Captain Ron
While we discussed how to spend our time over the next few days of hiding from the strong winds, the obvious options were stock-up on fresh food, boat maintenance, reading, … Continue Reading
Category: Movies
We Now Live On Our New Boat!
Well, one of us anyways… After a leisurely 2.5 day drive from Ottawa with a mini van full of our stuff…by myself…I picked Christa up at the Miami airport and … Continue Reading
Go Around Again – by Rich Groleau
Sailing around the world in a 60-foot sailboat, solo, non-stop, and without assistance – that’s the Vendee Globe, a yacht race that starts and finishes in Les Sables-d’Olonne, France. In … Continue Reading
Sailing Across the Atlantic
I can’t remember where I first saw Sailing Across the Atlantic and downloaded it, but it is on YouTube at the Free Documentary page in 5 parts. I hate it … Continue Reading
Sailing the South Pacific
Sailing the South Pacific is a video from 1993 (I think) from Bob Bitchin’ that looks like it has been converted from VHS and uploaded to YouTube…with associated video and … Continue Reading
All is Lost – Movie
All is Lost is a movie staring Robert Redford about a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean. You may have heard about this movie from a couple of perspectives. It … Continue Reading
Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat
Twenty Eight Feet: Life on a Little Wooden Boat is a short documentary about David Welsford from Halifax Nova Scotia, who has given up the luxuries of land in search … Continue Reading
Avred Fuchs Sails the North Atlantic Greenland to Germany
Avred Fuchs Sails the North Atlantic Greenland to Germany looks to be a great documentary. I have only found Part 1 and Part 5 of the five part series online. … Continue Reading
Shameless Plug For PADI
Great promo video from PADI.
Knots – Trucker’s Hitch
OK, this won’t tech you anything about actually making a trucker’s hitch…unless you’re really sharp near the end, but it is still a great video.
Volcanic Eruption and Shockwave in Papua New Guinea
We found this on Sailfeed.com. Amazing they caught it on video. “Holy smokin’ Toledos!”
Captain Liz Clark’s Solo Voyage on the High Seas
Here’s a pretty good 9(ish) minute video from Liz Clark, who has been sailing solo since 2006.
The Tangaroa Expedition
We’re finding great stuff on YouTube recently. Slow in some places but a fascinating look at what many thought were just some silly people on the water. From the online … Continue Reading
The Fastnet Yacht Race Tragedy of 1979
Another video from YouTube. This one is a BBC documentary about the story of a Force 10 gale which decimated the 1979 Fastnet race, the last of the Admiral’s Cup events in … Continue Reading
Hold Fast
I came across this documentary (which the author calls a videozine) on YouTube that was made by a group that calls themselves the Anarchist Yacht Clubb. It won’t be for … Continue Reading
Maidentrip
Netflix suggestions are working out pretty well for us. We just watched another sailing themed documentary called Maidentrip. It’s about a 14 year old Dutch girl that sailed solo around … Continue Reading
Distant Shores Season 10
We just got through the last Season 9 episode of Distant Shores, which is an adventure tourism television series produced by Shard Multimedia Inc. Paul and Sheryl are fellow Canadians … Continue Reading
180 South
In our attempt to find another sailing movie (which is surprisingly hard by the way) we came across this on Netflix. The film follows adventurer/slacker/dirt-bag (that’s what they actually call … Continue Reading
White Squall
I remember watching this movie when it first came out back in the 90s. After watching again with Christa, it’s likely not the best film to get her excited about … Continue Reading