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We are all human beings,

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and we have dreams.

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This voyage is Don's.

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For him,

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it was the adventure.

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There may have been an element

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he wanted fame and glory.

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He wasn't averse

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to taking risks.

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(SQUAWKING)

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But, when you're alone,

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just you

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and the ocean,

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it's the whole

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of your universe.

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It's totally indifferent.

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It's there

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waiting for you.

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If you make a slip,

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then imagination

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is the danger.

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It's no longer about heroes

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and adventures at sea.

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It's about isolation

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and the delicate mechanism

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of the mind.

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(INDISTINCT RADIO

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TRANSMISSIONS)

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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TED HYNDS: It was this

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new Elizabethan age.

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It was the Beatles.

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It was sexual freedom,

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freedom of the seas.

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It caught the imagination.

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ANNOUNCER: Francis Chichester

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aboard   Gipsy Moth IV

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is now in sight of home.

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He's barely 15 miles

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from Plymouth,

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at the end of his epic

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round-the-world voyage.

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Thousands of people

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have been pouring

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into the city.

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They're waiting

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for their first glimpse

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of a man who set out

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nine months

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and 33,000 miles ago.

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HYNDS: There were signs,

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there was noise.

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It was mayhem.

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You stood and watched

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and let it wash over you.

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Chichester had done

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a single-handed

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circumnavigation

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and brought his vessel

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back home.

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Stirring stuff,

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boys-only stuff.

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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Chichester had

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started the ball rolling.

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People were looking for

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"What was the new challenge?

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What's the next frontier?"

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ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON:

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Chichester stopped halfway.

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He pulled into Australia

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and did quite-serious refits.

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I thought, "That's it.

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One thing left to be done,

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"go around the world,

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single-handed, but nonstop."

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HYNDS: The general public

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got into the spirit of it,

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and newspapers as well.

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came up with the idea

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of a nonstop race

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around the world.

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DONALD KERR: There could be

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no greater challenge.

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down to the South Atlantic,

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was fairly kind,

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but then your

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troubles started.

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the Cape of Good Hope,

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you were into the Roaring 40s,

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that endless band

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of storms that

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of miles later,

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you pass south

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of Australia,

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New Zealand, and across

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the rest of the Pacific,

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to Cape Horn.

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the Falkland Islands,

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cross the equator,

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TILDA SWINTON:

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In the spring of 1968,

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some of the world's most

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experienced sailors

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began to gather

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in the ports of Britain.

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as contenders

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in the greatest

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endurance test of all time.

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KERR: This wasn't a race

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in the normal sense

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of the word.

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You could leave

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whenever you liked,

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but you had to leave

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before October the 31st,

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to avoid the really severe

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winter weather at Cape Horn.

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The first man to do it

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would get the Golden Globe.

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The boat that

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went round fastest

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would get the big prize

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of 5,000 pounds.

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KNOX-JOHNSTON: This was

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something that a human

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hadn't yet attempted to do.

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we didn't know if

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a boat could take it.

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considerable doubt

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if a human could take it.

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Psychiatrists said

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that a human would go mad

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if they tried to do it.

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We're talking about

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10 months of loneliness.

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But the more people

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told me it wasn't possible

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and I couldn't do it,

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the more I was convinced

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l could do it.

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would prove real competition

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was Bernard Moitessier.

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He was highly experienced.

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(FRANCOISE MOITESSIER

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DE CAZALET SPEAKING FRENCH)

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The French adventurer,

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Bernard Moitessier,

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and the British Merchant

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Marine Captain,

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Robin Knox-Johnston,

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were among nine men announced

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in the final line-up.

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Each knew the winners

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would earn their place

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in history.

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HYNDS: They were

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experienced sailors,

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and then,

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there was the mystery man,

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Don Crowhurst.

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REPORTER: What sort of

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attitude of mind

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does a single-handed

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sailor have to have?

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I think one's psychology

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has to be fairly stable

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and one has to be

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constantly aware

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of the risks

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one is running,

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which...

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need not necessarily

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be much greater.

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(MAN CHATTERING)

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MAN 1: One hundred-ton truck

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goes by.

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MAN 1: I gotta run off

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any second.

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MAN 2: All right.

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I just thought,

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"It's too enormous to

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take on something like that"

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I didn't give it

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some serious thought.

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But there is a moment

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when an opportunity arises,

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and if you don't grasp it,

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that's it.

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The first time I saw him,

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we were at a party

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at my flat.

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what a wonderfully warm,

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vigorous and lively

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person he was.

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I had a red dress on,

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and he immediately said,

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"Who's husband

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did you arrive with?"

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telling my fortune,

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and he said,

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"You're going to marry

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an impossible man,

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"but you're going to

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be greatly loved."

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That was a ploy,

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I'm sure.

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He may have used it

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with several others.

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But it worked.

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Don started his own

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small electronics firm

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making navigational aides.

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very slow-selling,

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but we were

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able to eat from it.

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very much that

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we couldn't have

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a very exotic life.

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we were skint,

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as it were.

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SIMON CROWHURST:

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the business was struggling.

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My father was at

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a stage of his life where

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he needed to take on

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a challenge that would show

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the skills that he had

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and the abilities that he had,

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which he had somehow

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felt frustrated, unable to

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show in his business.

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My father had grown up

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with the Kipling stories

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of adventure

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and of heroes

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overcoming challenges.

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Chichester had achieved

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something on a heroic scale

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and was recognized for it.

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He had performed

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a tremendous feat

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that everybody

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could see and admire.

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my father wanted to

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take on that role

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and take on that persona.

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This was the greatest

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challenge possible.

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It grabbed my father,

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made him, almost compelled him

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to take part.

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CLARE: He asked me

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how I felt about it,

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and I said, "Well,

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if you can raise the money,

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l think you deserve it."

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I didn't think he would

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raise the money,

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but all of a sudden

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the thing took on

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its own momentum.

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KERR: Many of the competitors

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to get a boat ready.

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starting from scratch.

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WINSPEAR:

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Don chose a trimaran.

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He started off

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purely concentrating

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on the idea that

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a multi-hull was fast

303
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and that he could win.

304
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The idea was he could win.

305
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KERR: His head

306
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was full of ideas,

307
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advanced technology,

308
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what he could do "if."

309
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This was part of his

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great visionary dream, really.

311
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SIMON: It was

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going to be an innovative

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and advanced vessel,

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equipped with all

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the latest electronic devices

316
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that would make it better,

317
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would make it safer

318
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and would enable him

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to sail faster.

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WINSPEAR: That was the idea.

321
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And then Don went off

322
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to find some money.

323
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KERR: Donald had tried

324
00:12:23,826 --> 00:12:26,787
a number of careers,

325
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but they had come to nothing,

326
00:12:27,121 --> 00:12:30,166
and he wanted more.

327
00:12:31,209 --> 00:12:33,461
He believed in himself.

328
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He was inventive,

329
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he had real brains,

330
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he had a great deal

331
00:12:37,924 --> 00:12:39,800
of charm.

332
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...sort of blown up...

333
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It's all right.

334
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No, I don't mind. I wish

335
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you the very best of luck.

336
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He'd read avidly of these

337
00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:49,060
long-distance exploits,

338
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and he could talk the talk.

339
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The nearest you get to

340
00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:54,232
a transatlantic route

341
00:12:51,104 --> 00:12:54,232
is the southern...

342
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All he needed was someone

343
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to put up the money,

344
00:12:57,277 --> 00:13:01,864
and he carried along

345
00:12:57,277 --> 00:13:01,864
an entrepreneur,

346
00:12:57,277 --> 00:13:01,864
caravan-dealer,

347
00:13:01,906 --> 00:13:03,241
Stanley Best.

348
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It really was

349
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an exciting venture,

350
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and I'm not

351
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an adventurous person,

352
00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,416
so far as I'm concerned.

353
00:13:11,458 --> 00:13:15,587
But it was interesting,

354
00:13:11,458 --> 00:13:15,587
compelling, to join in.

355
00:13:18,423 --> 00:13:21,760
KERR: But the paddles of

356
00:13:18,423 --> 00:13:21,760
sponsorship are enormous.

357
00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:25,305
Stanley Best knew nothing

358
00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:25,305
about sailing,

359
00:13:25,346 --> 00:13:27,932
but as a hard-headed

360
00:13:25,346 --> 00:13:27,932
businessman

361
00:13:28,725 --> 00:13:30,560
he wanted a contract.

362
00:13:34,439 --> 00:13:37,816
SIMON: Stanley Best

363
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made my father

364
00:13:34,439 --> 00:13:37,816
sign an agreement.

365
00:13:39,110 --> 00:13:41,362
If he dropped out

366
00:13:39,110 --> 00:13:41,362
before the race began

367
00:13:41,404 --> 00:13:43,573
or dropped out

368
00:13:41,404 --> 00:13:43,573
early on in the race,

369
00:13:43,615 --> 00:13:47,243
he would be forced

370
00:13:43,615 --> 00:13:47,243
to buy the boat back.

371
00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:52,123
In effect, my father

372
00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:52,123
would be bankrupt.

373
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The house we lived in

374
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would have to be sold.

375
00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:05,386
He was gambling everything.

376
00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:05,386
He had staked everything

377
00:14:05,428 --> 00:14:07,806
on being successful

378
00:14:05,428 --> 00:14:07,806
in the race.

379
00:14:07,846 --> 00:14:09,932
Everything depended on it.

380
00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:14,646
SWINTON: As the construction

381
00:14:14,688 --> 00:14:16,981
of Crowhurst's

382
00:14:14,688 --> 00:14:16,981
revolutionary boat began,

383
00:14:17,231 --> 00:14:20,193
his rivals, one by one,

384
00:14:17,231 --> 00:14:20,193
were setting sail.

385
00:14:20,819 --> 00:14:22,570
With the prize

386
00:14:20,819 --> 00:14:22,570
for the fastest voyage

387
00:14:22,612 --> 00:14:24,614
as well as

388
00:14:22,612 --> 00:14:24,614
the first man home,

389
00:14:24,656 --> 00:14:27,074
the men were free

390
00:14:24,656 --> 00:14:27,074
to leave at any time,

391
00:14:27,116 --> 00:14:31,287
so long as they sailed

392
00:14:27,116 --> 00:14:31,287
by the race deadline,

393
00:14:27,116 --> 00:14:31,287
October the 31st.

394
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KNOX-JOHNSTON:

395
00:14:38,085 --> 00:14:40,880
l think there were some

396
00:14:38,085 --> 00:14:40,880
similarities between us

397
00:14:40,921 --> 00:14:42,799
and astronauts.

398
00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:47,053
People were just beginning

399
00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:47,053
to go round the moon

400
00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:47,053
at that time,

401
00:14:47,094 --> 00:14:49,138
in fact the first trip

402
00:14:47,094 --> 00:14:49,138
around the moon.

403
00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:51,391
There was a lot of interest

404
00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:51,391
in what happened to people

405
00:14:51,432 --> 00:14:54,352
when they're suddenly

406
00:14:51,432 --> 00:14:54,352
shoved up clear of the earth.

407
00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:56,270
And I suppose

408
00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:56,270
they looked upon us

409
00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:56,270
the same way.

410
00:14:56,312 --> 00:14:58,690
You know, we're basically

411
00:14:56,312 --> 00:14:58,690
in a small capsule,

412
00:14:58,732 --> 00:15:01,776
we're setting off

413
00:14:58,732 --> 00:15:01,776
to go round the world.

414
00:14:58,732 --> 00:15:01,776
It's extremely dangerous.

415
00:15:02,736 --> 00:15:06,656
Anyone who goes to sea

416
00:15:02,736 --> 00:15:06,656
and says they don't

417
00:15:02,736 --> 00:15:06,656
feel fear is a liar.

418
00:15:06,698 --> 00:15:09,409
Of course you're frightened.

419
00:15:10,785 --> 00:15:14,455
(FRANCOISE SPEAKING FRENCH)

420
00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:33,767
BERNARD MOITESSIER:

421
00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:33,767
When I left Plymouth,

422
00:15:33,808 --> 00:15:36,436
Francoise was onboard

423
00:15:33,808 --> 00:15:36,436
the launch following me.

424
00:15:36,477 --> 00:15:38,271
She was not very happy

425
00:15:36,477 --> 00:15:38,271
with that.

426
00:15:40,147 --> 00:15:42,442
It's always a case

427
00:15:40,147 --> 00:15:42,442
of having to sacrifice

428
00:15:40,147 --> 00:15:42,442
one thing for another.

429
00:15:42,901 --> 00:15:45,528
You have to choose

430
00:15:42,901 --> 00:15:45,528
between your life

431
00:15:42,901 --> 00:15:45,528
and a woman,

432
00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:49,240
and it's got to be

433
00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:49,240
your own life, hasn't it?

434
00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:49,240
Without hesitation.

435
00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:52,619
(FRANCOISE SPEAKING FRENCH)

436
00:16:01,836 --> 00:16:05,381
BERNARD: Around the world

437
00:16:01,836 --> 00:16:05,381
without stopping,

438
00:16:01,836 --> 00:16:05,381
single-handed,

439
00:16:05,423 --> 00:16:07,592
it's an enormous challenge.

440
00:16:07,634 --> 00:16:09,969
It's incredibly demanding.

441
00:16:10,010 --> 00:16:12,430
No one had done it before.

442
00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:18,060
Anyone who tries it

443
00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:18,060
just for the money

444
00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:18,060
or the prestige

445
00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:21,105
is going to

446
00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:21,105
break his neck.

447
00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:38,038
There was this

448
00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:38,038
extraordinary pretty ribbon

449
00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:38,038
that I had to pull.

450
00:16:39,039 --> 00:16:42,585
And it would swing

451
00:16:39,039 --> 00:16:42,585
the bottle into the hull.

452
00:16:50,217 --> 00:16:52,178
(CROWD APPLAUDING)

453
00:16:52,219 --> 00:16:55,348
It had to be

454
00:16:52,219 --> 00:16:55,348
smashed by hand.

455
00:16:55,389 --> 00:16:59,560
And of course, that's got

456
00:16:55,389 --> 00:16:59,560
all sorts of connotations

457
00:16:55,389 --> 00:16:59,560
in sailing circles.

458
00:17:00,895 --> 00:17:03,857
But Donald

459
00:17:00,895 --> 00:17:03,857
wanted this thing.

460
00:17:03,898 --> 00:17:06,442
He wanted to have a go.

461
00:17:07,234 --> 00:17:10,196
I thought, "Well,

462
00:17:07,234 --> 00:17:10,196
if anybody has a chance,

463
00:17:11,489 --> 00:17:15,034
"he has a chance

464
00:17:11,489 --> 00:17:15,034
because he is so innovative

465
00:17:15,952 --> 00:17:17,411
"he'll do it."

466
00:17:26,671 --> 00:17:30,591
HYNDS: This was

467
00:17:26,671 --> 00:17:30,591
a classic tale of

468
00:17:26,671 --> 00:17:30,591
English derring-do

469
00:17:30,633 --> 00:17:33,887
on a shoestring,

470
00:17:30,633 --> 00:17:33,887
the homegrown British hero.

471
00:17:33,928 --> 00:17:37,515
There will be TV deals,

472
00:17:33,928 --> 00:17:37,515
there will be newspaper deals.

473
00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:40,768
I mean, it's sort of that

474
00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:40,768
feeding frenzy start.

475
00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:45,481
Rodney, my boss,

476
00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:45,481
was a businessman

477
00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:45,481
as well as a journalist.

478
00:17:45,523 --> 00:17:49,736
He was a Dickensian character,

479
00:17:45,523 --> 00:17:49,736
the Artful Dodger,

480
00:17:49,777 --> 00:17:51,696
perhaps even a Fagin.

481
00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:55,533
He immediately

482
00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:55,533
saw the potential

483
00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:55,533
to make a lot of money.

484
00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:59,203
RODNEY HALLWORTH:

485
00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:59,203
A press agent's job is

486
00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:59,203
to get hold of the package,

487
00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:02,540
which could be

488
00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:02,540
as dull as an old tin box.

489
00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:05,209
Many people who do

490
00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:05,209
great things are often,

491
00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:07,837
as personalities,

492
00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:07,837
rather dull.

493
00:18:08,379 --> 00:18:12,174
So you got to dress it up

494
00:18:08,379 --> 00:18:12,174
a bit Christmassy,

495
00:18:08,379 --> 00:18:12,174
so that it appears attractive.

496
00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:17,430
Donald decided originally

497
00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:17,430
to start down beyond Penzance.

498
00:18:17,471 --> 00:18:20,641
But here in Teignmouth,

499
00:18:17,471 --> 00:18:20,641
we have a fairly

500
00:18:17,471 --> 00:18:20,641
active publicity setup,

501
00:18:20,683 --> 00:18:24,228
and we've persuaded him

502
00:18:20,683 --> 00:18:24,228
to come 150 miles backwards

503
00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:27,941
to start here and enjoy

504
00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:27,941
the delights of Teignmouth.

505
00:18:28,399 --> 00:18:32,779
All the hoteliers

506
00:18:28,399 --> 00:18:32,779
immediately saw the potential,

507
00:18:28,399 --> 00:18:32,779
publicity-wise.

508
00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:41,662
SWINTON:

509
00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:41,662
Crowhurst's journey

510
00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:41,662
to Teignmouth

511
00:18:41,704 --> 00:18:44,373
was the first outing

512
00:18:41,704 --> 00:18:44,373
for his revolutionary boat.

513
00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,210
It should have taken

514
00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,210
three days to get there.

515
00:18:48,836 --> 00:18:50,713
It took two weeks.

516
00:18:52,298 --> 00:18:54,759
HYNDS:

517
00:18:52,298 --> 00:18:54,759
It was pretty embarrassing.

518
00:18:55,551 --> 00:19:00,180
We'd been promoting Crowhurst

519
00:18:55,551 --> 00:19:00,180
as "the dark horse

520
00:18:55,551 --> 00:19:00,180
of the sea."

521
00:19:01,057 --> 00:19:03,350
We initially thought

522
00:19:01,057 --> 00:19:03,350
that this was a man

523
00:19:03,392 --> 00:19:06,395
who had made

524
00:19:03,392 --> 00:19:06,395
transatlantic voyages.

525
00:19:06,437 --> 00:19:09,523
He wasn't.

526
00:19:06,437 --> 00:19:09,523
He'd messed about in boats,

527
00:19:09,565 --> 00:19:12,192
but he was almost

528
00:19:09,565 --> 00:19:12,192
a weekend sailor.

529
00:19:14,445 --> 00:19:18,532
But everyone loved the idea

530
00:19:14,445 --> 00:19:18,532
of this boy's own hero.

531
00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:22,202
We wanted him to succeed.

532
00:19:23,579 --> 00:19:25,748
The public,

533
00:19:23,579 --> 00:19:25,748
the town of Teignmouth,

534
00:19:25,790 --> 00:19:29,376
and Fleet Street

535
00:19:25,790 --> 00:19:29,376
wanted this to work.

