into you, mate.'
0:49:23 > 0:49:27So Guy passes out as a qualified CSU operator...
0:49:27 > 0:49:29on his 50th birthday.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31It'd be nice to put on a wall for your birthday.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33- FAKE CRIES:- Welling up just thinking about it.
0:49:33 > 0:49:34Put it next to your 50 badge.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38It's the hardest bit, tidying up at the end.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45'Looks like you're all set to go out and have a good afternoon.'
0:49:45 > 0:49:48'Thanks a lot, fellas. See you again. Have a good day.'
0:49:54 > 0:49:57It is a big day for Hughes Marine.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00The family firm is welcoming a third-generation.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05On his first official day at work,
0:50:05 > 0:50:08Cory is travelling down the Humber and into the River Trent with
0:50:08 > 0:50:11grandad Barry, who is supposed to be retired.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14Morning, VTS. We are bound for the River Trent today, sir.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16'That's all OK. Thank you.'
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Thank you then, sir.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22Three times a year, they make this five-hour trip to inspect
0:50:22 > 0:50:26and repair two jetties that were built during the construction
0:50:26 > 0:50:27of the M180 motorway.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31We'll have a nice run up today. The weather's good.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36Kelly and Cory will spend the next three days
0:50:36 > 0:50:39and two nights moored up aboard the Panurgic II.
0:50:40 > 0:50:45It's not...luxury, but it's doable.
0:50:45 > 0:50:46It's a room to say in.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48It's better than sleeping out on deck.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50I couldn't stay here forever.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52I'd miss my house too much.
0:50:52 > 0:50:56I can't cook, unless you want bacon sandwiches.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58That's the only thing I can cook.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01His future's what he wants to make it. If he's any sense,
0:51:01 > 0:51:04he'll have his barge master's licence within two years.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07Then he can run up and down like this.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10Then it'll be on a fiver a week instead of three.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12HE LAUGHS
0:51:12 > 0:51:14When I first came aboard, it was paraffin lights.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16Ships were 60ft long.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19Now they are 200ft long.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Only, the same amount of people aboard.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23It's like his baby, innit?
0:51:23 > 0:51:26So the day he retires is the day he goes, I reckon.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28He'd be bored. And Nana would kill him cos he'd get in the way.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32He'll be working here no matter what. So will my dad, to be honest.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35That's Butterwick jetty. That's our stop.
0:51:39 > 0:51:40We are in too fast, we are in too fast.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Pull it up, eh!
0:51:46 > 0:51:48Move that out or we'll get the edge raw.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54They've arrived. But Barry is not happy.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57The work he thought he was coming to do has already been done.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00I want to find out who's put all the new ladders on.
0:52:00 > 0:52:01All new facing.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03We're coming in for a two or three-day job,
0:52:03 > 0:52:07they're coming here for a, what, four or five-week job.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09Somebody's been and mended all the jetty. We usually do it.
0:52:09 > 0:52:13We're all right to do this job. We're all right to do all the jobs.
0:52:13 > 0:52:14Plus, that's annoying.
0:52:16 > 0:52:20There is still some routine maintenance work to do, though.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23Still got to do the lights and whatnot...
0:52:23 > 0:52:27It's upsetting that we wasn't called in to do the initial work.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32And the day is about to get worse.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34This battery is dead.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38So that's negative. The crane won't start now.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41Barry's son, Dean, who now owns Hughes Marine, is on the river bank,
0:52:41 > 0:52:44waiting to take his dad home.
0:52:44 > 0:52:45Batteries are flat.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47We'll just see.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49MOTOR STALLS
0:52:49 > 0:52:50No. Just a minute.
0:52:50 > 0:52:54Yeah, 60-odd and he's trying to jump-start a crane that's gone down.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Not what I'd expect to be doing at that age,
0:52:57 > 0:52:59I'd be retired in Barcelona somewhere.
0:52:59 > 0:53:02But without the crane to lift him off, Barry is stranded.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05The jetty isn't attached to the bank.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07A good day has turned sour.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09Finally, they are in luck.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11Well, we got it started now.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15I'd love to own it in the end.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17It's been passed down to my dad, so hopefully,
0:53:17 > 0:53:19it'll be passed down to me.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21And then I'll pass it down.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24Obviously, there are a few things I need to learn.
0:53:24 > 0:53:28His dad and grandad prepared to leave Cory aboard for the night.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32As the basket swings back around,
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Cory is directly in the crane cab's path.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37BANGING
0:53:37 > 0:53:42Kelly sees the danger just in time. And the crane is broken again.
0:53:42 > 0:53:44He was going to walk foreside of the cabin,
0:53:44 > 0:53:46where Kelly, the crane driver, saw him,
0:53:46 > 0:53:51slams the break on and it's jammed one of the clutches in.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55But it kept coming round and it took him up on the side.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57Plus, it's only his first day, he'll learn.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08Day two of the P1 Power Stop Grand Prix in Hull,
0:54:08 > 0:54:11and it's not starting well for Gavin and Arran.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13A bit stressful. More than normal.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16But, yeah, it was just a bit of damage on the bottom of it.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19They've broken the keel on their last two race days.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Will Arran's handiwork survive another?
