0:00:02 > 0:00:04'So far, on our quest to find a boat
0:00:04 > 0:00:07'to take to the 125th birthday party of the Statue of Liberty...
0:00:07 > 0:00:10'..we've nearly bagged the Mayflower II...'
0:00:10 > 0:00:13We want to take your ship to New York. What do you reckon?
0:00:13 > 0:00:17I think you need a wad of money a little bigger than that!
0:00:17 > 0:00:19'..nearly stuck Rory's head on a pike...'
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Stand and stab!
0:00:22 > 0:00:23- ALL:- Raarr!
0:00:23 > 0:00:25'..and nearly left Dara behind...'
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Dara is not actually on board this boat.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32- They've genuinely gone on ahead? - They already left!
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Now we've just five days to find a boat we can all agree on...
0:00:36 > 0:00:39- You, stop crawling up to him. - It's a boat I've seen.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41- 'And it's available...' - I think we just missed you.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46'..and get to New York in time for the party.'
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Right, is the fun part over then? Is it now just blag a boat time?
0:00:49 > 0:00:51- Any boat.- Time is running out.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53It's got to do eight knots and have a hooter.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12'We've left Plymouth on board the sports fishing boat, the Andy Lynn,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14'with skipper Mario, to cross Cape Cod Bay.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20'We're on the trail of a boat with an extraordinary history,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24'one that may be a strong contender to take to New York.'
0:01:25 > 0:01:28We can just see Cape Cod now, coming out ahead of us,
0:01:28 > 0:01:33like a sort of mirage coming up out of the horizon.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36A great big spit of land, and right at the end of it is Provincetown,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38which is where we're going now.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Although on the way
0:01:39 > 0:01:42we hope to see some, some fish, cos we want to go fishing.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44And we hope to see some whales,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49not that we're fishing for whales, we want to see them leap about.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58I know, I know, I know...
0:01:58 > 0:02:02this looks ridiculously relaxed and fun and...
0:02:02 > 0:02:04but we're doing it for a reason.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Got to get from over there to over there.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07You may be wondering, by the way,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10why I'm suddenly in my wet gear.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I've been sitting on a couple of chairs here,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16and it's like Elvis playing a convent school.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18There isn't a dry seat in the house.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Mario, the intention is to fish
0:02:24 > 0:02:28just off the edge of the, of the bay here.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Right, right now you got about 300ft of water.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33It's going to come to about 30ft, just like that.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37We just passed some guys. What are they fishing for, then?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- Tuna fish.- OK, and what are we going to fish for up here?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43- Mostly Blues.- Blues? Blue fish. Right.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48'After casting the lines, and waiting for an age,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50'we still haven't caught anything.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53'The first mate, Chris, gets us to reel them in to check.'
0:02:53 > 0:02:57God, the actual pulling it in is exhausting.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59It pops out of the water. Here we go.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Thanks, Rory. Thank you.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Right, nothing coming in. Oh, look at that!
0:03:07 > 0:03:10We caught... What the hell is that?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12That's a...
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Is it mussels?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Not entirely sure.- That is weird.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- We should call it some weird species of mollusc or something.- OK.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Shall we consign it to the sea? - Yeah, throw it back into the sea.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27I don't want to be a party pooper, but these look like bits of black,
0:03:27 > 0:03:29black cable to me.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33But do you know what? We're concentrating too hard,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36because the only way you catch a fish is to be completely distracted
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- and doing something else. - Stick the line in...
0:03:38 > 0:03:41And go and do something else, you know...
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Everybody quits, they go down, they get lunch...
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Then suddenly... - Then you get somethin'.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Concentrating too hard. 'The distraction we're looking for soon pops up.'
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Whale!- Oh wow, Jesus.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57No, it was up,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00it surfaced, and took a big blow,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02and now it's gone down.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Fish on! Fish on!
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- What?- It's a fish
0:04:07 > 0:04:09They've got a fish.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12That's my line. Get down!
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I knew we'd be distracted. You see
0:04:14 > 0:04:16we got distracted by the pilot whale,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19and now we've got a fish. This is inevitable.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Give us instruction here.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23What should I be doing, Chris?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Just pulling it in.- Just wheeling it in. Let's get him in.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Dara is in my seat!
0:04:29 > 0:04:31'The crucial moment is in the last few feet
0:04:31 > 0:04:34'where the fish can escape in the wake of the boat.'
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I think this one is...
0:04:36 > 0:04:37Woah!
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Whey!
0:04:38 > 0:04:41'We don't reel in hard enough,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- 'and fish gets off the hook.' - Did it get off?
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Hey, got a glimpse of you and ran the other way.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- You're kidding me.- Aargh!
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Mine got off as well!
0:04:51 > 0:04:56- Well done, boys. Well done, great work.- Mine got off as well.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57This is how fish work -
0:04:57 > 0:05:01they send a whale so we all run to the front of the boat to see it,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03which is genuinely quite brilliant,
0:05:03 > 0:05:06and then while we're at the front of the boat, then they get snagged,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09and we all have to climb down and climb up,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11and then we made a mess of it.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12So we caught nothing
0:05:12 > 0:05:14except each other's lines every so often,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16but we did see a whale.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18'With the fishing successfully flunked
0:05:18 > 0:05:20'by the class of 2011,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23'we head for Provincetown, also known as P-Town.'
0:05:23 > 0:05:26'Its exposed position to Atlantic storms,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29'has shaped Provincetown's history.'
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Oh, it's pretty isn't it?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35And the tower is quite interesting. A bit Rapunzel, isn't it?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38We've seen the tower from a long distance.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39We saw it from the other side.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42It's a water tower I guess,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45maybe it's a watch tower for looking out at sea.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Not a water tower, too skinny, tall, straight.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Only get a couple of cupfuls.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51'The tower is actually a monument
0:05:51 > 0:05:54'to where the pilgrims first landed during a storm,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57'before they relocated to Plymouth.'
0:05:57 > 0:05:59'In the 1800's,
0:05:59 > 0:06:03'the great east coast fishing grounds brought Portuguese fishermen here.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07'The industry was nearly destroyed by storms at the end of the century,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09'so sea captains offered cheap accommodation
0:06:09 > 0:06:13'to visiting artists, playwrights, and actors.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16'P-Town became 'gay town'.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18'It's remained so for 100 years.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21'It now has the highest proportion of same sex couples
0:06:21 > 0:06:24'in the entire United States.'
0:06:35 > 0:06:37'And it's the storms along this coast
0:06:37 > 0:06:40'that have given this boat such an extraordinary history.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43'Originally based in Chatham, 50 miles along the Cape,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46'Lifeboat 36500,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49'has been fully restored by local enthusiasts.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50'It's the last of its kind.'
0:06:59 > 0:07:02On February 18th, 1952,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05the Chatham crew took this boat out
0:07:05 > 0:07:07to find out what, a radar sighting they had,
0:07:07 > 0:07:12of a stern section of a T2 tanker that had been in half, in the storm.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Well they went out in about 35ft breaking sea.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18And it was dark.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21The Pendleton had power and the lights went on.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24They saw this little boat down below,
0:07:24 > 0:07:26threw down a ladder, and started climbing down.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Pretty soon, "Wait! Don't all come down at once."
0:07:29 > 0:07:31And they all came in. All jumped in.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36- Into this boat?- Into this boat. They put 27 up in here...- Wow!