536
00:19:36,467 --> 00:19:40,054
SWINTON: But Crowhurst was now

537
00:19:36,467 --> 00:19:40,054
dangerously behind schedule.

538
00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:42,556
All but one of

539
00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:42,556
the other sailors

540
00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:42,556
were underway.

541
00:19:42,974 --> 00:19:46,435
He'd lost any chance

542
00:19:42,974 --> 00:19:46,435
of winning the trophy

543
00:19:42,974 --> 00:19:46,435
for first man home.

544
00:19:46,727 --> 00:19:49,396
And to win the

545
00:19:46,727 --> 00:19:49,396
5,000 pound cash prize,

546
00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:50,857
he'd have to sail

547
00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:50,857
the world faster

548
00:19:50,898 --> 00:19:53,484
than any of the racers

549
00:19:50,898 --> 00:19:53,484
ahead of him,

550
00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:57,905
through a southern ocean

551
00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:57,905
that was already

552
00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:57,905
claiming casualties.

553
00:19:58,322 --> 00:20:01,117
KERR: Chay Blyth

554
00:19:58,322 --> 00:20:01,117
and John Ridgway

555
00:20:01,159 --> 00:20:03,285
had been knocked out

556
00:20:01,159 --> 00:20:03,285
of the race.

557
00:20:03,327 --> 00:20:05,496
Big seas had seen them off.

558
00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:11,210
It was the first inkling

559
00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:11,210
that this was not

560
00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:11,210
just an adventure,

561
00:20:11,544 --> 00:20:14,672
but a very dangerous

562
00:20:11,544 --> 00:20:14,672
undertaking.

563
00:20:14,922 --> 00:20:17,341
WINSPEAR: Don was showing

564
00:20:14,922 --> 00:20:17,341
a lot of courage.

565
00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:20,178
He was well aware

566
00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:20,178
of the risks.

567
00:20:20,511 --> 00:20:24,598
But he felt

568
00:20:20,511 --> 00:20:24,598
he was capable of...

569
00:20:20,511 --> 00:20:24,598
Of getting through it.

570
00:20:30,771 --> 00:20:34,567
KERR: Here now was

571
00:20:30,771 --> 00:20:34,567
a publicity machine

572
00:20:30,771 --> 00:20:34,567
at full blast.

573
00:20:35,526 --> 00:20:39,947
I was there

574
00:20:35,526 --> 00:20:39,947
as a journalist.

575
00:20:35,526 --> 00:20:39,947
I was producing a film.

576
00:20:39,989 --> 00:20:42,825
I could see that

577
00:20:39,989 --> 00:20:42,825
the schedule was tight,

578
00:20:42,867 --> 00:20:44,869
and when I got

579
00:20:42,867 --> 00:20:44,869
to Teignmouth,

580
00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:47,371
it was chaos,

581
00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:47,371
total chaos.

582
00:20:48,206 --> 00:20:50,958
REPORTER: It took far longer

583
00:20:48,206 --> 00:20:50,958
for you to come around

584
00:20:48,206 --> 00:20:50,958
from the east coast

585
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,626
than you had

586
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,626
originally planned.

587
00:20:52,668 --> 00:20:55,129
What sort of pressures

588
00:20:52,668 --> 00:20:55,129
has this put on you

589
00:20:52,668 --> 00:20:55,129
as a result?

590
00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:57,715
Oh, well,

591
00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:57,715
it's a week less.

592
00:20:59,092 --> 00:21:01,219
It means less time,

593
00:20:59,092 --> 00:21:01,219
you know.

594
00:21:01,677 --> 00:21:03,679
The schedule

595
00:21:01,677 --> 00:21:03,679
is that much tighter.

596
00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:05,848
Telephone!

597
00:21:08,226 --> 00:21:09,560
Telephone!

598
00:21:13,355 --> 00:21:16,400
CLARE: I thought,

599
00:21:13,355 --> 00:21:16,400
"There's chaos here, you know,

600
00:21:13,355 --> 00:21:16,400
and that's worrying."

601
00:21:16,442 --> 00:21:18,569
MAN: Can you bring the dinghy

602
00:21:16,442 --> 00:21:18,569
around this side, Donald?

603
00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:21,530
CLARE: The BBC people

604
00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:21,530
were watching it.

605
00:21:22,156 --> 00:21:26,410
You could see that

606
00:21:22,156 --> 00:21:26,410
they saw that this

607
00:21:22,156 --> 00:21:26,410
wasn't how it should be.

608
00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:31,165
KERR: I told

609
00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:31,165
the cameraman,

610
00:21:31,207 --> 00:21:34,627
"This is a voyage

611
00:21:31,207 --> 00:21:34,627
that's not gonna happen.

612
00:21:31,207 --> 00:21:34,627
It's not gonna succeed.

613
00:21:34,668 --> 00:21:38,505
"Just film what is

614
00:21:34,668 --> 00:21:38,505
really happening.

615
00:21:34,668 --> 00:21:38,505
Film the chaos of it all."

616
00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:40,466
Which he did.

617
00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:44,386
With three

618
00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:44,386
or four days to go,

619
00:21:44,428 --> 00:21:46,472
there was so much

620
00:21:44,428 --> 00:21:46,472
still to be done

621
00:21:46,513 --> 00:21:50,768
by so many different people

622
00:21:46,513 --> 00:21:50,768
who got in each other's way.

623
00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:54,230
He had lost track

624
00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:54,230
of what was happening

625
00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:54,230
on his boat.

626
00:21:54,772 --> 00:21:58,151
Of course you realize

627
00:21:54,772 --> 00:21:58,151
I've got to have

628
00:21:54,772 --> 00:21:58,151
the equipment tonight.

629
00:21:59,693 --> 00:22:02,404
It won't be on the boat

630
00:21:59,693 --> 00:22:02,404
if it's not put on tonight.

631
00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:05,283
At that stage, people were

632
00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:05,283
beginning to say to him,

633
00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:07,952
"Are you sure

634
00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:07,952
everything's all right?"

635
00:22:08,286 --> 00:22:11,580
"Have you really considered

636
00:22:08,286 --> 00:22:11,580
what you're doing?"

637
00:22:14,917 --> 00:22:18,129
KERR: He was getting more

638
00:22:14,917 --> 00:22:18,129
and more exhausted

639
00:22:14,917 --> 00:22:18,129
and more rattled.

640
00:22:18,171 --> 00:22:20,547
He was bright and cheerful

641
00:22:18,171 --> 00:22:20,547
for the interviews,

642
00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:24,468
but the minute

643
00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:24,468
the cameras stopped

644
00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:24,468
his face dropped.

645
00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:27,096
REPORTER: 'Cause they sense

646
00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:27,096
that it's a personal story.

647
00:22:27,138 --> 00:22:30,975
And if I can ask you,

648
00:22:27,138 --> 00:22:30,975
do you feel you're

649
00:22:27,138 --> 00:22:30,975
up against it

650
00:22:31,017 --> 00:22:32,935
with the time limit?

651
00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:43,154
I don't think

652
00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:43,154
there are too many things

653
00:22:43,196 --> 00:22:46,157
that are of any importance

654
00:22:43,196 --> 00:22:46,157
that remain undone.

655
00:22:46,199 --> 00:22:47,825
Um...

656
00:22:49,327 --> 00:22:51,829
Most of it

657
00:22:49,327 --> 00:22:51,829
is taken care of.

658
00:22:51,871 --> 00:22:53,914
And I think that...

659
00:22:55,916 --> 00:23:00,296
I'm not lacking in

660
00:22:55,916 --> 00:23:00,296
any great...respects.

661
00:23:00,338 --> 00:23:03,549
You know,

662
00:23:00,338 --> 00:23:03,549
there's nothing

663
00:23:00,338 --> 00:23:03,549
essential that's missing.

664
00:23:05,092 --> 00:23:07,636
(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)

665
00:23:14,185 --> 00:23:15,811
KERR: The last day

666
00:23:14,185 --> 00:23:15,811
in Teignmouth,

667
00:23:15,853 --> 00:23:20,107
Clare and I took him off

668
00:23:15,853 --> 00:23:20,107
for a walk along the seafront.

669
00:23:21,525 --> 00:23:25,363
He just sat there,

670
00:23:21,525 --> 00:23:25,363
withdrawn and trembling,

671
00:23:25,403 --> 00:23:28,949
saying, "It isn't ready.

672
00:23:25,403 --> 00:23:28,949
The boat isn't ready."

673
00:23:30,201 --> 00:23:35,373
And as we walked back

674
00:23:30,201 --> 00:23:35,373
we met Stanley Best,

675
00:23:30,201 --> 00:23:35,373
the sponsor,

676
00:23:35,413 --> 00:23:36,665
and Rodney Hallworth,

677
00:23:36,707 --> 00:23:39,585
who stood to make

678
00:23:36,707 --> 00:23:39,585
a lot of money

679
00:23:36,707 --> 00:23:39,585
if he succeeded

680
00:23:39,626 --> 00:23:41,670
and nothing if he failed.

681
00:23:41,712 --> 00:23:45,966
So when he told them

682
00:23:41,712 --> 00:23:45,966
he couldn't go,

683
00:23:41,712 --> 00:23:45,966
the boat wasn't ready,

684
00:23:46,008 --> 00:23:51,638
they said, "Donald, tomorrow

685
00:23:46,008 --> 00:23:51,638
it's October the 31st,

686
00:23:46,008 --> 00:23:51,638
the very last day to go.

687
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,515
"You have to go."

688
00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:57,853
What do you think of

689
00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:57,853
the weather tomorrow?

690
00:23:58,271 --> 00:23:59,813
I don't know.

691
00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:05,152
I would think

692
00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:05,152
at this time of year

693
00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:05,152
the southwestern winds...

694
00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:07,405
Yes, very nice.

695
00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:07,405
...it will be.

696
00:24:08,446 --> 00:24:10,490
KERR: It was unstoppable.

697
00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:15,829
There was so much at stake.

698
00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:15,829
How could he say,

699
00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:15,829
"I can't go?"

700
00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:20,209
At the least,

701
00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:20,209
he faced ridicule

702
00:24:16,122 --> 00:24:20,209
and embarrassment.

703
00:24:20,542 --> 00:24:24,922
What would he be,

704
00:24:20,542 --> 00:24:24,922
in his own eyes,

705
00:24:20,542 --> 00:24:24,922
if he didn't go?

706
00:24:30,844 --> 00:24:32,930
(STATIC ON RADIO)

707
00:24:35,473 --> 00:24:37,435
MAN 1 ON RADIO: Now we turn

708
00:24:35,473 --> 00:24:37,435
to Teignmouth in South Devon,

709
00:24:37,475 --> 00:24:41,730
on the last day on which

710
00:24:37,475 --> 00:24:41,730
Donald Crowhurst could start

711
00:24:37,475 --> 00:24:41,730
on his round-the-world voyage.

712
00:24:41,772 --> 00:24:44,150
The rules of

713
00:24:41,772 --> 00:24:44,150
The Sunday Times   race

714
00:24:41,772 --> 00:24:44,150
said that all competitors

715
00:24:44,191 --> 00:24:46,693
must have started

716
00:24:44,191 --> 00:24:46,693
by the end of October.

717
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:51,949
And at 3:00 this afternoon,

718
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:51,949
after innumerable delays,

719
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:51,949
start Mr. Crowhurst did.

720
00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:58,956
How many

721
00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:58,956
can you manage?

722
00:24:59,248 --> 00:25:03,252
What about...

723
00:24:59,248 --> 00:25:03,252
DONALD: The kids?

724
00:24:59,248 --> 00:25:03,252
Yeah, all right.

725
00:25:06,213 --> 00:25:10,717
We're terribly short of time.

726
00:25:06,213 --> 00:25:10,717
The pilot is waiting.

727
00:25:06,213 --> 00:25:10,717
I'm awfully sorry.

728
00:25:14,054 --> 00:25:16,098
(APPLAUSE)

729
00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:21,187
SIMON: I remember going on

730
00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:21,187
a small rowboat with

731
00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:21,187
my brothers and my sister,

732
00:25:21,228 --> 00:25:24,398
and my father

733
00:25:21,228 --> 00:25:24,398
kissing us goodbye.

734
00:25:26,192 --> 00:25:29,527
It wasn't

735
00:25:26,192 --> 00:25:29,527
a feeling of sadness

736
00:25:26,192 --> 00:25:29,527
so much as excitement.

737
00:25:31,947 --> 00:25:35,409
But I suppose there

738
00:25:31,947 --> 00:25:35,409
was a feeling also

739
00:25:31,947 --> 00:25:35,409
at the back of my mind,

740
00:25:35,451 --> 00:25:38,037
"Well, you don't quite know

741
00:25:35,451 --> 00:25:38,037
what's going to happen next."

742
00:25:43,292 --> 00:25:47,629
CLARE: The children

743
00:25:43,292 --> 00:25:47,629
were oblivious to the danger,

744
00:25:43,292 --> 00:25:47,629
without any doubt.

745
00:25:48,964 --> 00:25:51,175
And it's just as well,

746
00:25:48,964 --> 00:25:51,175
really.

747
00:26:01,477 --> 00:26:03,229
(CROWD APPLAUDING)

748
00:26:03,270 --> 00:26:04,897
(CROWD CHEERING)

749
00:26:04,938 --> 00:26:07,233
MAN: Well, she's left

750
00:26:04,938 --> 00:26:07,233
Teignmouth at last.

751
00:26:07,274 --> 00:26:10,403
The 41-foot trimaran,

752
00:26:07,274 --> 00:26:10,403
Teignmouth Electron,

753
00:26:10,444 --> 00:26:12,696
at the helm,

754
00:26:10,444 --> 00:26:12,696
Donald Crowhurst,

755
00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:16,783
this 36-year-old engineer

756
00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:16,783
who even at this last stage

757
00:26:17,159 --> 00:26:20,371
hasn't given up the idea

758
00:26:17,159 --> 00:26:20,371
of recording the fastest time.

759
00:26:20,829 --> 00:26:24,875
Yes, he's got this yellow

760
00:26:20,829 --> 00:26:24,875
one-piece suit on,

761
00:26:20,829 --> 00:26:24,875
and still his tie.

762
00:26:25,251 --> 00:26:28,837
And out here too

763
00:26:25,251 --> 00:26:28,837
is his wife Clare

764
00:26:25,251 --> 00:26:28,837
and four young children.

765
00:26:28,879 --> 00:26:31,798
They're all very small,

766
00:26:28,879 --> 00:26:31,798
chanting, "Bye-bye, Daddy."

767
00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:37,430
Oh, something's

768
00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:37,430
gone wrong out there.

769
00:26:38,305 --> 00:26:40,099
He's taking a tour again.

770
00:26:42,393 --> 00:26:45,104
Something I think has

771
00:26:42,393 --> 00:26:45,104
gone wrong with the sail.

772
00:26:42,393 --> 00:26:45,104
She's being towed back.

773
00:26:45,145 --> 00:26:47,106
Oh, this is a tragedy.

774
00:26:47,481 --> 00:26:50,401
CLARE: The buoyancy bag

775
00:26:47,481 --> 00:26:50,401
at the top of the mast

776
00:26:47,481 --> 00:26:50,401
was fouled.

777
00:26:50,443 --> 00:26:52,111
The sails wouldn't go up.

778
00:26:52,152 --> 00:26:54,154
Yeah...

779
00:26:54,196 --> 00:26:56,156
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

780
00:26:57,908 --> 00:27:00,202
MAN 2 ON RADIO:

781
00:26:57,908 --> 00:27:00,202
Well, it was a delay

782
00:26:57,908 --> 00:27:00,202
of only two hours.

783
00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:03,621
By 5:00, Mr. Crowhurst's

784
00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:03,621
trimaran was being towed out

785
00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:03,621
a mile from the shore,

786
00:27:03,663 --> 00:27:08,127
and a cannon shot

787
00:27:03,663 --> 00:27:08,127
marked the official start

788
00:27:03,663 --> 00:27:08,127
of his race around the world.

789
00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:11,755
CLARE: All I could see

790
00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:11,755
was this tiny figure

791
00:27:11,797 --> 00:27:14,174
on what seemed to be

792
00:27:11,797 --> 00:27:14,174
a minute boat,

793
00:27:14,425 --> 00:27:17,010
disappearing over the horizon.

794
00:27:36,071 --> 00:27:38,574
KNOX-JOHNSTON:

795
00:27:36,071 --> 00:27:38,574
Nowadays with GPS

796
00:27:38,616 --> 00:27:42,119
you can pinpoint

797
00:27:38,616 --> 00:27:42,119
your position to

798
00:27:38,616 --> 00:27:42,119
within a few feet

799
00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:44,246
on any portion

800
00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:44,246
of the globe.

801
00:27:44,288 --> 00:27:47,416
In the '60s,

802
00:27:44,288 --> 00:27:47,416
that just wasn't the case.

803
00:27:48,666 --> 00:27:52,338
Don Crowhurst sailed

804
00:27:48,666 --> 00:27:52,338
over the horizon

805
00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:56,049
and effectively

806
00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:56,049
into oblivion.

807
00:28:01,847 --> 00:28:05,267
I don't think people

808
00:28:01,847 --> 00:28:05,267
understand what it was like

809
00:28:01,847 --> 00:28:05,267
in those days,

810
00:28:05,309 --> 00:28:08,145
pre-special foods,

811
00:28:05,309 --> 00:28:08,145
pre-weather forecasts,

812
00:28:08,437 --> 00:28:10,105
pre-satellites.

813
00:28:10,606 --> 00:28:13,526
(FRANCOISE SPEAKING FRENCH)

814
00:29:06,995 --> 00:29:10,165
BERNARD: You can't imagine

815
00:29:06,995 --> 00:29:10,165
how intensely I was living,

816
00:29:10,207 --> 00:29:12,959
how good it is

817
00:29:10,207 --> 00:29:12,959
to be on your own.

818
00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:16,171
You climb up

819
00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:16,171
and you look back

820
00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:16,171
at your boat.

821
00:29:16,589 --> 00:29:20,259
There is the sea, the wind,

822
00:29:16,589 --> 00:29:20,259
the sound of the water,

823
00:29:22,135 --> 00:29:25,639
above all, the beauty

824
00:29:22,135 --> 00:29:25,639
of the boat surging forward.

825
00:29:25,889 --> 00:29:29,768
On your own you can discover

826
00:29:25,889 --> 00:29:29,768
who you really are.

827
00:29:48,995 --> 00:29:52,791
SWINTON: Bernard Moitessier

828
00:29:48,995 --> 00:29:52,791
had now been at sea

829
00:29:48,995 --> 00:29:52,791
for two months.

830
00:29:52,832 --> 00:29:55,419
He was sailing faster

831
00:29:52,832 --> 00:29:55,419
than any of his rivals,

832
00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:58,171
averaging speeds

833
00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:58,171
of 120 miles a day,

834
00:29:58,213 --> 00:30:01,925
and closing rapidly

835
00:29:58,213 --> 00:30:01,925
on the race leader,

836
00:29:58,213 --> 00:30:01,925
Robin Knox-Johnston.

