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'Are there horses
in the Horse Latitudes?'

2
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'No, sweetheart.

3
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'Story has it that many years ago
when the Spanish sailed to the West Indies

4
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'they brought their horses with them
to the New World

5
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'and sometimes they ran out of wind and
then they ran out of fresh water as well.

6
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'I can only quote the mountaineer
Sir Edmund Hillary himself:

7
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"'Men do not decide
to become extraordinary.

8
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"'They decide to accomplish
extraordinary things.'"

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Greetings. Welcome to the 25th
Annual Earls Court Boat Show,

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brought to you by "The Sunday Times"
and John Courage.

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Speaking of courage, without further ado,

12
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I would like to welcome
one of our greatest heroes,

13
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the first man to single-handedly
circumnavigate the globe,

14
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and now a Knight of the Realm,
Sir Francis Chichester.

15
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Thank you.

16
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Thank you.

17
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So the only thing that I can imagine
that would test a man

18
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more than sailing around the world
in a boat alone,

19
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stopping only once,
is not stopping at all.

20
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And "The Sunday Times"
has asked me here today

21
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to announce just such a challenge.

22
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There will be a cash prize
for the man who comes first,

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and a prize for the man who is fastest.

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And I believe the details will be
in tomorrow's edition of the newspaper.

25
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Will you be entering, Sir Francis?

26
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No, no, I've had my fun.

27
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Wild horses wouldn't drag me
back to the sinister Southern Ocean.

28
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I believe a man said that the waves there
measured not in feet and inches,

29
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but in increments of fear.

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A man alone on a boat

31
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is more alone than any man alive.

32
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Then why would anyone go?

33
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Well, that indeed is a fair question,

34
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because to only do
what has been done before

35
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is to live one's life
in the shadow of other men.

36
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And for that reason alone,

37
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we are blessed by the size of the sea,

38
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and its siren call to men
seeking adventure.

39
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Thank you.

40
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The question that any man
who's dreamed himself beyond the horizon

41
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must ask himself is,
"Where am I going?"

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Closely followed, I assume, by,
"How in God's name do I get back?"

43
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Precisely, and this device answers
both of those questions

44
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because it places the latitude
and the longitude

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right in the palm of your hand.

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The Navicator is every sailor's
most trusted companion,

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The Navicator.

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Developed and manufactured
by Electron Utilisation of Teignmouth.

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Built by us. In our own backyard.

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- How does it work?
- It's ingeniously simple.

51
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By comparing signal strengths
of radio beacons on land,

52
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you can tell where you are at sea.

53
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James, over here, is a radio beacon
at Land's End.

54
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And Simon, over here,
is transmitting from La Rochelle.

55
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And you just point the Navicator
and fire like so,

56
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and, hey presto,
you have your position.

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And unlike other directional finders,

58
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it has an incorporated compass,
and it is so compact that...

59
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It can be operated
with just one hand.

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Leaving this one free to hoist
a spinnaker in a favourable wind.

61
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Or hoist a drink.

62
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The possibilities are endless.

63
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Captain Chichester might've benefitted
from this out in the Roaring Forties.

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Perhaps. It appears Sir Francis managed
to find his way around fine without it.

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We can't all be Captain Chichester.

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Dan...

67
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It's very clever,
but we don't go out to sea much.

68
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We tend to stick more
to the inland waterways.

69
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Thank you.

70
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What sort of vessel do you sail?

71
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I was sure we very nearly
had one there, boys.

72
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Do we need to sell all of them
before we go home?

73
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Be nice to make Mummy happy,
wouldn't it?

74
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Maybe that one looks better
on the stand.

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- South-southeast.
- Towards the Azores.

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- Gibraltar and beyond that. Africa.
- Oh, shall we go?

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- I don't want to go.
- Said we'd meet the Milburns at the pub.

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- I guess we'll be late.
- Can we go home instead of Africa?

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Which way is home?

80
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Due east. According to the Navicator.

81
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- Very impressive.
- Tell your mother how it works.

82
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The Navicator uses
coastal radio signals...

83
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Is it really finished?

84
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The latest stroke of genius
from Electron Utilisation of Teignmouth.

85
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- And you think there's a market for it?
- Anyone who's lost.

86
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Hm.

87
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It's marvellous.

88
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Someday I'll use the Navicator
to find an island,

89
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or a whole new continent,
like in "Captains Courageous".

90
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Be careful. The boy in that story
fell overboard, remember.

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Be careful. Come back here.

92
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The problem is
the entire planet's been handled.

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Corners inspected, clouds perused.

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Hillary had scaled the heights.

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- Scott has braved the Pole.
- Cost him his life, didn't it?

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But he made it.

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In his diary he said,
"All daydreams must go." Pity that.

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"Dreams are the seeds of action."
We'd all do well to remember that.

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Prepare to come about.

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Read it.
A single-handed race around the world.

101
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- It sounds miserable.
- It sounds profound.

102
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Heroic. Never attempted before.
No stopping this time.

103
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This is the highest rung.

104
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Anyone who enters
needs their head examined.

105
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Examine it till your heart's content.
I've already sent in my entry form.

106
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Clare, did you know this?

107
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Examine it or give it a proper thrashing?
Donald, what do you mean...?

108
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I shall claim the prize for you, my love.
5,000 quid.

109
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Alone on a boat for nine months?
You're either drunk or mad.

110
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We should have another drink,
so that we can rule out madness.

111
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As Chichester said, "Any damn fool
can circumnavigate the world sober.

112
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"It takes a really good sailor
to do it drunk." Same again?

113
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- Why not?
- Yes, please.

114
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- Er, three quid's worth, please.
- All right, sir.

115
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- How's business, Mr Best?
- Huh!

116
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Er, these things seem
to sell themselves.

117
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Everyone wants to go somewhere else,

118
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and have somewhere to sleep
when they get there.

119
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Brilliant product, the caravan.
Makes anywhere your home.

120
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Yes, I suppose it does.

121
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- How far are you going today?
- Staying locally.

122
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- Practising for a longer haul, though.
- Really? Any place in particular?

123
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Round the world.

124
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Hmm.

125
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Darling, may I point out a few things
about this particular adventure

126
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that may prove problematic?

127
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Well, firstly, you don't have a boat
capable of such a voyage.

128
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Not yet,
but such matter is subject to change.

129
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I didn't have a wife at one time.

130
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And now I have a beautiful one.

131
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Secondly, you have never been
much further than Falmouth.

132
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I've also never walked to London,

133
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but I imagine the same stride
I employ daily would carry me there.

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Given enough time.
Sailing is no different.

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Well, then there is the fact that
this man who is "striding to London"

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has a wife and children,

137
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who have come to rely on him
for this roof over their heads,

138
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and plates of food in front of them,
three times daily.

139
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Of course.

140
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But those are the givens in the equation.
One's obligations.

141
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How romantic,
says the "obligation" sitting here.

142
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What have I done in all these years?

143
00:10:21,668 --> 00:10:23,001
Don...

144
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You have done so much.

145
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You've served your country.

146
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You've held a post on the borough council.
You've... invented things.

147
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You've engineered them into existence
from pure imagination.

148
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I don't want to make devices that
allow others to have all the adventures.

149
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All right,
but then what about the company?

150
00:10:46,543 --> 00:10:49,376
What happens to Electron Utilisation
if you just sail away?

151
00:10:49,501 --> 00:10:53,334
Well, consider for just a moment
the recognition of such a voyage.

152
00:10:53,459 --> 00:10:56,793
Would not all that accrue directly
to the value of the company?

153
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- Hmm.
- To us?

154
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Larger house, larger bank accounts.

155
00:11:02,043 --> 00:11:04,251
Oh, Don, we hardly need
a larger house.

156
00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:09,418
More than the material gains,

157
00:11:09,543 --> 00:11:12,626
it would result in children
who are proud of their father

158
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for doing what no other man
in the county would even contemplate.

159
00:11:20,043 --> 00:11:22,001
I think I can win this race, Clare.

160
00:11:29,251 --> 00:11:31,876
'Don's not still talking
about making a boat?

161
00:11:32,001 --> 00:11:34,918
- 'Yes.
- 'Clare, you have to stop him.'

162
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Stop him from... dreaming?
Well, how would you suggest I do that?

163
00:11:40,418 --> 00:11:43,126
'No, not from dreaming.
Dreaming's one thing.'

164
00:11:43,251 --> 00:11:48,293
But leaving in a boat on some sunny day
is quite another.

165
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Well, I have complete faith
that he will wake up from this dream

166
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before that sunny day actually arrives.

167
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- 'He usually does.'
- 'You think he'll change his mind?'

168
00:11:58,376 --> 00:12:01,418
Well, that's what I admire about Don.

169
00:12:01,543 --> 00:12:04,876
He has a mind that's
capable of change.

170
00:12:06,043 --> 00:12:07,793
You want to build a boat?

171
00:12:10,043 --> 00:12:12,584
This boat, it'll be a trimaran.

172
00:12:12,709 --> 00:12:15,084
A three-hulled vessel
based on the Piver design.

173
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It'll feature a treasure trove
of technical innovations,

174
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all pioneered by Electron Utilisation,

175
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incorporating the Navicator
and a dozen other major innovations.

176
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It'll feature an inflatable buoyancy
device at the top of the mast.

177
00:12:27,084 --> 00:12:28,626
So, if she gets into trouble,

178
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the CO2 cartridge is triggered
by the capsizing event,

179
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shoots up the mast,
and inflates the buoyancy bag at the top.

180
00:12:34,959 --> 00:12:37,376
So if she goes over,
she'll just pop back up again.

181
00:12:37,501 --> 00:12:40,501
Without question,
it'll be the fastest boat in the race.

182
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We enter it in the Golden Globe.

183
00:12:42,251 --> 00:12:45,376
The biggest sailing race ever
becomes our advertising campaign.

184
00:12:45,501 --> 00:12:46,834
"We" enter it?

185
00:12:46,959 --> 00:12:49,751
I didn't come here
asking for charity, Mr Best.

186
00:12:49,876 --> 00:12:51,376
I'm offering something new.

187
00:12:51,501 --> 00:12:53,543
- Who pilots the boat?
- I do.

188
00:12:53,668 --> 00:12:57,126
You? Have you ever done anything
like that before?

189
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No, but that's the point.
That's the business proposition.

190
00:13:00,501 --> 00:13:03,918
If I can do it, then so can the bloke
who stares at the horizon in wonder.

191
00:13:04,043 --> 00:13:05,918
If I'm putting in the money...

192
00:13:09,209 --> 00:13:10,668
...what are you putting in?

193
00:13:10,793 --> 00:13:12,334
Everything else.

194
00:13:15,668 --> 00:13:18,168
So you're not really a sailor?

195
00:13:18,293 --> 00:13:21,043
Seems to me
the act of sailing makes one a sailor.

196
00:13:21,168 --> 00:13:24,918
How about you, Mr Hallworth?
How did you come to be a press agent?

