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[VALIS]

If "Movie" includes "stuff you can get on DVD",

The "Adventures in Paradise" TV series. Cheesy plots, and the video transfer quality ranges from poor to terrible, but there is some actual sailing on a great old schooner. There's also plenty of "studio sailing". You may have had to have grown up on the late 50's and early 60's to appreciate this.

"Horatio Hornblower" -- the A&E series. This is great. (I know this has already been mentioned, but here's another vote.)

"Longitude" -- the A&E production with Jeremy Irons and Michael Gambon. About Harrison and his chronometers, but there's some sailing and compelling nautical storytelling.

[Devoforedeckus]

I guess you guys all too young! My vote is for "Windjammer" shot in wide screen (1958) and great sound track. http://en.wikipedia....mer_(1958_film)


Factoid about "Adventures in Paradise" the star, Gardener McKay, was the the great-great-grandson of the famous American clipper designer Donald McKay (Flying Cloud, Stag Hound, Sovereign of the Seas, Great Republic, Lightning, to name a few)

[Tom Keffer]

Captain's Courageous, an oldie but goodie.

+1

The scene where they launch a bunch of fishing dories while under sail alone is worth it.

[haligonian winterr]

You wouldn't happen to have a copy would you?

After reading the book, definitely interested in the movie.

HW

Has anybody mentioned "Drum" yet?

If you include "Morning Light" in the list, you have to add "Drum" first.

[djmnyc]

There have been so few sailing movies (i.e. a movie where the plot somehow involves a sailboat), that I've seen just about every one mentioned, and I can think of only one other: The Weight of Water (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210382/).

Not sailing, but boat related, and awesome, Incident at Loch Ness (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374639/). Also small boat related, The Africa Queen. And while war movies are a whole different animal, Murphy's War (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067458/) deserves a look.

[shanghaisailor]

Not a movie per se but a bloody good mini-series
The Challenge - well played series about Bondy taking the Auld Mug in '83

Played my copy to death

[coxcreek]

Rene Clement's Plein Soleil (Purple Noon)

[Bitter Gnat]

You wouldn't happen to have a copy would you?

After reading the book, definitely interested in the movie.

HW

Has anybody mentioned "Drum" yet?

If you include "Morning Light" in the list, you have to add "Drum" first.

Had a copy long ago. Did not survived our last move.

Got the image above from an eBay listing.

[luminary]

The Onedin Line. Loved that as a kid.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074035/

[House Salad]

Jaws 2, love that race

Ever hear the story behind the spinnaker flying scene? A friend of mine was spinnaker flying in Great Salt Pond, Block Island when a film crew motors up to them an says, "mind if we film you?" He said sure and the next thing he knew he was in Jaws 2 (well, at least his feet were). They gave them a six of beer for doing it. I don't think they even signed a release. I guess that's why the shark never gets him-they didn't have any footage of the shark eating a bosun's chair, and so they have the spinnaker pull him out of the water just as the shark gets near him.

[House Salad]

Anybody know whatever happened to all of the John Biddle footage? He must have hundreds of sailing films. He of course personally narrated them at his presentations, so the only thing that would be available would be the footage, I'm guessing, as he has passed away. If you ever caught one of his presentations you were lucky, they were priceless.

[Delta Blues]

"Around Cape Horn" Footage filmed on a 1929 voyage from Europe to Chile an a square rigger. Simply fantastic. DVD available from Amazon.com. If you have not seen it, you should.

Captain Irving McClure Johnson on the barque Peking. Funny as hell in what he did to prepare, bizarre as hell the Peking Captains habits (Johnson was not captain of this voyage around the horn). Short movie, but well worth the while.

Around Cape Horn

[House Salad]

Anybody know whatever happened to all of the John Biddle footage? He must have hundreds of sailing films. He of course personally narrated them at his presentations, so the only thing that would be available would be the footage, I'm guessing, as he has passed away. If you ever caught one of his presentations you were lucky, they were priceless.

OK, answered my own question. See here: http://en.wikipedia....cinematographer) Gotta find where you can get a DVD of his stuff.

[House Salad]

Anybody know whatever happened to all of the John Biddle footage? He must have hundreds of sailing films. He of course personally narrated them at his presentations, so the only thing that would be available would be the footage, I'm guessing, as he has passed away. If you ever caught one of his presentations you were lucky, they were priceless.

OK, answered my own question. See here: http://en.wikipedia....cinematographer). Gotta find where you can get a DVD of his stuff.