837
00:30:03,427 --> 00:30:06,888
Behind them, at the back

838
00:30:03,427 --> 00:30:06,888
of the field of seven men,

839
00:30:07,264 --> 00:30:09,182
was Donald Crowhurst.

840
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:14,146
The voyage he'd staked

841
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:14,146
his future on was

842
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:14,146
finally underway.

843
00:30:26,908 --> 00:30:30,162
DONALD: I've been at sea now

844
00:30:26,908 --> 00:30:30,162
very nearly 14 days.

845
00:30:31,121 --> 00:30:34,625
And I'm on my way

846
00:30:31,121 --> 00:30:34,625
to a rendezvous

847
00:30:31,121 --> 00:30:34,625
with Cape Horn.

848
00:30:36,293 --> 00:30:39,588
That explains

849
00:30:36,293 --> 00:30:39,588
why I'm here,

850
00:30:39,879 --> 00:30:42,508
in the North Atlantic

851
00:30:39,879 --> 00:30:42,508
in the middle of November

852
00:30:42,549 --> 00:30:45,719
making tape recordings

853
00:30:42,549 --> 00:30:45,719
in a small boat.

854
00:30:46,804 --> 00:30:49,389
(INDISTINCT RADIO

855
00:30:46,804 --> 00:30:49,389
TRANSMISSIONS)

856
00:30:49,431 --> 00:30:52,100
KERR: I wanted film

857
00:30:49,431 --> 00:30:52,100
of him at sea

858
00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:54,394
and I wanted his thoughts,

859
00:30:54,436 --> 00:30:59,191
so I got him

860
00:30:54,436 --> 00:30:59,191
a 16-millimeter camera

861
00:30:54,436 --> 00:30:59,191
and a tape recorder.

862
00:31:01,067 --> 00:31:03,570
Like in Teignmouth,

863
00:31:01,067 --> 00:31:03,570
when the camera was on,

864
00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:07,533
he was the bold,

865
00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:07,533
outgoing confident figure.

866
00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:11,745
He was playing the character

867
00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:11,745
of the long-distance sailor.

868
00:31:12,746 --> 00:31:14,540
DONALD: The thing

869
00:31:12,746 --> 00:31:14,540
about single-handing is,

870
00:31:14,581 --> 00:31:18,377
it puts a great deal

871
00:31:14,581 --> 00:31:18,377
of pressure on the man.

872
00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:22,339
It explores his weaknesses

873
00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:22,339
with a penetration

874
00:31:22,381 --> 00:31:25,759
that very few

875
00:31:22,381 --> 00:31:25,759
other occupations can manage.

876
00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:32,349
WINSPEAR: Don was

877
00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:32,349
always totally positive

878
00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:32,349
and confident,

879
00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:34,768
on the surface.

880
00:31:36,770 --> 00:31:41,233
But the log revealed

881
00:31:36,770 --> 00:31:41,233
a totally different story.

882
00:31:42,609 --> 00:31:44,944
DONALD: "November 5th,

883
00:31:42,609 --> 00:31:44,944
Tuesday.

884
00:31:45,404 --> 00:31:47,406
"Rachael's birthday.

885
00:31:47,447 --> 00:31:49,658
"Happy birthday, Rachael.

886
00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:53,245
"Hell of a morning

887
00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:53,245
for me, though.

888
00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:56,582
"I was feeling pleased

889
00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:56,582
with myself

890
00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:59,334
"when I noticed bubbles

891
00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:59,334
were blowing out of

892
00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:59,334
the port forward hatch.

893
00:31:59,835 --> 00:32:03,881
"All the evidence was

894
00:31:59,835 --> 00:32:03,881
that the compartment

895
00:31:59,835 --> 00:32:03,881
was full of water.

896
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,428
"November 7th,

897
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,428
Thursday.

898
00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:13,724
"Saw that more screws

899
00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:13,724
had fallen out of

900
00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:13,724
the self-steering gear.

901
00:32:13,973 --> 00:32:16,101
"That's four gone now.

902
00:32:16,769 --> 00:32:18,562
"The cockpit hatch

903
00:32:16,769 --> 00:32:18,562
has been leaking,

904
00:32:18,604 --> 00:32:21,981
"and it's flooded

905
00:32:18,604 --> 00:32:21,981
the engine compartment

906
00:32:18,604 --> 00:32:21,981
and electrics.

907
00:32:22,315 --> 00:32:25,569
"This bloody boat is

908
00:32:22,315 --> 00:32:25,569
just falling to pieces."

909
00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:29,989
KERR: There were

910
00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:29,989
a lot of hatches

911
00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:29,989
on these outer hulls,

912
00:32:30,323 --> 00:32:32,785
and they were all leaking.

913
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,246
While he was in

914
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,246
these calm waters,

915
00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:40,793
he could walk out

916
00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:40,793
to them and bail them out

917
00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:40,793
with a bucket.

918
00:32:41,126 --> 00:32:43,253
But once he got

919
00:32:41,126 --> 00:32:43,253
into the southern ocean

920
00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:45,464
the boat would be

921
00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:45,464
swept by waves.

922
00:32:45,505 --> 00:32:47,966
There was no way

923
00:32:45,505 --> 00:32:47,966
he could empty them.

924
00:32:48,007 --> 00:32:51,595
The hulls would fill

925
00:32:48,007 --> 00:32:51,595
and he would drown.

926
00:32:55,557 --> 00:32:57,392
DONALD: "November 15th.

927
00:32:57,434 --> 00:32:59,018
"Racked by

928
00:32:57,434 --> 00:32:59,018
the growing awareness

929
00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:01,354
"that I must soon decide

930
00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:01,354
whether or not I can go on

931
00:33:01,396 --> 00:33:04,316
"in the face

932
00:33:01,396 --> 00:33:04,316
of the actual situation."

933
00:33:06,902 --> 00:33:09,195
WINSPEAR: I think

934
00:33:06,902 --> 00:33:09,195
doubt started to set in

935
00:33:09,237 --> 00:33:10,656
(ELECTRONIC BEEPING)

936
00:33:10,697 --> 00:33:13,408
when reality started

937
00:33:10,697 --> 00:33:13,408
to set in.

938
00:33:16,202 --> 00:33:19,706
And that reality

939
00:33:16,202 --> 00:33:19,706
wasn't quite as perfect

940
00:33:16,202 --> 00:33:19,706
as the idea.

941
00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:23,502
This is why

942
00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:23,502
ideas are dangerous.

943
00:33:28,256 --> 00:33:31,009
DONALD: "As the boat stands,

944
00:33:28,256 --> 00:33:31,009
in its present condition

945
00:33:31,050 --> 00:33:35,263
"my chances of survival

946
00:33:31,050 --> 00:33:35,263
would not, I think,

947
00:33:31,050 --> 00:33:35,263
be better than 50-50."

948
00:33:37,307 --> 00:33:40,393
WINSPEAR: He knew

949
00:33:37,307 --> 00:33:40,393
the risk of going into

950
00:33:37,307 --> 00:33:40,393
the southern ocean

951
00:33:40,435 --> 00:33:42,938
was very,

952
00:33:40,435 --> 00:33:42,938
very high indeed.

953
00:33:57,202 --> 00:34:00,163
SWINTON: Crowhurst was

954
00:33:57,202 --> 00:34:00,163
now heading into that ocean

955
00:33:57,202 --> 00:34:00,163
in a leaking boat

956
00:34:00,205 --> 00:34:03,166
he had to bail by hand.

957
00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:06,753
And confirmation of

958
00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:06,753
just how dangerous

959
00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:06,753
those seas could be

960
00:34:07,045 --> 00:34:09,006
came later

961
00:34:07,045 --> 00:34:09,006
that November.

962
00:34:09,422 --> 00:34:12,091
KNOX-JOHNSTON:

963
00:34:09,422 --> 00:34:12,091
I'd heard about

964
00:34:09,422 --> 00:34:12,091
Ridgway and Blyth.

965
00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:14,344
Next news I got

966
00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:14,344
was off New Zealand.

967
00:34:14,887 --> 00:34:17,138
And I learned about

968
00:34:14,887 --> 00:34:17,138
King and Fougeron.

969
00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:20,017
KERR: Bill King

970
00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:20,017
got turned over by

971
00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:20,017
a big wave off South Africa

972
00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:21,727
and lost his mast.

973
00:34:22,477 --> 00:34:24,396
There was the Italian.

974
00:34:24,437 --> 00:34:27,733
The stress made him so ill,

975
00:34:24,437 --> 00:34:27,733
he had a stomach ulcer.

976
00:34:27,774 --> 00:34:29,526
There was another

977
00:34:27,774 --> 00:34:29,526
French sailor.

978
00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:33,030
He had 27 days

979
00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:33,030
of most appalling weather,

980
00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:34,740
and he packed it in.

981
00:34:34,781 --> 00:34:37,034
HYNDS: It came down

982
00:34:34,781 --> 00:34:37,034
to the last four,

983
00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:40,203
Tetley, Knox-Johnston,

984
00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:40,203
Moitessier

985
00:34:40,245 --> 00:34:43,081
and Don Crowhurst.

986
00:34:40,245 --> 00:34:43,081
Only four.

987
00:34:44,207 --> 00:34:47,502
SWINTON: The odds

988
00:34:44,207 --> 00:34:47,502
were shortening on Crowhurst

989
00:34:44,207 --> 00:34:47,502
all the time.

990
00:34:47,544 --> 00:34:50,422
But his progress

991
00:34:47,544 --> 00:34:50,422
was painfully slow.

992
00:34:50,923 --> 00:34:53,050
(STATIC ON RADIO)

993
00:34:50,923 --> 00:34:53,050
His only communication with

994
00:34:50,923 --> 00:34:53,050
land

995
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:56,678
was through occasional

996
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:56,678
telephone calls patched

997
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:56,678
via radio operators

998
00:34:56,720 --> 00:34:58,805
and through

999
00:34:56,720 --> 00:34:58,805
Morse code cables,

1000
00:34:58,847 --> 00:35:01,641
and the cables

1001
00:34:58,847 --> 00:35:01,641
cataloged the problems.

1002
00:35:02,141 --> 00:35:05,311
Crowhurst was averaging

1003
00:35:02,141 --> 00:35:05,311
barely 60 miles a day,

1004
00:35:05,353 --> 00:35:07,814
half of the speed

1005
00:35:05,353 --> 00:35:07,814
of Moitessier,

1006
00:35:07,856 --> 00:35:11,317
in a boat that would not

1007
00:35:07,856 --> 00:35:11,317
stay afloat in heavy seas.

1008
00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:17,657
WINSPEAR:

1009
00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:17,657
The pressure was building.

1010
00:35:19,034 --> 00:35:21,286
If Don went forward,

1011
00:35:22,079 --> 00:35:24,039
he was committing suicide.

1012
00:35:25,415 --> 00:35:29,461
But the financial situation

1013
00:35:25,415 --> 00:35:29,461
was desperate.

1014
00:35:31,755 --> 00:35:34,049
If he came back,

1015
00:35:31,755 --> 00:35:34,049
he was ruined.

1016
00:35:36,676 --> 00:35:38,678
DONALD: "Time and money.

1017
00:35:39,345 --> 00:35:41,974
"If one considers time only,

1018
00:35:42,015 --> 00:35:44,726
"the thing to do

1019
00:35:42,015 --> 00:35:44,726
is turn back now.

1020
00:35:45,184 --> 00:35:46,979
"But money,

1021
00:35:47,020 --> 00:35:49,522
"this area is

1022
00:35:47,020 --> 00:35:49,522
the most worrying.

1023
00:35:50,023 --> 00:35:52,692
"If I stop, I will disappoint

1024
00:35:50,023 --> 00:35:52,692
a lot of people,

1025
00:35:52,734 --> 00:35:54,569
"Stanley Best,

1026
00:35:52,734 --> 00:35:54,569
most important,

1027
00:35:54,611 --> 00:35:58,364
"Rodney Hallworth,

1028
00:35:54,611 --> 00:35:58,364
the folks at Teignmouth.

1029
00:35:58,406 --> 00:36:01,994
"In the final analysis,

1030
00:35:58,406 --> 00:36:01,994
if the whole thing

1031
00:35:58,406 --> 00:36:01,994
goes quite sour,

1032
00:36:02,035 --> 00:36:04,955
"the business bankrupt

1033
00:36:02,035 --> 00:36:04,955
and the house sold,

1034
00:36:05,246 --> 00:36:08,125
"l would have Clare

1035
00:36:05,246 --> 00:36:08,125
and the children still.

1036
00:36:09,918 --> 00:36:14,213
"What a bloody awful decision,

1037
00:36:09,918 --> 00:36:14,213
to chuck it in at this stage.

1038
00:36:14,255 --> 00:36:16,633
"What a bloody

1039
00:36:14,255 --> 00:36:16,633
awful decision."

1040
00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:23,556
SIMON: This was the point

1041
00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:23,556
in mid-November

1042
00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:26,643
at which his instincts

1043
00:36:23,598 --> 00:36:26,643
should have told him

1044
00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:30,271
that it was right to give up

1045
00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:30,271
and he should come back to us.

1046
00:36:32,565 --> 00:36:34,567
But,

1047
00:36:34,609 --> 00:36:36,820
somehow he couldn't

1048
00:36:34,609 --> 00:36:36,820
bring himself to do that.

1049
00:36:45,037 --> 00:36:48,040
CLARE: Donald was

1050
00:36:45,037 --> 00:36:48,040
brought up in British India.

1051
00:36:49,207 --> 00:36:51,584
Home was wonderful,

1052
00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:54,880
the house

1053
00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:54,880
full of animals.

1054
00:36:59,759 --> 00:37:02,762
He loved

1055
00:36:59,759 --> 00:37:02,762
his father dearly.

1056
00:37:02,804 --> 00:37:06,683
But I think he had quite

1057
00:37:02,804 --> 00:37:06,683
an isolated childhood.

1058
00:37:07,642 --> 00:37:11,688
There were always

1059
00:37:07,642 --> 00:37:11,688
people around,

1060
00:37:07,642 --> 00:37:11,688
but he was isolated.

1061
00:37:13,314 --> 00:37:16,609
His mother regarded

1062
00:37:13,314 --> 00:37:16,609
England as El Dorado,

1063
00:37:16,651 --> 00:37:20,197
and they came back and found

1064
00:37:16,651 --> 00:37:20,197
they didn't like it at all.

1065
00:37:21,823 --> 00:37:25,243
They had little more

1066
00:37:21,823 --> 00:37:25,243
than 5,000 pounds

1067
00:37:25,284 --> 00:37:28,496
and they thought they'd be

1068
00:37:25,284 --> 00:37:28,496
able to live off that

1069
00:37:25,284 --> 00:37:28,496
for a while.

1070
00:37:28,538 --> 00:37:31,457
But as things turned out,

1071
00:37:28,538 --> 00:37:31,457
the money went in weeks

1072
00:37:31,499 --> 00:37:35,420
and they literally found

1073
00:37:31,499 --> 00:37:35,420
themselves destitute.

1074
00:37:37,672 --> 00:37:40,508
One day his father

1075
00:37:37,672 --> 00:37:40,508
just keeled over

1076
00:37:37,672 --> 00:37:40,508
with a heart attack

1077
00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:42,510
and that was it.

1078
00:37:44,303 --> 00:37:46,890
Donald was about 15.

1079
00:37:49,475 --> 00:37:51,853
SIMON: He had seen

1080
00:37:49,475 --> 00:37:51,853
the consequences of

1081
00:37:49,475 --> 00:37:51,853
financial disaster

1082
00:37:51,895 --> 00:37:54,189
on his own family.

1083
00:37:54,231 --> 00:37:57,859
He knew what the implications

1084
00:37:54,231 --> 00:37:57,859
might be for us.

1085
00:37:58,110 --> 00:38:00,695
He would have had

1086
00:37:58,110 --> 00:38:00,695
a real emotional

1087
00:37:58,110 --> 00:38:00,695
gut reaction

1088
00:38:00,737 --> 00:38:03,865
to do whatever

1089
00:38:00,737 --> 00:38:03,865
he possibly could

1090
00:38:00,737 --> 00:38:03,865
to avoid that.

1091
00:38:04,241 --> 00:38:07,827
Maybe he could find

1092
00:38:04,241 --> 00:38:07,827
a way out of this situation.

1093
00:38:17,587 --> 00:38:20,006
WINSPEAR:

1094
00:38:17,587 --> 00:38:20,006
Every time he woke up,

1095
00:38:20,257 --> 00:38:22,675
it was the same problem.

1096
00:38:24,510 --> 00:38:26,512
He got no peace.

1097
00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:29,432
He couldn't

1098
00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:29,432
walk away from it.

1099
00:38:30,892 --> 00:38:33,645
If he came back,

1100
00:38:30,892 --> 00:38:33,645
he was ruined.

1101
00:38:33,686 --> 00:38:36,481
If he went forward,

1102
00:38:33,686 --> 00:38:36,481
he was dead.

1103
00:38:45,157 --> 00:38:46,449
Is there a third option?

1104
00:38:56,876 --> 00:38:59,296
(STATIC ON RADIO)

1105
00:39:03,049 --> 00:39:05,343
There was a third option.

1106
00:39:10,473 --> 00:39:12,892
A very interesting

1107
00:39:10,473 --> 00:39:12,892
third option.

1108
00:39:26,865 --> 00:39:29,326
KERR: Suddenly,

1109
00:39:26,865 --> 00:39:29,326
everything changed.

1110
00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:31,244
Now we were all excited.

1111
00:39:31,286 --> 00:39:33,913
Here was a man

1112
00:39:31,286 --> 00:39:33,913
who was going so slowly,

1113
00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:37,209
and now he was

1114
00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:37,209
setting record speeds.

1115
00:39:38,126 --> 00:39:41,546
People who had been cynical,

1116
00:39:38,126 --> 00:39:41,546
people who had

1117
00:39:38,126 --> 00:39:41,546
been disinterested

1118
00:39:41,587 --> 00:39:43,340
felt differently now.

1119
00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:45,925
SIMON: We just had this

1120
00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:45,925
enormous confidence

1121
00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:45,925
in my father

1122
00:39:45,967 --> 00:39:48,928
that he could do

1123
00:39:45,967 --> 00:39:48,928
what he set out to achieve.

1124
00:39:48,970 --> 00:39:51,014
And then suddenly,

1125
00:39:48,970 --> 00:39:51,014
there he was,

1126
00:39:51,056 --> 00:39:53,016
and it was really

1127
00:39:51,056 --> 00:39:53,016
coming true.

1128
00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:57,187
This is vindication

1129
00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:57,187
on a grand scale.

1130
00:39:57,937 --> 00:39:59,981
243 miles in one day,

1131
00:40:00,523 --> 00:40:02,901
the new sailing record.

1132
00:40:03,651 --> 00:40:07,864
And of course, Rodney is,

1133
00:40:03,651 --> 00:40:07,864
"Yes, I've always

1134
00:40:03,651 --> 00:40:07,864
believed in my boy,"

1135
00:40:07,906 --> 00:40:09,615
all that sort of stuff.