197
00:13:26,334 --> 00:13:30,043
Oh, I was a reporter for a time.
A crime reporter.

198
00:13:30,168 --> 00:13:34,084
So your experience as a press agent
appears to rival that of mine as a sailor?

199
00:13:34,209 --> 00:13:35,751
Touché, Mr Crowhurst.

200
00:13:35,876 --> 00:13:39,709
But, you see, publicity can be done
from the safety of a desk chair

201
00:13:39,834 --> 00:13:43,668
whereas your competitors have a great deal
more experience at the helm of a boat.

202
00:13:43,793 --> 00:13:48,376
Nobody has experience of sailing round
the globe single-handed without stopping.

203
00:13:48,501 --> 00:13:51,834
And the proof of that is the simple fact
it has not been done before.

204
00:13:51,959 --> 00:13:53,709
It's a good point, that.

205
00:13:53,834 --> 00:13:57,709
Yes, but then there's, you see,
for example, there's this Frenchman.

206
00:13:57,834 --> 00:13:59,876
- Moitessier.
- Moitessier.

207
00:14:00,001 --> 00:14:03,334
Now he sailed from Tahiti to Cape Horn,
through the Southern Ocean.

208
00:14:03,459 --> 00:14:06,751
Two of these other bastards rowed
a bloody boat across the Atlantic.

209
00:14:06,876 --> 00:14:08,918
Another commanded a submarine
in the war.

210
00:14:09,043 --> 00:14:13,209
Moitessier, Knox-Johnston, Tetley and
the others, they're accomplished sailors.

211
00:14:13,334 --> 00:14:16,584
- But when I win the Golden Globe...
- You can't think you're going to win?

212
00:14:16,709 --> 00:14:18,876
Making it out to sea
is a feat for you, isn't it?

213
00:14:19,001 --> 00:14:21,959
Chichester averaged
131 miles a day in his ketch.

214
00:14:22,084 --> 00:14:25,084
I believe I can make 200 in a trimaran.

215
00:14:25,209 --> 00:14:27,501
I tell you what I see
when I look at you, Donald.

216
00:14:28,876 --> 00:14:31,626
I see a part of England that's been lost.

217
00:14:31,751 --> 00:14:35,418
The intrepid part that Churchill convinced
us of when the bomb were falling.

218
00:14:35,543 --> 00:14:37,626
That "never say die" England.

219
00:14:38,251 --> 00:14:42,418
I tell you, you're a story of derring-do
waiting to be told, Donald Crowhurst.

220
00:14:44,126 --> 00:14:45,501
When do you set sail?

221
00:14:45,626 --> 00:14:49,418
Well, the rules of the race state that
competitors leave by October 31st.

222
00:14:49,543 --> 00:14:51,084
So, before then.

223
00:14:51,209 --> 00:14:53,584
- And how will you go?
- The clipper route.

224
00:14:53,709 --> 00:14:58,459
Down the Atlantic past Cape of Good Hope
and into the Southern Ocean.

225
00:14:58,584 --> 00:15:01,334
Not really a place
for our little Pot Of Gold.

226
00:15:01,459 --> 00:15:05,418
Streaking across the Roaring Forties
south of Australia, north past Cape Horn,

227
00:15:05,543 --> 00:15:07,834
and back into the Atlantic again.

228
00:15:07,959 --> 00:15:09,751
Trudging across the Horse Latitudes

229
00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:13,251
before getting a last puff
from the Westerlies.

230
00:15:13,376 --> 00:15:15,001
Wow! What an adventure!

231
00:15:15,834 --> 00:15:20,293
So far we've got plenty
of tinned goods from Crosse & Blackwell.

232
00:15:20,418 --> 00:15:24,709
We've got a commitment from Whitbread
for barley wine. Looks nice.

233
00:15:24,834 --> 00:15:29,626
Now, also, the BBC are going to provide
you with a camera and tape recorder.

234
00:15:29,751 --> 00:15:33,084
They're wanting you to keep an audio
and visual record for a film piece

235
00:15:33,209 --> 00:15:35,626
- they're planning on your voyage.
- Film?

236
00:15:35,751 --> 00:15:38,668
They want you keep
a daily written account, as well,

237
00:15:38,793 --> 00:15:41,543
so you'll come back
a sailor and an author.

238
00:15:41,668 --> 00:15:45,251
Golden Globe, slate one, take one.

239
00:15:47,459 --> 00:15:51,001
Your husband will be gone for six months
with only intermittent contact.

240
00:15:51,126 --> 00:15:53,334
Is that daunting to you?

241
00:15:56,001 --> 00:15:59,584
I'm going to need you
to send me frequent updates.

242
00:15:59,709 --> 00:16:01,918
I can drum up all the publicity
and whatnot,

243
00:16:02,043 --> 00:16:04,501
but I want you to help me feed the beast.

244
00:16:05,293 --> 00:16:06,501
The beast?

245
00:16:07,251 --> 00:16:12,293
Well, naturally, I shall miss him because
he's the most marvellous company, but...

246
00:16:12,418 --> 00:16:16,334
Well, I told myself it's only six months,
and we're going to manage in that time.

247
00:16:16,876 --> 00:16:19,626
And I have no reservations whatsoever
about his safety,

248
00:16:19,751 --> 00:16:24,168
because he's the sort of person
who will think of 1,001 ways

249
00:16:24,293 --> 00:16:25,751
out of any situation.

250
00:16:27,793 --> 00:16:32,293
I want you to make it real for all of us.
The wind, the waves, the whales, the...

251
00:16:32,418 --> 00:16:33,751
All of it.

252
00:16:34,918 --> 00:16:37,876
We're going to make you famous.

253
00:16:38,001 --> 00:16:41,293
'The third competitor of the
Golden Globe race, Robin Knox-Johnston,

254
00:16:41,418 --> 00:16:42,834
'is leaving today.'

255
00:16:43,459 --> 00:16:46,584
'The Golden Globe trophy
will be offered to the first person...'

256
00:16:46,709 --> 00:16:49,834
He's leaving today,
and we're not even in the water yet.

257
00:16:49,959 --> 00:16:52,668
He may get back before I do,
but the question remains,

258
00:16:52,793 --> 00:16:55,209
who can make the trip the fastest?

259
00:16:55,334 --> 00:16:57,209
So, when are we leaving?

260
00:16:58,001 --> 00:16:59,793
August at the latest.

261
00:17:00,501 --> 00:17:03,001
Don't want to give them all
too much of a head start.

262
00:17:03,126 --> 00:17:06,126
I am not going
to ask Mr Best for more money.

263
00:17:06,251 --> 00:17:08,084
That's out of the question.

264
00:17:08,209 --> 00:17:12,168
With all the new ideas, we seem
to be getting further and further behind.

265
00:17:13,001 --> 00:17:16,043
Are you telling me August 1st
is no longer possible?

266
00:17:16,168 --> 00:17:18,543
- Don, it never really was.
- September 1st?

267
00:17:18,668 --> 00:17:21,043
Aiming for October 1st,
more realistically.

268
00:17:21,168 --> 00:17:24,418
Or we need to put more people on,
double our shifts.

269
00:17:24,543 --> 00:17:27,501
- No, no. The success of the project...
- Associated costs...

270
00:17:27,626 --> 00:17:28,959
No!

271
00:17:29,751 --> 00:17:31,418
Two more left this morning.

272
00:17:31,543 --> 00:17:35,001
I don't believe any of the three can
average more than 4.5 knots per day.

273
00:17:35,126 --> 00:17:38,751
Maybe 100 miles. Lucky to complete
the route in less than 300 days.

274
00:17:38,876 --> 00:17:41,709
- And you?
- Closer to nine knots and as high as 15.

275
00:17:41,834 --> 00:17:44,001
That's the great advantage
of the trimaran.

276
00:17:44,126 --> 00:17:47,626
130 days for the entire trip.
So, a departure in October...

277
00:17:47,751 --> 00:17:52,918
What, October? It's October now?
What happened to September?

278
00:17:55,834 --> 00:17:59,334
We've had delays.

279
00:17:59,459 --> 00:18:02,959
But we can still make the deadline
with one last push. We're close.

280
00:18:06,001 --> 00:18:08,293
How much more money do you need?

281
00:18:08,418 --> 00:18:10,709
This amendment
commemorates the new agreement

282
00:18:10,834 --> 00:18:12,459
between you and Mr Best.

283
00:18:12,584 --> 00:18:16,126
If you fail to complete
"The Sunday Times" race,

284
00:18:16,251 --> 00:18:20,376
he is entitled to the deeds
to your property at Higher Brimley Road,

285
00:18:20,501 --> 00:18:22,376
in addition to the previous agreement,

286
00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:26,793
involving the rights and assets
of the Electron Utilisation Corporation.

287
00:18:27,626 --> 00:18:29,584
You understand, Donald.

288
00:18:30,418 --> 00:18:33,126
I just need some assurances that...

289
00:18:34,459 --> 00:18:36,918
...we're not throwing
good money after bad.

290
00:19:07,751 --> 00:19:10,334
Are you sailing around in your brain?

291
00:19:14,543 --> 00:19:16,084
I was, erm...

292
00:19:18,376 --> 00:19:20,043
I was talking to Mr Best.

293
00:19:23,626 --> 00:19:25,334
And, and we decided that...

294
00:19:36,293 --> 00:19:37,668
We decided...

295
00:19:39,251 --> 00:19:42,501
...we'd push the departure day
back a couple of weeks.

296
00:19:44,834 --> 00:19:47,334
So, not October 1st.

297
00:19:47,459 --> 00:19:49,168
No, a little later.

298
00:19:52,459 --> 00:19:54,459
Is that still safe?

299
00:19:58,126 --> 00:20:01,001
Donald, are you really going to go?

300
00:20:01,126 --> 00:20:02,876
That's still the plan.

301
00:20:06,251 --> 00:20:07,584
I see.

302
00:20:09,334 --> 00:20:13,418
Do you know, I think I fooled myself into
thinking we were just building a boat?

303
00:20:13,543 --> 00:20:16,751
I... I didn't think
I'd actually have to...

304
00:20:18,293 --> 00:20:20,334
...watch you sail away on it.

305
00:20:23,043 --> 00:20:25,584
It's what boats do. They sail away.

306
00:20:28,334 --> 00:20:30,043
But then they sail back again.

307
00:20:31,459 --> 00:20:33,126
Will you promise me that?

308
00:20:35,709 --> 00:20:37,668
I won't have you worry.

309
00:20:37,793 --> 00:20:39,751
- Never.
- Hmm.

310
00:20:42,209 --> 00:20:44,043
That's good to hear.

311
00:21:02,001 --> 00:21:03,334
What's happening?

312
00:21:05,543 --> 00:21:07,334
Well, we're, we're up against it.

313
00:21:10,918 --> 00:21:13,418
Er, yes,
Don, now we, we haven't managed

314
00:21:13,543 --> 00:21:16,584
to get our hands on the preferred
rubber gaskets for the hatch covers.

315
00:21:17,543 --> 00:21:21,626
The best ones come from a supplier
in Scandinavia in my experience.

