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One of the problems with maritime film-making, especially if you’re going to sea to do it – however short the sortie – is getting the right people with the right ship in the right time. To fix this up, I had a real “friend at court” – MNTB’s excellent Susan Bell (picture) – to pull those levers for me. But even when you have co-operation, there’s getting on, and even more so, getting off to factor in. Even if your ship can stop, deploying a boat ship to shore is a serious operation, and needs careful work to be safe. Indeed, most modern merchant ships don’t have boats they can use like that – mostly only the rear “ski jump” launch lifeboats, like the one that played such a key role in the excellent movie ‘Captain Philips’. So… one more key need to meet.