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Four back there, and they lost one there.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43On the way back, they thought they were going to run it on the beach,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46but as they all said, they felt that there was an extra hand at the helm,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49and they were able to get in to Chatham,
0:07:49 > 0:07:50and brought them all ashore.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55This has now become a registered historic place.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58That is correct. It is history. When we take that helm
0:07:58 > 0:08:01and stand there, we feel we're on hallowed ground.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Dick, thank you for inviting us onto your boat.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Could you make a trip to New York? - New York City?- Yeah.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Um, yes.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- How long will it take you to get to get down there?- Ha-ha!
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Well, she makes eight knots, which is about what,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18nine miles an hour, something like that?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21We've been to New London, and that took two days,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23so I'm guessing four days.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25We've a bit of an event to get to,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27and I think this could be exactly the kind of boat
0:08:27 > 0:08:29that would grace such an event.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31So who's going to bring it back?
0:08:31 > 0:08:32No, that is never my problem.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35That is never my issue about how things get back.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38'They can't take us to New York.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43'But they're going to give us a lift along the coast to the Woods Hole
0:08:43 > 0:08:46'where we can catch the ferry to Martha's Vineyard,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48'a place famed for wooden boats.'
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Am I being naive to assume that now
0:08:51 > 0:08:55or at some stage in the island's history, there was grape growing?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58That's when the Gosnold arrived.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Captain Gosnold came along, and he landed on the island,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04and the whole island was covered in grapevines,
0:09:04 > 0:09:09- and he named it after his daughter, infant daughter, Martha...- Yeah.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13- ..and there were grapevines all over Martha's Vineyard.- Oh. - That's a nice story.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Is there an obituary column in there, Griff?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- No, there's "Things to do". - Check whether we're in it.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Have you noticed by the way that as we film this,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24because we've been in the country for six days.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29And as we film this, we have got weird looks from all the Americans as we've been doing this,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32cos we don't look like anyone who's ever appeared on American television.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34That's right, yeah.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Yeah, all the news anchors, all the daytime hosts...
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- All the pretty, handsome people. - All the stunning, well-quaffed... - Well-dressed, yeah.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44We look like those guys who appear on the daytime TV shows
0:09:44 > 0:09:47to say that their mother has beaten them up
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- and thrown them out...- Yeah.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52'Dara and I intend to inspect the lifestyles of the rich
0:09:52 > 0:09:56'and famous who generally live on this island.'
0:09:56 > 0:10:00'In genteel Edgartown, there's a house up for sale,
0:10:00 > 0:10:05'so we pose as a couple interested in buying, and luckily realtor, Langdon Clarke, plays along.'
0:10:05 > 0:10:10- Er...- Right. - So, in other words, you are good cop Mummy, and I'm bad cop Daddy, right?
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- You're bad cop Daddy who thinks it's a bit expensive. - Man, that's easy, I can do that.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16I'm the wife who thinks it's adorable in every respect.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- I like you.- If you don't get it, are you going to withhold sex?- Probably.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25I love this place and I want to be in Edgartown,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I've wanted to be here ever since Marjorie moved here...
0:10:27 > 0:10:32The assumption was that this was where the help stayed when the house was first built in '92.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- We can't afford that. - We need a help.- We need a helper!
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- We need a help. Downstairs... - This is big for the help. Is the help getting this?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41- No, this...- We took care of the help in the old days.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43They were worth their weight in gold.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46As we come up from the guest apartment down here,
0:10:46 > 0:10:48you will come into the front foyer,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50which either goes to the kitchen...
0:10:50 > 0:10:53- Yeah.- ..or your front foyer here,
0:10:53 > 0:10:58- out to your dining room with, again, the view of the water...- Yes.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01..as well as your pool, Chappaquiddick on the other side.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04- Does this house have a "widow's walk"?- It does. - I'll be able to go up there
0:11:04 > 0:11:06and look out from the top of the house
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- to see you coming home from fishing.- Me?- That is correct.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- OK, what is this, then? - This is the master suite,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15it was known by the family of the house as "Grandma's suite".
0:11:15 > 0:11:17This is where the magic happens.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18- OK.- Out here.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Here's the "widow's walk", the classic Captain's house.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- Griff'll get through, he scurries through the little holes.- Yeah.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- Oh...- Yeah. - Your wife is very skinny.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Yeah, thank you very much. I'm very proud.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- Quite the trophy bride. - They all had them.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33If you look around town, you'll...
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- Do you want a hand, dear? - Yeah.- OK.- There's one over there.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- Next door. Be careful of the railings...- I will do.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40..because the older houses are...
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Look down North Water Street, the other parts of the island...
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Can we get to the critical issue?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48It's a seven bedroom house. What's the floor space?
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Legally it's listed as 3,000,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52but that doesn't include the two bedroom apartment.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Include that and you're closer to 5,000 square feet.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- OK, and, um...- Seven bedrooms,
0:11:57 > 0:11:58six baths, two half baths.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01It's going on sale on an auction, on an online auction.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06Concierge auction with a minimum bid of 3,250,000.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10If you did not want to go to the auction, and buy it directly, 7.5 million.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Seven and a half million.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14You're expecting it to come up a way from the minimum bid?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- Yes, we do.- I'm...I'm...I'm stunned,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18I knew it would be expensive, but, um, my God,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21it's an old, decorated house, it's an ugly house in some ways,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- and now you'd have to do a lot of work on it.- You will.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Next door sold three and a half years ago,
0:12:26 > 0:12:30for 8.5 half million. They tore it down, didn't replace it.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33They just re-did the guesthouse down in the water.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Darling! Darling, we can afford it.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37We can't. There are other things we can afford.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- I can't moor a boat here... - We've got to come here.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- There's nowhere else to go. I'm not going to Nantucket.- Good.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54'After lunch, an appointment at Gannon and Benjamin's boat yard.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58'Years ago, Ross Gannon used to own my sailing boat, Undina.'
0:12:58 > 0:13:00It's weird, it's like two men
0:13:00 > 0:13:06who shared a wife, er, discussing, "Oh, I had her in her early years."
0:13:06 > 0:13:09"Well, I had her when she was older and wiser..."
0:13:09 > 0:13:13"I treated her better than you did." Ha-ha!
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I'm sure you treated her better than I did. Ha-ha!
0:13:15 > 0:13:17'We need to compare notes,
0:13:17 > 0:13:21'while the other two get a tour of the harbour with Nad.'
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Alabama would be a candidate, but she's all down rigs,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28see the sails are off her, she's put away for the winter, so...
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Juno would be possibility, but she's got her mast down, so, er...
0:13:32 > 0:13:36In all seriousness, Nad, have we come at a really bad time to do this?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- Well...for this harbour, yeah.- Yeah.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Yeah.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42So, the boat we're going to take to New York
0:13:42 > 0:13:43will probably not come from here?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46It doesn't look too promising right now.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51'Things were not looking good, and we needed a plan.'
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Are we lowering our standards or are we not looking for the dream boat?
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- Just get on with it?- The ideal boat would be lovely, but we've just got to get a boat.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- The dream boat...- We've seen the dream boat once.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- The dream boat was the Mayflower. - We've not got it.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11- So now that we've happily dumped our aspirations...- Mmm.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Can we get anything? Is this fun part over, then?
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- Is it now just blag a boat time?- Just a boat, any boat.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Time is running out.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20It's got to do eight knots, and it's got to have a hooter.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25'Having agreed to set the bar as low as we can,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29'we take the evening ferry west to Newport.'
0:14:37 > 0:14:40'Next morning in Newport looks like a great place to find a boat -
0:14:40 > 0:14:42'home of the America's Cup.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46'On this coast, it's the harbour where the really big sailing boats go,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49'particularly when they don't want to stand out.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51'Nonetheless, with time running out,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53'I think we should start getting canny.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56'I'm going to start phoning ahead to New York.'