Looks like these guys are working on it: http://www.sea-tvpro...ideography.html# I don't see any results yet.

[Cags]

Captain Pugwash

Remember?
Master Bates
Seaman Staines
and Roger the Cabin Boy

[MadMatt]

Loved White Squall
Captain Ron gotta be #1
Whirl pool scene in Pirates of the Caribbean... Epic
Robert Newtons Treasure Island
and if Summer Rentals in, how about
Club Paradise

[VALIS]

As for "Treasure Island", I think best version is the one with Charlton Heston as Long John Silver, and a young Christian Bale as Jim Hawkins. Heston is really good in this role. There are some decent sailing scenes, too.

[Life Buoy 15]

This little known art film has a sailing theame.

And it is very, very NSFW!!!

http://tinyurl.com/lt2rxe

[jwlbrace]

Jaws 2 - Hobie sailors being eaten by a Great White

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077766/

Wind - because nobody puts baby in the corner

and another...

Donkey Punch - filmed nearly entirely on a Gin Palace, but a great cheap and nasty Brit Flick

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988849/


As for music videos... this sucks:

[yt][/yt]

[Black Sox]

What about the one where a party of six or so people go for a nice cruise, think it's a reunion or something, and they decide to hop off for a swim? One by one, they all jump in the water. Then they realise that they can't get back on board. They end up treading water beside the yacht and arguing. on or more dies. Then, you hear a baby's cry from inside the boat. Can't remember how it ends.

Might be already included in one of the above lists.

[MR.CLEAN]

Captain Pugwash

Remember?
Master Bates
Seaman Staines
and Roger the Cabin Boy

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[Left Hook]

Captain Pugwash

Remember?
Master Bates
Seaman Staines
and Roger the Cabin Boy

http://www.urbandict...hp?term=Pugwash

[Sailing My Cubicle]

Donkey Punch - filmed nearly entirely on a Gin Palace, but a great cheap and nasty Brit Flick

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988849/

HAHA YES! Donkey Punch. Tits, ass, sexual murder, carnage.

[DA-WOODY]

[DA-WOODY]

[Shaggy]

What about the one where a party of six or so people go for a nice cruise, think it's a reunion or something, and they decide to hop off for a swim? One by one, they all jump in the water. Then they realise that they can't get back on board. They end up treading water beside the yacht and arguing. on or more dies. Then, you hear a baby's cry from inside the boat. Can't remember how it ends.

Might be already included in one of the above lists.

That one ranks up there with the one where the skiers go on the last lift up for the night, the chair gets stuck, the girl throws her gloves/boots and hat at the snowcat, someone dies and the wolves get lunch.....

[HookEm]

The Reef (2010)? Keel falls off and sailboat capsizes in shark infested waters...

[DA-WOODY]

[Anthonyvop]

[MR.CLEAN]

Spent all week watching movies...Story done! Funny thing is that I could do a Top 25 pretty easily with just the stuff you all put in here. Next year!



movie madness

Images of sailing adorn popular life here in America, but not because lots of us actually sail – in fact, it’s quite the opposite. Jewelry, fashion, and financial companies – or rather, their advertising agencies - bank on yachting’s perceived exclusivity to sell their high-dollar wares. Yachts are featured as bit players in film, too; hundreds of them, but rarely does sailing play a big part in the story. But sometimes it does, and since we can’t find any article that’s ever given a ‘best of sailing movies’ review, we decided it was our duty to do just that.

But who’s got time to research the best movies to watch? No one. So we decided to do the heavy lifting for you, and along with a few forum members, we came up with the official Sailing Anarchy Top Ten Sailing Movies Of All Time. We tried to restrict these to full-length feature fiction or documentary films, and we left off pretty much everything from the olden days; those swashbuckling films may look good in your memory, but with very few exceptions they didn’t age well at all. You can find most of these on Amazon or Netflix or the various BitTorrent or Free TV Search Sites out there, and feel free to tell us what we missed in the thread.