316
00:21:21,751 --> 00:21:25,751
It seems they are completely out.
We've had to go with second choice. Sorry.

317
00:21:26,334 --> 00:21:30,918
Well, second choice hardly seems like
optimal circumstances from which to begin.

318
00:21:31,043 --> 00:21:35,126
No, well, I would prefer
a bit more time to get things right.

319
00:21:35,251 --> 00:21:38,626
It's not really an option, is it,
more time?

320
00:21:38,751 --> 00:21:41,001
The calendar does not negotiate.

321
00:21:41,126 --> 00:21:43,459
In my experience, nor does the ocean.

322
00:21:43,584 --> 00:21:47,459
Tomorrow's the last day.
Are you ready?

323
00:21:48,459 --> 00:21:49,918
Hmm.

324
00:21:50,043 --> 00:21:53,043
Well, I don't think there are
too many things of any importance

325
00:21:53,168 --> 00:21:55,001
that will remain undone.

326
00:21:55,126 --> 00:21:59,834
Erm... I'm not lacking
in any great respects.

327
00:21:59,959 --> 00:22:02,543
There's nothing essential
that's missing.

328
00:22:02,668 --> 00:22:04,834
'Face it, Don.
The boat isn't ready.'

329
00:22:05,709 --> 00:22:07,043
Don...

330
00:22:09,084 --> 00:22:11,126
You don't have to do this.

331
00:22:14,668 --> 00:22:17,209
Here's to the good people
at Whitbread,

332
00:22:17,334 --> 00:22:21,334
who have been kind enough
to put beer in bottles for your voyage.

333
00:22:21,459 --> 00:22:26,459
- Hope you don't run out.
- Er, yes, well, about all that. I...

334
00:22:26,584 --> 00:22:29,251
I wanted to say, with a heavy heart...

335
00:22:30,959 --> 00:22:34,334
...that I all think we gave it a good go.

336
00:22:34,459 --> 00:22:36,793
There were unforeseen events,

337
00:22:36,918 --> 00:22:40,668
unexpected cost overruns
on this project.

338
00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:44,001
If we'd had a couple more weeks,
I think we would've made our mark.

339
00:22:44,126 --> 00:22:46,959
- Maybe even come out on top.
- Don...

340
00:22:47,084 --> 00:22:49,959
My suggestion is
I leave in the spring instead.

341
00:22:50,084 --> 00:22:53,543
Not as part of the race,
obviously that won't be possible,

342
00:22:53,668 --> 00:22:56,084
but we can still make a big splash
with the new boat.

343
00:22:56,209 --> 00:22:59,043
Make Mr Best here his money back,
and then some.

344
00:22:59,168 --> 00:23:00,501
Don...

345
00:23:01,626 --> 00:23:07,418
I think on the eve of his departure,
any sane man would want to pull out

346
00:23:07,543 --> 00:23:09,626
of such an endeavour.

347
00:23:09,751 --> 00:23:11,876
I think your apprehensions are...

348
00:23:12,001 --> 00:23:15,626
Well, they're normal, they're healthy,
and if you didn't have them,

349
00:23:16,168 --> 00:23:19,293
then I'd be truly concerned for you.

350
00:23:20,168 --> 00:23:24,543
And I'm sure you've contemplated
the consequences, if you withdrew,

351
00:23:24,668 --> 00:23:26,959
reneging on the contracts
with your sponsors,

352
00:23:27,084 --> 00:23:29,959
to say nothing of your arrangements
with Stanley here.

353
00:23:30,084 --> 00:23:31,709
I'd hate to, er, enforce it.

354
00:23:31,834 --> 00:23:35,668
Handing over your house
and Electron Utilisation in full.

355
00:23:35,793 --> 00:23:37,834
Nobody wants to see that come to pass.

356
00:23:37,959 --> 00:23:39,751
I don't. Stanley here doesn't.

357
00:23:39,876 --> 00:23:41,293
No. No, no, I don't.

358
00:23:41,418 --> 00:23:43,751
And nor do the people of Teignmouth,

359
00:23:43,876 --> 00:23:46,251
who have invested their hearts
in your mission.

360
00:23:46,376 --> 00:23:48,501
Leave your doubts with us,
here on the shore.

361
00:23:48,626 --> 00:23:50,543
Take your dreams out to sea.

362
00:23:52,126 --> 00:23:55,126
Ultimately, you know,
it's your decision.

363
00:23:56,626 --> 00:23:58,501
You're the one taking the risk.

364
00:25:47,543 --> 00:25:50,293
Oh, Mr Crowhurst,
how are you feeling?

365
00:25:50,418 --> 00:25:53,126
Hello, everyone.

366
00:25:55,751 --> 00:25:57,084
We need to come.

367
00:26:12,168 --> 00:26:13,584
Right, this way.

368
00:26:15,209 --> 00:26:17,668
I'll just introduce you
to the, er, Mayor.

369
00:26:19,043 --> 00:26:20,918
Donald Crowhurst.

370
00:26:22,418 --> 00:26:25,168
Morning, Mr Crowhurst.
The very best of luck.

371
00:26:25,293 --> 00:26:26,626
Lady wife.

372
00:26:28,418 --> 00:26:30,126
Good luck, Donald.

373
00:26:30,251 --> 00:26:32,376
Er, keep in touch.
You're looking dashing.

374
00:26:32,501 --> 00:26:34,168
Erm, rugged even.

375
00:26:35,501 --> 00:26:37,918
- Stanley.
- Godspeed, Donald.

376
00:26:38,043 --> 00:26:39,543
I shall think of you daily.

377
00:26:39,668 --> 00:26:44,084
Last few words, sir?
Sir? Mr Crowhurst?

378
00:26:57,709 --> 00:27:00,334
Why don't you wave, children? Wave.

379
00:27:01,584 --> 00:27:03,293
You too, Donald.

380
00:27:32,376 --> 00:27:33,918
All right. Hold on tight.

381
00:27:43,959 --> 00:27:45,543
Come on, children. Come.

382
00:27:55,459 --> 00:27:57,418
Mind your fingers.

383
00:27:59,334 --> 00:28:02,251
Looks like a damn hurricane hit it...

384
00:28:03,376 --> 00:28:05,293
...before I've even gone a mile.

385
00:28:11,793 --> 00:28:13,459
What's that rope for?

386
00:28:13,584 --> 00:28:18,001
Well, in case I get a clumsy moment
and stumble over the side,

387
00:28:18,126 --> 00:28:21,376
I can pull myself back in
with this trailing line,

388
00:28:22,126 --> 00:28:24,793
before the boat circumnavigates
without me.

389
00:28:24,918 --> 00:28:28,709
But that's not going to happen,
because you won't be falling in, will you?

390
00:28:29,418 --> 00:28:31,543
Can I come aboard?

391
00:28:31,668 --> 00:28:33,251
Not a good idea just now.

392
00:28:36,334 --> 00:28:37,959
You're free now.

393
00:28:40,584 --> 00:28:43,584
Goodbye! Good luck, Daddy!

394
00:28:43,709 --> 00:28:45,376
Bye, everyone!

395
00:30:43,668 --> 00:30:44,876
Christ!

396
00:31:31,251 --> 00:31:33,084
Oh, bloody hell.

397
00:31:56,459 --> 00:31:59,459
Is there a part of the voyage
that most excites you?

398
00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:02,334
Well, I suppose that would have
to be the day of my return.

399
00:32:05,834 --> 00:32:10,501
Hello? This is Donald Crowhurst
calling from New Zealand.

400
00:32:10,626 --> 00:32:13,584
'I'd like to speak to a girl
in England called Rachel Crowhurst.'

401
00:32:13,709 --> 00:32:16,876
- Erm, putting you through. Ring, ring.
- Hello?

402
00:32:17,001 --> 00:32:19,626
- Hello?
- A call from the middle of the ocean.

403
00:32:19,751 --> 00:32:22,251
'For Miss Rachel Crowhurst?'

404
00:32:22,376 --> 00:32:24,001
Can I still tell you secrets?

405
00:32:24,126 --> 00:32:25,751
Er, yes, you can tell me secrets,

406
00:32:25,876 --> 00:32:28,543
but just be aware
that Portishead is on the line.

407
00:32:32,918 --> 00:32:35,376
I think you're going to win.

408
00:32:38,834 --> 00:32:42,876
'I'd say it was going
swimmingly, but that'd scare your mother.

409
00:32:43,001 --> 00:32:45,834
'Let me tell you a little bit
about turning eight years old.'

410
00:32:46,834 --> 00:32:49,209
You'll learn many new things.

411
00:32:49,334 --> 00:32:51,918
You'll learn just
how much you don't know at all.

412
00:32:52,043 --> 00:32:55,376
You'll find the same thing happens
when you get to my age, as well.

413
00:32:55,501 --> 00:32:57,543
'I want you to have
the happiest of birthdays.'

414
00:32:58,459 --> 00:33:01,918
And know that I am with you
in every possible way.

415
00:33:03,001 --> 00:33:05,751
- Will you bring me back a seahorse?
- Let me speak to Daddy.

416
00:33:05,876 --> 00:33:08,959
Hello, darling. Is it going well?
Not missing us too much?

417
00:33:09,084 --> 00:33:11,001
Oh, just working out the kinks here.

418
00:33:11,126 --> 00:33:15,043
'Foreseen and otherwise, you know.
Not unlike your trials there, I'm sure.'

419
00:33:16,293 --> 00:33:18,126
'How's the weather?'

420
00:33:20,584 --> 00:33:21,918
Hello, Clare?

421
00:33:22,043 --> 00:33:23,418
'Hello?'

422
00:33:23,543 --> 00:33:25,543
Yes, we're all here. Yes. Hello?

423
00:33:25,668 --> 00:33:29,168
- Hello? Hello, Clare?
- 'Hello?'

424
00:33:29,293 --> 00:33:33,126
'If you can hear me, I should probably
sign off. Crack on with the work.'

425
00:33:33,251 --> 00:33:35,918
Much love to you
and to all assembled.

426
00:33:36,043 --> 00:33:37,626
Say goodbye to Daddy.

427
00:33:37,751 --> 00:33:39,709
Goodbye, Daddy! We love you!

428
00:33:39,834 --> 00:33:44,168
Erm, when will we hear
from you again, Don? Donald?

429
00:33:44,293 --> 00:33:47,501
'Sorry, Mrs Crowhurst.
This is Portishead. We lost the signal.'

430
00:33:47,626 --> 00:33:50,376
Oh, yes, yes, of course.
Thank you, Portishead.

431
00:33:51,293 --> 00:33:53,084
Well, that was lovely.

432
00:33:54,126 --> 00:33:56,126
Hello, hello, hello, hello. Ooh!

433
00:33:57,126 --> 00:33:59,876
The recording level needs
to be tweaked down a bit.

434
00:34:00,001 --> 00:34:02,084
Hello, hello. Try that.

