Richard Fidler
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Appearances Over Time
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So the situation's bad, but if we're rational and we work together, we'll be all right.
This is what Ken Jones is telling you, the first mate.
Yes.
And we all signed up for that.
All of us, except for the skipper.
The second engineer, John Sloan.
Yeah.
He was in a bit of trouble.
Why was he in a bit of trouble?
And what did that mean for him?
The next day, someone spotted Bruny Island.
Now, you'd been heading west...
But Bruny Island's just directly south of Hobart.
So the current must have, or the weather must have been pulling you back eastwards again then, I suppose.
What happened when you tried paddling towards Bruny?
Oh, drag in the water, right.
God, some on-ship biscuits.
How very 18th century that is.
What about water, fresh water?
It wasn't puncturing it.