It upset me that after the storm he stepped back aboard the 3/4 sunk boat in a dead calm and instead of trying to pump out and save her, he stepped into the life raft. But to the movies credit this was not a how to movie. This was a story of one man and what he did, right or wrong. Nobody ever said he was an educated sailor nor was it implied. There are a lot of boneheads and credit card captains who venture offshore and haven't the slightest idea how to cope when things go sideways. That being said it's not exactly on my like list of sailing cinema.
Brent 27-5 Lake Winnipeg Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:02 PM, Jerome Tauber via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Movie was 1980s technology. I thought it was excellent and conveyed the > sense of individual courage in a period of desperation and impending doom. > The boat was allegorical. The ending scene was from Michelangelo's Sistine > Chapel. Jerry > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> >> I totally agree with Chuck. >> >> This is not a sailing movie, it's full of holes and convenient omissions >> like: >> >> - No EPIRB, yet had a sophisticated life raft, >> - No backup waterproof VHF radio ,main VHF not water proof, no GPS, no AIS. >> - Leaves the companion way open in a heavy storm >> - Aimlessly drifting around >> - Gets hit by the container hard enough to make a huge hole yet it was >> perfectly calm, still, and his engine is not running. Was there an engine >> running on the container? >> - Tacks and puts the gaping hole to leeward therefore getting the hole in >> the drink, with un-trimmed sails, shouldn't he had kept it to windward and >> keep it dry while figuring out what to do? He was while sailing around >> aimlessly anyway.. >> - Etc, etc, etc >> >> I guess he gets some credit for conveying all the emotions without saying a >> single word the whole movie.. >> >> -Francois Rivard >> 1990 34+ "Take Five" >> Lake Lanier, Georgia >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of >> page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page > at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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