435
00:34:02,876 --> 00:34:07,043
Er, so here I am, in the North Atlantic
in the middle of November,

436
00:34:07,168 --> 00:34:10,001
making tape recordings for the BBC.

437
00:34:11,293 --> 00:34:13,918
I've been at sea now
for very nearly 14 days.

438
00:34:14,543 --> 00:34:18,584
On my way to a rendezvous
with Cape Horn.

439
00:34:20,793 --> 00:34:23,709
'The thing that most people
associate with small boats

440
00:34:23,834 --> 00:34:26,376
'is glorious afternoons in The Solent.'

441
00:34:26,501 --> 00:34:28,418
Pretty girls in bikinis,

442
00:34:28,543 --> 00:34:33,168
lounging about on the decks
of some vast schooner,

443
00:34:33,293 --> 00:34:36,084
while men stand
with natty yachting gear,

444
00:34:36,209 --> 00:34:39,543
clasping the wheel with a pipe
clenched firmly between their teeth.

445
00:34:40,501 --> 00:34:43,626
'Unhappily, I've never encountered them.

446
00:34:45,376 --> 00:34:47,043
'Everything on this boat is wet.'

447
00:34:47,168 --> 00:34:48,543
Not damp. Wet.

448
00:34:48,668 --> 00:34:52,918
'Condensation forms on the roof, drips
in your ear when you're trying to sleep,

449
00:34:53,043 --> 00:34:54,751
'every hole is a potential leak,

450
00:34:54,876 --> 00:34:59,501
'and the noise of the wind is continuous,
and often deafening.

451
00:35:03,543 --> 00:35:06,626
'A great deal of pressure
falls on the man alone on a boat.

452
00:35:06,751 --> 00:35:08,918
'It explores his weaknesses

453
00:35:09,043 --> 00:35:12,543
'with a penetration that very few
other occupations can manage.

454
00:35:14,918 --> 00:35:19,043
'I've never put out to sea in such
a completely unprepared state in my life.

455
00:35:21,418 --> 00:35:22,751
'I have problems still.'

456
00:35:24,459 --> 00:35:29,084
But I have a fairly long spell
in the trade winds ahead,

457
00:35:29,209 --> 00:35:32,959
'in which I will endeavour
to get this boat ready...

458
00:35:34,793 --> 00:35:38,043
'...for her great ordeal
in the Southern Ocean.'

459
00:36:21,709 --> 00:36:24,501
Oh, no! Not this!

460
00:36:25,709 --> 00:36:30,584
"'Silence due engine
compartment flooded. Stop.

461
00:36:30,709 --> 00:36:33,959
"'Stripped... What's that?...magneto,
replaced coils.'"

462
00:36:34,959 --> 00:36:37,751
"Stripped dried-out generator.

463
00:36:37,876 --> 00:36:41,501
"Overhauled brush gear. Stop.

464
00:36:41,626 --> 00:36:43,584
"Going on toward Madeira."

465
00:36:43,709 --> 00:36:45,043
Madeira's Portugal.

466
00:36:45,168 --> 00:36:48,543
I know where Madeira is,
thank you very much.

467
00:36:48,668 --> 00:36:50,626
Right...

468
00:36:50,751 --> 00:36:54,876
Honestly, he's got, what,
a transmitter and a phone.

469
00:36:55,001 --> 00:36:56,418
All we get is this.

470
00:36:56,543 --> 00:36:58,751
Where's the storms?
Where's the sea monsters?

471
00:36:58,876 --> 00:37:01,334
Maybe he's making
more careful notes in the logs.

472
00:37:01,459 --> 00:37:05,084
- What is this? Stripped mag... what?
- Magneto. The generator, I believe.

473
00:37:06,293 --> 00:37:09,209
Should we say anything?
He's headed for Madeira at least.

474
00:37:09,334 --> 00:37:10,668
Are you serious?

475
00:37:10,793 --> 00:37:16,126
He's been headed for Madeira
for, what, the past three weeks.

476
00:37:16,251 --> 00:37:17,876
Hasn't he?

477
00:37:18,001 --> 00:37:20,209
The others are rounding Africa.

478
00:37:31,668 --> 00:37:34,501
Blast! No, Donald, you're not on holiday.

479
00:37:37,459 --> 00:37:39,793
Not north! What is wrong with you?

480
00:38:13,626 --> 00:38:15,251
What the hell is that?

481
00:38:42,793 --> 00:38:45,751
'The float has
proved to be quite vexing.'

482
00:38:45,876 --> 00:38:48,168
And I still haven't found
a satisfactory answer

483
00:38:48,293 --> 00:38:50,793
to the problem of getting air
into the main cabin

484
00:38:50,918 --> 00:38:52,626
without letting in a lot of water.

485
00:38:52,751 --> 00:38:55,501
So I worry about suffocating in my sleep.

486
00:38:55,626 --> 00:38:58,793
Not, not to mention
the, erm, the electronics.

487
00:38:58,918 --> 00:39:03,209
It's been hard to finish when one is busy
bailing out water all day to stay afloat.

488
00:39:03,334 --> 00:39:05,543
'At the back of mind
there's still the nagging suspicion

489
00:39:05,668 --> 00:39:07,543
'that the starboard float could split.'

490
00:39:07,668 --> 00:39:11,001
You sound discouraged, Don.
Very disheartened.

491
00:39:11,126 --> 00:39:14,334
These matters would've been
better resolved on dry land.

492
00:39:14,459 --> 00:39:17,251
And if the goal was
to highlight certain advances,

493
00:39:17,376 --> 00:39:19,876
the trimaran as the Caravan of the Sea
and so forth,

494
00:39:20,001 --> 00:39:22,584
we're not putting our best foot forward.
Over.

495
00:39:23,251 --> 00:39:24,793
'Is that it then?'

496
00:39:26,126 --> 00:39:28,834
Are you calling to say
it's time to retire?

497
00:39:29,751 --> 00:39:32,293
'Looks like we're at that crossroads.'

498
00:39:33,918 --> 00:39:36,626
Every day out here
is a crossroads, Mr Best.

499
00:39:38,168 --> 00:39:39,543
Over.

500
00:39:39,668 --> 00:39:44,043
'Shall I inform your family and Rodney
of your decision?

501
00:39:44,168 --> 00:39:46,459
'Are you turning back?'

502
00:39:53,001 --> 00:39:54,334
Don?

503
00:39:56,959 --> 00:40:01,418
Actually, I'm calling to say
that I fully intend to press on.

504
00:40:03,001 --> 00:40:06,626
Would you relay that to my wife?
Tell her all is well.

505
00:40:06,751 --> 00:40:08,543
Listening out.

506
00:40:11,501 --> 00:40:13,501
'Can't we come with you?'

507
00:40:13,626 --> 00:40:16,626
If anyone comes
on the boat with me, I'm disqualified.

508
00:40:16,751 --> 00:40:18,293
Has to be me and me alone.

509
00:40:18,418 --> 00:40:22,668
What happens
if there's a storm, like this?

510
00:40:22,793 --> 00:40:24,543
Then I'll be in the storm.

511
00:40:24,668 --> 00:40:27,126
Won't you get scared alone?

512
00:40:29,918 --> 00:40:32,959
You know, whenever I get scared,

513
00:40:33,084 --> 00:40:37,209
I'll just think of the next time
we're able to be together instead.

514
00:40:38,084 --> 00:40:42,334
'Whenever you get scared,
I want you to think about the same thing.

515
00:40:42,459 --> 00:40:45,584
'People who are thinking about
the same thing are always connected.

516
00:40:46,834 --> 00:40:49,376
'No matter how far apart they are.'

517
00:42:11,293 --> 00:42:13,751
Oh, good God. Not the buoyancy bag?

518
00:42:21,209 --> 00:42:22,834
Oh, God.

519
00:43:55,126 --> 00:43:57,876
'My buoyancy bag
is now broken beyond repair.

520
00:44:00,459 --> 00:44:02,668
'So if I capsize...

521
00:44:04,209 --> 00:44:06,043
'...that will be it.'

522
00:44:38,168 --> 00:44:40,584
'There's so much wrong
with the boat in so many respects.

523
00:44:40,709 --> 00:44:44,084
'My chances of survival,
if I continue into the Southern Ocean,

524
00:44:44,209 --> 00:44:46,709
'would not be better than 50-50.'

525
00:44:47,709 --> 00:44:50,751
'Shall I give Daddy
the present now?

526
00:44:50,876 --> 00:44:55,209
'This is something to remember us by.
It's just a little bit of home.'

527
00:44:58,543 --> 00:45:01,251
Goodness me. It's...

528
00:45:01,376 --> 00:45:03,918
- It's a toaster.
- Ah.

529
00:45:04,043 --> 00:45:06,584
Course it is.

530
00:45:06,709 --> 00:45:08,293
How splendid.

531
00:45:09,376 --> 00:45:12,876
We all thought when you're sitting
down to have your breakfast,

532
00:45:13,001 --> 00:45:17,834
a million miles from here,
it will be as if we're all there with you.

533
00:45:20,626 --> 00:45:25,001
Do you like it, Dad?
It's from all of us. We all chose it.

534
00:45:30,626 --> 00:45:34,334
Well, it's good reason
to keep the generator in working order.

535
00:45:34,459 --> 00:45:35,876
Thank you.

536
00:45:37,209 --> 00:45:39,459
I think Daddy likes his toaster!

537
00:46:07,334 --> 00:46:10,626
'Mike, Zulu, Uniform, Whisky,
Teignmouth, Electron.'

538
00:46:10,751 --> 00:46:12,668
This is Portishead radio.

539
00:46:12,793 --> 00:46:15,126
I regret to inform you there is no answer.

540
00:46:15,251 --> 00:46:18,876
'Would you like me to ring your wife
back later with a message? Over.'

541
00:46:21,168 --> 00:46:24,293
Would you tell her... that I'm well?

542
00:46:27,209 --> 00:46:28,543
Out.

543
00:46:31,459 --> 00:46:34,418
'If I turn back, I face certain ruin.

544
00:46:36,001 --> 00:46:38,668
'The loss of the company, the house.

545
00:46:40,709 --> 00:46:43,626
'And that is a prospect
not to be contemplated.

546
00:46:47,959 --> 00:46:49,751
'I can't go on...

547
00:46:51,751 --> 00:46:53,793
'...and I can't go back.'

548
00:46:56,751 --> 00:46:58,209
I'm here.

549
00:47:00,251 --> 00:47:02,084
What if I tell them I'm...

550
00:47:06,043 --> 00:47:07,376
...here?

551
00:47:28,834 --> 00:47:31,043
Would they believe me?

552
00:47:35,251 --> 00:47:37,751
What a bloody awful decision.

553
00:47:56,668 --> 00:47:58,418
I think you should
take a look at this.

554
00:47:58,543 --> 00:48:03,793
"Hurtled south 172 miles."

555
00:48:03,918 --> 00:48:07,126
Crowhurst continues
to streak south,

556
00:48:07,251 --> 00:48:09,293
leaving his difficulties behind.

