Deep Water Page #8

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and took out the logs.

We decided

there and then

that we would never tell anybody

for the rest of our lives

what had happened

in the last hours

of Crowhurst's life.

Swinton:

In fact,

Rodney Hallworth

had already sold the logbooks

to a London newspaper.

And piece by piece,

the truth of Donald Crowhurst's

voyage was uncovered.

Clare:
Rodney Hallworth stumped

through the front door,

and while I was sort of

staring in amazement

he said, "Donald didn't

sail around the world

and he committed suicide."

And I think that

is the most appalling

thing to do to anyone.

I will never forget

those words.

But that was Hallworth.

Hynds:

No one likes to be conned.

We were sharp newspapermen

and he conned us.

Kippered us.

I felt like a kipper.

Kerr:

For me, it's all one regret.

I never did speak

to Clare again.

I never could face her.

I felt I was party to it.

We were all party to it.

If only I had said,

"Don't go, Donald.

It's crazy."

I should have said that.

Simon:

He made the wrong decisions.

In a way, he turned

the initial difficulties

into something

much worse...

into a disaster for himself

and for the rest of us.

But he was trying

to do the best he could

to get back to us.

And that's all

he could do, really.

Clare:

Everything angered me at that time.

Anger just boiled over.

And I blamed everyone

and everything.

I feel that I failed.

I didn't stop him

from going

and I didn't help him

when he needed it.

But people

need to dream.

I think

Donald needed that,

and he had

a right to have it.

Winspear:

The crowd criticized him.

The crowd mocked him.

And I didn't want

that to happen.

When somebody

has risked

and failed,

and when somebody

has fallen

from the tightrope

they've been walking on,

somebody has to

pick them up

and give them a burial.

The best thing is that

a friend should do that.

Don wanted to make

a success of his life.

He just wanted to see

a bright future

for himself

and his family.

In my mind,

I gave him a hero's...

burial.

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