Deep Water (2006): The Contenstants of 1968 Part 3

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Don started his own small electronics firm
making navigational aides.
They were very very slow-selling, but we were able to eat from it.
It didn't bother us very much that we couldn't have
a very exotic life.
But really, we were skint, as it were.
Simon Crowhurst: Things were difficult and the business was struggling.
My father was at a stage of his life where
he needed to take on a challenge that would show
the skills that he had and the abilities that he had,
which he had somehow felt frustrated,
unable to show in his business.
My father had grown up with the Kipling stories of adventure
and of heroes overcoming challenges.
Chichester had achieved something on a heroic scale
and was recognized for it.
He had performed a tremendous feat
that everybody could see and admire.
In a sense, my father wanted to take on that role
and take on that persona.
This was the greatest challenge possible.
It grabbed my father,
made him, almost compelled him to take part.
Clare: He asked me how I felt about it,
and I said, "Well, if you can raise the money,
I think you deserve it."
I didn't think he would raise the money,
but all of a sudden the thing took on its own momentum.

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