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Well the forecast is looking gastly and its blowing a whooly out there and Douglas bay is full of white horses.

Thank God its coming from the South West, I can see why the pilot book says this pontoon is completly untennable in a North Easter.

John decides we aren’t going anywhere so its a long lie in, go and get the shopping in and then go for a wander around Douglas.

Well it is for some of us, two of the crew have to leave us today, and go home due to work commitments, so its an early taxi to the airport for them.

As we walk into town we see the remains of the Solway Harvester, a Scallop trawler that sank off the Isle of Man in 2000 with the loss of all seven of her crew. the wreck was later salvaged as part of the investigation into her loss and now lies rusting away alongside the harbour wall.

It is a sobering reminder of the risks we all face when we go to sea, especially with rough seas outside and the wind whistling past us.