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Hi, I'm ringing about the, er, the schooner Pioneer.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02We need a boat this Friday.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06What about Indy 7, is that too small?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09'Dara may be randomly trying for a lifeline by phone,
0:15:09 > 0:15:13'but I've called a friend. It so happens in Newport there's a Spirit Yacht,
0:15:13 > 0:15:18'called Bamboozle, expertly hand-made in Ipswich, England.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21'She was brought to the States by enthusiast, Tina.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26'She looks a classic, but is made with a sort of science fiction, technical expertise.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28'The question is - can we have her?'
0:15:31 > 0:15:34So Tina, we really desperately need a boat,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37and this...this is the perfect boat
0:15:37 > 0:15:43to take to the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Statue of Liberty.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47What do you think about...? I don't...
0:15:47 > 0:15:50You know, I'm talking about taking the Spirit down there, it's like...
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I think it would be a fabulous idea.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57I think if it could be done, it would be the best experience ever
0:15:57 > 0:16:01to sail her right in the Hudson River, right up to the Statue of Liberty.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06I can't think of a better vessel or yacht in the United States to do that,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09except for this particular Bamboozle Spirit yacht.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11To be representing British craftsmanship.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12Exactly.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15British craftsmanship, the American flag,
0:16:15 > 0:16:18all wooden boat, spirit of tradition.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- What better way to sail into the Hudson?- Indeed.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27'So, with just three days left,
0:16:27 > 0:16:32'I've finally found a boat I'd be more than happy to take to New York.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34'She'd look spectacular, cruising around the statue.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39'I'll invite the others to lunch on board,
0:16:39 > 0:16:44'and let them have a butcher's, and congratulate me.'
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Are you a breast or a leg man?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- I love turkey legs.- Same here.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53Isn't it funny though that we should eat, what's essentially a totally American food...
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Yeah.- For Christmas.- For our Christmas dinner.- ..for Christmas dinner.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00We think it's a traditional Christmas dinner, but it's traditional American food.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- The original Thanksgiving dinner didn't feature turkey.- Didn't it? - No.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- No? That's all they had, the wild turkey.- No, no, no.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11At the original Thanksgiving dinner, the Wampanoags arrived cos they heard gunshots
0:17:11 > 0:17:13and thought there was to be a battle
0:17:13 > 0:17:17and it turns out that the pilgrims were celebrating a harvest, as you would...
0:17:17 > 0:17:18MIMICS GUNFIRE
0:17:18 > 0:17:23- I see.- Right, and, er, and the Wampanoags being a very hospitable people as we know...- Mmm.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28..suddenly realised, "Oh, this is embarrassing, one arm as long as the other," so the head of them,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Squanto, sent out five men to do three days' hunting,
0:17:31 > 0:17:35and they came back with five deer and they ate venison.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- So, where's the deer? - So this is all...
0:17:37 > 0:17:41So this is all just made up by the turkey marketing board, isn't it?
0:17:41 > 0:17:45The Victorian Americans put turkey into it. Then we borrowed it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Well, that's ruined this entire set-up of us eating a turkey.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Why are we? It's clearly neither Christmas nor Thanksgiving.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Well, because I was trying to get the idea of this being
0:17:56 > 0:17:58a sort of, you know, New England type food,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00but obviously it's not New England,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02we should be eating a venison pattie.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Let us give thanks.- Why?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I've got a boat. I've got a boat.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- You've got a boat?- I've got a boat. I didn't ask people at the last minute.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15I rang ahead to New York, where it's not the last minute when we arrive.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19It's last minute here for people to get around the coast and get here.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- I've got a boat. - What boat have you got?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24I've got a historical boat. It's going to be fabulous.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Wait till you see it. It took a lot of phone calls, by the way,
0:18:27 > 0:18:32while you're off enjoying yourself. It's got a very historical side, very boating museum,
0:18:32 > 0:18:33but there is a boat.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36And it is a 1926 boat, and it is a working boat, and it is lovely.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40- What sort of working boat?- I don't want to tell you, I genuinely...
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- You'll love it. It'll be great. - Hang on a minute.- No, no...
0:18:43 > 0:18:44- I got a boat!- This is no good.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- Why? - WHISPERS: I've got this boat.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- This boat? But...- Yeah. - I've got a boat.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- When did you ring? Ring them and say you can't... - No, look, I've already...
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- It's gone through channels. - I can't say to Tina... - They've started checks,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00they're allowing cameras on. It's a big deal.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03That's half the reason they will give me the boat...
0:19:03 > 0:19:05I can't say to Tina, "We don't want this boat.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07She's going to a lot of trouble to get it.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Hang on a minute. If you have a boat each, I have nothing.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Do we choose Griff's boat?- I don't think we should have a boat each...
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- Or do we go...- Better to go on one boat. It should be this boat.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20OK, either you stop crawling up to him
0:19:20 > 0:19:21and trying to into his boat.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24It's the boat I've seen, I haven't seen your boat.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- Right. Fine.- I'll get a boat myself. - Ye of little faith.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- I'll get a boat myself. - All I'm saying...
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I'll put it in as conciliatory spirit as we can,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35if there's any problem with this boat, Tina's boat,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- on the journey, don't come crawling to me.- Oh, that's nice(!)
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Right. So Griff and Dara have a boat.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Dara was actually being very cagey about his boat,
0:19:47 > 0:19:49and I think this might just be something he imagined.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52He wouldn't tell us what it is, what sort of boat it was.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55He said it was a working boat. I think he hasn't a clue actually.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Griff has that lovely Bamboozle, which is a beautiful yacht.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02I think he's just... Dara doesn't want to go on it
0:20:02 > 0:20:05because it's built in England, it's built in Ipswich, apparently.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Dara hasn't said this, but I think it's national pride coming in.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I don't think he wants to go on an English boat.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14The pressure's on to find something better than them, so here we go.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24All the big boats we could take are out of water
0:20:24 > 0:20:26because the season's over.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28They're out. The little boats are all locked up.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31It's useless there's nothing here, we're too late, left it too late.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46Look at this one. Look at that. That's a nice boat.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48That's a lightship, I think.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51It's got two, two beacons on it.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Pretty, red and white. Let's go have a look at this.
0:21:03 > 0:21:04- Hello!- Hello!
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Hello.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Ahoy!- Can I come up?
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Why not?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Come on, we're kind of in a hurry, but come on up.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Hi, I'm Rory.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Rory! Bill.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- Bill, good to see ya. - What brings you down here Rory?
0:21:17 > 0:21:18Hello, what's your name?
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- Alyssa.- Alyssa, how lovely.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21This is Chris.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Good to see you, Chris.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Hey listen, I'm just walking down the wharf here,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28I saw this boat and I thought, "What a spectacular boat!"
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- It's a lightship is it? - It is a lightship.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- The Nantucket lightship. - How many people know that?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35- I read it. - You got my interest already!
0:21:35 > 0:21:37I read it off the side, to be honest with you.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- Oh, you did? OK. - Bill, we have a problem.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41We have to take part in a flotilla
0:21:41 > 0:21:45to celebrate the 125th memorial for the Statue of Liberty.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47You know we're the sister beacon of hope to the statue?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49We were the first one...
0:21:49 > 0:21:51You're the sister beacon of hope to the Statue?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53You see those beacons up there?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55We have to get this boat.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58On a practical, so you're... you've agreed to take me, yes?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00No, I don't think we've shook on it yet.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- Sorry, OK. - That's all right though.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Now what about, how long will it take?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- When's it happening? - It's happening Friday.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- This Friday? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10- Week from Friday? - This Friday, four days' time.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12This Friday, four days' time.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Four very long days from now.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15How long will it take, seriously?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Depends on the weather and tides.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Supposed to be storming out there the rest of the day.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22You can't trust forecasts, Bill.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26If we left right now, we could probably be down there by Friday.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- OK, bye! We're off, come on. - You're going?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31I'll tell you what.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Recognise that?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I do recognise that, everything is possible.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37You want us down there by Friday?
