Found on YouTube. Created by "Wynne Henry". Originally published on 2014-11-16.
The P and O ship Adonia leaving Lisbon on 3-11-14. This was the Pilot's second attempt to leave the ship. A smaller cutter found the seas too rough to take off the Pilot so this larger cutter took over.
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