OK, well, now, what we've done...
what I'm doing here...
That's the sea.
30 miles of open ocean lay between us
and the finishing line at Vung Tau.
But, as the water didn't look too rough...
we decided to put on some life jackets and go for it.
I've been thinking. Jeremy?
The sea is in some ways a lawless place,
but in others there is a strict code, isn't there?
You stick together through thick and thin, face perils as one.
Yeah. Thing is, though,
to operate efficiently as a team,
each team member has to be at their optimum.
At this speed, I'm not at my best. I have no steering.
JEREMY: And so...
Three, two, one... Go.
Funny.
JEREMY: As it turned out,
that would be the last funny moment of the day.
Oh, my God!
-(THUD) -Argh, fuck!
I'll try standing up, see if that helps. With bent knee.
-(THUD) -Oh, no! Oh, God.
God above, this is just awful.
-(RATTLING) -Oh!
(COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS)
I'm gonna throw up at this rate,
not because of sea sickness but because of
the amount of salt water in my mouth.
(THUDDING)
[BLEEP]
No!
(GROANS)
This is a lot worse than I thought it was going to be.
It wasn't just the rough seas.
(HORN HONKS)
We also had to weave our way through the shipping lanes.
There's a large tanker dead ahead.
Trawler off to my right.
Sheez.
I've managed to miss that massive container ship. That's something.
I just pissed myself standing up where I was.
Anything else is not an option.
Oh! Freezing and (BLEEP) wet.
(GROANS)
This is getting sketchy.
I'm not sure we can do this.
JEREMY: Certainly, one of our camera boats was in very big trouble.
MAN: Bloody hell. We're taking in too much water.
I don't know if it's dangerous.
We'll never get there at this rate.
JEREMY: And James had completely lost control of his antique.
Oh! No, no, no, no, no! Oh, no!
JEREMY: After 15 miles, the sea started to calm a little
and I decided to increase speed.
Come on, you brave little soldier.
Come on, bite. Bite, bite, bite.
JEREMY: Mercifully, the finish line, Vung Tau harbour,
then hoved into view.
(SNAP)
Well, that's brilliant.
These last couple of hours have damn nearly killed me.
They probably have James and Richard.
I can't raise either of them on the radio.
I don't know where they are.
I reached the jetty very much alone.
Sorry, there's no film crews with me.
Um, I don't know where they are either.
But Richard Hammond is arriving.
Normally we'd celebrate the end of a journey,
but I'm not celebrating that. Beyond brutal.
Yeah, that was the hardest thing I've ever done.
Easily the hardest thing I've ever done. The most dangerous.
But then, the Rover 90 hoved into view.
It could be coming with nobody on it, like the Marie Celeste.
Well, I did wo... No, he is there.
Look, there's a very bedraggled dog at the helm.
Yeah.
Right.
We've been very worried about you.
Have you? I was very worried about me. But thank you.
-(RATTLING) -Jeez.
(GROANS)
I'm absolutely staggered it's still there.
-But we have survived. -Yeah.