0:22:37 > 0:22:38We are can-do people here.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40I'm very impressed, you want to help.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43We're going to have to leave in an hour though to do that.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47But, Bill, the sister beacon of hope to the Statue of Liberty!
0:22:47 > 0:22:48That's really hard to resist.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50We'll be the star of the flotilla.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Everyone will say, "Move those other boats out of the way,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55"here comes the Nantucket lightship."
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Has anyone ever told you, you're a persuasive guy?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I wish women said that to me sometimes.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02I just think this will stand out.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04You know I think you're right.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07You're right, I have to agree, it would be perfect for the ship.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Chris, can you get Captain Jim on the phone,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12see if you can get him here in about 45 minutes.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13We can get him.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Tell him we'll have to fire everything up,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17we'll have to be ready, get the lines done.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19We've got a lot to do, but, uh...
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- Look at this. - ..we'll be down there!
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I don't believe you talked me into this.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26This is amazing. Well, show me my cabin.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Come on, come on.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Is there a Jacuzzi?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Well, the sun is set and the Nantucket lightship
0:23:43 > 0:23:46is getting ready to set sail for New York.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48I'm not on board, you probably noticed that.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50It's going to get heavy out there.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52The weather's getting very unpleasant,
0:23:52 > 0:23:54and they don't want me getting in the way
0:23:54 > 0:23:57or rolling around the deck in my own vomit.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Actually, there's a chance they might not make it at all,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02so, I'll not have a boat for the flotilla,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05which means I'll have to share with Griff on his tiny sailing boat
0:24:05 > 0:24:07which I don't fancy very much.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Or I could climb aboard Dara's imaginary boat.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Have a great trip. See you in New York.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27SHIP'S HORN BLARES
0:24:44 > 0:24:47'Next morning, Griff and I take a local tow boat down to
0:24:47 > 0:24:48'the Mystic river,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50'where we're looking for the motor yacht
0:24:50 > 0:24:53'that's offered to take us to New York.'
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Did Doug tell you about what this boat does?
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- This is a great boat. - Did he tell you how it was made?
0:24:59 > 0:25:03He tows people who run out of fuel or engines break down.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06And they join it like the RAC, they pay a subscription.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Oh, I see.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11And he goes, he sets himself up on Block Island for the summer,
0:25:11 > 0:25:13and goes out and pulls people in.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Is it too late in our story, Griff, to say why don't we take Doug's boat
0:25:17 > 0:25:18to the flotilla?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20We don't need Doug's boat, we've got boats.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23We're going to go to New York and they'll be there.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25And Dara's boat, whatever that is.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31'On a nearby jetty, we spot a shiny bit of maritime hardware.'
0:25:31 > 0:25:33How fantastic.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35- Look at this.- This is Some Like It Hot, this boat.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40- It is a bit. - It's absolutely fantastic.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Look, Aphrodite.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Now Aphrodite is...
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Hang on.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50..is the boat that is taking us to New York, so this must be our lift.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- Hello!- Hello!- Ooh! - Kirk?- Yes.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- Hi.- Come aboard. - Hello, I'm Griff and Rory.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- I'm Rory. - Rory, hi, nice to meet you.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00What a wonderful... This is...
0:26:00 > 0:26:04This is, it's like, it's like a model boat in a museum, this boat.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06We thought you must be an exhibit, it's just so...
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Well, she is perfect, she's nearly a museum piece,
0:26:10 > 0:26:11and maybe someday will be.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15All right we guessed, we guessed. When was she built?
0:26:15 > 0:26:161937.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19And was a sort of gentleman's runabout?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22This boat was built to take somebody to work.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24You're kidding?
0:26:24 > 0:26:25As a commuter.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29All her sole purpose was to deliver a man, Jock Whitney,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31the original owner, to Manhattan.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34What did he do as a worker, he wasn't a postman obviously.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36- He invested money. - The Whitneys, yes.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- Yes, the Whitneys. The Whitneys, yes.- How extraordinary.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Watch your step there.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- I will. - This is the main saloon, is it?
0:26:44 > 0:26:45It is the saloon.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Oh, this is lovely.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49So Mr Whitney came aboard of a morning,
0:26:49 > 0:26:52sat himself in here with some of his paperwork, did he?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Would he have someone making breakfast?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Mr Whitney, what would you like?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59There were four full-time crew. The galley was enclosed.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02He would come from that companion way, not this one,
0:27:02 > 0:27:03this was for crew only.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Right.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Can I get you anything while I'm here?
0:27:06 > 0:27:07Yeah, eggs, bacon.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12The cook would make his breakfast.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Mr Whitney would go forward and shower and change,
0:27:15 > 0:27:19cos he would arrive in pyjamas.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- His driver would bring him to the end of the dock.- Of course.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27And at the end of the dock, there was a turnstile,
0:27:27 > 0:27:29the chauffeur would just get out, and turn the car around
0:27:29 > 0:27:31so he could drive back.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34This sounds like Rory's ideal form of life, except...
0:27:34 > 0:27:36I don't know how to work.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39You didn't...
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Damn, it all breaks down.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Yeah, I like the idea, so he then has to walk...
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Five steps from the car to...
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Mr Whitney has to walk five steps in his pyjamas, that's outrageous.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54It's not Mr Whitney who owns it now?
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- No.- Is it used for commuting still?
0:27:57 > 0:27:59No.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02OK, so we're going in this to New York?
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Are you going to take part in the old, um, uh, the...
0:28:05 > 0:28:06The flotilla?
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- We're going to do that.- Are you?
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Yes.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Once you kick us off?
0:28:12 > 0:28:15- I... Yes.- But why can't we come with you on the flotilla?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17It would be wonderful to have you on board,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21but the owners are having an event aboard the boat in the flotilla.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22They are.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26The owners, Griff, the present owners have Googled us or got us,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29seen us on YouTube, and decided, "No they're not coming on our boat
0:28:29 > 0:28:30"in the flotilla."
0:28:30 > 0:28:34I expect we'll have a boat full for the flotilla.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36We'll wave at you.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I look forward to you doing that.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41We will not only wave, we will toot you.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42We'll go...
0:28:42 > 0:28:44MIMICS SHIP HORN
0:28:44 > 0:28:45I'll toot back.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46OK, fantastic.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- Bet you've got a lovely horn on this boat.- Quite a horn.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51- Is it a big horn? - It's a big horn.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53- Good.- Very big.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55But then size isn't everything, Kirk, you know.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Uh, sometimes it is.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00In horns, it is important.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04'Meanwhile, I was at the Coastguard Academy.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09'And like all good American schools, it's not just about the academics...
0:29:09 > 0:29:10'there's also sports.'
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Do I look OK?
0:29:17 > 0:29:20No, I just look like me, but dressed as an American footballer.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23'Giving me the chance to live an American Dream.'
0:29:23 > 0:29:25WHISTLE BLOWS
0:29:27 > 0:29:30And now I'm wearing this, how will they know it's me?
0:29:30 > 0:29:33They'll just attack like they normally do,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36I'm going to get pulverised, I'm going to get crushed. Jesus.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42'But rather than get battered in a line-out,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45'I was given the honour of kicking.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48'I have to get the ball through the posts,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50'it isn't as easy as they make it look.'
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Right, here we go.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- I'm in?- Yup.- You're in.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55OK, I've got to check one thing.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57They're going to block the ball, not me?
