Earthrace - Day 1
Today was a busy day....
Woke up early for the boat yard. Jumped on the Earthrace boat... which is INSANE!!
It is the coolest boat i have ever seen and to be able to work on it is just a wicked experience. It is twice as big as i thought it was.
We drove the boat up the Estuary in South Carolina. I was filming Pete shaving his head and just looked into the wake the boat was making and saw a heap of dolpin which was cool. There were also lots of pelican which are amazing birds. As we were driving we went past a naval military base and we then got asked to move on and were escourted by boats with machine guns, was pretty cool. One things for sure,,,,, I cant wait to go on the boat from Miami to Barbados! It will definately be a endurace trip.
We arrived at the other boat yard where the boat was then lifted out. Was a nerve racking experience for everyone, especially Pete. It definately was'nt the easiest boat to dock what with the tide moving pretty quickly and the boat being 25 metres with no bow thrusters. But in the end it all went to plan and we spent the whole day clearing out the boat and down in the engine room. I have oil on my shoes and fell into the motor haha! Wasted my knee (which now has a huge lump on it) and got a couple of cuts, was'nt too bad tho.
Ryan arrived back tonight from New York with a meeting with Discovery Channel... fingers crossed its all go.
Im pretty tired now and have huge day tomorrow.
Lance
Woke up early for the boat yard. Jumped on the Earthrace boat... which is INSANE!!
It is the coolest boat i have ever seen and to be able to work on it is just a wicked experience. It is twice as big as i thought it was.
We drove the boat up the Estuary in South Carolina. I was filming Pete shaving his head and just looked into the wake the boat was making and saw a heap of dolpin which was cool. There were also lots of pelican which are amazing birds. As we were driving we went past a naval military base and we then got asked to move on and were escourted by boats with machine guns, was pretty cool. One things for sure,,,,, I cant wait to go on the boat from Miami to Barbados! It will definately be a endurace trip.
We arrived at the other boat yard where the boat was then lifted out. Was a nerve racking experience for everyone, especially Pete. It definately was'nt the easiest boat to dock what with the tide moving pretty quickly and the boat being 25 metres with no bow thrusters. But in the end it all went to plan and we spent the whole day clearing out the boat and down in the engine room. I have oil on my shoes and fell into the motor haha! Wasted my knee (which now has a huge lump on it) and got a couple of cuts, was'nt too bad tho.
Ryan arrived back tonight from New York with a meeting with Discovery Channel... fingers crossed its all go.
Im pretty tired now and have huge day tomorrow.
Lance
posted by Lance Wordsworth @ 5:55 PM
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