ECHT eco-raft from Dunnet beach (1)

ECHT filmmakers Dan and George after their mission to find the Kraken mythical sea creature.

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00:00A quick bit of video. Listen, you went out there, you got so far, and well, you didn't quite make it, did you?

00:10No, we didn't make it anywhere near. We didn't get out of the bay. How far out were we, do you know?

00:15Oh, I don't know, 100 metres? 200? Generous. The wind was going the wrong way.

00:21Yeah, the wind was against us, the waves were against us, everything was against us, and we ended up conceding.

00:28Okay. Now imagine we saw the Kraken. The Kraken, yes. It would have eaten us in a second.

00:33Yeah. So, but is your objective achieved nonetheless?

00:39I think so. I think we've learnt really what we're up against when it comes to the sea.

00:45Yes, yes. It's too powerful for us. Some people can handle it, but we couldn't.

00:52Now, you're making a statement about plastic pollution as well, aren't you?

00:57Yeah, and keeping our mission green, and generally respecting nature.

01:02We need to respect nature much more because we're a part of the natural world.

01:06Great. So this raft is made up from found materials taken from around here.

01:14Presumably, at the end of it, you'll get this. This will be recycled.

01:19Yes, now. So now we're going to take it off. It's going to get stripped apart, back into the bits,

01:25and those bits will get recycled in the local area.

01:27We've got the buoys underneath, which will get given to the local fishermen.

01:30The ropes, if they're usable, they'll get redistributed.

01:34Otherwise, they'll get turned into doormats, which you can buy on Etsy.

01:39Oh, great. Yes, yes.

01:40Alan does those.

01:41Oh, yes, yes. The Cato's Beach Cleans group. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, great.

01:46We might take the sail, which is a curtain sheet, sorry, a shower curtain.

01:53Yes.

01:54I might take that as a souvenir for myself.

01:56Yes, I think you should.

01:57Yeah.

01:58Yeah, I think that would look great.

02:00Anyway, look, thanks very much.

02:02Thank you.

02:03Nice to meet you, and good luck with your film.

02:06I'm going to go and warm up.

02:07Yes, I think you need to.