0:29:57 > 0:29:59- They'll let you kick one first. - Let me kick one?
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- Kick one first.- I need your pity.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05You're in more danger now
0:30:05 > 0:30:07then you've ever been in your career, all right?
0:30:07 > 0:30:08- Yeah.- Those guys are fine.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11You're getting a kick in the head in a minute.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14How come he's about three times taller than anybody else?
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Is it only people of diminished height who join the Coastguards?
0:30:18 > 0:30:20He looks like the man they brought on.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Like the man in the film, you know where they say,
0:30:22 > 0:30:26"We've got the big boy, that'll scare them."
0:30:26 > 0:30:28"The big Irish fella's here."
0:30:28 > 0:30:29OK, hang on.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32This is where, go. Go!
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- Argh.- Long shot.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43It's no good going like that as if you meant to do it like that.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Don't laugh till you've kicked it.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49"All right, what I should've done, I should've put a more slice on it."
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Was it a fly again? OK, second time around, second time around.
0:30:54 > 0:30:55Argh.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58- How many goes does he get?- I don't know.- He gets three goes.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00He's doing it again.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02- Here we go.- Come on. Sorry, OK.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Come on, big fella. Come on, you're letting us down.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Think of Ireland, come on.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08That's it.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Argh!
0:31:10 > 0:31:13That was the one as well.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14Cruel, cruel fight.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16You were way off a little bit.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19I wouldn't want to be out there, there's too much sucking it in.
0:31:19 > 0:31:2527, keep an eye on him, right? Frankly your fault.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Right. Go.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30CHEERING
0:31:35 > 0:31:36Here we go.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Go with your groups, all in a line in the corner.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- Bravo! - Have you done it yet?
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Do you like the way I built the tension?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46By pretending not to be able to kick it for one or two?
0:31:46 > 0:31:48How many pads have you got on?
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Pad, pad, pad, right, for my knees, in case I should need to pray.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Here, the thigh pads for some point.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Here the hip pad if somebody runs in and smashes into my hip.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Potentially breaking an old man's hip.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04Here's the best one, the best one, the cleft pad just there.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06That's you mobile phone, Dara. What's it doing there?
0:32:06 > 0:32:11It's to protect my delicate channel, in case of attack.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Really? How did it feel to be out there, champ?
0:32:14 > 0:32:15It felt great. It felt...
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Oh, that's actually quite comfortable.
0:32:18 > 0:32:19It felt fantastic.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21- Do you want to hear something poignant?- Go on.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24American football is only played
0:32:24 > 0:32:27if you're a professional or in school, school or college, right.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Once you leave your school or college league,
0:32:30 > 0:32:32it's not like you go to your local club
0:32:32 > 0:32:34or play for the county or anything.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Or go to Hackney marshes on a Sunday morning?
0:32:36 > 0:32:39There's nothing, there's no equivalent.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Some of the guys I'm playing with, the guy who's kicker?
0:32:42 > 0:32:44He'll play two more games of football
0:32:44 > 0:32:46and he'll never play the sport again.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50So you're the oldest amateur that's ever been on this pitch?
0:32:50 > 0:32:53The big question I'm going to ask you Dara, is now...
0:32:53 > 0:32:55I want to enjoy the poignancy of that.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- I'm going to enjoy the fact... - It is quite a poignant thing, but...
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Americans don't have these local clubs like we do.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03It is poignant.
0:33:03 > 0:33:04It just stops.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07The question I want to ask you is, is this your last game
0:33:07 > 0:33:08or are you going to go pro now?
0:33:08 > 0:33:11You know there were scouts here, but we haven't heard back.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15We've heard the sounds of an engine starting and then driving away.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18'I'd love to stay and reminisce more about my days playing US football,
0:33:18 > 0:33:19'but we have to leave.
0:33:19 > 0:33:25'We're up at some ridiculous hour in the morning to get to New York in Aphrodite.'
0:33:36 > 0:33:39'Unfortunately, the weather wasn't good
0:33:39 > 0:33:43'and there was a huge storm forecast for the next day or so.'
0:33:43 > 0:33:48'Dara and Rory's heads are apparently not entirely sunny either.'
0:33:49 > 0:33:52I say this isn't really the boat for a hangover, is it?
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Oh, don't shout.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57I have a hangover, OK?
0:33:58 > 0:34:00No, cos I have a hangover.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02It's very kind of you to offer it.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05No, actually, this is the perfect boat for a hangover,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08because it's beautifully smooth and very plush.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Rory, there's a question here,
0:34:10 > 0:34:14are you going to come on my boat, or are you going to go on Dara's boat?
0:34:14 > 0:34:17This is a new side to Griff I've never seen before.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18Do you want us, do you need...
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- Are you going to come on my boat? - Your on the yacht, the Spirit?
0:34:21 > 0:34:24- I'm on the Spirit.- Very, very pretty boat, very pretty boat.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27And you're on this alleged boat.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- A historical boat which will surprise you.- Which won't turn up.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33How will it not turn up? It's in New York.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Hang on... Eeny, meeny, mi...
0:34:36 > 0:34:38I have a boat of my own.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40- No.- Wait, what?
0:34:40 > 0:34:44I kept it quiet, but however good your boat is,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47and however good your hypothetical boat is,
0:34:47 > 0:34:49this boat that I have,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52if it makes it, will just... it's the best boat I've...
0:34:52 > 0:34:55- What is it? - Ah, no, it's a surprise.
0:34:55 > 0:35:00It's a surprise, it is quite uncanny, it is just...
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Well, you wait and see. It's just, it's breathtaking.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08Can I ask, why am I the only player in this game
0:35:08 > 0:35:10who has to show my hand?
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Why have you two got secret boats that I'm not supposed to know about?
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Everybody's seen my boat already!
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- It's a nice boat.- It's a lovely boat, but my big surprise is all over
0:35:20 > 0:35:23and you two have got your big surprise still to show.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25It's worth it, it's worth it. Wait till you see...
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- Wait till you see my boat... - I think you'll have a hard...
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Can you show Griff your boat first,
0:35:31 > 0:35:34because then it's like an escalation when he sees my boat.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Ha - no! We shall reveal our boats together.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41We'll have to ask the superintendent or the head of the coastguard
0:35:41 > 0:35:47or something like that, to judge who has the most appropriate boat.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- The loveliest.- I'll happily put my boat into competition
0:35:50 > 0:35:53with any boat you could produce. Except were you're to produce this boat.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Cos that would just win.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Trust me, behind those clouds are more skyscrapers.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12We were talking about rowing Jerome K Jerome's Thames skiff up here.
0:36:12 > 0:36:17- How scary would that have been? - Look at the currents swirl.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19It's quite nice to be arriving in the rain.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21There's something quite New Yorky about this.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Is it particularly New Yorky?
0:36:24 > 0:36:28Well, Manhattan looks good in any weather, we can now say, can't we?
0:36:28 > 0:36:33- Yes, yes, it does.- Yeah.- Wait, there's the Empire State Building. - Empire State, hang on.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Wait. It's coming round here, now here it comes.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37- There!- ALL: Yay!
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- What's that?- Skyscraper.- OK, yeah.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45Look at that! Is this terrible weather for a flotilla?
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- Yes.- Will your boat survive?
0:36:48 > 0:36:51- Er...- I don't think it matters what sort of boat you're going to be on.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- Mine will be fine.- A bit of wind.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01'We've an appointment with the superintendent of the Statue
0:37:01 > 0:37:03'in his office on Ellis Island.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06'I think he wants to check us out before the event.'