0:54:22 > 0:54:25Not the best start, would be one way of putting it.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27And with little more than an hour before the first race,
0:54:27 > 0:54:30team mechanic Phil has an engine problem to deal with.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32There's a non-start issue
0:54:32 > 0:54:35traced back eventually to the ignition switch.
0:54:35 > 0:54:38So it's somewhere between the ignition switch and the engine.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40Might have to row it, but we'll be there.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45No such last-minute drama for team Dave and Lee.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48They are analysing the onboard camera footage
0:54:48 > 0:54:49from yesterday's racing.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52So that's brilliant. Oh, look, that's us there.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55That...that doesn't get below 45mph around that corner.
0:55:02 > 0:55:07Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to the lovely Humber.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10Allam Marine, it'll be touch-and-go if they're out racing.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14They've been panicking in the pits all morning, getting it ready.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17I'm just going to get my feed checked with Kirsty on the block.
0:55:17 > 0:55:21Allam Marine is there, so there you go. Mended boat this morning.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24It is a crucial race for Gavin and Arran.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27Win and they could go top of the championship.
0:55:27 > 0:55:28Green, we're off!
0:55:28 > 0:55:30And we are go, go, go, go.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Race three.
0:55:32 > 0:55:37- Look at that! That is millimetres away from each other.- Oh!
0:55:37 > 0:55:40Look at this, this is fantastic. Flying past us...
0:55:40 > 0:55:42Around the corner!
0:55:42 > 0:55:43Come on, Gavin!
0:55:43 > 0:55:45Arran's racing on the edge,
0:55:45 > 0:55:48pushing his boat to the very limit, but at the same bend
0:55:48 > 0:55:52he spun twice on yesterday, he loses it in spectacular style.
0:55:52 > 0:55:53Whoa!
0:55:55 > 0:55:58It's the moment powerboat racers dread.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00Arran and Gavin have been thrown out.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03Oh, we've got a boat out. Somebody is out.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09We've got somebody out there. That was a MAJOR hook.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12And a red flag. Race is stopped.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17- Who was it?- I don't know. My legs are like jelly.
0:56:17 > 0:56:21But Helen and Sarah are struggling to see you which boat's crashed.
0:56:21 > 0:56:26- It's Gavin, I think. - We've got some drivers in the water.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29It'll be all right, it'll be all right.
0:56:29 > 0:56:32There's highly trained people out there who will be assisting those.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34There are paramedics, doctors,
0:56:34 > 0:56:38nurses and very highly qualified people out there on those rigs.
0:56:38 > 0:56:42- SHE SOBS - You're all right. Come on.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45Sarah needs to know Gavin is safe.
0:56:45 > 0:56:47- Have you got a tissue?- I haven't.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49- Have you got tissue? - I'm never that organised.
0:56:49 > 0:56:54Let's hope those guys are OK and they just went for a dip.
0:56:54 > 0:56:58I am hearing over the radio, it's good news, they say no injury.
0:56:58 > 0:57:02No injury! Thank you! Round of applause, please.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05Allam Marine, they are all OK.
0:57:05 > 0:57:08- He's all right.- He's all right. - He's all right.
0:57:08 > 0:57:11Gavin's finally fished out of the Humber unhurt
0:57:11 > 0:57:14and Sarah's relief is plain to see.
0:57:14 > 0:57:18- They are all right, babes. - All right.- Yeah.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21For Gavin and Arran, the weekend's racing is over,
0:57:21 > 0:57:24as are any realistic hopes they have of the championship.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31- You all right?- Hm.- We're all right.
0:57:39 > 0:57:43Back out on the water, the racing restarts.
0:57:43 > 0:57:45With one less boat.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48CHEERING
0:57:55 > 0:57:58Gavin is there to cheer his best mate over the line.
0:57:58 > 0:58:00Come on!
0:58:00 > 0:58:02CHEERING
0:58:02 > 0:58:04Go on!
0:58:04 > 0:58:08Dave, in boat 17, wins local bragging rights,
0:58:08 > 0:58:12finishing sixth overall to Gavin's tenth place.
0:58:12 > 0:58:13That is amazing!
0:58:13 > 0:58:16'David Taft, what a race. Brilliant. Fantastic.'
0:58:16 > 0:58:18At the P1 Hull Grand Prix of the Sea.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22I would've loved to have been on the podium here,
0:58:22 > 0:58:24but we'll just have to try a bit harder.
0:58:24 > 0:58:26Whoa!
0:58:26 > 0:58:29So, is Gavin jealous?
0:58:29 > 0:58:33Yeah, just a bit, yeah. Never mind.
0:58:33 > 0:58:35Gav's safe, the main thing.
0:58:35 > 0:58:38You know, everything else here is irrelevant.