1136
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,245
KERR:

1137
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,245
Rodney Hallworth is a good

1138
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,245
Fleet Street journalist,

1139
00:40:13,286 --> 00:40:16,164
"Never let the facts get

1140
00:40:13,286 --> 00:40:16,164
in the way of a good story."

1141
00:40:16,206 --> 00:40:20,126
He would add a little color

1142
00:40:16,206 --> 00:40:20,126
and add quite a distance

1143
00:40:20,168 --> 00:40:23,338
to the records

1144
00:40:20,168 --> 00:40:23,338
Crowhurst was setting.

1145
00:40:24,256 --> 00:40:28,301
So Donald was

1146
00:40:24,256 --> 00:40:28,301
passing messages

1147
00:40:24,256 --> 00:40:28,301
to Rodney,

1148
00:40:28,343 --> 00:40:31,512
and Rodney was

1149
00:40:28,343 --> 00:40:31,512
embellishing them

1150
00:40:28,343 --> 00:40:31,512
for Fleet Street.

1151
00:40:36,351 --> 00:40:37,685
SWINTON: In the middle

1152
00:40:36,351 --> 00:40:37,685
of December,

1153
00:40:37,727 --> 00:40:39,896
a month and a half

1154
00:40:37,727 --> 00:40:39,896
into his journey,

1155
00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:44,609
Crowhurst's reported position

1156
00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:44,609
advanced rapidly towards

1157
00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:44,609
the southern ocean.

1158
00:40:44,859 --> 00:40:46,903
Suddenly it seemed

1159
00:40:44,859 --> 00:40:46,903
that Donald Crowhurst

1160
00:40:46,945 --> 00:40:50,365
was a contender in the contest

1161
00:40:46,945 --> 00:40:50,365
for the fastest voyage.

1162
00:40:50,407 --> 00:40:52,951
Nigel Tetley,

1163
00:40:50,407 --> 00:40:52,951
Bernard Moitessier,

1164
00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:57,455
and Robin Knox-Johnston

1165
00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:57,455
were now his only

1166
00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:57,455
remaining rivals.

1167
00:41:34,409 --> 00:41:36,786
INTERVIEWER: I wonder

1168
00:41:34,409 --> 00:41:36,786
what you'll do when

1169
00:41:34,409 --> 00:41:36,786
the voyage is over?

1170
00:41:36,828 --> 00:41:38,371
Hot bath.

1171
00:41:38,997 --> 00:41:41,582
INTERVIEWER: Anything else?

1172
00:41:38,997 --> 00:41:41,582
Steak, egg and chips

1173
00:41:41,624 --> 00:41:47,713
with new-boiled potatoes,

1174
00:41:41,624 --> 00:41:47,713
fresh peas, a beautiful,

1175
00:41:41,624 --> 00:41:47,713
juicy, sirloin steak.

1176
00:41:47,755 --> 00:41:51,176
But first thing,

1177
00:41:47,755 --> 00:41:51,176
a pint of English beer.

1178
00:41:47,755 --> 00:41:51,176
Christ, I miss English beer.

1179
00:42:20,372 --> 00:42:24,000
WINSPEAR:

1180
00:42:20,372 --> 00:42:24,000
I think it might have

1181
00:42:20,372 --> 00:42:24,000
started as a game.

1182
00:42:25,626 --> 00:42:28,754
Knowing Don,

1183
00:42:25,626 --> 00:42:28,754
he had a playful nature,

1184
00:42:28,796 --> 00:42:31,590
(INDISTINCT

1185
00:42:28,796 --> 00:42:31,590
RADIO TRANSMISSIONS)

1186
00:42:31,883 --> 00:42:36,304
and game playing

1187
00:42:31,883 --> 00:42:36,304
would come naturally to him.

1188
00:42:37,138 --> 00:42:39,182
He started playing games.

1189
00:42:42,935 --> 00:42:47,357
CLARE: Maybe he just thought,

1190
00:42:42,935 --> 00:42:47,357
"Right, give them some

1191
00:42:42,935 --> 00:42:47,357
boost back home.

1192
00:42:47,399 --> 00:42:49,526
"I'll lift their spirits,

1193
00:42:50,735 --> 00:42:54,572
"and they'll all think

1194
00:42:50,735 --> 00:42:54,572
something's happening here."

1195
00:42:54,613 --> 00:42:55,948
(ALL CHEERING)

1196
00:42:55,990 --> 00:42:57,950
(FILTERED CHEERING)

1197
00:42:57,992 --> 00:43:01,037
SIMON: My father

1198
00:42:57,992 --> 00:43:01,037
was starting to claim

1199
00:43:01,079 --> 00:43:03,540
that he had sailed further

1200
00:43:01,079 --> 00:43:03,540
than he actually had.

1201
00:43:04,832 --> 00:43:08,336
He took the decision

1202
00:43:04,832 --> 00:43:08,336
to begin charting

1203
00:43:04,832 --> 00:43:08,336
his actual positions

1204
00:43:08,378 --> 00:43:10,255
in a second logbook.

1205
00:43:11,339 --> 00:43:13,758
SWINTON: Crowhurst knew

1206
00:43:11,339 --> 00:43:13,758
the race judges

1207
00:43:11,339 --> 00:43:13,758
might ask to see

1208
00:43:13,799 --> 00:43:16,635
the logbook of any sailor

1209
00:43:13,799 --> 00:43:16,635
who made it home.

1210
00:43:17,011 --> 00:43:18,846
So in this second log,

1211
00:43:18,888 --> 00:43:22,141
he began to keep

1212
00:43:18,888 --> 00:43:22,141
a secret record

1213
00:43:18,888 --> 00:43:22,141
of his true journey,

1214
00:43:22,183 --> 00:43:24,894
while gradually the cables

1215
00:43:22,183 --> 00:43:24,894
he sent back to London

1216
00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:27,730
mapped out the story

1217
00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:27,730
of a fake journey.

1218
00:43:27,772 --> 00:43:30,066
(INDISTINCT RADIO

1219
00:43:27,772 --> 00:43:30,066
TRANSMISSIONS)

1220
00:43:30,108 --> 00:43:34,404
WINSPEAR: I suspect

1221
00:43:30,108 --> 00:43:34,404
that he might have said,

1222
00:43:30,108 --> 00:43:34,404
"Well, let's carry on a bit,

1223
00:43:35,154 --> 00:43:38,199
"let a little water

1224
00:43:35,154 --> 00:43:38,199
pass under the bridge."

1225
00:43:38,908 --> 00:43:39,951
(SIGHING)

1226
00:43:39,992 --> 00:43:41,869
And then the game develops.

1227
00:43:45,206 --> 00:43:49,252
SWINTON: Crowhurst may

1228
00:43:45,206 --> 00:43:49,252
only have intended to

1229
00:43:45,206 --> 00:43:49,252
exaggerate his progress

1230
00:43:49,294 --> 00:43:53,005
before retiring from the race

1231
00:43:49,294 --> 00:43:53,005
with a little pride restored.

1232
00:43:54,299 --> 00:43:57,969
But that first decision

1233
00:43:54,299 --> 00:43:57,969
became a trap of its own.

1234
00:44:00,513 --> 00:44:05,310
SIMON: The option

1235
00:44:00,513 --> 00:44:05,310
of pulling out of the race

1236
00:44:00,513 --> 00:44:05,310
became even more formidable.

1237
00:44:05,351 --> 00:44:09,355
Because the difference

1238
00:44:05,351 --> 00:44:09,355
between where people

1239
00:44:05,351 --> 00:44:09,355
thought my father was

1240
00:44:09,397 --> 00:44:13,151
and where he actually was

1241
00:44:09,397 --> 00:44:13,151
became greater and greater.

1242
00:44:13,443 --> 00:44:17,363
So to pull in at a port

1243
00:44:13,443 --> 00:44:17,363
would bring home the fact that

1244
00:44:17,405 --> 00:44:21,242
he was not at all

1245
00:44:17,405 --> 00:44:21,242
where he was

1246
00:44:17,405 --> 00:44:21,242
supposed to be,

1247
00:44:23,161 --> 00:44:26,414
that he was much,

1248
00:44:23,161 --> 00:44:26,414
much further behind.

1249
00:44:32,462 --> 00:44:35,673
WINSPEAR: That's where

1250
00:44:32,462 --> 00:44:35,673
he got trapped, wasn't it?

1251
00:44:36,882 --> 00:44:39,760
He'd made a mistake.

1252
00:44:40,052 --> 00:44:44,516
Whatever fears he had,

1253
00:44:40,052 --> 00:44:44,516
he had to go through with it.

1254
00:44:46,017 --> 00:44:48,936
He couldn't go back.

1255
00:44:48,978 --> 00:44:51,230
He couldn't go home.

1256
00:45:02,074 --> 00:45:03,660
SIMON: Around Christmastime,

1257
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:06,954
my father managed

1258
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:06,954
to get through on

1259
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:06,954
the telephone to my mother.

1260
00:45:07,622 --> 00:45:11,125
He couldn't tell her

1261
00:45:07,622 --> 00:45:11,125
the problems that

1262
00:45:07,622 --> 00:45:11,125
he was facing.

1263
00:45:11,167 --> 00:45:13,044
She thought

1264
00:45:11,167 --> 00:45:13,044
he was doing well,

1265
00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:16,422
and that her job was

1266
00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:16,422
to convince him

1267
00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:16,422
that she was coping.

1268
00:45:16,464 --> 00:45:19,467
They were trying to

1269
00:45:16,464 --> 00:45:19,467
protect each other.

1270
00:45:25,139 --> 00:45:27,183
We tried to have

1271
00:45:25,139 --> 00:45:27,183
a good Christmas,

1272
00:45:27,225 --> 00:45:30,562
but there was still

1273
00:45:27,225 --> 00:45:30,562
a great sense of

1274
00:45:27,225 --> 00:45:30,562
something missing.

1275
00:45:31,854 --> 00:45:35,483
CLARE: I remember one of

1276
00:45:31,854 --> 00:45:35,483
the children sitting on

1277
00:45:31,854 --> 00:45:35,483
the staircase crying

1278
00:45:35,525 --> 00:45:38,319
that he wanted his daddy.

1279
00:45:38,611 --> 00:45:40,572
And that

1280
00:45:40,613 --> 00:45:45,117
l think brought it home to me

1281
00:45:40,613 --> 00:45:45,117
what a dreadful thing

1282
00:45:40,613 --> 00:45:45,117
we had done.

1283
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,625
DONALD ON TAPE:

1284
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,625
There is a spirituality

1285
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,625
about this place,

1286
00:45:53,167 --> 00:45:56,337
and about the time,

1287
00:45:53,167 --> 00:45:56,337
Christmas,

1288
00:45:57,129 --> 00:45:59,756
that does tend to make one

1289
00:45:57,129 --> 00:45:59,756
a little bit melancholy.

1290
00:46:01,133 --> 00:46:04,470
And one thinks

1291
00:46:01,133 --> 00:46:04,470
of one's friends and family,

1292
00:46:05,804 --> 00:46:08,641
and you know that

1293
00:46:05,804 --> 00:46:08,641
they're thinking of you.

1294
00:46:10,268 --> 00:46:12,186
And the sense

1295
00:46:10,268 --> 00:46:12,186
of separation

1296
00:46:12,228 --> 00:46:15,732
is somehow increased

1297
00:46:15,772 --> 00:46:17,774
by the loneliness.

1298
00:46:20,945 --> 00:46:23,448
MAN: What about the children?

1299
00:46:20,945 --> 00:46:23,448
How are they reacting?

1300
00:46:23,489 --> 00:46:26,117
CLARE: They're all right.

1301
00:46:23,489 --> 00:46:26,117
They're healthy enough

1302
00:46:23,489 --> 00:46:26,117
about it.

1303
00:46:26,158 --> 00:46:30,913
One of them has nightmares,

1304
00:46:26,158 --> 00:46:30,913
and this is a bit worrying.

1305
00:46:26,158 --> 00:46:30,913
He walks in his sleep

1306
00:46:30,955 --> 00:46:33,332
and he shouts

1307
00:46:30,955 --> 00:46:33,332
and he sees his father.

1308
00:46:33,374 --> 00:46:35,000
And because he can't,

1309
00:46:33,374 --> 00:46:35,000
he sees him,

1310
00:46:35,042 --> 00:46:37,169
but he can't

1311
00:46:35,042 --> 00:46:37,169
communicate with him,

1312
00:46:37,211 --> 00:46:40,465
and he can't feel the warmth

1313
00:46:37,211 --> 00:46:40,465
of his personality about,

1314
00:46:40,506 --> 00:46:42,467
he worries

1315
00:46:40,506 --> 00:46:42,467
about this, of course.

1316
00:46:42,883 --> 00:46:45,428
But the others are

1317
00:46:42,883 --> 00:46:45,428
very blase about it,

1318
00:46:45,470 --> 00:46:49,599
and they think of

1319
00:46:45,470 --> 00:46:49,599
"Daddy's going to win

1320
00:46:45,470 --> 00:46:49,599
the Golden Globe," you know.

1321
00:47:00,901 --> 00:47:03,112
SWINTON:

1322
00:47:00,901 --> 00:47:03,112
Early in the new year,

1323
00:47:03,154 --> 00:47:06,282
a newspaper photographed

1324
00:47:03,154 --> 00:47:06,282
Clare with the wives

1325
00:47:03,154 --> 00:47:06,282
of Tetley and Moitessier.

1326
00:47:07,074 --> 00:47:10,411
They were christened

1327
00:47:07,074 --> 00:47:10,411
"The Sea Widows."

1328
00:47:11,245 --> 00:47:13,830
For weeks now,

1329
00:47:11,245 --> 00:47:13,830
Crowhurst's publicity agents

1330
00:47:13,872 --> 00:47:15,958
had tried to report

1331
00:47:13,872 --> 00:47:15,958
news of his progress.

1332
00:47:16,250 --> 00:47:19,086
But after the cable claiming

1333
00:47:16,250 --> 00:47:19,086
the world's speed record,

1334
00:47:19,128 --> 00:47:22,381
his messages were rare

1335
00:47:19,128 --> 00:47:22,381
and hard to decipher.

1336
00:47:22,423 --> 00:47:24,133
There were many

1337
00:47:22,423 --> 00:47:24,133
telegrams from him

1338
00:47:24,175 --> 00:47:26,344
where we couldn't

1339
00:47:24,175 --> 00:47:26,344
put out a story

1340
00:47:26,385 --> 00:47:29,388
because even stretching

1341
00:47:26,385 --> 00:47:29,388
our imaginations,

1342
00:47:29,430 --> 00:47:32,933
we couldn't decipher,

1343
00:47:29,430 --> 00:47:32,933
we couldn't figure out

1344
00:47:33,225 --> 00:47:34,769
what he was talking about.

1345
00:47:35,812 --> 00:47:38,272
They were cryptic

1346
00:47:35,812 --> 00:47:38,272
beyond belief.

1347
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:43,194
One came through,

1348
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:43,194
"Off Brazil."

1349
00:47:43,235 --> 00:47:45,279
Well, where off Brazil?

1350
00:47:52,829 --> 00:47:55,872
Sometime in the middle

1351
00:47:52,829 --> 00:47:55,872
of January, I think

1352
00:47:52,829 --> 00:47:55,872
it was the 18th or the 19th,

1353
00:47:55,914 --> 00:47:59,251
we got a message saying

1354
00:47:55,914 --> 00:47:59,251
he was having trouble

1355
00:47:59,293 --> 00:48:03,922
and, in future,

1356
00:47:59,293 --> 00:48:03,922
we would not be receiving

1357
00:47:59,293 --> 00:48:03,922
any messages from him.

1358
00:48:04,590 --> 00:48:06,217
Um...

1359
00:48:07,176 --> 00:48:08,594
Panic.

1360
00:48:10,388 --> 00:48:14,225
Rodney was facing

1361
00:48:10,388 --> 00:48:14,225
the prospect of

1362
00:48:10,388 --> 00:48:14,225
no information

1363
00:48:14,266 --> 00:48:17,269
at a crucial stage

1364
00:48:14,266 --> 00:48:17,269
in the race.

1365
00:48:18,604 --> 00:48:21,440
SWINTON: Crowhurst's

1366
00:48:18,604 --> 00:48:21,440
last cable claimed

1367
00:48:18,604 --> 00:48:21,440
he was 500 miles

1368
00:48:21,482 --> 00:48:24,819
into the southern ocean,

1369
00:48:21,482 --> 00:48:24,819
and closing on Tetley.

1370
00:48:24,861 --> 00:48:27,613
Ahead of them,

1371
00:48:24,861 --> 00:48:27,613
Moitessier and Knox-Johnston

1372
00:48:27,655 --> 00:48:30,616
were approaching the most

1373
00:48:27,655 --> 00:48:30,616
dangerous part of the course,

1374
00:48:30,867 --> 00:48:35,454
the last stretch

1375
00:48:30,867 --> 00:48:35,454
of the southern ocean

1376
00:48:30,867 --> 00:48:35,454
before Cape Horn.

1377
00:48:35,496 --> 00:48:38,123
KNOX-JOHNSTON: Cape Horn

1378
00:48:35,496 --> 00:48:38,123
becomes fixed in your mind.

1379
00:48:38,666 --> 00:48:42,002
"Once I'm round Cape Horn,

1380
00:48:38,666 --> 00:48:42,002
l can turn north.

1381
00:48:42,044 --> 00:48:44,839
"I can get out of this

1382
00:48:42,044 --> 00:48:44,839
bastard of a place."

1383
00:48:44,881 --> 00:48:46,674
'Cause it is

1384
00:48:44,881 --> 00:48:46,674
a bastard of a place.

1385
00:48:55,892 --> 00:49:01,105
Imagine yourself

1386
00:48:55,892 --> 00:49:01,105
in something about

1387
00:48:55,892 --> 00:49:01,105
the size of a small truck,

1388
00:49:01,146 --> 00:49:04,400
and coming towards you

1389
00:49:01,146 --> 00:49:04,400
is a 12-story high building.

1390
00:49:05,025 --> 00:49:07,904
That is the size

1391
00:49:05,025 --> 00:49:07,904
of the waves down there.

1392
00:49:28,382 --> 00:49:31,009
BERNARD: A great cape

1393
00:49:28,382 --> 00:49:31,009
has a soul

1394
00:49:31,510 --> 00:49:33,178
with very soft,

1395
00:49:33,220 --> 00:49:36,641
very violent shadows

1396
00:49:33,220 --> 00:49:36,641
and colors.

1397
00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:41,061
A soul as smooth

1398
00:49:38,100 --> 00:49:41,061
as a child's,

1399
00:49:41,562 --> 00:49:44,231
as hard as a criminal's.

1400
00:49:45,858 --> 00:49:48,235
And that is why we go.

1401
00:49:49,445 --> 00:49:51,823
One forgets everything,

1402
00:49:51,864 --> 00:49:55,284
seeing only the play

1403
00:49:51,864 --> 00:49:55,284
of the boat with the sea,

1404
00:49:55,326 --> 00:49:57,703
the play of the sea

1405
00:49:55,326 --> 00:49:57,703
around the boat,

1406
00:49:57,745 --> 00:50:02,249
leaving aside everything

1407
00:49:57,745 --> 00:50:02,249
not essential to that game.

