i'm an international boatmen. our hq is in do a and we are ofteten 500 or sixix kilometers- 600 kilometers away from home. it's part and parcel of the job. >> his partner also comes from a family of boatmen. >> can you alert the lock on channel 22? >> i replace him when he has to go and give instructions to staff or eat or take a nap. i have the same permit as him and i was born into this job. >> when they're are not navigating canals they spent the weekend at home with their children. it's monday morning and time to draft -- drop them off at school. toit is hard for them to go boarding school. the goodbye is tough. is the first year his little sister has been sent to boarding school. >> are you going to come with mom? >> she's ok. she didn't cry this time. when she cries we tend to have a bad week. >> gino and jennifer head to their boat. their cargo is loaded at dunkirk and the cargo needs to be brought on deck. >> the kids are in boarding school. if they call us tomorrow and they are sick we take the car off fo