557
00:48:09,418 --> 00:48:12,126
He got it sorted. He's on his way now.

558
00:48:12,251 --> 00:48:16,418
Saturday, 172 miles. Sunday, 109.

559
00:48:16,543 --> 00:48:19,418
'Monday, 145.

560
00:48:19,543 --> 00:48:24,209
'Even the porpoises are left
breathless by his speed.'

561
00:48:24,918 --> 00:48:26,668
'243 miles?'

562
00:48:26,793 --> 00:48:30,501
A new single-handed record.
That's faster than Chichester!

563
00:48:30,626 --> 00:48:34,668
Having passed the Equator
and into the springtime,

564
00:48:34,793 --> 00:48:37,293
Donald Crowhurst is somewhere
in the South Atlantic

565
00:48:37,418 --> 00:48:39,709
averaging an astounding
170 miles a day.

566
00:48:39,834 --> 00:48:43,709
The speed of the Teignmouth Electron
is nothing short of electric.

567
00:48:43,834 --> 00:48:46,376
Sure you want "electric"
and "electron" in the same sentence?

568
00:48:46,501 --> 00:48:47,834
Oh, give over.

569
00:48:47,959 --> 00:48:52,459
Is nothing short of electric, as his
daily totals surpass all the competitors,

570
00:48:52,584 --> 00:48:55,751
even those of the great
Sir Francis Chichester himself.

571
00:48:55,876 --> 00:48:58,876
- Sir?
- 'There. Send it.'

572
00:48:59,001 --> 00:49:01,876
- Seen the latest on Donald Crowhurst?
- Donald Crow who?

573
00:49:02,001 --> 00:49:04,334
The last Globe entrant.
Bloke from Teignmouth.

574
00:49:04,459 --> 00:49:06,168
Oh, dim recollection.

575
00:49:06,293 --> 00:49:10,251
Just received this from his press agent.
Turning into quite a story.

576
00:49:11,709 --> 00:49:14,834
Faster than Chichester?
Remarkable.

577
00:49:14,959 --> 00:49:18,543
Er, give me 500 words
on this Donald Crowhurst for tomorrow.

578
00:49:18,668 --> 00:49:20,459
Mm-hm. Thanks.

579
00:49:39,793 --> 00:49:43,043
'What sort of attitude
is required to sail a boat solo?'

580
00:49:43,168 --> 00:49:47,543
'Well, I think
one's psychology has to be fairly stable,

581
00:49:47,668 --> 00:49:52,543
'and one has to be constantly aware
of the risks one is running.'

582
00:49:52,668 --> 00:49:55,876
And a willingness to improvise
if circumstances dictate.

583
00:50:05,793 --> 00:50:10,626
'♪ God rest you merry, Gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay

584
00:50:10,751 --> 00:50:15,501
'♪ For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born upon on Christmas Day

585
00:50:15,626 --> 00:50:17,876
'♪ To save our souls
from Satan's power

586
00:50:18,001 --> 00:50:20,168
'♪ When we were gone astray... ♪'

587
00:51:31,751 --> 00:51:33,084
Hello?

588
00:51:33,209 --> 00:51:35,876
- 'Portishead Station.'
- It's Portishead!

589
00:51:36,001 --> 00:51:38,834
- 'Donald Crowhurst for Mrs Crowhurst.'
- Happy Christmas, Father!

590
00:51:38,959 --> 00:51:41,709
'And to all of you.
You sound much older, James.'

591
00:51:41,834 --> 00:51:44,668
I've only been gone two months.
You're already a man.

592
00:51:44,793 --> 00:51:46,334
'Over.'

593
00:51:47,251 --> 00:51:48,793
Oh, happy Christmas.

594
00:51:49,251 --> 00:51:52,168
'I am so sorry, but you don't have
your presents with you,

595
00:51:52,293 --> 00:51:55,709
'because in the mad rush to leave,
somehow they got left off the boat.'

596
00:51:55,834 --> 00:51:58,876
And then Stanley found them on the dock,
and he dropped them off.

597
00:51:59,001 --> 00:52:01,876
- Can I open them?
- Yes.

598
00:52:04,793 --> 00:52:08,459
You know, sometimes,
I find myself talking to you in my head.

599
00:52:08,584 --> 00:52:12,418
'Then I have to stop myself from talking
out loud when I realise you're not there.'

600
00:52:14,793 --> 00:52:18,668
Well, we're all... thrilled
by your progress.

601
00:52:19,209 --> 00:52:22,834
Most impressed.
It's all over the papers.

602
00:52:26,084 --> 00:52:30,084
Is it? Yes, well, I'd like to talk to you
about that at some point.

603
00:52:30,209 --> 00:52:32,043
Are you nearing the Cape?

604
00:52:33,334 --> 00:52:35,793
Portishead, are you on the line?
Over.

605
00:52:37,751 --> 00:52:41,668
'Yes, sir. This is
Portishead operator. Can I help you?'

606
00:52:42,959 --> 00:52:45,293
No, nothing.
Just thought the signal was fading.

607
00:52:45,418 --> 00:52:48,501
'Yes, the Cape's out there, waiting.'

608
00:52:48,626 --> 00:52:51,043
He's nearing the Cape.

609
00:52:52,251 --> 00:52:55,043
Fougeron is out.
There's only four racers left.

610
00:52:55,168 --> 00:52:57,709
And you're quicker than all of them.

611
00:52:59,334 --> 00:53:03,793
We knew Moitessier and Knox-Johnston
were the ones to watch. Over.

612
00:53:03,918 --> 00:53:07,126
All of the teachers and boys at school,

613
00:53:07,251 --> 00:53:10,834
they all know where you are,
they're all keeping track.

614
00:53:10,959 --> 00:53:14,043
You know, it's true, Don.
It's... it's all...

615
00:53:14,168 --> 00:53:16,043
'It's all over the papers.

616
00:53:16,168 --> 00:53:20,126
'People come up to me, and
they actually even stop me in the street.'

617
00:53:24,793 --> 00:53:26,293
Hello?

618
00:53:27,751 --> 00:53:29,376
I think he's gone.

619
00:53:34,501 --> 00:53:37,959
'Rough seas have put paid
to four of the competitors

620
00:53:38,084 --> 00:53:40,918
'in "The Sunday Times"
round-the-world race,

621
00:53:41,043 --> 00:53:44,418
'leaving just four sailors contesting
for the Golden Globe.

622
00:53:44,543 --> 00:53:49,084
'The unstoppable and courageous
Robin Knox-Johnston is in first place,

623
00:53:49,209 --> 00:53:50,709
'as he approaches New Zealand.

624
00:53:50,834 --> 00:53:54,293
'While Bernard Moitessier,
the intrepid Frenchman, in second,

625
00:53:54,418 --> 00:53:56,543
'is making a valiant attempt to overtake.'

626
00:53:56,668 --> 00:53:59,251
My husband would find this absurd.

627
00:54:00,168 --> 00:54:04,334
He would prefer they take pictures
of the wind than the wives.

628
00:54:04,459 --> 00:54:07,834
Sadly, the wind doesn't sell papers.
It simply blows them around.

629
00:54:07,959 --> 00:54:10,876
We're ready for you, Mrs Moitessier,
if I may.

630
00:54:11,001 --> 00:54:12,834
- Good luck.
<i>- Merci.</i>

631
00:54:12,959 --> 00:54:16,501
'Commander Nigel Tetley,
having rounded the Cape just last week,

632
00:54:16,626 --> 00:54:18,876
'is in a determined pursuit
of the leaders.

633
00:54:19,501 --> 00:54:22,126
'This week the spotlight
fell on Donald Crowhurst,

634
00:54:22,251 --> 00:54:24,709
'the plucky amateur sailor
from Teignmouth,

635
00:54:24,834 --> 00:54:27,043
'who has been posting
some remarkable speeds

636
00:54:27,168 --> 00:54:29,043
'in his self-designed trimaran,

637
00:54:29,168 --> 00:54:31,793
'according to his press agent
Rodney Hallworth.

638
00:54:31,918 --> 00:54:34,918
'People here
are agog at his wonders.

639
00:54:35,043 --> 00:54:36,668
'He rounded the Cape last Friday,

640
00:54:36,793 --> 00:54:40,251
'and by now he'll be battling
the storms of the Roaring Forties...'

641
00:54:40,376 --> 00:54:42,626
- What?
- '...and well on his way to Australia.'

642
00:54:42,751 --> 00:54:45,251
- Christ!
- 'He'll soon be overtaking Nigel Tetley.

643
00:54:45,376 --> 00:54:47,876
'He looks to be
the fastest sailor in the race.'

644
00:54:48,001 --> 00:54:50,459
Christ, Rodney,
you've put me past the Cape!

645
00:54:50,584 --> 00:54:53,334
I'm in the bloody
Southern Ocean already!

646
00:54:53,459 --> 00:54:56,543
'He's put me
in the bloody Southern Ocean already.'

647
00:54:57,709 --> 00:54:59,126
'Jesus Christ.'

648
00:55:01,584 --> 00:55:03,876
'I have to shut
the transmitter down.

649
00:55:06,959 --> 00:55:08,918
'Can't keep calling home. It's obvious.

650
00:55:11,043 --> 00:55:13,084
'Radio silence.

651
00:55:13,209 --> 00:55:14,834
'I'll stay hidden.

652
00:55:15,501 --> 00:55:17,001
'Just for a while.'

653
00:55:17,126 --> 00:55:19,626
I mean, all the cable says is,
"Radio sealed.

654
00:55:19,751 --> 00:55:24,043
"Transmissions not possible,
especially 80 east, 140 west."

655
00:55:24,168 --> 00:55:26,584
Right, OK. Well, what does that mean?

656
00:55:27,459 --> 00:55:30,043
That's from the Indian Ocean
to well past New Zealand,

657
00:55:30,168 --> 00:55:33,543
so we may not hear from him until
he's made it back to the South Atlantic.

658
00:55:33,668 --> 00:55:38,293
That's bloody months away, isn't it?
This is when we need him the most.

659
00:55:38,418 --> 00:55:41,543
Knox-Johnston sealed up
his radio when he rounded the Cape.

660
00:55:41,668 --> 00:55:45,209
Haven't heard from him in weeks.
Moitessier, he didn't even bring a radio.

661
00:55:45,334 --> 00:55:50,709
I know, I know, but our man did,
and we need him to use it. Do we not?

662
00:55:50,834 --> 00:55:55,001
Now, sit down and listen.
Listen to this. Learn something.

663
00:55:57,251 --> 00:56:01,376
The trimaran,
the Teignmouth Electron, et cetera,

664
00:56:01,501 --> 00:56:03,001
sailed by Donald Crowhurst,

665
00:56:03,126 --> 00:56:05,376
is in trouble in the Indian Ocean.

666
00:56:05,501 --> 00:56:06,918
A large wave has smashed...

667
00:56:07,043 --> 00:56:10,918
No, an enormous wave
has smashed into the stern,

668
00:56:11,043 --> 00:56:13,543
and damaged the radio gear
and the superstructure...

