The reason for the stranding is not known but the topography of the bay and the large tidal range were probably contributory.
The show teaches wilderness survival tips by stranding Grylls in the middle of nowhere and filming his struggles and successes.
He came up with the enemy on the 6th February 1806, and, after two hours' fighting, inflicted a signal defeat upon them, capturing three of their five vessels and stranding the other two.
Rule V.-Voluntary Stranding When a ship is intentionally run on shore, and the circumstances are such that if that course were not adopted she would inevitably sink, or drive on shore or on rocks, no loss or damage caused to the ship, cargo and freight, or any of them, by such intentional running on shore, shall be made good as G.A.