10 – Morning Light

Take a pile of young sailors, give them a shit hot TP-52 and some of the best coaches in the world to train them to race it, and send them on a race to Hawaii. Throw in a custom-modified power trimaran to follow them every step of the way, and you’ve got the recipe for the ultimate sailing movie. Right? Somehow, it didn’t’ work out that way. This could’ve been Roy Disney’s final and most enduring legacy to a sport he adored, but it fell flat in almost every way: The race itself was a dull one, they didn’t even end up being the youngest team in the race, and somehow, the editing team managed to make some damned interesting and opinionated kids look downright dull. They had hours and hours and hours of gates-of-hell style sailing off Hawaii during training, tons of shots of fights and drama and the real stories about a crew having to come together to win, yet somehow, none of that made it to the final cut after an editing process frought with disagreement and delay. Morning Light makes it to the Top Ten solely on the strength of the offshore training footage – it’s by far the best-produced big-water sailing footage of a modern racing boat available. On a big screen, you tend to fast-forward through the rest of it.

9 – 180 South: Conquerors of the Useless

This recent feature doco contains maybe the least amount of sailing of any of these Top Ten pictures, and most of it is over and done with before the first half of the documentary. But that bit includes a very real and quietly beautiful piece of ocean passagemaking from the US to the South Pacific that is an absolute must-see piece for any ocean sailor, combined with more reality with a dramatic dismasting and the month-long jury rigging process on wild Rapa Nui (Easter Island), followed by the eventual landing in Chile. Once in Patagonia, Jeff Johnson meets up with Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins; the conservationist heroes who helped tell the world about this most wild of places nearly 50 years ago. Whether you’re surfer, sailor, scientist, climber, or just a kid, the haunting beauty and incredible video work in a place that can easily overwhelm the lens is some of the best you’ll ever see. And the conservationist message is powerful without being preachy, thanks to Johnson’s Warren Miller-esque narration and a script that’s more surf movie than Discovery channel. A great one for kids and adults alike, and one you can turn schoolteachers onto as well if you want to see the next generation conserving more than this one.


8 – Dead Calm

A young Nicole Kidman shows off her tits and ass, then later has a wheel in one hand and a spear gun (or was it a flare gun) in the other, kicking ass and taking names. At least that’s how we remember it, so do we really need to go into the plot? There’s plenty of suspense, but the movie loses sailors with some of its seaborne silliness, and loses regular folk with the stupidity of its main characters. Billy Zane plays a pretty good maniac, while Sam Neill is the useless foil to Kidman’s badassery. But Kidman’s flesh and her expressiveness are the real stars, and no matter how dumb the plot, she makes you want to cheer for her as she opens up a can of beatdown up on Zane.
Bonus Fact: The movie was shot mostly just off Hamilton Island, Australia – the site, of course, of the famous Hamilton Island Race Week. Kidman’s “Saracen” was actually the Van De Stadt 73’ plywood ketch “StormVogel”, which won the Sydney Hobart in 1965 and is still racing today. Bonus Rumor: A pair of Kidman’s panties still hangs in the stateroom of StormVogel.

7 – Pirates of the Caribbean

Yes, the sailing is ridiculous. But the movie – if you can remember back to before it was a billion-dollar franchise wiuth a litany of crappy sequels and merchandise overload – was a roller-coaster ride of fun and adventure that brought swashbucklers into the 21^st century. This one makes the list for its sheer enjoyment value, as well as for the interest it created in tall ships for literally hundreds of millions of kids around the world.

6 – White Squall

One of the true classics for the thousands of kids and adults that have gone through some form of tall ship training, this pic casts a flawless Jeff Bridges as Skipper Chris Sheldon of the Brigantine Albatross in 1962 – a sail training/university ship for well-off kids long before such a thing became accepted. Directed by visionary director Ridley Scott, the script was written using many of the actual documents produced during the maritime hearings from the real-life tragic loss of the brig, which took four students’ lives along with those of the cook and Sheldon’s wife. This one is worth watching for anyone, but the capsize and sinking scene gives sailors a particularly harrowing look at all of our biggest fear: Being trapped in a sinking boat. Bonus Fact: Captain Sheldon went into the Peace Corps after losing the Albatross, and in 1965 he bought another ship – she burned to the waterline off West Africa on only her second voyage, and Sheldon would never return to sea. Bonus Education: Daniel S. Parrott spent years researching the loss of the Albatross along with those of four other tall ships, and carefully pieced together the very simple explanation for why these boats were inherently dangerous in the 2002 book Tall Ships Down. An excellent read after watching the movie.