669
00:56:13,668 --> 00:56:15,918
- But he didn't say that.
- Hey, button it.

670
00:56:16,043 --> 00:56:20,293
Erm, now, because the generator
is now inaccessible,

671
00:56:20,418 --> 00:56:23,251
Mr Crowhurst fears
he will be out of contact with loved ones

672
00:56:23,376 --> 00:56:25,376
for the most perilous part of his journey.

673
00:56:25,501 --> 00:56:28,709
- I don't understand.
- I know. If you did, you'd have my job.

674
00:56:28,834 --> 00:56:33,209
Look, his last missive said, er...
Where is it? Here we go.

675
00:56:33,334 --> 00:56:36,084
"Stricken gout
after New Year's sherry party.

676
00:56:36,209 --> 00:56:40,501
"Now equal footing... mermaids."

677
00:56:40,626 --> 00:56:42,376
Eh? Shall we print that?

678
00:56:42,501 --> 00:56:46,501
Think that'll cheer up the sponsors?
Bloody mermaids? Send it.

679
00:56:47,001 --> 00:56:49,001
'He's gaining on Tetley.

680
00:56:49,126 --> 00:56:51,793
'May make a race of it yet.
Another 500 words?'

681
00:56:52,709 --> 00:56:57,418
Mmm, yes. Sadly sounds like we won't
be hearing from him for a while.

682
00:56:57,543 --> 00:56:59,626
Maybe you could do more on the wife.

683
00:56:59,751 --> 00:57:03,251
- He has quite a following.
- I'll get Hallworth to set something up.

684
00:57:04,793 --> 00:57:06,668
How did you first meet Donald?

685
00:57:06,793 --> 00:57:10,459
Well, erm...
he walked up to me at a party,

686
00:57:10,584 --> 00:57:12,793
and he told me he could see my future,

687
00:57:12,918 --> 00:57:15,501
and that I would marry
an impossible man,

688
00:57:15,626 --> 00:57:17,168
but I would be greatly loved.

689
00:57:18,418 --> 00:57:20,459
And then the next day
he asked me out,

690
00:57:20,584 --> 00:57:23,084
and then the day after that as well,

691
00:57:23,209 --> 00:57:27,001
and he told me he would never
leave my side, and he never did.

692
00:57:27,751 --> 00:57:29,584
But now he has.

693
00:57:29,709 --> 00:57:32,959
Well, for good reason.

694
00:57:33,084 --> 00:57:35,959
You can't sail round the world
by sitting in your living room.

695
00:57:36,084 --> 00:57:38,293
And Clare knows that. She...

696
00:57:39,209 --> 00:57:41,751
Look, she couldn't
have been more supportive.

697
00:57:41,876 --> 00:57:44,876
Do you worry about him
being in the South Seas?

698
00:57:45,001 --> 00:57:47,793
'Well, I think that wives and mothers
have been worrying

699
00:57:47,918 --> 00:57:49,501
'as long as men have been sailing.'

700
00:57:49,626 --> 00:57:53,209
So, yes, worrying does take up
a fair part of the day,

701
00:57:53,334 --> 00:57:55,168
and a good portion of the night.

702
00:57:55,293 --> 00:57:57,751
- Mummy, it's freezing.
- Ooh!

703
00:57:57,876 --> 00:57:59,709
Rub your hands.
Give them a good rub.

704
00:57:59,834 --> 00:58:03,293
How do the children feel about him
being in a hostile world?

705
00:58:07,043 --> 00:58:09,418
I would prefer not do
that kind of thing ever again.

706
00:58:11,834 --> 00:58:14,584
Clare, love, listen.

707
00:58:14,709 --> 00:58:17,584
We can't give the public
the man right now.

708
00:58:17,709 --> 00:58:20,751
So it's up to the rest of us
to take up the slack, fill in the blanks.

709
00:58:20,876 --> 00:58:23,376
Is that what we are? Blanks?

710
00:58:23,501 --> 00:58:25,959
Look, it's your husband's job
to sail that boat.

711
00:58:26,084 --> 00:58:29,251
'It's my job to make sure
that everybody else knows about it.'

712
00:58:29,376 --> 00:58:33,751
I can't make things easier for him
while he's out there.

713
00:58:33,876 --> 00:58:37,209
'I wish that I could, but I have
every intention of making all our lives

714
00:58:37,334 --> 00:58:39,376
'as easy as possible upon his return.

715
00:58:39,501 --> 00:58:41,501
So, today, you helped
to make him famous.

716
00:58:41,626 --> 00:58:45,959
I don't care if my husband's famous.
I... care that he's safe.

717
00:58:52,668 --> 00:58:54,043
Fuck!

718
00:58:54,168 --> 00:58:55,584
I knew it!

719
00:59:00,959 --> 00:59:03,751
'You've got no choice.'

720
00:59:08,126 --> 00:59:09,834
I have no choice.

721
01:00:31,168 --> 01:00:33,668
'I don't want to go.'

722
01:00:33,793 --> 01:00:36,709
'Don't go. Stay with us.'

723
01:00:36,834 --> 01:00:40,043
But if you don't go, I don't want you
to regret that decision either,

724
01:00:40,168 --> 01:00:42,459
and I fear that you will.

725
01:00:44,709 --> 01:00:47,293
'You see,
it's not Rodney or Stanley that...

726
01:00:48,293 --> 01:00:50,126
'...I worry about you disappointing.'

727
01:00:51,209 --> 01:00:53,126
Or even me.

728
01:00:54,459 --> 01:00:56,084
It's you.

729
01:00:57,209 --> 01:00:59,209
Nobody else matters to me.

730
01:01:10,918 --> 01:01:12,418
Good morning.

731
01:01:12,543 --> 01:01:14,084
<i>Buenos dias.</i>

732
01:01:59,293 --> 01:02:03,501
I am Petty Officer Santiago Franchessi
of the Coastguard of Argentina.

733
01:02:04,418 --> 01:02:08,126
The Teignmouth Electron is your boat?

734
01:02:09,834 --> 01:02:12,584
I'm surprised you haven't heard
about the race.

735
01:02:12,709 --> 01:02:15,418
I started here in a town
called Teignmouth.

736
01:02:15,543 --> 01:02:18,251
Then the clipper route
round the tip of Africa.

737
01:02:18,376 --> 01:02:22,793
The plan was to go round the world without
stopping. Hence no need for a passport.

738
01:02:23,584 --> 01:02:26,459
How do we know you
are telling the truth?

739
01:02:26,584 --> 01:02:29,209
Well, I have a film camera as well.

740
01:02:29,334 --> 01:02:32,251
If we could develop the negative,
I could show you the images.

741
01:02:32,376 --> 01:02:35,543
Africa, the Roaring Forties,
New Zealand.

742
01:02:45,418 --> 01:02:47,501
If you will stay here for a moment.

743
01:03:23,959 --> 01:03:26,626
'I'm so sorry.'

744
01:03:41,751 --> 01:03:43,418
I'm sure they told you everything.

745
01:03:46,126 --> 01:03:48,334
May I call my wife?

746
01:03:48,459 --> 01:03:50,668
- Let's go.
- Where are you talking me?

747
01:03:50,793 --> 01:03:52,334
To your boat.

748
01:03:52,459 --> 01:03:55,918
I had to check
that you are not a, er... smuggler.

749
01:04:07,668 --> 01:04:10,668
We will get you
what you need for your boat.

750
01:04:30,834 --> 01:04:32,626
'He's out! He's out!'

751
01:04:32,751 --> 01:04:35,626
He was almost back and now he's out!
He's going round again.

752
01:04:35,751 --> 01:04:38,209
- What are you talking about? Who?
- The Frenchman!

753
01:04:38,334 --> 01:04:40,209
- He's withdrawn from the race.
- What?

754
01:04:40,334 --> 01:04:43,168
'Father only has
Tetley and Knox-Johnston to beat.

755
01:04:43,293 --> 01:04:48,293
'It's in the paper. Moitessier's out!
Simon, Rachel, the Frenchman's out!'

756
01:04:48,418 --> 01:04:51,959
"'I am continuing non-stop
back to the Pacific Islands.'

757
01:04:52,084 --> 01:04:55,626
"I am happy at sea,
and I want to save my soul."

758
01:04:57,376 --> 01:05:01,376
'What does the salt water do
to these men's brains?'

759
01:05:17,626 --> 01:05:21,751
'Tetley has to take the prize.
Too much noise.

760
01:05:21,876 --> 01:05:25,334
'No one will look at the logbooks
of the last man home.

761
01:05:25,459 --> 01:05:27,793
'I have to be last.

762
01:05:33,043 --> 01:05:35,668
'Too many questions.
It's my only way back.'

763
01:05:41,168 --> 01:05:42,793
'But where is back?'

764
01:05:50,334 --> 01:05:55,126
'For Robin Knox-Johnston,
an impressive voyage of 312 days

765
01:05:55,251 --> 01:05:57,709
'without setting foot on dry land.

766
01:05:57,834 --> 01:06:01,501
'He remains 86 days shy
of Chichester's speed record,

767
01:06:01,626 --> 01:06:04,043
'but wins the Golden Globe
as the first man

768
01:06:04,168 --> 01:06:06,959
'to circumnavigate the world
without stopping.'

769
01:06:07,084 --> 01:06:10,334
Didn't see him covering 200 miles in a day
like Captain Crowhurst.

770
01:06:10,459 --> 01:06:11,793
Exactly!

771
01:06:11,918 --> 01:06:16,418
'Nigel Tetley and Donald Crowhurst
are the two competitors still at sea.

772
01:06:16,543 --> 01:06:19,126
'The coveted title of fastest
is still in the offing.'

773
01:06:19,251 --> 01:06:21,709
And no one is faster than Donald.

774
01:06:23,043 --> 01:06:27,293
'Look at his smile!
He really is enjoying being home!'

775
01:06:27,418 --> 01:06:29,418
To Robin Knox-Johnston!

776
01:06:32,959 --> 01:06:34,751
Bless the man.

777
01:06:52,334 --> 01:06:55,209
'And when was
the family's last income?'

778
01:06:56,001 --> 01:06:58,876
Well, he's been gone
for, er, almost six months now,

779
01:06:59,001 --> 01:07:00,751
but, erm, even before he left,

780
01:07:00,876 --> 01:07:04,043
he wasn't really earning
a significant amount of money.

781
01:07:04,168 --> 01:07:06,668
- Gone? Illness?
- No, no. Nothing like that.

782
01:07:06,793 --> 01:07:08,501
But he's expected back?

783
01:07:09,501 --> 01:07:12,418
- Yes, definitely.
- 'Any idea when?'

784
01:07:15,918 --> 01:07:22,418
I've actually brought some, er...
bank statements to show you.

785
01:07:23,834 --> 01:07:27,959
So, if I understand correctly, I think
we're eligible for a clothing allowance

786
01:07:28,084 --> 01:07:30,168
and free school dinners.

787
01:07:35,209 --> 01:07:37,418
We have three children at home.

