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As a mere Sassenach Ben did us proud.......seriously I admire you fishermen so much.... this is a fascinating doku.......thank you good luck! ex.merch
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As i have some experience for the life at sea, ill give my respect to this guys and to the all men or women that live at sea. Just a big respect from a former merchant sailor.
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I went to boys brigade with alan hepburn when we were kids. This is the first time i have seen him since. Amazing
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'The crew has to get a pay from somewhere'...says one of the skippers. It's the skippers and owners that drive the big cars and live in big houses with a bright future. The hard working crews just have to get what they can...with no pensions or guaranteed future. Some Skippers employ cheaper Filipino or Portuguese crews...so that they in turn make more money. They will tellyou of course that they can't find local Scottish crews...heard this excuse before somewhere...oh yea...right throughout so-called industries which are privately owned. Fishermen, bye and large..are not fairly treated.
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Been there, Done that, On the way to Iceland, MARCH 1965 at the Helm of 750 ton Trawler out of Akereary Iceland. Skip- Ardbaker, - Sister ship- Sletbaker. Paid off- Lead-Hand, Second Mate.
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john is fucking hardcore. much respect for the last guy
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How could he say "set sail" if the ship doesn't have any sails?
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That was painfully boring to watch. I suspect the majority of it was scripted.
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does anyone eat that crap
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fucking easy job.try fishing on my boat sheeeeeeeeessssss massive.48hr none stop work
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One of the jobs that gets nowhere near enough credit
Action man Ben Fogle is back, taking on what he’s dubbed his toughest challenge yet. For new series Trawlermen’s Lives, Ben sailed the North Sea, working without rest for up to 24 hours at a time, hauling thousands of fish from the sea. Ben embarks on the life of a North Sea fisherman and chats to the men about what draws to put their lives at risk in one of the UK’s most dangerous professions. Ben said: “Nothing could prepare me for how tough this is going to be.” He starts his journey in Peterhead, where over a million boxes of fish have passed through in the last 12 months, spending the next seven days sleeping, fishing and working on a 24-metre trawler on the hunt for North Sea haddock and cod. Ben said: “I’ve taken on some real challenges in the past, rowing the Atlantic, crossing the Arabian Desert, but this is going to be a completely different task. Over the last 15 years, over 250 British fishermen have lost their lives at sea, making it one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.” 12 hours into the North Sea, viewers will see skipper Sandy McCleman explain just how dangerous life at sea is. He knows only too well - in 1994, Sandy’s own father lost his life at sea. Sandy said: “There were six of us on the boat and five of us were saved. My father was sadly lost. It was all over so fast, before we’d even realised anything was wrong. It really rocked our whole world; that was our family unit destroyed. It was just devastating really for us. That’s how cruel the ocean is.” And once the fish are caught, there’s a stomach churning job at hand, as Ben and the trawler-men gut the fish. Ben said: “The smell and movement down here are overpowering.” Tune in on Wednesday August 20 to find out how Ben gets on in the physically and mentally exhausting challenge.