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Now for something completely different — the busy english channel. the tenacious is the first tall ship in the world to be fully adapted for a disabled crew. it's run by thejubilee sailing trust, which claims that its adventures can provide life—changing experiences for people with all different kinds of abilities. we sent alex taylor to check it out and we catch up with him early in the morning after his first bumpy night at sea. hello. how are you feeling? good, thank you. i'm going back to bed now. after a stormy and pretty sleepless night at the sea, it's time for breakfast with my shi...

Often quite hard to explore. as a kid, i kind of had to ask other people for that help and you kind of have to imagine things and that's why i would write books and things, or read books and have ideas. i couldn't really do it, so i had to write it. but in here, it's quite nice because you actually go on board and you get to do that stuff and go on the seas which is lovely. i've been up a mast, which i don't do every day so that was actually amazing, really. i've never, ever thought i could do that. that's alex taylor having occasional bursts of fun on board the tenacious. well, that's all for...

Couldn't believe it. and that's why we run it. that's why we do what we do. 0n the final day, the beautiful weather gave me the chance to do something that i've been looking forward to but also secretly dreading. climbing the ship's mast. luckily, i'm not going first, though. it's kind of amazing. in fact, it is mad. oh, god. for some of the folk who don't quite get what we do to start with, this is the point where generally they all get it. oh, my god, you were amazing.

How do you feel? 0h, great! were you scared? no. you're amazing. right, you're definitely going to be the best at this, alex. because you have seen it like five times now. am i? well, i'm glad you have confidence. ifeel like i am dancing here. he's not dancing back, i don't think he's interested. i'm excited now, i want to get it done. i say that now, though. i mean, once i'm halfway up, i might change my mind. this is a handle. you're going to have to grip towards you, 0k? and basically, it slides up the rope but when you pull down, it grips and it will pull. grip! heave!

I'm stuck! 0h, here we go. cheering and applause. i can't really explain it. it's hard to get up there but once you're up there, my god, it's amazing, it's like you're a bird. you can see everything. it's weightlessness, as well, so you're just free, and i've never had that, ever. and it's really, really high — just to make that point clear. it's very high. but it's very nice. i didn't want to come down, but it was beautiful. you want to do it again? i'll go again now, you guys? yeah, is that all right, yeah?