1408
00:50:02,291 --> 00:50:06,629
One has to be careful, though,

1409
00:50:02,291 --> 00:50:06,629
not to go further

1410
00:50:02,291 --> 00:50:06,629
than necessary

1411
00:50:06,671 --> 00:50:08,756
to the depths of the game.

1412
00:50:09,089 --> 00:50:11,843
And that is the hard part,

1413
00:50:11,884 --> 00:50:14,553
not going too far.

1414
00:50:36,450 --> 00:50:40,204
DONALD: You look out

1415
00:50:36,450 --> 00:50:40,204
on this wild landscape

1416
00:50:40,245 --> 00:50:43,791
stretching away as far

1417
00:50:40,245 --> 00:50:43,791
as the eye can see,

1418
00:50:43,833 --> 00:50:49,505
streaks of spume

1419
00:50:43,833 --> 00:50:49,505
blown down the face

1420
00:50:43,833 --> 00:50:49,505
of these immense waves,

1421
00:50:51,382 --> 00:50:56,679
and froth-white foam

1422
00:50:51,382 --> 00:50:56,679
sending a great flurry

1423
00:50:51,382 --> 00:50:56,679
of spray and heavy water

1424
00:50:56,721 --> 00:50:58,389
all over everything.

1425
00:50:59,974 --> 00:51:02,100
And it's all

1426
00:50:59,974 --> 00:51:02,100
tremendously exciting,

1427
00:51:02,142 --> 00:51:05,229
and a tremendous

1428
00:51:02,142 --> 00:51:05,229
challenge, of course.

1429
00:51:09,901 --> 00:51:13,111
SWINTON: Crowhurst was

1430
00:51:09,901 --> 00:51:13,111
drifting off the coast

1431
00:51:09,901 --> 00:51:13,111
of South America,

1432
00:51:13,153 --> 00:51:16,114
preparing a record

1433
00:51:13,153 --> 00:51:16,114
of his false journey,

1434
00:51:16,156 --> 00:51:19,410
film and audiotapes

1435
00:51:16,156 --> 00:51:19,410
that would be broadcast

1436
00:51:16,156 --> 00:51:19,410
on his return.

1437
00:51:19,451 --> 00:51:21,077
(CAMERA WHIRRING)

1438
00:51:22,287 --> 00:51:24,289
In two months' time,

1439
00:51:24,331 --> 00:51:27,043
the race route would

1440
00:51:24,331 --> 00:51:27,043
bring the other sailors

1441
00:51:24,331 --> 00:51:27,043
around Cape Horn

1442
00:51:27,083 --> 00:51:28,586
and past him.

1443
00:51:28,836 --> 00:51:30,046
At that point,

1444
00:51:30,086 --> 00:51:33,632
he could slip in beside them,

1445
00:51:30,086 --> 00:51:33,632
and sail for home.

1446
00:51:33,925 --> 00:51:36,969
Until then,

1447
00:51:33,925 --> 00:51:36,969
he could only wait.

1448
00:51:37,386 --> 00:51:40,890
He'd stopped

1449
00:51:37,386 --> 00:51:40,890
all radio communication

1450
00:51:37,386 --> 00:51:40,890
to avoid detection.

1451
00:51:41,390 --> 00:51:44,393
His isolation was complete.

1452
00:51:45,728 --> 00:51:48,230
WINSPEAR: There you are,

1453
00:51:45,728 --> 00:51:48,230
you're alone on your boat,

1454
00:51:48,898 --> 00:51:50,649
just you

1455
00:51:51,358 --> 00:51:53,069
and the ocean.

1456
00:51:53,736 --> 00:51:55,404
It's the whole

1457
00:51:53,736 --> 00:51:55,404
of your universe,

1458
00:51:55,446 --> 00:51:58,074
it stretches

1459
00:51:55,446 --> 00:51:58,074
to the horizon.

1460
00:51:58,574 --> 00:52:00,242
It's totally indifferent.

1461
00:52:01,117 --> 00:52:04,329
And it just accentuates

1462
00:52:01,117 --> 00:52:04,329
the isolation.

1463
00:52:06,540 --> 00:52:09,460
From that moment,

1464
00:52:06,540 --> 00:52:09,460
the time bomb was ticking.

1465
00:52:13,589 --> 00:52:16,383
He had no longer

1466
00:52:13,589 --> 00:52:16,383
one enemy,

1467
00:52:16,425 --> 00:52:18,176
which was the sea,

1468
00:52:18,677 --> 00:52:20,429
he had himself,

1469
00:52:22,056 --> 00:52:25,183
this problem of imagination

1470
00:52:25,225 --> 00:52:28,228
and the delicate mechanism

1471
00:52:28,771 --> 00:52:30,648
of the mind.

1472
00:52:30,689 --> 00:52:33,025
(STATIC ON RADIO)

1473
00:52:41,117 --> 00:52:45,496
DONALD: Keeping a sort

1474
00:52:41,117 --> 00:52:45,496
of watch on sails by night.

1475
00:52:45,537 --> 00:52:47,665
Alone.

1476
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:51,127
The rigging sighs

1477
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:51,127
a sigh of cosmic sorrow

1478
00:52:51,669 --> 00:52:55,213
for weeping doves

1479
00:52:51,669 --> 00:52:55,213
that die maybe tomorrow.

1480
00:52:55,881 --> 00:52:59,217
On 12.7

1481
00:52:55,881 --> 00:52:59,217
by 10-to-the-five

1482
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:02,721
irradiated olive trees.

1483
00:53:02,763 --> 00:53:06,558
A sigh to fill

1484
00:53:02,763 --> 00:53:06,558
man's soul with melancholy.

1485
00:53:07,935 --> 00:53:11,229
Waves, sweep away

1486
00:53:07,935 --> 00:53:11,229
my melancholy.

1487
00:53:15,151 --> 00:53:17,277
SWINTON: Then in

1488
00:53:15,151 --> 00:53:17,277
the last week of February,

1489
00:53:17,319 --> 00:53:19,989
Crowhurst discovered

1490
00:53:17,319 --> 00:53:19,989
he had another problem.

1491
00:53:20,865 --> 00:53:23,367
KERR: His float splits.

1492
00:53:23,408 --> 00:53:25,410
He needs help.

1493
00:53:25,870 --> 00:53:29,081
But he's not

1494
00:53:25,870 --> 00:53:29,081
where he's supposed to be.

1495
00:53:29,123 --> 00:53:31,042
He's not in

1496
00:53:29,123 --> 00:53:31,042
the southern ocean.

1497
00:53:31,083 --> 00:53:33,502
He's just off

1498
00:53:31,083 --> 00:53:33,502
the coast of Brazil.

1499
00:53:33,544 --> 00:53:35,754
This is the trap he's in.

1500
00:53:36,463 --> 00:53:39,550
SWINTON: If Crowhurst

1501
00:53:36,463 --> 00:53:39,550
broke radio silence

1502
00:53:36,463 --> 00:53:39,550
to call for help,

1503
00:53:39,591 --> 00:53:43,721
his radio transmitter

1504
00:53:39,591 --> 00:53:43,721
would give away

1505
00:53:39,591 --> 00:53:43,721
his true position.

1506
00:53:53,064 --> 00:53:56,734
For seven weeks now,

1507
00:53:53,064 --> 00:53:56,734
his family had heard nothing.

1508
00:53:59,653 --> 00:54:02,280
SIMON: It just became

1509
00:53:59,653 --> 00:54:02,280
more and more apparent

1510
00:54:02,322 --> 00:54:06,410
that something

1511
00:54:02,322 --> 00:54:06,410
should have been heard by now,

1512
00:54:02,322 --> 00:54:06,410
and it hadn't been.

1513
00:54:07,327 --> 00:54:09,705
And people began to fear

1514
00:54:07,327 --> 00:54:09,705
for the worst.

1515
00:54:12,416 --> 00:54:17,004
CLARE: You think,

1516
00:54:12,416 --> 00:54:17,004
"Well, I didn't stop him

1517
00:54:12,416 --> 00:54:17,004
and I should have done."

1518
00:54:22,009 --> 00:54:26,471
The last night at Teignmouth,

1519
00:54:22,009 --> 00:54:26,471
he did weep for a long time

1520
00:54:26,805 --> 00:54:28,557
in our bedroom.

1521
00:54:30,350 --> 00:54:35,606
I knew that it would be

1522
00:54:30,350 --> 00:54:35,606
very easy to say,

1523
00:54:30,350 --> 00:54:35,606
you know, "Don't go."

1524
00:54:36,523 --> 00:54:40,402
That's the awful thing,

1525
00:54:36,523 --> 00:54:40,402
you know? You know

1526
00:54:36,523 --> 00:54:40,402
you could stop it,

1527
00:54:40,444 --> 00:54:43,822
and yet you know

1528
00:54:40,444 --> 00:54:43,822
that it could be

1529
00:54:40,444 --> 00:54:43,822
disastrous if you did.

1530
00:54:46,575 --> 00:54:51,997
It's a bit like children.

1531
00:54:46,575 --> 00:54:51,997
You know that if you

1532
00:54:46,575 --> 00:54:51,997
squeeze them too tight,

1533
00:54:52,039 --> 00:54:54,583
they'll do

1534
00:54:52,039 --> 00:54:54,583
the exact opposite.

1535
00:54:56,460 --> 00:54:59,337
But you can't

1536
00:54:56,460 --> 00:54:59,337
ever know at the time

1537
00:54:59,379 --> 00:55:03,008
which road is going to be

1538
00:54:59,379 --> 00:55:03,008
the right one.

1539
00:55:05,886 --> 00:55:07,721
I remember

1540
00:55:05,886 --> 00:55:07,721
in Teignmouth,

1541
00:55:07,763 --> 00:55:11,225
shortly before

1542
00:55:07,763 --> 00:55:11,225
my father set sail,

1543
00:55:11,267 --> 00:55:14,019
listening in the hotel

1544
00:55:11,267 --> 00:55:14,019
to the sound of a gale.

1545
00:55:16,021 --> 00:55:18,065
(CHOKING)

1546
00:55:30,828 --> 00:55:32,871
I hadn't realized before,

1547
00:55:33,205 --> 00:55:36,374
just how dangerous

1548
00:55:33,205 --> 00:55:36,374
the sea could be.

1549
00:55:40,004 --> 00:55:42,965
And I remember lying

1550
00:55:40,004 --> 00:55:42,965
in my bed in the hotel,

1551
00:55:43,007 --> 00:55:48,720
and listening

1552
00:55:43,007 --> 00:55:48,720
to these huge winds

1553
00:55:43,007 --> 00:55:48,720
and great waves crashing,

1554
00:55:50,722 --> 00:55:54,268
and thinking,

1555
00:55:50,722 --> 00:55:54,268
"That's the sort of weather

1556
00:55:50,722 --> 00:55:54,268
that he's going to have to be

1557
00:55:54,310 --> 00:55:56,187
"coping with in his boat."

1558
00:56:06,238 --> 00:56:09,992
DONALD: "March 4th.

1559
00:56:06,238 --> 00:56:09,992
Immediate problems.

1560
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:16,332
"One, establish

1561
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:16,332
visual contact

1562
00:56:16,372 --> 00:56:18,917
"Rio Salado entrance,

1563
00:56:16,372 --> 00:56:18,917
30 miles.

1564
00:56:25,674 --> 00:56:27,926
"Two, repair float.

1565
00:56:28,593 --> 00:56:33,349
"No proper materials,

1566
00:56:28,593 --> 00:56:33,349
large sheet ply,

1567
00:56:28,593 --> 00:56:33,349
screws, glue.

1568
00:56:33,849 --> 00:56:38,896
"Also require oats, meths,

1569
00:56:33,849 --> 00:56:38,896
rice, vindaloo paste."

1570
00:56:47,487 --> 00:56:50,406
(SANTIAGO FRANCHESSI

1571
00:56:47,487 --> 00:56:50,406
SPEAKING SPANISH)

1572
00:57:30,030 --> 00:57:34,076
CLARE: He knew what it was

1573
00:57:30,030 --> 00:57:34,076
like to come in contact

1574
00:57:30,030 --> 00:57:34,076
with people again.

1575
00:57:34,118 --> 00:57:38,038
And they responded

1576
00:57:34,118 --> 00:57:38,038
to him with warmth.

1577
00:57:38,538 --> 00:57:42,334
And yet, why he didn't

1578
00:57:38,538 --> 00:57:42,334
telephone home

1579
00:57:42,376 --> 00:57:45,337
is an overwhelming question.

1580
00:57:45,587 --> 00:57:49,174
He must have known

1581
00:57:45,587 --> 00:57:49,174
we were desperate for news,

1582
00:57:49,216 --> 00:57:51,343
but he didn't.

1583
00:57:51,635 --> 00:57:53,971
He didn't communicate

1584
00:57:51,635 --> 00:57:53,971
at that stage,

1585
00:57:54,012 --> 00:57:57,641
which is, to me,

1586
00:57:54,012 --> 00:57:57,641
quite a shattering blow.

1587
00:58:02,313 --> 00:58:04,522
WINSPEAR: I think

1588
00:58:02,313 --> 00:58:04,522
if you were in

1589
00:58:02,313 --> 00:58:04,522
the real world,

1590
00:58:04,564 --> 00:58:07,985
at that stage you would have

1591
00:58:04,564 --> 00:58:07,985
picked up the telephone

1592
00:58:08,026 --> 00:58:11,029
and said, "Look,

1593
00:58:08,026 --> 00:58:11,029
I've had to stop."

1594
00:58:13,531 --> 00:58:16,410
Because landing

1595
00:58:13,531 --> 00:58:16,410
was a flagrant act for

1596
00:58:16,452 --> 00:58:18,787
disqualifying himself

1597
00:58:16,452 --> 00:58:18,787
from the race.

1598
00:58:20,998 --> 00:58:24,460
He was slowly but surely

1599
00:58:20,998 --> 00:58:24,460
getting himself exposed.

1600
00:58:25,419 --> 00:58:27,796
He had made

1601
00:58:25,419 --> 00:58:27,796
his first mistake.

1602
00:58:27,838 --> 00:58:31,633
That mistake was very likely

1603
00:58:27,838 --> 00:58:31,633
to be revealed,

1604
00:58:31,675 --> 00:58:35,429
particularly if

1605
00:58:31,675 --> 00:58:35,429
the coastguards had

1606
00:58:31,675 --> 00:58:35,429
noted his presence.

1607
00:58:35,929 --> 00:58:38,515
(FRANCHESSI SPEAKING SPANISH)

1608
00:58:53,280 --> 00:58:55,491
WINSPEAR:

1609
00:58:53,280 --> 00:58:55,491
Why didn't he stop then?

1610
00:58:55,532 --> 00:58:59,161
Why did he

1611
00:58:55,532 --> 00:58:59,161
go back out to sea?

1612
00:58:59,203 --> 00:59:02,456
I can only assume

1613
00:58:59,203 --> 00:59:02,456
he was half-in and half-out

1614
00:59:02,498 --> 00:59:04,958
of the real world

1615
00:59:02,498 --> 00:59:04,958
at this stage.

1616
00:59:10,547 --> 00:59:12,966
SWINTON: As Crowhurst

1617
00:59:10,547 --> 00:59:12,966
sailed away from land,

1618
00:59:13,008 --> 00:59:15,093
the other sailors were

1619
00:59:13,008 --> 00:59:15,093
coming round the Horn

1620
00:59:15,135 --> 00:59:18,514
and racing north

1621
00:59:15,135 --> 00:59:18,514
for Europe and home.

1622
00:59:23,852 --> 00:59:28,690
Bernard Moitessier

1623
00:59:23,852 --> 00:59:28,690
had now been alone at sea

1624
00:59:23,852 --> 00:59:28,690
for nearly six months,

1625
00:59:28,732 --> 00:59:32,486
and the isolation

1626
00:59:28,732 --> 00:59:32,486
was beginning to

1627
00:59:28,732 --> 00:59:32,486
affect him profoundly.

1628
00:59:38,325 --> 00:59:43,163
BERNARD: After Cape Horn,

1629
00:59:38,325 --> 00:59:43,163
l felt I knew I didn't want

1630
00:59:38,325 --> 00:59:43,163
to come back.

1631
00:59:43,205 --> 00:59:45,416
You see, it didn't

1632
00:59:43,205 --> 00:59:45,416
seem worth it.

1633
00:59:45,957 --> 00:59:50,087
I could feel it.

1634
00:59:45,957 --> 00:59:50,087
I didn't say so to anyone.

1635
00:59:50,128 --> 00:59:52,130
I didn't dare to.

1636
00:59:52,172 --> 00:59:55,092
I hardly dared

1637
00:59:52,172 --> 00:59:55,092
admit it to myself.

1638
00:59:55,384 --> 00:59:57,761
(FRANCOISE SPEAKING FRENCH)

1639
01:00:19,950 --> 01:00:22,286
BERNARD: Around the world

1640
01:00:19,950 --> 01:00:22,286
without stopping,

1641
01:00:22,536 --> 01:00:27,082
eight months alone,

1642
01:00:22,536 --> 01:00:27,082
completely alone,

1643
01:00:22,536 --> 01:00:27,082
with all that that entails,

1644
01:00:27,124 --> 01:00:29,460
it had never been

1645
01:00:27,124 --> 01:00:29,460
done before.

1646
01:00:29,709 --> 01:00:33,088
Everything revolved around

1647
01:00:29,709 --> 01:00:33,088
that word, "alone."

1648
01:00:33,130 --> 01:00:36,633
The nervous tension,

1649
01:00:33,130 --> 01:00:36,633
the food, the exhaustion,

1650
01:00:36,925 --> 01:00:40,387
my whole outlook.

1651
01:00:36,925 --> 01:00:40,387
Things which mattered

1652
01:00:36,925 --> 01:00:40,387
at the start

1653
01:00:40,429 --> 01:00:42,639
didn't matter at all.

1654
01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:45,392
The rules of the game

1655
01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:45,392
had changed now.

1656
01:00:45,642 --> 01:00:48,479
The rules within me

1657
01:00:45,642 --> 01:00:48,479
had changed.

1658
01:00:56,694 --> 01:00:59,697
DONALD ON TAPE:

1659
01:00:56,694 --> 01:00:59,697
♪ I'm drunk, you circum

1660
01:00:59,739 --> 01:01:01,325
♪ You silly old circum

1661
01:01:01,366 --> 01:01:05,662
♪ You're as drunk as

1662
01:01:01,366 --> 01:01:05,662
a circumnavigator can be! ♪

1663
01:01:06,121 --> 01:01:07,623
(LAUGHING)

1664
01:01:07,664 --> 01:01:09,625
Hey, I'll tell you something.