5 – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Bringing one of every bored cruiser’s favorite seafaring characters to the big screen, director Peter Weir brought in a great cast and spent some serious money making brutally believable battle and storm scenes from the Age of Sail. It’s a combination of a couple of books from Patrick O’Brians epic series, and the great characters and detailed realism of the chases and skirmishes at sea help the movie appeal to a broad audience, both lubbers and salts. An enjoyable movie on every level, and easily watchable more than once. Bonus Fact: Weir hired longtime SA’ers to teach Russell Crowe and other crew how to handle lines properly and to safely climb the rigging of a tall ship at their base in Baja California.

4 – Masquerade

Rob Lowe is a studly young rockstar skipper running loaded old FBO Brian Davies’ S&S 70’ Mini-Maxi “Obsession” for the summer out of the Hamptons. He’s also running Davies’ trophy wife (a Kim Catrall already the slutty older women back in ’88!) around the bedroom, but he falls in love with a very young and exceptionally cute Meg Tilly instead. To complicate matters, someone is trying to steal Tilly’s massive fortune, Lowe is blowing hundreds of thousands on modifications to the boat, the cops are dirty, and the propane isn’t the only thing that’s explosive. This is a fun thriller with lots of sailing, most of it – including some of the sailor stereotypes - being quite accurate. And don’t even think that you sounded any cooler than the douchebag yachties in this 80’s classic. Viewing Tip: This one will hold the attention of a non-sailing wife. Bonus Fact: The hull of the Hinckley 36 used as “Masquerade” in the production was, according to a Hinckley Company newsletter, in good shape after they blew her up in a ball of fire. She was acquired by an experienced boatbuilder to be subsequently restored. Where Are They Now: At least a couple of years ago, Obsession was still doing head boat daysails out of Seattle’s waterfront.

3 – Deep Water

This one is deep indeed, and painful too, and it asks all the right questions about the first solo offshore racer to truly step into the void. The 93-minute documentary about Donald Crowhurst’s infamous leap into the chaos of the first non-stop, Round-The-World race relies on riveting footage found aboard the ghost ship Teignmouth Electron months after Crowhurst disappeared along with words and video from Moitissier and Sir Robin. The film documents Crowhurst’s descent into madness, and the reasons it was almost a foregone conclusion. Filmmakers Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell force all seafarers to ask themselves some of the deeper questions behind our own motivations for escaping a land-bound life, be it for a few hours or a few years.

2 – Captain Ron

We’ll always love this one for its unending stream of memorable quotes, combined with just how hilariously true all the delivery skipper stereotypes seem to be when seen through a comic director’s eyes. Kurt Russell fits the bill perfectly, with Martin Short as the clueless owner and a hilarious crew keeps it interesting, and if you haven’t seen it in a while, medicate yourself with your favorite elixir and sit back for an hour and change of laughs.


1 – Wind

Still the gold standard by which all other crappy sailing movies are judged, Wind succeeds for sailors because a) it’s our only real ‘sports/drama’ movie and it loosely follows the reality from 1983 to 1987, and because of the utter ridiculousness spewed in nearly every scene. From the sail that goes “Whomp” to the pickup truck/salt flat wind tunnel tests to the stupid Geronimo dance, it keeps you laughing even as you check out Jennifer Grey’s sailor chick credentials. We don’t need no stinkin’ rules for yacht racing, do we? Not when it goes from flat calm to ocean gale in the middle of a single buoy race! For all of its substantial stupidity, Wind was still the first movie to really capture some of the excitement of sailing that Hollywood’s ever seen; the 14-foot skiff (a/k/a I-14) footage is breathtaking, and some of the AC racing scenes in the big stuff will be remembered forever. And as long as we keep it alive for the next generation, there will be Whompers in the sail locker for another 50 years. Bonus Fact: Iconic lifetime yachting commentator Peter Montgomery does most of the ‘TV commentary” in the movie.

[R Boooth]

Has anyone put in "Purple Noon"

[Aviator]

I just have to disagree with "Wind" as # 1, for many of the very reasons that Clean gives for ranking it #1! It was just way too corny. "Summer Rental" had less sailing but was way better. Even "Morning Light" was better than "Wind".

"Dove" should have made the list, easily.

I love "Deep Water", and I would highly recommend watching the Special Features, which includes commentary from other participants in that race. Fascinating stuff.

Since you mention the Nicole Kidman-bonus in "Dead Calm", it is also worth mentioning that "Masquerade" includes a naked Kim Cattrall.

I have seen everything on this list except for "180 South".

I would vote for dropping "Wind", bumping "Captian Ron" up to # 1, and adding "Dove" in the # 2 spot.

[stiletto]

A bit 'o sailin with Jim Carrey in the "Truman Show" LOL!

