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Updated: October 29, 2004 11:35 |
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I'm sure the Lifeboat men were having a giggle, as I'm sure that if it had been looped round a few more times, the friction would have allowed the winch to pull it in with no trouble. It was when I had finished pulling the anchor in that the communications completed failed for some reason, and recording was stopped. I'm not sure how long the delay was, but I recall it was for the best part of an hour or more. It's probably worth mentioning about the clock. The timing that you see on the screen is added after the programme is finally edited. We were never told how long we had to go until there were just minutes left. The complete time for the recording (excluding the comms breakdown) was probably well in excess of an hour, but the editing brought it down to forty minutes. |
After the comms breakdown, we had word that we were ready to start again, so I had to do "take 2" on the anchor and pull it in for the last part again. The rest is seen in the programme. I had a great time as the crew let me drive the Padstow Lifeboat as we were chased by the Interceptor. The Sea King was huge and extremely noisy, and very exciting as it hovered overhead. And then we found out that I had blown it at the farm and we didn't win the money. At the time I guess I was disappointed. But now I really don't care - we had a fantastic day - that I will never forget, and if we'd won the money I would have spent it by now anyway. You get to keep the memories.
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