1665
01:01:09,666 --> 01:01:12,877
I think the director-general

1666
01:01:09,666 --> 01:01:12,877
of the BBC

1667
01:01:12,919 --> 01:01:17,424
is probably slipping

1668
01:01:12,919 --> 01:01:17,424
some buckshot into his

1669
01:01:12,919 --> 01:01:17,424
12 ball, as it were.

1670
01:01:18,842 --> 01:01:21,052
Oh, why should I worry?

1671
01:01:21,094 --> 01:01:22,720
(CHUCKLING)

1672
01:01:22,762 --> 01:01:27,184
He's given

1673
01:01:22,762 --> 01:01:27,184
this lunatic Crowhurst

1674
01:01:22,762 --> 01:01:27,184
a tape recorder, yeah.

1675
01:01:27,225 --> 01:01:30,061
And 74,000 miles of tape.

1676
01:01:30,103 --> 01:01:33,773
What can he do?

1677
01:01:30,103 --> 01:01:33,773
He's got to deliver

1678
01:01:30,103 --> 01:01:33,773
a load of gibberish

1679
01:01:33,815 --> 01:01:36,401
in order to fill up

1680
01:01:33,815 --> 01:01:36,401
the space, matey.

1681
01:01:36,901 --> 01:01:38,529
Do you see?

1682
01:01:40,697 --> 01:01:43,783
But I think I'll just have

1683
01:01:40,697 --> 01:01:43,783
another little swig

1684
01:01:40,697 --> 01:01:43,783
of this bottle here.

1685
01:01:45,243 --> 01:01:46,953
(SIGHS CONTENTEDLY)

1686
01:01:49,789 --> 01:01:52,250
SWINTON: For Crowhurst,

1687
01:01:49,789 --> 01:01:52,250
after four months,

1688
01:01:52,292 --> 01:01:54,461
the waiting was

1689
01:01:52,292 --> 01:01:54,461
coming to an end.

1690
01:01:54,503 --> 01:01:59,591
And like Moitessier,

1691
01:01:54,503 --> 01:01:59,591
the prospect of his return

1692
01:01:54,503 --> 01:01:59,591
was troubling him.

1693
01:01:59,633 --> 01:02:02,260
Within days, the route

1694
01:01:59,633 --> 01:02:02,260
of his fake voyage

1695
01:02:02,302 --> 01:02:04,596
would come past

1696
01:02:02,302 --> 01:02:04,596
his actual position.

1697
01:02:05,305 --> 01:02:08,475
He had to plan

1698
01:02:05,305 --> 01:02:08,475
how and where

1699
01:02:05,305 --> 01:02:08,475
to rejoin the race,

1700
01:02:08,517 --> 01:02:10,810
when to break

1701
01:02:08,517 --> 01:02:10,810
radio silence.

1702
01:02:10,852 --> 01:02:14,022
Above all, he had to prepare

1703
01:02:10,852 --> 01:02:14,022
the written evidence

1704
01:02:14,064 --> 01:02:16,149
of a circumnavigation.

1705
01:02:16,567 --> 01:02:18,776
KERR: Once he'd

1706
01:02:16,567 --> 01:02:18,776
arrived successfully,

1707
01:02:18,818 --> 01:02:22,113
the panel of judges

1708
01:02:18,818 --> 01:02:22,113
would want to see

1709
01:02:18,818 --> 01:02:22,113
his logbooks.

1710
01:02:23,198 --> 01:02:26,660
They would want proof

1711
01:02:23,198 --> 01:02:26,660
that he had been

1712
01:02:23,198 --> 01:02:26,660
round the world.

1713
01:02:28,912 --> 01:02:31,956
He would have to

1714
01:02:28,912 --> 01:02:31,956
fake his position

1715
01:02:31,998 --> 01:02:35,293
for every day

1716
01:02:31,998 --> 01:02:35,293
he was supposed to be

1717
01:02:31,998 --> 01:02:35,293
in the southern ocean.

1718
01:02:36,294 --> 01:02:39,548
That was an amazingly

1719
01:02:36,294 --> 01:02:39,548
difficult thing to do.

1720
01:02:40,757 --> 01:02:43,260
WINSPEAR: That would create

1721
01:02:40,757 --> 01:02:43,260
enormous pressure.

1722
01:02:43,301 --> 01:02:47,222
He might think, "Well,

1723
01:02:43,301 --> 01:02:47,222
l don't think I can

1724
01:02:43,301 --> 01:02:47,222
go through with it."

1725
01:02:47,889 --> 01:02:51,101
By this stage,

1726
01:02:47,889 --> 01:02:51,101
l think Don

1727
01:02:47,889 --> 01:02:51,101
genuinely felt

1728
01:02:51,142 --> 01:02:54,854
that winning the race

1729
01:02:51,142 --> 01:02:54,854
wasn't part of the plot.

1730
01:02:56,231 --> 01:03:01,653
KERR: All he wanted really

1731
01:02:56,231 --> 01:03:01,653
was to come in quietly

1732
01:02:56,231 --> 01:03:01,653
as the man who came fourth.

1733
01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:06,032
Nobody wants to see

1734
01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:06,032
their logbooks,

1735
01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:06,032
not too much scrutiny.

1736
01:03:06,074 --> 01:03:08,826
The interest in them

1737
01:03:06,074 --> 01:03:08,826
wouldn't last long.

1738
01:03:09,536 --> 01:03:12,289
WINSPEAR: Don was very much

1739
01:03:09,536 --> 01:03:12,289
at risk in his game here.

1740
01:03:17,502 --> 01:03:20,631
But he just wanted

1741
01:03:17,502 --> 01:03:20,631
to go back.

1742
01:03:22,090 --> 01:03:24,301
He was coming home.

1743
01:03:33,810 --> 01:03:35,395
(RADIO BEEPING)

1744
01:03:35,729 --> 01:03:37,481
(RADIO STATIC)

1745
01:03:41,109 --> 01:03:44,780
HYNDS: One morning,

1746
01:03:41,109 --> 01:03:44,780
Rodney calls into

1747
01:03:41,109 --> 01:03:44,780
the office

1748
01:03:44,821 --> 01:03:46,906
and said,

1749
01:03:44,821 --> 01:03:46,906
"Ah, he's back!"

1750
01:03:46,948 --> 01:03:48,866
I said,

1751
01:03:46,948 --> 01:03:48,866
"Oh, who's back?"

1752
01:03:48,908 --> 01:03:51,453
And it was,

1753
01:03:48,908 --> 01:03:51,453
"Donald Crowhurst is back."

1754
01:03:52,078 --> 01:03:54,205
There's a phone call

1755
01:03:52,078 --> 01:03:54,205
from Portishead

1756
01:03:54,247 --> 01:03:56,500
saying Crowhurst

1757
01:03:54,247 --> 01:03:56,500
is back on the air.

1758
01:03:57,751 --> 01:04:00,545
CLARE: Rodney Hallworth

1759
01:03:57,751 --> 01:04:00,545
phoned me very early

1760
01:03:57,751 --> 01:04:00,545
one morning.

1761
01:04:00,587 --> 01:04:03,881
He said, "My face

1762
01:04:00,587 --> 01:04:03,881
is covered in shaving cream,

1763
01:04:03,923 --> 01:04:07,844
"but I've had a message

1764
01:04:03,923 --> 01:04:07,844
from Donald saying

1765
01:04:03,923 --> 01:04:07,844
he's safe and well

1766
01:04:07,885 --> 01:04:09,763
"and on his way home."

1767
01:04:09,805 --> 01:04:12,098
YOUNG CLARE:

1768
01:04:09,805 --> 01:04:12,098
I... I don't know...

1769
01:04:09,805 --> 01:04:12,098
I just don't know what to do.

1770
01:04:12,140 --> 01:04:14,058
Quite frankly,

1771
01:04:12,140 --> 01:04:14,058
I'm absolutely stunned.

1772
01:04:14,100 --> 01:04:16,853
I thought that when I heard,

1773
01:04:14,100 --> 01:04:16,853
I would go absolutely crazy

1774
01:04:16,894 --> 01:04:19,397
and I would go off and

1775
01:04:16,894 --> 01:04:19,397
buy lots of champagne

1776
01:04:19,439 --> 01:04:21,941
and, you know,

1777
01:04:19,439 --> 01:04:21,941
do all sorts of mad things.

1778
01:04:21,983 --> 01:04:24,820
But at the moment,

1779
01:04:21,983 --> 01:04:24,820
l think I just want to

1780
01:04:21,983 --> 01:04:24,820
keep the news a bit

1781
01:04:24,861 --> 01:04:26,822
to myself

1782
01:04:24,861 --> 01:04:26,822
and sort of absorb it

1783
01:04:26,863 --> 01:04:29,073
before I completely

1784
01:04:26,863 --> 01:04:29,073
lose my head.

1785
01:04:29,115 --> 01:04:30,116
(CHUCKLING)

1786
01:04:32,327 --> 01:04:33,995
CLARE: The feeling that

1787
01:04:32,327 --> 01:04:33,995
the whole world was different

1788
01:04:32,327 --> 01:04:33,995
didn't matter,

1789
01:04:34,037 --> 01:04:37,374
there wasn't enough money

1790
01:04:34,037 --> 01:04:37,374
for this or that, you know.

1791
01:04:37,415 --> 01:04:40,418
Everything was different

1792
01:04:37,415 --> 01:04:40,418
all of a sudden.

1793
01:04:40,460 --> 01:04:43,213
YOUNG CLARE: Then I picked up

1794
01:04:40,460 --> 01:04:43,213
the telephone to tell a friend

1795
01:04:43,254 --> 01:04:45,256
and suddenly I was

1796
01:04:43,254 --> 01:04:45,256
absolutely overwhelmed.

1797
01:04:45,298 --> 01:04:48,426
I couldn't... I couldn't talk

1798
01:04:45,298 --> 01:04:48,426
for a long time.

1799
01:04:48,677 --> 01:04:51,304
SIMON: It was as if a switch

1800
01:04:48,677 --> 01:04:51,304
had been thrown.

1801
01:04:51,346 --> 01:04:55,099
Suddenly this elation.

1802
01:04:51,346 --> 01:04:55,099
Not only was he

1803
01:04:51,346 --> 01:04:55,099
alive and well,

1804
01:04:55,141 --> 01:04:58,895
but he was actually in...

1805
01:04:55,141 --> 01:04:58,895
Still very much

1806
01:04:55,141 --> 01:04:58,895
in the competition.

1807
01:04:59,813 --> 01:05:02,482
HYNDS: Our faith

1808
01:04:59,813 --> 01:05:02,482
is deserved.

1809
01:05:02,940 --> 01:05:05,151
He's back with us.

1810
01:05:07,904 --> 01:05:09,698
SWINTON: Crowhurst

1811
01:05:07,904 --> 01:05:09,698
turned for home,

1812
01:05:09,740 --> 01:05:11,742
slipping in behind

1813
01:05:09,740 --> 01:05:11,742
Nigel Tetley,

1814
01:05:11,783 --> 01:05:14,952
who'd passed just 100 miles

1815
01:05:11,783 --> 01:05:14,952
to the east of him.

1816
01:05:16,413 --> 01:05:19,040
Everyone believe Moitessier

1817
01:05:16,413 --> 01:05:19,040
was ahead of them,

1818
01:05:19,082 --> 01:05:22,252
chasing Robin Knox-Johnston

1819
01:05:19,082 --> 01:05:22,252
to the finish,

1820
01:05:24,128 --> 01:05:27,090
until a message

1821
01:05:24,128 --> 01:05:27,090
arrived in Paris.

1822
01:05:28,258 --> 01:05:31,887
(FRANCOISE SPEAKING FRENCH)

1823
01:05:38,769 --> 01:05:42,939
SWINTON: After seven months

1824
01:05:38,769 --> 01:05:42,939
at sea and barely six weeks

1825
01:05:38,769 --> 01:05:42,939
from home,

1826
01:05:42,980 --> 01:05:47,026
Moitessier abandoned the race

1827
01:05:42,980 --> 01:05:47,026
and turned south again.

1828
01:05:47,068 --> 01:05:51,322
He was sailing on

1829
01:05:47,068 --> 01:05:51,322
around the world

1830
01:05:47,068 --> 01:05:51,322
a second time.

1831
01:05:57,495 --> 01:06:00,791
BERNARD: I do not know

1832
01:05:57,495 --> 01:06:00,791
how to explain to Francoise

1833
01:05:57,495 --> 01:06:00,791
and the children

1834
01:06:00,832 --> 01:06:03,960
my need to continue

1835
01:06:00,832 --> 01:06:03,960
towards the Pacific,

1836
01:06:04,586 --> 01:06:06,254
to be at peace.

1837
01:06:07,255 --> 01:06:10,341
I know I am right.

1838
01:06:07,255 --> 01:06:10,341
I feel it deeply.

1839
01:06:10,675 --> 01:06:13,595
I know exactly

1840
01:06:10,675 --> 01:06:13,595
where I am going.

1841
01:06:14,053 --> 01:06:16,473
How could they

1842
01:06:14,053 --> 01:06:16,473
understand that?

1843
01:06:17,265 --> 01:06:20,811
It is so simple.

1844
01:06:17,265 --> 01:06:20,811
But it can't be

1845
01:06:17,265 --> 01:06:20,811
explained in words.

1846
01:06:24,981 --> 01:06:28,652
The pictures of my children

1847
01:06:24,981 --> 01:06:28,652
blur before my eyes,

1848
01:06:28,944 --> 01:06:31,696
though God knows

1849
01:06:28,944 --> 01:06:31,696
l love them.

1850
01:06:35,241 --> 01:06:38,703
(FRANCOISE SPEAKING FRENCH)

1851
01:07:27,711 --> 01:07:29,713
(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

1852
01:07:36,260 --> 01:07:37,888
(CROWD CHEERING)

1853
01:07:44,853 --> 01:07:47,313
MAN ON RADIO:

1854
01:07:44,853 --> 01:07:47,313
Morning of Tuesday,

1855
01:07:44,853 --> 01:07:47,313
April 22nd.

1856
01:07:47,355 --> 01:07:50,066
Plymouth awaits the arrival

1857
01:07:47,355 --> 01:07:50,066
of Robin Knox-Johnston

1858
01:07:50,107 --> 01:07:52,861
aboard his

1859
01:07:50,107 --> 01:07:52,861
32-foot ketch,   Suhaili,

1860
01:07:52,903 --> 01:07:55,405
now only a few miles

1861
01:07:52,903 --> 01:07:55,405
away from the finish

1862
01:07:55,446 --> 01:07:57,407
where he'll become

1863
01:07:55,446 --> 01:07:57,407
the first man

1864
01:07:57,448 --> 01:08:00,618
to have sailed

1865
01:07:57,448 --> 01:08:00,618
around the world

1866
01:07:57,448 --> 01:08:00,618
on his own, nonstop,

1867
01:08:00,660 --> 01:08:04,873
a journey which has

1868
01:08:00,660 --> 01:08:04,873
lasted 312 days.

1869
01:08:04,915 --> 01:08:07,751
The crowds now pouring in

1870
01:08:04,915 --> 01:08:07,751
all around the Cornwall Coast.

1871
01:08:07,792 --> 01:08:09,836
Binoculars

1872
01:08:07,792 --> 01:08:09,836
and telescopes are out.

1873
01:08:09,878 --> 01:08:13,464
As his bows cross the line,

1874
01:08:09,878 --> 01:08:13,464
a cannon should be fired,

1875
01:08:13,506 --> 01:08:15,717
and the voyage will be over.

1876
01:08:16,426 --> 01:08:17,969
There he is.

1877
01:08:16,426 --> 01:08:17,969
Look at the smile.

1878
01:08:18,011 --> 01:08:20,263
He really is enjoying this.

1879
01:08:18,011 --> 01:08:20,263
This is tremendous.

1880
01:08:20,722 --> 01:08:22,515
(CANNON FIRES IN DISTANCE)

1881
01:08:20,722 --> 01:08:22,515
And the cannon is gone,

1882
01:08:22,557 --> 01:08:25,226
and Robin Knox-Johnston

1883
01:08:22,557 --> 01:08:25,226
and   Suhaili

1884
01:08:25,268 --> 01:08:28,396
have sailed nonstop

1885
01:08:25,268 --> 01:08:28,396
around the world.

1886
01:08:37,363 --> 01:08:39,282
KNOX-JOHNSTON: It was all

1887
01:08:37,363 --> 01:08:39,282
a bit of a dream.

1888
01:08:39,323 --> 01:08:41,325
You look at

1889
01:08:39,323 --> 01:08:41,325
all these people and say,

1890
01:08:41,367 --> 01:08:44,370
"I've done this,

1891
01:08:41,367 --> 01:08:44,370
this thing that people said

1892
01:08:41,367 --> 01:08:44,370
you couldn't do.

1893
01:08:44,788 --> 01:08:46,873
"I've done this now."

1894
01:08:46,915 --> 01:08:49,876
I don't have to come yell,

1895
01:08:46,915 --> 01:08:49,876
scream, shout about it.

1896
01:08:50,418 --> 01:08:51,795
It's inside.

1897
01:08:51,836 --> 01:08:53,838
(CROWDS CHEERING)

1898
01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:55,423
MAN ON RADIO:

1899
01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:55,423
Robin Knox-Johnston

1900
01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:55,423
came out onto the balcony

1901
01:08:55,465 --> 01:08:57,300
to acknowledge the cheer.

1902
01:08:57,341 --> 01:09:00,511
He's the first ever

1903
01:08:57,341 --> 01:09:00,511
to round the world

1904
01:08:57,341 --> 01:09:00,511
alone nonstop.

1905
01:09:01,137 --> 01:09:05,308
He's averaged

1906
01:09:01,137 --> 01:09:05,308
92 miles a day

1907
01:09:01,137 --> 01:09:05,308
on this marathon voyage.

1908
01:09:05,809 --> 01:09:09,228
It's not enough to win him

1909
01:09:05,809 --> 01:09:09,228
the cash prize

1910
01:09:05,809 --> 01:09:09,228
for the fastest time,

1911
01:09:09,270 --> 01:09:12,816
because Nigel Tetley

1912
01:09:09,270 --> 01:09:12,816
and Donald Crowhurst

1913
01:09:09,270 --> 01:09:12,816
are still battling it out

1914
01:09:12,857 --> 01:09:14,567
in the Atlantic.

1915
01:09:16,778 --> 01:09:20,031
SWINTON: All eyes now

1916
01:09:16,778 --> 01:09:20,031
turned to the contest

1917
01:09:16,778 --> 01:09:20,031
for the fastest voyage.

1918
01:09:20,073 --> 01:09:22,784
Either Nigel Tetley

1919
01:09:20,073 --> 01:09:22,784
or Donald Crowhurst

1920
01:09:22,826 --> 01:09:25,912
was about to become

1921
01:09:22,826 --> 01:09:25,912
the most famous man

1922
01:09:22,826 --> 01:09:25,912
in Britain.

1923
01:09:30,083 --> 01:09:32,251
WINSPEAR: Right,

1924
01:09:30,083 --> 01:09:32,251
the game playing is over,

1925
01:09:32,752 --> 01:09:34,462
we're back

1926
01:09:32,752 --> 01:09:34,462
to real life now.