[parkershinn]

I think Water World has to make the list. I remember being stoked as a little kid watching that trimaran. It was awesome.

[Schnappi]

Obviously Tentaclesis the greatest of all time. Mutant octopus takes out a Laser regatta.

[Schnappi]

Best part starts around 1:00:00. Elvstrom sails, wooden tillers, ridiculously short tiller extensions. It's all there.

Apparently still popular in Italy.

[DA-WOODY]

What NO WaterWorld ????????????



OK I see I was beat to the RumPunch by a few minguess I shouldn't have watched this first :-O

[PCP777]

This could be a Top 10. Got a decent two part made for TV movie for ya.

"The Seawolf".

A young man is taken aboard a seal-hunting vessel helmed by the cruel captain Wolf Larsen. An adaptation of Jack London's 1904 novel "The Sea-Wolf". In this exclusive premiere, Jack London's thrilling adventure at sea becomes an intense and thrilling miniseries for modern audiences.

Pretty hard core captain, set on an old schooner. It's worth a watch, not sure if I would call it top 10 though.

It's on Netflix instant as well.

http://movies.netfli...ovieid=70248415


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1215482/

[PCP777]

Oh and the movie that reminded us how not putting the swim ladder down could be a bad idea....


http://www.imdb.com/...055/plotsummary

[javahead]

Captain's Courageous

[Captain Graybeard]

Pirates???



Or...Pirates...

[MR.CLEAN]

I couldn't stand Dove even though I enjoyed the book, but it certainly makes my top 15, along with Waterworld and a bunch more. This will be an easy thread to revisit over the years when we do the Top 25, and then the Top 50 (more like the only fifty but that's still the top 50!)

[CowboyKell]

I couldn't remember the title till today and I can't believe no one has mentioned "Wild Things". A large motor yacht is refered to as a 'stink pot', plot involves a school sailing team, and the lead actor has a three way on screen....Why has this not on the list?
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=GAwTGKaLCeo

[loose]

Captain Ron, Wind, and Summer Rentals were required viewing at my sailing school


Scully: [Discussing the ocean] She'll make ya rich, or she'll feed ya to the fishes. If she wants you to dance, sonny boy, you've got to follow her lead.
Jack Chester: Didn't I read that on your bathroom wall?
Scully: Yes. And it's as true today as when I hung it there.

[jkdubs808]

Glad to see Wind make it as #1. Some may find it corny as hell, but it was honestly based off DCs comeback winning the cup in Fremantle.

Besides, I'm biased. My dad was in it as a member of the Australian crew in the 2nd set if races when they were against the red boat.

[Big Stuff]

The Voyage of The Yes. Or something like that. It was on TV back in the early 70s. Anyone remember??

[Total Slacker]

"Around Cape Horn" Footage filmed on a 1929 voyage from Europe to Chile an a square rigger. Simply fantastic. DVD available from Amazon.com. If you have not seen it, you should.

Yes! It's incredible. Back when men were allowed to be men.

[Thiepval]

Captain Pugwash

Remember?
Master Bates
Seaman Staines
and Roger the Cabin Boy

Actually Cags, this is all an urban myth.

The cabin boy was called Tom, the other crew were Master Mate, Willy and Barnabas. The villian was called Cut throat Jake.

No problem letting the facts get in the way of a good story though, ehh?

[amro]

Watching a movie right now called "adrift" with kate jackson in it. And a girl in a bikini, who is not kate jackson.

Nice boat tho.

[ishboo61]

Hi! I am new here.
I just saw "Cut Throat Island". I thought it was pretty good.

[amro]

I gotta say that the Charlie St. Cloud movie had some halfway decent footage... if the story was shiite.

Ditto, how often do you get to see an Open scoot around in a film?

Unfortunately the film was about baseball, not sailing. I'd say about 99.9% of the sailing footage we shot was scrapped. It seems they kept the cheesiest stuff in.

Driving the open 50 was a blast tho.

[Doc Häagen-Dazs]

OK, Okay..... You've finally provoked me to look it up. It's not the best sailing flick, but Elizabeth Hurley and Patsy Kensit in Kill Cruise has to be at least mentioned!

[DA-WOODY]

Hi! I am new here.
I just saw "Cut Throat Island". I thought it was pretty good.

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[J109Guy]

Dead Calm, for this scene alone...

http://www.metacafe....calm_sex_scene/

[laserandy]

Jaws 2, love that race

Greatest rainy day sailing camp movie ever...