0:37:10 > 0:37:14'Unfortunately, Aphrodite is now needed elsewhere.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17'So we take a Statue Cruises ferry
0:37:17 > 0:37:20'for our first glimpse of the birthday girl.'
0:37:25 > 0:37:30There we are, journey's end, the Statue of Liberty.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34We're going to celebrate tomorrow the 125th anniversary
0:37:34 > 0:37:37of the unveiling of that statue in 1886.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41But in fact, the idea for it came in 1865 at the end
0:37:41 > 0:37:43of the American Civil War.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46And we've followed down the story of liberty,
0:37:46 > 0:37:50the freedom from oppression which came in Boston
0:37:50 > 0:37:52when we got rid of the British.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55I say "we" - THEY got rid of the British.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57The freedom for religious worship,
0:37:57 > 0:38:00which came with the pilgrims arriving in Plymouth.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03And of course, the freedom from slavery,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05which is what this really was all about.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Not just "bring me your poor and huddled masses",
0:38:08 > 0:38:13but "bring me no more of your poor and huddled masses in chains".
0:38:13 > 0:38:16'Ellis Island was a landing place for millions of
0:38:16 > 0:38:19'immigrants to America for 60 years until the 1950s.'
0:38:19 > 0:38:20Look at the roof.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23It is a very beautiful roof, isn't it? It's a lovely building.
0:38:23 > 0:38:28'And we were just three more of the thousands of Irishmen, Welshmen
0:38:28 > 0:38:30'and Cornishmen who'd passed through these doors
0:38:30 > 0:38:32'to start a new life in America.'
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- David, thank you for your invitation.- Oh, my pleasure.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40It's an honour to be able to take part in the flotilla.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44125 years ago when the statue was dedicated,
0:38:44 > 0:38:47we actually had a flotilla,
0:38:47 > 0:38:49and at the end of the ceremony they had there,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52all the horns blew on the vessels.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55That's basically what we're going to emulate.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57We've got three fine boats.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59You don't know what my boat is.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01We don't know what Dara's boat is.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05I've got a beautiful little Spirit sailing.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07- Oh, nice. - She's very pretty.- Very nice.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Made in England, but owned by an American.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Well, if you don't have horns, you can yell a lot.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- OK.- I think there will be a lot of yelling.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19I think we'll be doing that anyway.
0:39:19 > 0:39:25- As will we.- Liberty is essentially a monument to the Entente, isn't it?
0:39:25 > 0:39:30- It's a monument to the French. - Yes. It was originally a symbol of the friendship between
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- France and the United States.- Right.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35But today, for me, it's so much more.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38It's a universal symbol of liberty for everybody,
0:39:38 > 0:39:40not just the United States.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42But it's not something that the British have ever
0:39:42 > 0:39:46been heavily involved in, the Statue of Liberty.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48No, but we have a lot of British citizens that come over here
0:39:48 > 0:39:51and when you see the look on their faces when they see Liberty,
0:39:51 > 0:39:55- it's for them too. - OK, that's good to know.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- We don't want to be sort of... - You feel excluded?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01No! I'm just worried.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05When it was put up, there was more of a feeling that the French
0:40:05 > 0:40:09and the Americans were the liberty people, and the British were the old-fashioned...
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Well, we had just gotten over a skirmish with you guys.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16From this side, I'm still feeling a simmering tension here.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Well, we don't want to crash the party.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23We don't want to crash anybody's party.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25On the contrary, we are delighted to have you.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- It's a great honour.- Now we have to behave in that flotilla.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31- Thank you very much, David. - My pleasure.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35- Great talking to you yeah. See you tomorrow.- Nice meeting you.
0:40:35 > 0:40:36Take care. Bye-bye.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43'The statue is meant to represent Libertas,
0:40:43 > 0:40:46'the Roman goddess of freedom.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50'She gets about 3.5 million visitors a year, and now, finally, us.'
0:40:50 > 0:40:52That's the one.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Got to say, the old Manhattan skyline looks pretty iconic,
0:40:59 > 0:41:01even in this grim weather.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05And it is very grim out here, it's very cold, it's blowing,
0:41:05 > 0:41:07and in fact, it's quite possible that my boat
0:41:07 > 0:41:09won't have made it at all.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16'And the morning brings bad news.'
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Hello. 'Never mind Rory's vessel,
0:41:18 > 0:41:23'my Spirit yacht had failed to make it to New York because of the storm.'
0:41:23 > 0:41:25OK, great.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28'I'm boatless.'
0:41:28 > 0:41:30OK, bye. Ah.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37How fantastic is this?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40God has given a gift to the people of New York -
0:41:40 > 0:41:42a beautiful sunny day,
0:41:42 > 0:41:47and that spectacular world-famous skyline looks even better today.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49The good news is, the weather people say
0:41:49 > 0:41:53the temperatures could get as high as zero today. Ha!
0:41:54 > 0:41:57What a beautiful, crisp morning in New York,
0:41:57 > 0:41:59and this is my boat, the John J Harvey,
0:41:59 > 0:42:03one of New York's first non-steam fire tenders, commissioned in
0:42:03 > 0:42:05the early 1930s, she started service then
0:42:05 > 0:42:10and carried on working until 1994. Those things up there work.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12This is why we're going to win, cos they work.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15When the rest of them go "brrr", we go "brrr" and "splash".
0:42:15 > 0:42:17It's going to be fantastic.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Hey, the Nantucket lightship made it all the way
0:42:23 > 0:42:26from Rhode Island, and I'm over the moon,
0:42:26 > 0:42:30because this is still by far the best ship I have ever been on.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Do things get better than this? Yes, they do!
0:42:32 > 0:42:36R! O! R! Y! Rory! Rory! Rory!
0:42:42 > 0:42:46- Lovely! Here we go. - BOAT BLOWS HORN
0:42:46 > 0:42:49- Dara! I've lost my boat!- Griff!
0:42:49 > 0:42:51- I've got to come with you! - Look at this!
0:42:51 > 0:42:53- Dara, come back! - Look at this!
0:42:53 > 0:42:57No, I've got to come with you. I haven't got a boat!
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- I'll see you there! - No! I haven't got a boat!
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Griff, I'm on a boat. I can't hear you. We'll see you there!
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Oh, Hi. Hi, it's, um...
0:43:17 > 0:43:20I've got a bit of a problem.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23No, no, it's not a breakdown, no.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25No, in fact, I haven't got a boat,
0:43:25 > 0:43:28but I was just wondering whether I could use your services?
0:43:28 > 0:43:31Empire State Building! Empire State Building.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35We're looking for Rory's boat, by the way, and there's every chance,
0:43:35 > 0:43:39cos he's got a giant flag, that they might be coming along here.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41So if we spot a Rory...
0:43:42 > 0:43:44Is there a Rory on Hayward?
0:43:44 > 0:43:47Nope. There is not a Rory on Hayward.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50'From outside, the Nantucket looks like a working lightship,
0:43:50 > 0:43:55'but inside, owner Bill has fitted it out like a luxury apartment,
0:43:55 > 0:43:58'and luckily for me, he's a fan of the New York Jets.'
0:43:58 > 0:44:01- OK, yeah.- Just a minor slip-up. Minor.- Yeah, the boat rocks.
0:44:01 > 0:44:02How are the Jets doing?
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Pretty good. We're good.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07'Trust Towboats US,
0:44:07 > 0:44:10'they offer a 24-hour emergency boat breakdown service.'
0:44:10 > 0:44:13I'll step straight aboard. That's fantastic.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15'And this is an emergency.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18'I may be tiny, but at least I'm bright red.'
0:44:19 > 0:44:23Is it that? Is it that? Gelberman? It can't be. Rory!