1927
01:09:34,504 --> 01:09:36,756
How are we gonna

1928
01:09:34,504 --> 01:09:36,756
match the two?

1929
01:09:38,215 --> 01:09:40,343
Not a very

1930
01:09:38,215 --> 01:09:40,343
easy thing to do.

1931
01:09:40,384 --> 01:09:43,304
Whilst he was out on his own,

1932
01:09:40,384 --> 01:09:43,304
that's one thing.

1933
01:09:43,346 --> 01:09:46,223
But he has now got to

1934
01:09:43,346 --> 01:09:46,223
continue playing

1935
01:09:43,346 --> 01:09:46,223
his character.

1936
01:09:46,265 --> 01:09:47,851
He's got a role to play

1937
01:09:48,476 --> 01:09:51,187
and he mustn't drop a line.

1938
01:09:51,228 --> 01:09:54,816
DONALD ON TAPE: I think

1939
01:09:51,228 --> 01:09:54,816
my effort will be faster

1940
01:09:51,228 --> 01:09:54,816
than Chichester's

1941
01:09:55,191 --> 01:09:59,029
and should be quite

1942
01:09:55,191 --> 01:09:59,029
fast enough to give me

1943
01:09:55,191 --> 01:09:59,029
The Sunday Times   race.

1944
01:09:59,821 --> 01:10:01,156
(LAUGHS)

1945
01:10:02,615 --> 01:10:05,910
So I'm feeling fairly bucked,

1946
01:10:02,615 --> 01:10:05,910
fairly chuffed with myself.

1947
01:10:06,577 --> 01:10:10,957
SIMON: The whole plan,

1948
01:10:06,577 --> 01:10:10,957
in reality, depended on

1949
01:10:06,577 --> 01:10:10,957
Tetley coming in first

1950
01:10:10,999 --> 01:10:13,043
with the fastest

1951
01:10:10,999 --> 01:10:13,043
circumnavigation.

1952
01:10:13,084 --> 01:10:15,378
Then his notebooks would

1953
01:10:13,084 --> 01:10:15,378
be closely examined,

1954
01:10:15,419 --> 01:10:17,130
while Donald Crowhurst's

1955
01:10:15,419 --> 01:10:17,130
notebooks

1956
01:10:17,172 --> 01:10:19,883
wouldn't need to be

1957
01:10:17,172 --> 01:10:19,883
closely examined at all.

1958
01:10:17,172 --> 01:10:19,883
He's just a runner-up.

1959
01:10:20,550 --> 01:10:24,345
WINSPEAR: He was going strong

1960
01:10:20,550 --> 01:10:24,345
and it was looking great.

1961
01:10:24,721 --> 01:10:29,184
Then we got the telegram

1962
01:10:24,721 --> 01:10:29,184
that there's no chance

1963
01:10:24,721 --> 01:10:29,184
of catching Tetley.

1964
01:10:29,893 --> 01:10:34,022
We're thinking,

1965
01:10:29,893 --> 01:10:34,022
disappointment,

1966
01:10:29,893 --> 01:10:34,022
but not devastation.

1967
01:10:34,064 --> 01:10:36,816
As far as we're concerned,

1968
01:10:34,064 --> 01:10:36,816
our boy has done good.

1969
01:10:36,858 --> 01:10:40,737
He's gone through

1970
01:10:36,858 --> 01:10:40,737
some of the loneliest,

1971
01:10:36,858 --> 01:10:40,737
toughest seas in the world.

1972
01:10:40,778 --> 01:10:42,739
Even the most

1973
01:10:40,778 --> 01:10:42,739
skeptical folk are saying,

1974
01:10:42,780 --> 01:10:45,075
"He has come in good

1975
01:10:42,780 --> 01:10:45,075
and fair play to it."

1976
01:10:45,116 --> 01:10:47,368
It was bloody marvelous.

1977
01:10:50,371 --> 01:10:53,541
And then suddenly,

1978
01:10:50,371 --> 01:10:53,541
out of the blue...

1979
01:11:12,060 --> 01:11:14,270
Tetley sunk.

1980
01:11:24,906 --> 01:11:28,409
CLARE: We heard

1981
01:11:24,906 --> 01:11:28,409
Nigel Tetley

1982
01:11:24,906 --> 01:11:28,409
had been rescued.

1983
01:11:29,827 --> 01:11:34,040
I heard that before

1984
01:11:29,827 --> 01:11:34,040
I heard that his boat

1985
01:11:29,827 --> 01:11:34,040
had gone down.

1986
01:11:39,587 --> 01:11:42,757
WINSPEAR: That finished it,

1987
01:11:39,587 --> 01:11:42,757
basically.

1988
01:11:43,758 --> 01:11:46,219
He was going to win.

1989
01:11:47,762 --> 01:11:52,016
CLARE: Donald was

1990
01:11:47,762 --> 01:11:52,016
not a stupid man.

1991
01:11:47,762 --> 01:11:52,016
He knew what it would mean.

1992
01:11:52,267 --> 01:11:55,686
He couldn't glide

1993
01:11:52,267 --> 01:11:55,686
into port and fade away.

1994
01:11:55,728 --> 01:11:59,649
He knew that everything

1995
01:11:55,728 --> 01:11:59,649
would be scrutinized.

1996
01:12:00,108 --> 01:12:02,526
WINSPEAR: There was

1997
01:12:00,108 --> 01:12:02,526
going to be a committee

1998
01:12:00,108 --> 01:12:02,526
of reception.

1999
01:12:02,568 --> 01:12:05,655
What did you think about

2000
01:12:02,568 --> 01:12:05,655
when you went round the Horn?

2001
01:12:05,696 --> 01:12:07,949
WINSPEAR: Everything

2002
01:12:05,696 --> 01:12:07,949
would be verified.

2003
01:12:07,991 --> 01:12:11,494
Tell us about some of

2004
01:12:07,991 --> 01:12:11,494
the problems that you found

2005
01:12:07,991 --> 01:12:11,494
on this voyage?

2006
01:12:12,912 --> 01:12:15,206
WINSPEAR: And Don knew

2007
01:12:12,912 --> 01:12:15,206
very well

2008
01:12:15,581 --> 01:12:17,834
that it would end up

2009
01:12:15,581 --> 01:12:17,834
in total humiliation.

2010
01:12:17,875 --> 01:12:18,876
Could you do it again?

2011
01:12:18,918 --> 01:12:20,544
(ALL LAUGHING)

2012
01:12:23,380 --> 01:12:26,634
WINSPEAR: That's not an option

2013
01:12:23,380 --> 01:12:26,634
you go through.

2014
01:12:26,676 --> 01:12:29,053
And he's running out

2015
01:12:26,676 --> 01:12:29,053
of options by now.

2016
01:12:29,095 --> 01:12:30,763
(RADIO STATIC)

2017
01:12:44,485 --> 01:12:48,405
DONALD: "When I was

2018
01:12:44,485 --> 01:12:48,405
five years old,

2019
01:12:44,485 --> 01:12:48,405
l knew all about God.

2020
01:12:48,739 --> 01:12:53,036
"He was an old man

2021
01:12:48,739 --> 01:12:53,036
who would punish me

2022
01:12:48,739 --> 01:12:53,036
if I was naughty.

2023
01:12:54,120 --> 01:12:58,415
"By the time I was 20,

2024
01:12:54,120 --> 01:12:58,415
l decided there was

2025
01:12:54,120 --> 01:12:58,415
no reason to expect

2026
01:12:58,457 --> 01:13:00,751
"any assistance from God,

2027
01:13:01,211 --> 01:13:03,338
"if he existed at all.

2028
01:13:03,796 --> 01:13:05,923
"Man was evading

2029
01:13:03,796 --> 01:13:05,923
his responsibility

2030
01:13:05,965 --> 01:13:08,926
"by constantly looking to God

2031
01:13:05,965 --> 01:13:08,926
for assistance.

2032
01:13:10,803 --> 01:13:12,680
"The cosmic integral,

2033
01:13:13,056 --> 01:13:15,058
"the sum of man,

2034
01:13:15,308 --> 01:13:17,476
"adds up to nothing."

2035
01:13:19,270 --> 01:13:21,731
SWINTON: In the days

2036
01:13:19,270 --> 01:13:21,731
after Tetley's sinking,

2037
01:13:21,772 --> 01:13:25,484
Crowhurst repeatedly

2038
01:13:21,772 --> 01:13:25,484
tried to get a call

2039
01:13:21,772 --> 01:13:25,484
through to Clare.

2040
01:13:26,361 --> 01:13:28,612
But his radio transmitter

2041
01:13:26,361 --> 01:13:28,612
was failing.

2042
01:13:28,654 --> 01:13:31,699
DONALD ON RADIO:

2043
01:13:28,654 --> 01:13:31,699
Uh, if you are,

2044
01:13:28,654 --> 01:13:31,699
l will come back to...

2045
01:13:31,741 --> 01:13:36,996
SIMON: The transmitter failing

2046
01:13:31,741 --> 01:13:36,996
at that point was something

2047
01:13:31,741 --> 01:13:36,996
that plagued him.

2048
01:13:37,038 --> 01:13:40,499
He became almost

2049
01:13:37,038 --> 01:13:40,499
obsessed with fixing it.

2050
01:13:40,541 --> 01:13:42,459
(BROKEN TRANSMISSION)

2051
01:13:42,501 --> 01:13:44,754
He wanted to talk

2052
01:13:42,501 --> 01:13:44,754
to my mother.

2053
01:13:45,338 --> 01:13:48,716
DONALD ON RADIO:

2054
01:13:45,338 --> 01:13:48,716
Mike-Zulu-Uniform-Whiskey

2055
01:13:45,338 --> 01:13:48,716
calling GBC-3.

2056
01:13:48,758 --> 01:13:52,553
I have heard nothing.

2057
01:13:48,758 --> 01:13:52,553
I have heard nothing.

2058
01:13:52,803 --> 01:13:56,473
CLARE: I think

2059
01:13:52,803 --> 01:13:56,473
he just wanted human contact

2060
01:13:56,515 --> 01:14:01,979
that he felt would be

2061
01:13:56,515 --> 01:14:01,979
warm and responsive,

2062
01:13:56,515 --> 01:14:01,979
whatever he had to say.

2063
01:14:02,021 --> 01:14:05,233
DONALD:

2064
01:14:02,021 --> 01:14:05,233
Mike-Zulu-Uniform-Whiskey

2065
01:14:02,021 --> 01:14:05,233
calling. Mike-Zulu-Uniform...

2066
01:14:05,275 --> 01:14:08,361
CLARE: He could have

2067
01:14:05,275 --> 01:14:08,361
trusted me,

2068
01:14:09,112 --> 01:14:11,530
but there was nothing

2069
01:14:09,112 --> 01:14:11,530
he could do.

2070
01:14:15,659 --> 01:14:17,370
DONALD ON TAPE: There are

2071
01:14:15,659 --> 01:14:17,370
close similarities

2072
01:14:17,412 --> 01:14:20,331
between sailing

2073
01:14:17,412 --> 01:14:20,331
a small boat and living.

2074
01:14:21,040 --> 01:14:23,960
You start off unprepared,

2075
01:14:24,001 --> 01:14:27,880
a long journey ahead of you

2076
01:14:24,001 --> 01:14:27,880
that you think will never end.

2077
01:14:28,505 --> 01:14:32,093
And you go through

2078
01:14:28,505 --> 01:14:32,093
a series of triumphs

2079
01:14:28,505 --> 01:14:32,093
and disasters.

2080
01:14:32,509 --> 01:14:35,846
And suddenly you realize

2081
01:14:37,265 --> 01:14:39,350
that what's done is done.

2082
01:14:40,184 --> 01:14:44,230
The mistakes you've made

2083
01:14:40,184 --> 01:14:44,230
stand forever.

2084
01:14:57,660 --> 01:15:00,788
HYNDS: There were

2085
01:14:57,660 --> 01:15:00,788
100,000 people

2086
01:14:57,660 --> 01:15:00,788
expected to meet him.

2087
01:15:00,830 --> 01:15:04,041
100,000 to say hello to you

2088
01:15:00,830 --> 01:15:04,041
on your way home.

2089
01:15:05,001 --> 01:15:07,544
There was going to be

2090
01:15:05,001 --> 01:15:07,544
a razzmatazz.

2091
01:15:07,586 --> 01:15:11,215
There would be

2092
01:15:07,586 --> 01:15:11,215
triumphal processions.

2093
01:15:07,586 --> 01:15:11,215
It was euphoric.

2094
01:15:11,257 --> 01:15:13,884
This almost outdoes

2095
01:15:11,257 --> 01:15:13,884
Chichester.

2096
01:15:15,552 --> 01:15:18,097
HALLWORTH: We're hoping this

2097
01:15:15,552 --> 01:15:18,097
will be a great gala affair.

2098
01:15:18,139 --> 01:15:21,725
Newspapermen from abroad

2099
01:15:18,139 --> 01:15:21,725
have all booked in hotels.

2100
01:15:21,767 --> 01:15:25,188
Over 1,000 arrangements

2101
01:15:21,767 --> 01:15:25,188
have been made to

2102
01:15:21,767 --> 01:15:25,188
welcome him home.

2103
01:15:26,272 --> 01:15:30,151
CLARE: It was beginning

2104
01:15:26,272 --> 01:15:30,151
to build up to be

2105
01:15:26,272 --> 01:15:30,151
really lovely.

2106
01:15:30,193 --> 01:15:32,362
It was so close to the end.

2107
01:15:32,403 --> 01:15:35,614
Everybody was

2108
01:15:32,403 --> 01:15:35,614
in such high spirits.

2109
01:15:35,656 --> 01:15:38,868
All of a sudden,

2110
01:15:35,656 --> 01:15:38,868
everything was all right.

2111
01:15:42,330 --> 01:15:44,707
KERR: His dream,

2112
01:15:42,330 --> 01:15:44,707
it was there.

2113
01:15:44,748 --> 01:15:47,502
It was going to come true.

2114
01:15:47,543 --> 01:15:50,546
Everything a hero could want.

2115
01:15:53,049 --> 01:15:55,676
But he knew it was false.

2116
01:16:01,682 --> 01:16:04,477
SWINTON: On Tuesday,

2117
01:16:01,682 --> 01:16:04,477
the 24th of June,

2118
01:16:04,519 --> 01:16:06,729
Crowhurst turned away

2119
01:16:04,519 --> 01:16:06,729
from England

2120
01:16:06,770 --> 01:16:10,066
and let his boat drift through

2121
01:16:06,770 --> 01:16:10,066
the weed-infested waters

2122
01:16:10,107 --> 01:16:12,485
of the mid-Atlantic

2123
01:16:10,107 --> 01:16:12,485
Sargasso Sea.

2124
01:16:18,157 --> 01:16:21,577
Then he opened a logbook

2125
01:16:18,157 --> 01:16:21,577
and began to write.

2126
01:16:25,915 --> 01:16:28,625
He called it his philosophy.

2127
01:16:30,961 --> 01:16:32,963
DONALD: "The explanation

2128
01:16:30,961 --> 01:16:32,963
of our troubles

2129
01:16:33,005 --> 01:16:36,092
"is that cosmic beings

2130
01:16:33,005 --> 01:16:36,092
are playing games with us.

2131
01:16:37,843 --> 01:16:41,764
"During his lifetime,

2132
01:16:37,843 --> 01:16:41,764
each man plays cosmic chess

2133
01:16:37,843 --> 01:16:41,764
against the devil.

2134
01:16:43,474 --> 01:16:46,060
"God is playing

2135
01:16:43,474 --> 01:16:46,060
with one set of rules,

2136
01:16:46,102 --> 01:16:50,189
"and the devil with the other,

2137
01:16:46,102 --> 01:16:50,189
exactly opposite set of rules.

2138
01:16:50,647 --> 01:16:54,485
"The shameful secret of God.

2139
01:16:50,647 --> 01:16:54,485
the trick He used,

2140
01:16:55,111 --> 01:16:57,280
"because the truth

2141
01:16:55,111 --> 01:16:57,280
would hurt too much,

2142
01:16:58,322 --> 01:17:01,200
"is that there is

2143
01:16:58,322 --> 01:17:01,200
no good or evil.

2144
01:17:02,410 --> 01:17:03,994
"Only truth."

2145
01:17:04,620 --> 01:17:06,163
(STATIC)

2146
01:17:06,205 --> 01:17:09,292
CLARE: He was in the most

2147
01:17:06,205 --> 01:17:09,292
extraordinary feeling

2148
01:17:09,333 --> 01:17:12,086
of "I've failed everything."

2149
01:17:13,629 --> 01:17:16,257
There was nobody there

2150
01:17:13,629 --> 01:17:16,257
to talk to.

2151
01:17:18,050 --> 01:17:22,263
He tried to contemplate ways

2152
01:17:18,050 --> 01:17:22,263
of dealing with this race

2153
01:17:22,305 --> 01:17:25,141
and the money

2154
01:17:22,305 --> 01:17:25,141
and the family back home,

2155
01:17:25,182 --> 01:17:28,644
and eventually

2156
01:17:25,182 --> 01:17:28,644
his brain said,

2157
01:17:25,182 --> 01:17:28,644
"Enough. No more."

2158
01:17:30,229 --> 01:17:34,233
DONALD: "Do we go on

2159
01:17:30,229 --> 01:17:34,233
clinging to the idea

2160
01:17:30,229 --> 01:17:34,233
that God made us?

2161
01:17:34,275 --> 01:17:38,613
"Or realize that

2162
01:17:34,275 --> 01:17:38,613
it lies within us

2163
01:17:34,275 --> 01:17:38,613
to make God.

2164
01:17:39,238 --> 01:17:44,243
"By learning to manipulate

2165
01:17:39,238 --> 01:17:44,243
the space-time continuum,

2166
01:17:39,238 --> 01:17:44,243
man will become God

2167
01:17:44,285 --> 01:17:48,456
"and disappear from

2168
01:17:44,285 --> 01:17:48,456
the physical universe

2169
01:17:44,285 --> 01:17:48,456
as we know it."

2170
01:17:48,914 --> 01:17:52,585
CLARE: Somehow he just had

2171
01:17:48,914 --> 01:17:52,585
given up on his family.

2172
01:17:52,627 --> 01:17:55,712
We had vanished from

2173
01:17:52,627 --> 01:17:55,712
his mind at that stage.

2174
01:17:57,423 --> 01:17:59,091
MAN: Mrs. Crowhurst,

2175
01:17:57,423 --> 01:17:59,091
unless he sinks,

2176
01:17:59,133 --> 01:18:02,595
your husband is going

2177
01:17:59,133 --> 01:18:02,595
to win the 5,000 pounds

2178
01:17:59,133 --> 01:18:02,595
for the fastest time.

2179
01:18:02,637 --> 01:18:04,388
What will this mean

2180
01:18:02,637 --> 01:18:04,388
to you and your family?

2181
01:18:04,430 --> 01:18:07,266
Very little change

2182
01:18:04,430 --> 01:18:07,266
in our way of living,

2183
01:18:04,430 --> 01:18:07,266
l should think.