Just try to get those kids out tomorrow!

[the paradox of thrift]

Wind is such bullshit - as if they'd have that many Americans on an American AC crew.

Only authentic part of the plot line is that there'd only be a woman as tactician if the skipper was shagging her.

[Ramdu]

It's been a while since I've seen it, but Hot Pursuit starring John Cusak had some sailing in it. Robert Loggia chews up the screen as the scary sailor.

[cal40john]

Wind is such bullshit - as if they'd have that many Americans on an American AC crew.

Only authentic part of the plot line is that there'd only be a woman as tactician if the skipper was shagging her.

Back then if I recall you were required to have crew from your country. Though I believe hot skippers would get some sort of residency to get around the rules, I don't remember that they did it for the crew very much.

[CrushDigital]

Wind is such bullshit - as if they'd have that many Americans on an American AC crew.

Only authentic part of the plot line is that there'd only be a woman as tactician if the skipper was shagging her.

Back then if I recall you were required to have crew from your country. Though I believe hot skippers would get some sort of residency to get around the rules, I don't remember that they did it for the crew very much.

I seem to recall DC saying in his book Comeback that one of the big advantages he felt he had in '87 was that he made sure that all of his crew already knew how to sail while the Aussies went in a few positions with big guys who had perhaps not done much in the way of sailing before...and they were all citizens.

Here's an LA Times article from '87.

http://articles.latimes.com/1987-01-30/news/ss-1534_1_dennis-conner

[knot him]

Joe Vs the Volcano
While much of it seems hokie there is some real depth to the film. I always liked the part when the navigatress is looking at the weather readout in the quiet, well appointed bridge and joe/hanks ask’s “Whats that mean?” and that strangely sexy thing replies“It means it’s gonna blow” and then the film immediately cuts to all hell breaking loose as a very nice sailing yacht gets pounded. That contrast and phrase just kind of stuck with me. The lightening strike causing the boat to sink was pretty spectacular as well.

[quecatsofai]

Cross Winds
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043434/
Beautiful Sailboat..... 6 characters in search of an illegal treasure each wants to steal...sunken government gold. All these characters are desperate and find themselves in more and more dangerous circumstances as they double cross each other to jockey for survival. John Payne fans spending half the picture in swimming trunks as he dives for gold, fights off cannibals, and gets involved with lovely Rhonda. And there's plenty of action fighting off his competitors as well by making a devil's bargain with the scoundrel who stole his yacht.

Sea of Fear
Full movie here
http://www.imdb.com/...u/vi4199352089/

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[hoom]

Deepwater Haven.
A really bad TV series but its got me in the sailing scenes so its all good

[corkob]

How about Amistad. The Old Man and the Sea. I must say my personal is favorite is Master and Commander. There's some great lines which can be adapted to every racing sailors vocabulary - "He has the weather gage on us" (when your getting gas from boat to wind or being forced to tack or duck) or "that's seamanship Mr. Clean, my god that's seamanship" or "he has us by the hip". (when you've crossed tacks all day and then you get stuffed) and of course the war cry as the boat rounds the windward mark in a fresh breeze and you raise the kite "right lads let's run like smoke and oakum". There's also of course "You've come to the wrong shop for anarchy brother"!

[frostbit]

Drum. Excellent and memoriable. And actually mostly about sailing and sailors. Even if some of them are 80's pop stars.

[hoom]

Oh lol, I found some footage of Deepwater Haven

http://mediahomevideo.com/family/port-cook-deepwater-haven-season-one

[K38BOB]

What you got? Links to IMDB or your own info on the pic would be helpful.

Cheers!!!

-MH

Went to a preview...all Bob's! Hilarious

[skins]

Summer Rental - 1985
One Crazy Summer - 1986

OCS for sure.

Awesome Aussie Skiffs 2 is a must have.

Roots was pretty good as well

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/

[Foolish]

Way back in post #51 I projected that "Life of Pi" would be the best sailing movie ever because it was the best sailing book ever. I just got home from the theatre and I was right. Life of Pi is the best sailing movie ever. I have never seen anthing else that gives such a good impresion of what rough seas are like. And for a singlehander like me, it was even more life changing.

GO SEE LIFE OF PI!

You won't regret it, I promise.

[Snaggletooth]

The Hurricaine (1937) - Terrayngi's feete of sailing home aftere exscaping prisson is nothing shorte of mirracculouse.