0:44:23 > 0:44:26I don't know why I'm presuming that Rory would be in a tug,
0:44:26 > 0:44:30it just feels like physically that it would be a good fit for him,
0:44:30 > 0:44:32you know, just pushing things around.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35This is a bit too pretty for Rory, this is lovely.
0:44:35 > 0:44:39We're going to be the smallest boat in the flotilla by a million miles.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42Is there a Rory on Nantucket?
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Keep those cards to yourself
0:44:44 > 0:44:46and you'll get another up-card and another down-card.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49OK, so you bet, so you can bet or check.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50Greetings!
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Do you have a Rory McGrath?
0:44:54 > 0:44:55What do you think of my boat?
0:44:55 > 0:44:59When you come aboard you're going to be knocked out by this boat.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01Why, is there a lot of low-flying booms and stuff?
0:45:01 > 0:45:05It's luxury, mate, luxury.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07I'm not a man for luxury, I'm a man for function.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Wait till you see what this boat can do.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12Wait till you see what I've got on board this boat. Hang on.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14OK, girls, come on out.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18You are kidding me.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20- Come and meet my friends. - Hang on, hang on.
0:45:20 > 0:45:24- This is Kimberley and Jessica.- Hi!
0:45:24 > 0:45:26Hello, ladies, how are you?
0:45:26 > 0:45:29We're well, thank you.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32Oh, Rory, you came with your nieces, how sweet(!)
0:45:35 > 0:45:37We've got to go down and finish our poker game
0:45:37 > 0:45:40and our beer, Dara. See you later, over.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43Come on, girls, inside.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47I gather the Rory McGrath student outreach programme is still working?
0:45:47 > 0:45:48That was excellent, girls.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Trust Rory to take something beautiful
0:45:50 > 0:45:53and significant and special, like the 125th anniversary
0:45:53 > 0:45:57of the Statue of Liberty, and make it tacky and cheap.
0:45:57 > 0:46:03But in an all-American kind of a way. Clever. Very clever.
0:46:04 > 0:46:08'The flotilla is lumbering off. There's a strict speed limit
0:46:08 > 0:46:11'along the river for the parade with police boats to enforce it,
0:46:11 > 0:46:15'but I should think my little boat could sneak past them.'
0:46:15 > 0:46:16If you can catch them up...
0:46:16 > 0:46:19You got called into service or you volunteered yourself
0:46:19 > 0:46:22back into service on 9/11, didn't you?
0:46:22 > 0:46:26We sort of volunteered ourselves. One of our owners, Chase Wells,
0:46:26 > 0:46:28called up the Fire Department and said,
0:46:28 > 0:46:32"We have one of your boats. Could you use it, would you like it back?"
0:46:32 > 0:46:35And they said, "Oh, our two fire boats are pumping full.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37"Would you come tie up and pump water?"
0:46:37 > 0:46:40All the fire mains, fire hydrants had been destroyed.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43The water mains were destroyed when the towers collapsed,
0:46:43 > 0:46:47so literally the only water at the site,
0:46:47 > 0:46:50the World Trade Centre, were two New York City fire boats,
0:46:50 > 0:46:56one built in 1938, one built in 1954, and then supplemented by us.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58We were acting as fire hydrants, which is what
0:46:58 > 0:47:00these boats were built to do, in other words,
0:47:00 > 0:47:03we would pump to a fire engine
0:47:03 > 0:47:05which would pump to another engine.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07This boat can pump the equivalent
0:47:07 > 0:47:09of about 22 fire engines worth of water.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12- Wow. And how long were you there? - We were there for four days.
0:47:12 > 0:47:13- Jesus.- From the 11th.
0:47:13 > 0:47:17We'll get between the two of them. Dara!
0:47:19 > 0:47:24Oh, my God! What is that? That's your boat?!
0:47:25 > 0:47:28How is that your boat?
0:47:29 > 0:47:33That's ridiculous, Griff. It's tiny!
0:47:33 > 0:47:37No, I like my boat. I like my boat a lot!
0:47:37 > 0:47:39It's faster than the other boats!
0:47:43 > 0:47:47It is my profound hope that that is not Griff's boat for the day,
0:47:47 > 0:47:52cos if that's the best he can do, he's going to make us all look bad.
0:47:52 > 0:47:56Also, I have to say it's a very cold day, it's very beautiful,
0:47:56 > 0:48:00it's a very cold day, so really, my heart goes out to the cheerleaders.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03They're who I'm mainly thinking about at the moment.
0:48:05 > 0:48:10- What? What is that? - My boat didn't turn up!
0:48:10 > 0:48:14It's an insult to the people of New York. What are you doing?
0:48:14 > 0:48:17Griff, what do you think of my Nantucket lightship?
0:48:17 > 0:48:21- Well...- Do you want to meet my crew?
0:48:21 > 0:48:22Hey, crew!
0:48:22 > 0:48:26GRIFF LAUGHS
0:48:26 > 0:48:29Three of you this side, come on, girls.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33Hey! How do you like this? Do him your cheer, go on.
0:48:36 > 0:48:41Go, Rory! Yeah! Go, Rory, go!
0:48:41 > 0:48:43You're going to win the prize.
0:48:43 > 0:48:49I hope. Never mind what the Commodore says, you've already won it.
0:48:49 > 0:48:54'Since we all had a boat - of sorts - we'd asked the head of the New York Coastguard
0:48:54 > 0:48:58'to judge our efforts, Commander Gary Messmer.' It's a pleasure to be here, sir.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01It looks like you've found yourself quite a boat.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Wait till we kick in the fire hoses, my friend.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06- There you go.- That's the show.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09She's got quite a bit of fire monitor on her.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11She's a fine old thing, she's been working for 80 years.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13So you've been on a lot of boats in your day.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15How would you rate this boat?
0:49:15 > 0:49:17It may lack the comforts of home.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20We've been on a lot of flash boats in our time.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22It's a proper working boat with a bit of history.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24If needs be, she's there to help.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27- Perfect.- Anything else you need to know about this boat?
0:49:27 > 0:49:31- No, I look forward to getting on later.- We look forward to having you on board.
0:49:31 > 0:49:32- Have a great day. - Lovely to meet you.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35'Too many working boats.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38'The whole parade needs a little bit more glitz.'
0:49:38 > 0:49:39Bravo!
0:49:41 > 0:49:42It is moving.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45Not too insulting, do you think?
0:49:45 > 0:49:47I think it's...
0:49:47 > 0:49:48In the spirit.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51I don't think in any way you're demeaning this
0:49:51 > 0:49:53any more than he is with his ch...
0:49:53 > 0:49:57Am I the only one who took this seriously?
0:49:57 > 0:49:59Do the pose, do the pose.
0:50:02 > 0:50:06- Morning, judge! - Morning, captain.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08Looks like you found yourself quite a nice boat.
0:50:08 > 0:50:13It's fantastic, and it's the sister beacon to the Statue of Liberty.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15And you've assembled quite a crew, I see.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18Yeah, I've decorated it in the American style.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20Outstanding.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22THEY CHEER
0:50:22 > 0:50:24And how about the skill level of your crew?
0:50:24 > 0:50:28We can repel boarders! See you later.
0:50:28 > 0:50:33Bye, say bye to the judge, nice judge. See you later.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35'The flotilla finally reaches Liberty Island
0:50:35 > 0:50:40'where we have to hold for the signal to sound horns and celebrate.'
0:50:40 > 0:50:43Griff is in danger of creating a diplomatic incident
0:50:43 > 0:50:45by arriving in drag.
0:50:45 > 0:50:49I don't think that's a respectful treatment of that statue there.