2184
01:18:07,308 --> 01:18:10,269
Um, he won't sink,

2185
01:18:07,308 --> 01:18:10,269
l don't think.

2186
01:18:12,688 --> 01:18:15,858
DONALD: "I have become

2187
01:18:12,688 --> 01:18:15,858
a second-generation

2188
01:18:12,688 --> 01:18:15,858
cosmic being.

2189
01:18:16,651 --> 01:18:20,321
"I am conceived

2190
01:18:16,651 --> 01:18:20,321
in the womb of nature,

2191
01:18:16,651 --> 01:18:20,321
in my own mind,

2192
01:18:20,696 --> 01:18:23,240
"in the womb

2193
01:18:20,696 --> 01:18:23,240
of the universe."

2194
01:18:23,533 --> 01:18:26,577
MAN: You've told me that

2195
01:18:23,533 --> 01:18:26,577
you haven't had any fears

2196
01:18:23,533 --> 01:18:26,577
during the voyage,

2197
01:18:26,619 --> 01:18:28,329
but what about

2198
01:18:26,619 --> 01:18:28,329
when he returns?

2199
01:18:28,371 --> 01:18:30,873
Yes, I am a bit

2200
01:18:28,371 --> 01:18:30,873
concerned about

2201
01:18:28,371 --> 01:18:30,873
the change of personality.

2202
01:18:30,914 --> 01:18:34,377
I think it's inevitable

2203
01:18:30,914 --> 01:18:34,377
that he will be

2204
01:18:30,914 --> 01:18:34,377
a very different person.

2205
01:18:34,418 --> 01:18:36,671
Somebody who faced

2206
01:18:34,418 --> 01:18:36,671
every day as though

2207
01:18:36,712 --> 01:18:40,341
it was a new danger

2208
01:18:36,712 --> 01:18:40,341
and a new feeling

2209
01:18:36,712 --> 01:18:40,341
of excitement.

2210
01:18:45,054 --> 01:18:48,641
DONALD: "I was forced

2211
01:18:45,054 --> 01:18:48,641
to admit that nature

2212
01:18:45,054 --> 01:18:48,641
forces on cosmic beings

2213
01:18:48,683 --> 01:18:51,018
"the only sin

2214
01:18:48,683 --> 01:18:51,018
they are capable of,

2215
01:18:51,686 --> 01:18:53,854
"the sin of concealment.

2216
01:18:54,605 --> 01:18:58,108
"It is a small sin

2217
01:18:54,605 --> 01:18:58,108
for a man to commit,

2218
01:18:58,150 --> 01:19:01,654
"but it is a terrible sin

2219
01:18:58,150 --> 01:19:01,654
for a cosmic being."

2220
01:19:03,614 --> 01:19:08,035
WINSPEAR: He is living

2221
01:19:03,614 --> 01:19:08,035
totally in his internal world.

2222
01:19:08,494 --> 01:19:11,455
He's invented,

2223
01:19:08,494 --> 01:19:11,455
in his mind,

2224
01:19:11,497 --> 01:19:15,000
a relationship between him

2225
01:19:11,497 --> 01:19:15,000
and the universe.

2226
01:19:20,506 --> 01:19:24,635
He's found refuge there,

2227
01:19:20,506 --> 01:19:24,635
in a sense.

2228
01:19:33,310 --> 01:19:37,440
DONALD: "l am what I am.

2229
01:19:33,310 --> 01:19:37,440
And I see the nature

2230
01:19:33,310 --> 01:19:37,440
of my offense.

2231
01:19:38,941 --> 01:19:41,193
"I will only resign

2232
01:19:38,941 --> 01:19:41,193
this game

2233
01:19:41,235 --> 01:19:45,239
"if you will agree that

2234
01:19:41,235 --> 01:19:45,239
on the next occasion

2235
01:19:41,235 --> 01:19:45,239
that this game is played,

2236
01:19:45,281 --> 01:19:47,157
"it will be played

2237
01:19:45,281 --> 01:19:47,157
according to the rules

2238
01:19:47,199 --> 01:19:50,286
"that are devised

2239
01:19:47,199 --> 01:19:50,286
by my great God.

2240
01:19:52,455 --> 01:19:54,415
"It is finished.

2241
01:19:54,457 --> 01:19:56,375
"It is finished.

2242
01:19:56,626 --> 01:19:58,502
"It is the mercy.

2243
01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:02,798
"11 hours, 15 minutes,

2244
01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:02,798
no seconds.

2245
01:20:03,799 --> 01:20:06,260
"It is the end of my game.

2246
01:20:06,302 --> 01:20:07,928
"The truth

2247
01:20:06,302 --> 01:20:07,928
has been revealed

2248
01:20:07,970 --> 01:20:11,807
"and it will be done as

2249
01:20:07,970 --> 01:20:11,807
my family require me to do it.

2250
01:20:13,476 --> 01:20:16,312
"11 hours, 20 minutes,

2251
01:20:13,476 --> 01:20:16,312
40 seconds.

2252
01:20:17,980 --> 01:20:20,941
"There is no reason

2253
01:20:17,980 --> 01:20:20,941
for harmful..."

2254
01:21:06,111 --> 01:21:08,739
CLARE: I'd been out

2255
01:21:06,111 --> 01:21:08,739
for a walk,

2256
01:21:08,781 --> 01:21:10,741
and I came back

2257
01:21:08,781 --> 01:21:10,741
with the dog.

2258
01:21:10,783 --> 01:21:13,285
My sister was

2259
01:21:10,783 --> 01:21:13,285
with the children.

2260
01:21:14,870 --> 01:21:16,789
And she said,

2261
01:21:17,122 --> 01:21:18,624
"The boat's been found."

2262
01:21:19,792 --> 01:21:22,294
Then I became aware

2263
01:21:19,792 --> 01:21:22,294
there were several

2264
01:21:22,336 --> 01:21:24,588
complete strangers

2265
01:21:22,336 --> 01:21:24,588
on the front lawn

2266
01:21:24,630 --> 01:21:27,132
and a couple

2267
01:21:24,630 --> 01:21:27,132
of police cars.

2268
01:21:27,883 --> 01:21:30,427
Just my instant

2269
01:21:27,883 --> 01:21:30,427
reaction was,

2270
01:21:30,469 --> 01:21:33,096
"Get the children

2271
01:21:30,469 --> 01:21:33,096
out of here."

2272
01:21:34,765 --> 01:21:38,769
WINSPEAR: You can imagine

2273
01:21:34,765 --> 01:21:38,769
the atmosphere,

2274
01:21:34,765 --> 01:21:38,769
the feeling of shock.

2275
01:21:41,021 --> 01:21:44,900
Clare didn't feel

2276
01:21:41,021 --> 01:21:44,900
she had the courage

2277
01:21:41,021 --> 01:21:44,900
at the time

2278
01:21:45,776 --> 01:21:47,903
to tell the children.

2279
01:21:51,240 --> 01:21:52,949
So I went up.

2280
01:21:55,202 --> 01:21:57,663
SIMON: My father's boat

2281
01:21:55,202 --> 01:21:57,663
had been found,

2282
01:21:57,705 --> 01:21:59,623
but he wasn't in it.

2283
01:22:00,750 --> 01:22:05,254
It was so different

2284
01:22:00,750 --> 01:22:05,254
from the homecoming

2285
01:22:00,750 --> 01:22:05,254
that we'd expected.

2286
01:22:05,755 --> 01:22:07,715
It was just like,

2287
01:22:07,757 --> 01:22:11,051
"This is the wrong story.

2288
01:22:07,757 --> 01:22:11,051
This is... This is not what's

2289
01:22:07,757 --> 01:22:11,051
supposed to be happening.

2290
01:22:11,093 --> 01:22:14,263
"This is, um, it can't be."

2291
01:22:18,308 --> 01:22:23,480
SWINTON: A British cargo ship

2292
01:22:18,308 --> 01:22:23,480
found Crowhurst's boat

2293
01:22:18,308 --> 01:22:23,480
drifting in the mid-Atlantic

2294
01:22:23,980 --> 01:22:26,609
700 miles from land.

2295
01:22:33,574 --> 01:22:35,033
MAN 1 ON RADIO: A surprise

2296
01:22:33,574 --> 01:22:35,033
development tonight

2297
01:22:35,075 --> 01:22:37,244
over the missing yachtsman

2298
01:22:35,075 --> 01:22:37,244
Donald Crowhurst.

2299
01:22:37,578 --> 01:22:39,747
Crowhurst's trimaran,

2300
01:22:37,578 --> 01:22:39,747
Teignmouth Electron,

2301
01:22:39,789 --> 01:22:42,124
was found drifting

2302
01:22:39,789 --> 01:22:42,124
and deserted.

2303
01:22:42,165 --> 01:22:44,543
He'd been a competitor

2304
01:22:42,165 --> 01:22:44,543
in the Round-the-World

2305
01:22:42,165 --> 01:22:44,543
yacht race

2306
01:22:44,585 --> 01:22:46,462
organized by

2307
01:22:44,585 --> 01:22:46,462
The Sunday Times.

2308
01:22:46,503 --> 01:22:48,589
MAN 2 ON RADIO:

2309
01:22:46,503 --> 01:22:48,589
The pale blue

2310
01:22:46,503 --> 01:22:48,589
weather-beaten trimaran,

2311
01:22:48,631 --> 01:22:51,842
which was a certain

2312
01:22:48,631 --> 01:22:51,842
winner of the race,

2313
01:22:48,631 --> 01:22:51,842
was in good condition.

2314
01:22:51,884 --> 01:22:56,054
The mystery of his

2315
01:22:51,884 --> 01:22:56,054
disappearance, therefore,

2316
01:22:51,884 --> 01:22:56,054
is still inexplicable.

2317
01:22:56,472 --> 01:22:59,558
The film and his

2318
01:22:56,472 --> 01:22:59,558
tape recordings

2319
01:22:56,472 --> 01:22:59,558
may provide other clues,

2320
01:22:59,600 --> 01:23:02,812
but for the moment,

2321
01:22:59,600 --> 01:23:02,812
this lonely yacht

2322
01:22:59,600 --> 01:23:02,812
without her lonely captain

2323
01:23:02,853 --> 01:23:05,689
is not giving up

2324
01:23:02,853 --> 01:23:05,689
any of her secrets.

2325
01:23:12,112 --> 01:23:15,198
SWINTON: When the boat

2326
01:23:12,112 --> 01:23:15,198
was brought ashore

2327
01:23:12,112 --> 01:23:15,198
in the Caribbean,

2328
01:23:15,240 --> 01:23:19,787
Crowhurst's press agent

2329
01:23:15,240 --> 01:23:19,787
Rodney Hallworth

2330
01:23:15,240 --> 01:23:19,787
was there to meet it.

2331
01:23:19,829 --> 01:23:22,832
HALLWORTH: I went into

2332
01:23:19,829 --> 01:23:22,832
the captain's cabin,

2333
01:23:22,873 --> 01:23:25,041
and I remember saying

2334
01:23:22,873 --> 01:23:25,041
to him that, um,

2335
01:23:25,083 --> 01:23:28,211
"l don't suppose, Captain,

2336
01:23:25,083 --> 01:23:28,211
we'll ever know

2337
01:23:28,253 --> 01:23:31,298
"the end of this saga,

2338
01:23:28,253 --> 01:23:31,298
this riddle?"

2339
01:23:32,257 --> 01:23:35,010
And I thought his face

2340
01:23:32,257 --> 01:23:35,010
dropped a little

2341
01:23:35,051 --> 01:23:37,053
and he said, "Well, I think

2342
01:23:35,051 --> 01:23:37,053
we do, Mr. Hallworth."

2343
01:23:37,095 --> 01:23:39,974
And he led me over

2344
01:23:37,095 --> 01:23:39,974
to his desk,

2345
01:23:40,516 --> 01:23:42,768
he unlocked a drawer

2346
01:23:40,516 --> 01:23:42,768
and took out the logs.

2347
01:23:45,604 --> 01:23:48,273
We decided there and then

2348
01:23:48,315 --> 01:23:51,151
that we would never tell

2349
01:23:48,315 --> 01:23:51,151
anybody for the rest

2350
01:23:48,315 --> 01:23:51,151
of our lives

2351
01:23:51,193 --> 01:23:55,280
what had happened

2352
01:23:51,193 --> 01:23:55,280
in the last hours

2353
01:23:51,193 --> 01:23:55,280
of Crowhurst's life.

2354
01:23:59,827 --> 01:24:03,330
SWINTON: In fact,

2355
01:23:59,827 --> 01:24:03,330
Rodney Hallworth

2356
01:23:59,827 --> 01:24:03,330
had already sold the logbooks

2357
01:24:03,372 --> 01:24:05,666
to a London newspaper.

2358
01:24:05,708 --> 01:24:07,543
And piece by piece,

2359
01:24:07,584 --> 01:24:11,087
the truth of

2360
01:24:07,584 --> 01:24:11,087
Donald Crowhurst's voyage

2361
01:24:07,584 --> 01:24:11,087
was uncovered.

2362
01:24:12,130 --> 01:24:15,050
CLARE: Rodney Hallworth

2363
01:24:12,130 --> 01:24:15,050
stumped through

2364
01:24:12,130 --> 01:24:15,050
the front door,

2365
01:24:15,091 --> 01:24:18,178
and while I was sort of

2366
01:24:15,091 --> 01:24:18,178
staring in amazement

2367
01:24:18,220 --> 01:24:22,224
he said, "Donald didn't

2368
01:24:18,220 --> 01:24:22,224
sail around the world

2369
01:24:18,220 --> 01:24:22,224
and he committed suicide."

2370
01:24:22,474 --> 01:24:23,517
And...

2371
01:24:25,101 --> 01:24:28,564
I think that is

2372
01:24:25,101 --> 01:24:28,564
the most appalling thing

2373
01:24:25,101 --> 01:24:28,564
to do to anyone.

2374
01:24:29,314 --> 01:24:32,693
I will never forget

2375
01:24:29,314 --> 01:24:32,693
those words.

2376
01:24:32,735 --> 01:24:35,153
But that was Hallworth.

2377
01:24:44,705 --> 01:24:46,999
HYNDS: No one

2378
01:24:44,705 --> 01:24:46,999
likes to be conned.

2379
01:24:47,791 --> 01:24:49,919
We were sharp newspapermen

2380
01:24:51,503 --> 01:24:52,796
and he conned us.

2381
01:24:53,047 --> 01:24:55,883
Kippered us.

2382
01:24:53,047 --> 01:24:55,883
Hung out like a kipper.

2383
01:25:01,555 --> 01:25:03,015
KERR: For me,

2384
01:25:03,057 --> 01:25:05,267
it's all one regret.

2385
01:25:06,602 --> 01:25:11,356
I never did

2386
01:25:06,602 --> 01:25:11,356
speak to Clare again.

2387
01:25:06,602 --> 01:25:11,356
I never could face her.

2388
01:25:11,398 --> 01:25:14,568
I felt I was party to it.

2389
01:25:11,398 --> 01:25:14,568
We were all party to it.

2390
01:25:15,235 --> 01:25:17,529
If only I had said,

2391
01:25:17,571 --> 01:25:19,740
"Don't go, Donald.

2392
01:25:17,571 --> 01:25:19,740
It's crazy."

2393
01:25:19,990 --> 01:25:22,076
I should have said that.

2394
01:25:23,118 --> 01:25:25,370
SIMON: He made

2395
01:25:23,118 --> 01:25:25,370
the wrong decisions.

2396
01:25:25,746 --> 01:25:29,625
In a way, he turned

2397
01:25:25,746 --> 01:25:29,625
the initial difficulties

2398
01:25:25,746 --> 01:25:29,625
into something much worse,

2399
01:25:29,875 --> 01:25:33,253
into a disaster for himself

2400
01:25:29,875 --> 01:25:33,253
and for the rest of us.

2401
01:25:35,505 --> 01:25:39,217
But he was trying

2402
01:25:35,505 --> 01:25:39,217
to do the best he could

2403
01:25:35,505 --> 01:25:39,217
to get back to us.

2404
01:25:43,013 --> 01:25:44,473
And...

2405
01:25:45,099 --> 01:25:47,309
That's all he could do,

2406
01:25:45,099 --> 01:25:47,309
really.

2407
01:25:48,769 --> 01:25:51,354
CLARE: Everything angered me

2408
01:25:48,769 --> 01:25:51,354
at that time.

2409
01:25:51,396 --> 01:25:53,482
Anger just boiled over.

2410
01:25:54,108 --> 01:25:57,444
And I blamed everyone

2411
01:25:54,108 --> 01:25:57,444
and everything.

2412
01:25:59,237 --> 01:26:01,949
I feel that I failed.

2413
01:26:02,324 --> 01:26:05,119
I didn't stop him

2414
01:26:02,324 --> 01:26:05,119
from going

2415
01:26:05,160 --> 01:26:08,288
and I didn't help him

2416
01:26:05,160 --> 01:26:08,288
when he needed it.

2417
01:26:12,250 --> 01:26:14,419
But people need to dream.

2418
01:26:15,462 --> 01:26:17,965
I think Donald needed that,

2419
01:26:19,133 --> 01:26:21,969
and he had a right

2420
01:26:19,133 --> 01:26:21,969
to have it.

2421
01:26:24,596 --> 01:26:27,432
WINSPEAR: The crowd

2422
01:26:24,596 --> 01:26:27,432
criticized him.

2423
01:26:28,266 --> 01:26:30,560
The crowd mocked him.

2424
01:26:31,561 --> 01:26:33,814
And I didn't want

2425
01:26:31,561 --> 01:26:33,814
that to happen.

2426
01:26:40,696 --> 01:26:43,406
When somebody

2427
01:26:40,696 --> 01:26:43,406
has risked

2428
01:26:43,991 --> 01:26:45,826
and failed,

2429
01:26:46,409 --> 01:26:48,829
and when somebody

2430
01:26:46,409 --> 01:26:48,829
has fallen

2431
01:26:49,079 --> 01:26:52,499
from the tightrope

2432
01:26:49,079 --> 01:26:52,499
they've been walking on,

2433
01:26:52,791 --> 01:26:55,627
somebody has to

2434
01:26:52,791 --> 01:26:55,627
pick them up

2435
01:26:55,669 --> 01:26:57,713
and give them a burial.

2436
01:27:01,424 --> 01:27:04,260
The best thing is that

2437
01:27:01,424 --> 01:27:04,260
a friend should do that.

2438
01:27:05,721 --> 01:27:09,016
Don wanted to make

2439
01:27:05,721 --> 01:27:09,016
a success of his life.

2440
01:27:11,060 --> 01:27:13,645
He just wanted to see

2441
01:27:13,687 --> 01:27:16,565
a bright future for himself

2442
01:27:16,899 --> 01:27:18,608
and his family.

2443
01:27:24,865 --> 01:27:26,491
In my mind,

2444
01:27:27,492 --> 01:27:29,745
I gave him a hero's

2445
01:27:31,371 --> 01:27:32,831
burial.