788
01:07:38,459 --> 01:07:41,334
'Of course all of this will change
once my husband returns.'

789
01:07:41,459 --> 01:07:44,668
Do you know where your husband is,
Mrs Crowhurst?

790
01:07:53,001 --> 01:07:55,043
Mike, Zulu, Uniform, Whisky.

791
01:07:55,168 --> 01:07:58,459
Mike, Zulu, Uniform, Whisky.
Teignmouth, Electron. Over.

792
01:07:59,751 --> 01:08:03,251
'Q-T-H, <i>por favor</i>. Q-P-R? Over.'

793
01:08:03,376 --> 01:08:05,376
Who is this? Over.

794
01:08:05,501 --> 01:08:09,251
'This is General Pacheco Radio
of Buenos Aires.

795
01:08:09,376 --> 01:08:12,001
'Sir, what is your latitude
and longitude?'

796
01:08:13,501 --> 01:08:18,376
Heading Digger Ramirez.
Repeat, heading Digger Ramirez.

797
01:08:24,084 --> 01:08:25,334
Excuse me.

798
01:08:31,668 --> 01:08:33,584
We've heard from Portishead.

799
01:08:33,709 --> 01:08:35,668
He's alive!

800
01:08:35,793 --> 01:08:38,209
- What?
- Yeah.

801
01:08:38,334 --> 01:08:41,834
- He's rounded the Horn.
- Are you serious?

802
01:08:41,959 --> 01:08:44,751
Yeah, he's just passed
the Diego Ramirez islands!

803
01:08:45,584 --> 01:08:47,084
God!

804
01:08:48,334 --> 01:08:50,543
Where does that put him now then?

805
01:08:50,668 --> 01:08:53,418
I knew he could do it!
Take that, Tetley!

806
01:08:53,543 --> 01:08:56,501
Could he place a call to us? Yes.

807
01:08:56,626 --> 01:09:00,626
Of course. No, of course I understand.
Oh, well, thank you so much, Portishead.

808
01:09:00,751 --> 01:09:05,001
I believe this is the best phone call
I have... ever received in my life.

809
01:09:05,126 --> 01:09:07,043
Thank you. Goodbye.

810
01:09:07,168 --> 01:09:11,334
Oh, my goodness. Your father is... off
the coast of Argentina and heading north.

811
01:09:11,459 --> 01:09:15,459
And with any luck he should be home...
before the end of June!

812
01:09:15,584 --> 01:09:19,959
Oh, my goodness! Come here! Oh!
Show me the islands. Where are they?

813
01:09:20,084 --> 01:09:22,459
He's the fastest around Cape Horn.

814
01:09:22,584 --> 01:09:25,626
Remarkable.
Mr Hallworth must be over the moon.

815
01:09:25,751 --> 01:09:29,959
Hmm. If he keeps it up, he'll log
the fastest circumnavigation ever.

816
01:09:30,084 --> 01:09:32,126
And he's just a hobbyist.

817
01:09:32,251 --> 01:09:33,584
What a story.

818
01:09:33,709 --> 01:09:35,459
The triumph of the underdog.

819
01:09:35,584 --> 01:09:38,084
Must have old Chichester
scratching his head.

820
01:09:38,209 --> 01:09:40,334
Give me 1,000 words on Crowhurst.

821
01:09:40,459 --> 01:09:44,501
'I imagine "Heading Digger Ramirez"
will certainly be three of 'em.'

822
01:10:04,709 --> 01:10:06,709
'Only two weeks behind Tetley.

823
01:10:08,751 --> 01:10:10,501
'Photo finish will make great news.

824
01:10:12,376 --> 01:10:13,793
'Fill your sails.'

825
01:10:16,959 --> 01:10:18,876
'I think you're going to win.'

826
01:10:20,751 --> 01:10:23,626
'No. No, can't do that.

827
01:10:24,126 --> 01:10:26,334
'They'll be too much noise.
Too many questions.

828
01:10:26,459 --> 01:10:30,376
'Tetley has got to win.
I have to be the last man home.'

829
01:10:35,918 --> 01:10:38,168
Godspeed, Nigel Tetley!

830
01:12:24,918 --> 01:12:28,293
'Are there horses
in the Horse Latitudes?'

831
01:12:28,418 --> 01:12:29,959
'No, sweetheart.'

832
01:12:31,209 --> 01:12:35,459
'Story has it that many years ago
when the Spanish sailed to the West Indies

833
01:12:35,584 --> 01:12:37,959
'they brought their horses with them
to the New World,

834
01:12:38,084 --> 01:12:42,543
'and sometimes they ran out of wind,
then they ran out of fresh water as well.'

835
01:12:42,668 --> 01:12:45,501
Which gave them
a very difficult choice to make.

836
01:12:45,626 --> 01:12:47,584
Men or horses?

837
01:12:48,751 --> 01:12:50,793
Are you taking a horse?

838
01:12:50,918 --> 01:12:53,418
No, but I'm taking
plenty of fresh water with me.

839
01:13:27,584 --> 01:13:29,584
- 'He's out.
- 'Who?'

840
01:13:29,709 --> 01:13:31,543
Tetley. Tetley's out!

841
01:13:31,668 --> 01:13:33,334
- He is?
- Yes!

842
01:13:33,459 --> 01:13:34,918
How did that happen?

843
01:13:35,043 --> 01:13:39,334
Well, listen, the story is,
he heard Donald was gaining on him,

844
01:13:39,459 --> 01:13:43,543
he's overplayed his hand, he's pushed
his own boat too hard, and he's capsized!

845
01:13:43,668 --> 01:13:46,793
- Does Donald know?
- Yes, of course he knows!

846
01:13:46,918 --> 01:13:49,126
So do the BBC, so do "The Times",

847
01:13:49,251 --> 01:13:53,293
and soon, if it's got owt to do with me,
soon so will most of England.

848
01:13:53,418 --> 01:13:56,668
Clare, listen, listen.
He's the only one left now!

849
01:13:56,793 --> 01:14:00,168
Now, not to celebrate
Mr Tetley's misfortune,

850
01:14:00,293 --> 01:14:02,834
but now that we know
that he's safe and sound,

851
01:14:02,959 --> 01:14:06,084
I think we'd like to pause
and reflect for a moment.

852
01:14:06,209 --> 01:14:07,959
Reflect...

853
01:14:08,084 --> 01:14:10,876
Oh, my goodness me!

854
01:14:11,001 --> 01:14:15,001
The family of a hero
doesn't reside on the dole.

855
01:14:15,126 --> 01:14:17,459
Indeed. So...

856
01:14:17,584 --> 01:14:22,251
To Donald Crowhurst, soon to become
the world's fastest circumnavigator.

857
01:14:23,001 --> 01:14:25,001
Hmm. To Donald.

858
01:14:25,126 --> 01:14:27,209
- To Donald!
- To Donald.

859
01:14:32,501 --> 01:14:35,959
Yes, Buenos Aires,
I would like to make the call directly

860
01:14:36,584 --> 01:14:38,834
to the United Kingdom, Teignmouth.

861
01:14:38,959 --> 01:14:42,251
Higher Brimley Road. Clare Crowhurst.

862
01:14:42,376 --> 01:14:45,876
- From her husband. Over.
- 'Trying through New York.'

863
01:14:46,001 --> 01:14:50,251
No, not through New York.
I would like privacy if possible. Over.

864
01:14:50,376 --> 01:14:53,001
'We are unable to reach Portishead.'

865
01:14:53,126 --> 01:14:54,876
No, not through Portishead.

866
01:14:55,001 --> 01:14:58,584
No, Teignmouth directly.
When I asked yesterday...

867
01:15:01,293 --> 01:15:02,959
'Not sure we copy.'

868
01:15:04,043 --> 01:15:08,334
A direct link, please.
That is what I requested. Over.

869
01:15:08,459 --> 01:15:11,376
'We cannot establish a landline
connection from Buenos Aires.

870
01:15:11,501 --> 01:15:13,668
'We will try again through New York.'

871
01:15:15,668 --> 01:15:17,751
Thank you. Listening out.

872
01:15:21,834 --> 01:15:23,543
So what do I do now?

873
01:15:24,584 --> 01:15:26,876
'I needed Tetley to come home!'

874
01:15:28,334 --> 01:15:30,418
I'm out here alone now!

875
01:15:31,959 --> 01:15:34,001
I have to talk to you!

876
01:16:51,918 --> 01:16:54,959
Front page, "Sunday Times"!

877
01:16:56,543 --> 01:16:57,959
"Before he left Teignmouth,

878
01:16:58,084 --> 01:17:00,876
"Donald Crowhurst was little more
than a weekend sailor.

879
01:17:01,001 --> 01:17:02,709
"He was unknown.

880
01:17:02,834 --> 01:17:06,126
"Many club-tie yachtsmen
thought his strangely shaped boat

881
01:17:06,251 --> 01:17:08,793
"would sink or turn back
before Land's End."

882
01:17:08,918 --> 01:17:12,418
George...
There he is! Eh? Mouthy.

883
01:17:12,543 --> 01:17:16,293
"Today his name is
added to the famous."

884
01:17:16,418 --> 01:17:17,751
Bloody marvellous.

885
01:17:17,876 --> 01:17:20,001
"And behind that brief statement
is a story

886
01:17:20,126 --> 01:17:24,376
"almost as long as the gruelling
29,000 miles he travelled.

887
01:17:24,501 --> 01:17:27,543
"A story packed
with courage, self-discipline,

888
01:17:27,668 --> 01:17:30,209
"and an unswerving belief
in his own capabilities."

889
01:17:30,334 --> 01:17:32,209
"The Sunday Times"!

890
01:17:32,334 --> 01:17:33,918
That's not local!

891
01:17:34,751 --> 01:17:37,459
That's not a local paper.
That's from London!

892
01:17:37,584 --> 01:17:41,543
Anyway, all raise your drinks, and...
Tell you what, they're on Ian.

893
01:17:41,668 --> 01:17:44,043
Young Ian here.

894
01:17:52,293 --> 01:17:57,001
No. No, you have to stay
away from me.

895
01:17:57,126 --> 01:18:00,501
This is Mike, Zulu, Uniform, Whisky.
Vessel: Teignmouth Electron.

896
01:18:00,626 --> 01:18:02,918
- Read me?
- 'Imagine us there with you.'

897
01:18:03,043 --> 01:18:06,459
Mike, Zulu, Uniform, Whisky.
Vessel: Teignmouth Electron.

898
01:18:06,584 --> 01:18:08,334
Do you read me? Over.

899
01:18:09,209 --> 01:18:13,043
'This is Halifax station.
Please identify. Over.'

900
01:18:13,168 --> 01:18:16,959
I'm trying to reach my wife,
Clare Crowhurst of Teignmouth. Over.

901
01:18:19,251 --> 01:18:23,209
'Halifax Station.
Please identify. Go to channel...'

902
01:18:28,418 --> 01:18:30,251
'Careful, Donald!

