harbour a little bit, which is nice to show the passengers some of the beautiful coastline around the river Dart. I’m also on commentary for the cruise, which is a part of the job skippers have to do, and everyone develops their own style. I like to have fun on mine, chatting to the passengers as much as possible. I sometimes announce to passengers just as we have left the pontoon that they are on the cruise to Torbay and beyond – people are just starting to panic when I come clean! The cruise is about an hour and pretty straightforward in the most part – though sailing along the Dart can be tricky with tide, wind and the low water. There’s no such thing as a typical landing on the Dart, you have to be quite skilful at times. The run to Totnes, which also goes throughout the day, takes an hour and a quarter each way, and has some pretty tricky sections at low tide. But we all very confident and good at judging the tide so we don’t come up against any problems. The cruises leave throughout the day – the Harbour cruise, unless there is a strange tide, will leave at 11.30, 12.30, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm. 4.30pm: the Harbour cruise will finish its last run and, on a normal day we will take the boat back to the pontoon, put the Boat to bed – cleaning down and checking everything on the engineering side - before heading off to your evening! 5pm: But on a lot of summer nights we have an evening cruise booked for some reason, normally a private charter. We would then start setting up for the evening cruise – we’d had a quick check of what the hiring clients wanted, and set up the boat accordingly. We would then get the entertainment on, a DJ or a band, before welcoming the guests on board again. 7pm: The drill for the private charter cruises is to potter up and down the river, as people have a great time! We will often go outside the castles on nights that are calm, giving everyone another view and some new beautiful scenery to look at.
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