0:50:49 > 0:50:54It really is like, you know, turning up to a black-tie do in your underpants.
0:50:54 > 0:50:59Basically, that's what he's done. He's in his boating underpants.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Shame on you, Griff. Shame on you.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03- Good morning!- Good morning.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06You've found yourself quite a boat this lovely day.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08I know, it was a pity, because the boat we had planned
0:51:08 > 0:51:11unfortunately couldn't make it cos it got stuck.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13How would you rate the creature comforts on this boat?
0:51:13 > 0:51:16Not many comforts, but a lot of manoeuvrability.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19Manoeuvrability, fabulous.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21And she's very decent.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24What I think she represents is the spirit of "can do"
0:51:24 > 0:51:26and private enterprise in the United States,
0:51:26 > 0:51:30because at the last minute she rode to my rescue,
0:51:30 > 0:51:33and that, after all, is the spirit of liberty.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36I think that, in a way, if it wasn't for these boats,
0:51:36 > 0:51:40then the coastguard would have a lot of fiddly diddly work to do,
0:51:40 > 0:51:44- so I think it represents a certain quality of boating.- Fabulous.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46BOAT BLOWS HORN
0:51:49 > 0:51:52CANNON FIRE
0:51:52 > 0:51:55I'm hearing cannons on the island.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57Time to start the water!
0:52:05 > 0:52:07OK, we're firing our horn.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09HE BELLOWS
0:52:09 > 0:52:11Hit the cannons!
0:52:11 > 0:52:15Come on, boys, don't let me down. Don't let me down!
0:52:15 > 0:52:18Oh ho ho!
0:52:18 > 0:52:21Yes! Oh, it's wet.
0:52:21 > 0:52:22Oh, yes!
0:52:22 > 0:52:26Look at this for a show!
0:52:26 > 0:52:27We are the winners!
0:52:27 > 0:52:31- Look at this! - That's Dara. Good work, Dara.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33BOAT BLOWS HORN
0:52:33 > 0:52:34How dramatic. Beautiful.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38I like the way it was slightly dirty to begin with as well.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45It's amazing. Absolutely amazing, a wonderful day to be in New York harbour.
0:52:45 > 0:52:50Rory has now presumably got his cheerleaders cheering away.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53I'm going to hold up my fake torch.
0:52:55 > 0:53:00If we could combine THIS and the cheerleaders, that would be a show.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03Look at the fireboat and the rainbows.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13Honestly, had we turned up in our little sailing boat,
0:53:13 > 0:53:15I think we would have been outranked anyway.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19Now the other side again. You just keep repeating it.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23Yes! I should have worn the waterproof trousers.
0:53:27 > 0:53:33'Flotilla floated, horns hooted, history made in a rubber crown.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36'It's all over too soon. Time to head for the harbour
0:53:36 > 0:53:38'and see what Gary made of our efforts.'
0:53:38 > 0:53:40That's OK.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43'But first, Rory wants to give us the tour.'
0:53:44 > 0:53:46- This is the state room. - You were in this?
0:53:46 > 0:53:49This is what you were on.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51I'll tell you what, though,
0:53:51 > 0:53:54those lighthouse men had it better than you think.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56An absolutely glorious day,
0:53:56 > 0:54:00and we were lucky as well, cos it was bucketing down rain yesterday,
0:54:00 > 0:54:02and tomorrow we're going to get snow.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05In the middle of it we had this, this spectacular day.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07Look at this.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11Well, what a trip it's been.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15It's been everything you could hope for, really.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18There wasn't any wood on this boat before they converted it.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20Not what we'd call a restoration.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23No. Come through this little lounging area here.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25What a great ending to a journey that is.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28Manhattan skyline in the sunshine. It does not get better than that.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33Winning the boat competition would improve it.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35Two very important people coming to visit you.
0:54:35 > 0:54:38Wish we could say the same about you, Rory.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40Oh, my Lord, you only brought two out.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43- Ladies, how are you? - Welcome to the den.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Congratulations.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47I thought I'd come and show you in close-up what you've
0:54:47 > 0:54:51been unable to see, but I feel a little bit over-dressed now, perhaps.
0:54:51 > 0:54:55It has been a wonderful journey.
0:54:55 > 0:55:01All the way down, we've seen a land of comfort and plenty
0:55:01 > 0:55:05and elegance on the east coast of the United States.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09It's going to be quite difficult to return to normal portions.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13Which team do you generally lead cheers for?
0:55:13 > 0:55:14Guess.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16New York...Jets!
0:55:16 > 0:55:19- Yay, very good.- He's very good.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21I don't know if this can be beaten.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23So I don't know what the hell we can do next.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25But THAT is spectacular.
0:55:25 > 0:55:29We have to say goodbye, because we have to go upstairs to be judged now.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32- OK, fine, let's go.- See you in a minute. Cheers, see you.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36Good afternoon and congratulations on your journey to New York harbour.
0:55:36 > 0:55:38Thank you, Commander.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41I, as the judge, have been given the power to judge
0:55:41 > 0:55:43on who brought the best boat and who performed best
0:55:43 > 0:55:47- while they're out there as part of the boat parade.- OK.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50Well, before you actually do that, I'm sorry, the sun is beating down.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53I'm just going to put on my Coastguard Academy hat.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57I just want to say that he's just trying to influence you there.
0:55:57 > 0:55:58A bit late in the day.
0:55:58 > 0:56:02Can I just get the flight crew in? Come on, flight crew, please.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05This is just incredible.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07Let him have it, come on, let him have it.
0:56:07 > 0:56:12Go, Gary, go, Gary, go! Go, Gary, go, Gary, go!
0:56:12 > 0:56:15Go, Gary, go, Gary, go!
0:56:16 > 0:56:20I think I would like to wear my life jacket, just to show
0:56:20 > 0:56:22I was supporting the principles of the coastguard.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25With the information that's been put before you
0:56:25 > 0:56:27and all of the other influences
0:56:27 > 0:56:30and all the pressures, do you have a decision?
0:56:30 > 0:56:34It was a difficult decision. All the boats were amazing.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37The crews were admirably trained and executed their duties today.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40I would have to say, though, that it was a really close race.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43Griff, I commend you for the boat you brought.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46Dara, coming in here with the fireboat was amazing.
0:56:46 > 0:56:50She's got a great history in New York harbour, and I commend you for that.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52Certainly a working boat with a great history.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55But, Rory, on the coastguard cutter, Nantucket lightship,
0:56:55 > 0:56:58I'd have to say that the honour definitely goes to you
0:56:58 > 0:57:00for the best boat of the three.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02I'm very proud. Well done, girls!
0:57:02 > 0:57:04- Whoo!- Go, Gary! Well done.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07Genuinely quite disgusted by that result.
0:57:07 > 0:57:08Thank you very much.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13I think the only thing that can happen to the prize-winner
0:57:13 > 0:57:16is that we throw him overboard. Come on!
0:57:16 > 0:57:19- Oh, look at this.- On behalf of the Coastguard Captain of the Port
0:57:19 > 0:57:23and the National Park Service, I would like to give you this trophy.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25This is one of the proudest moments of my life.
0:57:25 > 0:57:29Doesn't it look just like Griff did earlier on?
0:57:29 > 0:57:34Almost unmistakable. Thank you, Commander. Well done, girls. Go, Gary.
0:57:36 > 0:57:40No whingeing. Come on, I'll buy you a drink.
0:57:40 > 0:57:43- Thanks, girls. See you later. - Bye.- Thank you. Bye-bye.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46You were great. HE was terrible.
0:57:46 > 0:57:50That was the end of the happiest day of your life, you know that?
0:57:50 > 0:57:52Who were those guys again?
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