903
01:18:32,043 --> 01:18:33,459
'Donald?'

904
01:18:34,501 --> 01:18:37,168
'Who are you?'

905
01:18:40,459 --> 01:18:42,751
Who are you?

906
01:18:42,876 --> 01:18:45,418
'You are a cosmic being.

907
01:18:47,584 --> 01:18:50,126
'What is your sin?

908
01:18:54,543 --> 01:18:57,459
'What is your sin?

909
01:19:01,376 --> 01:19:04,209
'Who are you?'

910
01:19:05,376 --> 01:19:09,501
'I'm a cosmic being.'
'A cosmic being.'

911
01:19:09,626 --> 01:19:11,834
'A cosmic being.

912
01:19:14,001 --> 01:19:16,334
'A cosmic being.'

913
01:19:25,543 --> 01:19:29,251
Crosse & Blackwell want
photos and statements.

914
01:19:29,376 --> 01:19:32,001
BBC and ITV are sending helicopters.

915
01:19:32,126 --> 01:19:33,876
Why has he not written?

916
01:19:34,001 --> 01:19:37,584
I've scheduled the press conference
at the Carlton per your instructions.

917
01:19:37,709 --> 01:19:40,626
Just need to give them an exact date.
I'm predicting July 3rd.

918
01:19:40,751 --> 01:19:42,959
Upstage the Americans
and their astronauts.

919
01:19:43,084 --> 01:19:46,584
All we need is another
couple of those 200-mile days.

920
01:19:46,709 --> 01:19:49,251
How is it he can't find five minutes

921
01:19:49,376 --> 01:19:52,043
to give us an estimate
of when he'll arrive?

922
01:19:52,168 --> 01:19:55,376
Maybe there's another problem
with the radio?

923
01:19:55,501 --> 01:19:58,293
Oh, look, it's going up.
Look, look. "Welcome home, Donald."

924
01:19:58,418 --> 01:20:01,959
- Oh, it's looking good.
- Oh, it's smashing. Think he'll like it?

925
01:20:02,084 --> 01:20:06,751
'During his lifetime each man
plays cosmic chess with the devil.

926
01:20:08,126 --> 01:20:13,918
'It's difficult to know who's winning,
because God plays with one set of rules,

927
01:20:15,459 --> 01:20:19,918
'and the Devil plays with the other
exactly opposite set of rules.

928
01:20:21,293 --> 01:20:24,376
'But one thing is clear.

929
01:20:25,584 --> 01:20:27,584
'The only real sin...

930
01:20:29,459 --> 01:20:31,959
'...is the sin of concealment.'

931
01:21:58,459 --> 01:22:00,168
'Wait for me!'

932
01:22:02,834 --> 01:22:04,168
Can you see him?

933
01:22:04,293 --> 01:22:06,084
- Wait!
- Yes?

934
01:22:06,209 --> 01:22:09,084
- I see something!
- What do you see?

935
01:22:09,959 --> 01:22:13,084
- Oh, it's a cloud.
- Oh, dear. Let me have a look.

936
01:22:14,334 --> 01:22:16,543
I think he'll be back on 21st.

937
01:22:16,668 --> 01:22:18,876
The same day the Americans
arrive on the moon.

938
01:22:19,001 --> 01:22:22,751
- I want him back tomorrow.
- Oh, me too, sweetheart.

939
01:22:22,876 --> 01:22:25,668
You have a look.
See what you can see.

940
01:22:29,168 --> 01:22:32,751
- There's something sort of there.
- What do you think it is?

941
01:22:32,876 --> 01:22:36,084
I don't know.
It doesn't look like the trimaran.

942
01:22:38,043 --> 01:22:39,751
'Clare?'

943
01:22:43,334 --> 01:22:45,751
I thought I could play the game better.

944
01:22:45,876 --> 01:22:47,293
I tried.

945
01:22:57,626 --> 01:23:00,251
But in the end,
I was forced to admit that nature...

946
01:23:01,251 --> 01:23:04,918
...forces on cosmic beings
the only sin that they're capable of.

947
01:23:07,126 --> 01:23:09,001
The sin of concealment.

948
01:23:20,293 --> 01:23:24,126
Darling, I'm the only man on Earth
who understands what this means.

949
01:23:29,084 --> 01:23:30,543
Over.

950
01:23:59,043 --> 01:24:00,793
Come home.

951
01:24:03,168 --> 01:24:04,584
I can't.

952
01:24:11,126 --> 01:24:12,959
There's no way back.

953
01:24:14,668 --> 01:24:17,376
I can't write stories
of where I've never been.

954
01:24:28,709 --> 01:24:30,543
I'm something else now.

955
01:24:52,501 --> 01:24:56,293
It's 10:28... nine seconds.

956
01:25:05,668 --> 01:25:07,501
The only beauty...

957
01:25:09,043 --> 01:25:10,376
...is truth.

958
01:25:11,918 --> 01:25:13,959
I am what I am.

959
01:25:18,543 --> 01:25:21,251
And I see the nature of my offence.

960
01:25:30,584 --> 01:25:32,668
I'm so sorry.

961
01:25:38,626 --> 01:25:41,043
I hope you can forgive me.

962
01:26:39,501 --> 01:26:41,293
It's finished.

963
01:26:45,293 --> 01:26:47,126
It's finished.

964
01:28:01,209 --> 01:28:03,209
It is the mercy.

965
01:29:20,043 --> 01:29:23,126
This is exactly
how we found her.

966
01:29:34,668 --> 01:29:36,001
Hmm.

967
01:29:37,334 --> 01:29:39,251
There's the logbooks, eh?

968
01:29:40,084 --> 01:29:42,709
Left 'em out like that.
In plain sight.

969
01:29:44,501 --> 01:29:46,751
Suppose he could've
thrown 'em overboard.

970
01:29:47,376 --> 01:29:49,168
Yes.

971
01:29:49,293 --> 01:29:52,043
But he didn't, did he?

972
01:29:59,126 --> 01:30:02,293
As far as I can tell,
the poor bastard never rounded the Cape,

973
01:30:02,418 --> 01:30:04,293
or crossed the dateline.

974
01:30:05,001 --> 01:30:07,126
Looks like he invented the whole thing.

975
01:30:09,209 --> 01:30:13,043
It seems he gives up
after Commander Tetley goes over.

976
01:30:13,168 --> 01:30:15,168
Stops sailing.

977
01:30:16,584 --> 01:30:18,793
I'll tell you
what I think's happened here.

978
01:30:20,084 --> 01:30:22,251
He never had any intention of winning.

979
01:30:22,834 --> 01:30:25,834
Yeah. He never planned
on being held to account.

980
01:30:25,959 --> 01:30:29,001
Who looks at the logbooks
of the last man home?

981
01:30:30,584 --> 01:30:32,001
Think about it.

982
01:30:33,418 --> 01:30:35,251
"It is finished.

983
01:30:36,751 --> 01:30:38,751
"The mercy."

984
01:30:48,376 --> 01:30:49,876
What "mercy"?

985
01:30:57,751 --> 01:30:59,793
Has Clare seen these?

986
01:31:02,834 --> 01:31:05,334
Her husband wanted to be famous.

987
01:31:07,584 --> 01:31:10,251
Well, now he's about to be.

988
01:31:28,043 --> 01:31:31,751
I can see that you've all come
to inspect the damage,

989
01:31:31,876 --> 01:31:35,001
to take a picture, write a story.

990
01:31:36,293 --> 01:31:38,959
Perhaps you'd all like a word
from the bereaved widow.

991
01:31:39,084 --> 01:31:41,251
Is that what you've come
scavenging for? Yes?

992
01:31:41,376 --> 01:31:44,543
- Yes, please.
- All right, well, write this down.

993
01:31:44,668 --> 01:31:48,459
I don't know if my husband
slipped and fell,

994
01:31:48,584 --> 01:31:51,418
or if he jumped...
as you're now saying.

995
01:31:52,709 --> 01:31:57,209
But I would like you to rest assured,
that if he did jump, he was pushed.

996
01:32:00,126 --> 01:32:03,959
And each and every one of you here
had a grubby hand on his back.

997
01:32:04,084 --> 01:32:07,918
Every photographer,
every sponsor, every reporter,

998
01:32:08,043 --> 01:32:11,418
every sad little man
who stands at a newsstand

999
01:32:11,543 --> 01:32:14,293
to feast on the scraps
of another's undoing.

1000
01:32:15,668 --> 01:32:18,043
And once he was in the water,

1001
01:32:18,168 --> 01:32:21,751
you all held him under
with your judgement.

1002
01:32:21,876 --> 01:32:25,959
Last week you were selling hope,
now you're selling blame.

1003
01:32:26,084 --> 01:32:28,501
Next week you'll be selling
something else.

1004
01:32:30,209 --> 01:32:33,709
But tomorrow and every day after,

1005
01:32:33,834 --> 01:32:37,251
my children will still need their father.

1006
01:32:37,376 --> 01:32:39,918
And I will still need my husband.

1007
01:32:41,459 --> 01:32:44,168
I'm afraid that doesn't make
a particularly good story,

1008
01:32:44,293 --> 01:32:48,126
but then I suppose
the truth rarely does.

1009
01:32:49,501 --> 01:32:50,876
Thank you very much.

1010
01:33:10,043 --> 01:33:14,084
'My most fervent desire
is that you never see this writing.

1011
01:33:14,209 --> 01:33:17,043
'If you ever do, it will mean
that by pursuit of my own ends

1012
01:33:17,168 --> 01:33:21,418
'I have placed
an intolerable burden on you.

1013
01:33:21,543 --> 01:33:27,668
'But nothing can touch
or tarnish our past happiness.

1014
01:33:28,709 --> 01:33:34,209
'Not time, nor brief future misery,
nor anything that lies ahead.'

1015
01:33:53,293 --> 01:33:55,126
How long do we wait?

1016
01:33:58,293 --> 01:34:01,251
You don't have to decide
when to stop waiting.

1017
01:34:02,543 --> 01:34:04,918
Your heart will do that for you.

1018
01:34:07,418 --> 01:34:09,918
'The end must come
to all human experience

1019
01:34:10,043 --> 01:34:12,668
'and that alone is certain.

1020
01:34:12,793 --> 01:34:16,084
'May you find joy in life
and in your children.

1021
01:34:16,209 --> 01:34:19,501
'May they grow
to reflect credit on you.

1022
01:34:19,626 --> 01:34:22,251
'To testify to our love.

1023
01:34:22,376 --> 01:34:25,543
'To give you the love
I will not now be able to.'

1024
01:34:27,418 --> 01:34:30,543
'What do we do now?'
'Every day...

1025
01:34:30,668 --> 01:34:33,876
'...I want you to welcome Daddy
home with open arms.'

1026
01:34:36,668 --> 01:34:38,668
Even the parts you don't understand.

1027
01:34:42,793 --> 01:34:45,959
Because that's what you do for someone
you love who has gone away.

1028
01:34:54,418 --> 01:34:56,418
Even if they don't make it back.