Not a book... (or: The video thread)

[SeaHusky]

How to get a tall mast under a low bridge!

How a sailfarer would do it...
http://www.wimp.com/mastbridge/

How the pros do it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXHsNmQehr4&feature=youtu.be

and a clip from a classic Swedish movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEYLoT66Z6Q&feature=related

[ntica]

Found some interesting today, Bluewater approx 50 min.
http://www.bluewaterfilm.org/

[Captain Smollett]

Captain Ron is on hulu!


Link Now Broken

[ntica]

Just for US users :'(

[ntica]

just found this magnificent great clip. beutifull camera shooting, sound. almost to perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7fV3JBktHo

[Captain Smollett]

just found this magnificent great clip. beutifull camera shooting, sound. almost to perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7fV3JBktHo

Beautiful is right.  Thanks for sharing that one...

[jotruk]

Thanks helps keep the sprites up while the boat is stuck at the dock

[ntica]

 Here's some more...Friends of mine on "Nemo" many clip's. They are at this moment in Argentina, chile ::)

http://www.youtube.com/user/nemoofsweden

[ntica]

here's one more. Marieholm IF nice sailing clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqDYDL7Uq4A&feature=related

[ntica]

found this today. brilliant filming, and nice filming...
http://www.sbastro.com/FeNIX/Videos-08-9.htm

And A Happy new year from Sweden ;)

[SeaHusky]

http://stagevu.com/video/uevmetxvdrok
Found this great program where Sir Robin Knox-Johnston navigates a viking ship from Norway to Shetland using viking methods.

[Lars]

just ran across this  very good documentary about the Golden Globe

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/deep-water/

[ntica]

A great 45 minutes film documentry about Joshua Slocum (I haven't seen before)
http://www.youtube.com/embed/iciZer5cbJ8

[Captain Smollett]

A great 45 minutes film documentry about Joshua Slocum (I haven't seen before)
http://www.youtube.com/embed/iciZer5cbJ8

This was a WONDERFULLY made documentary...thank-you for posting this link.  Wow.  The US documentary makers could take a lesson from the Canadians that put this one together...

Also this week, we've watched two on the Shackleton voyage; both were excellent and sort of focused on different aspects of the ordeal. 

Shackleton gets a lot of the press as the hero of that story for his overall leadership, rightfully so, but I've got to say that Frank Worsley has earned a place among my own personal sailing heroes.

[Oldrig]

Absolutely the best treatment of Joshua Slocum's life that I've ever seen or read.

A masterpiece of documentary filmmaking!

Thanks for posting that link.

--Joe

[gregorygraham]

I really enjoyed this documentary about Slocum as well.  I thought the emphasis on Slocum's Canadianess was rather disingenuous given that, as I understand it, Slocum became  a U.S. citizen and became quite friendly with Teddy Roosevelt and family.  I don't know that much about Slocum, but I don't think he sailed the globe planting maple trees as he went, but that jingoistic sort of nationalism is rather typical of some Canadian documentary film making.  I also noted that Slocum's mental health decline late in life wasn't touched upon.  But all in all, an enjoyable documentary.

[Oldrig]

I thought the emphasis on Slocum's Canadianess was rather disingenuous given that, as I understand it, Slocum became  a U.S. citizen and became quite friendly with Teddy Roosevelt and family. 

This is a valid criticism of the video. I doubt that being Canadian or American (United States citizen) made much difference to Slocum or his contemporaries.

There was, and may still be to some extent, a tremendous flow of people, especially sailors and fishermen, back and forth from New England to the Maritimes. There was a famous whaling dynasty out of New Bedford called Slocum. They were not related, at least not closely, to Capt. Joshua, but some members of that clan fled to Nova Scotia when the Yankees drove the "Tories" out of New England.

I had a good friend, now deceased, who grew up in what was once the "Nova Scotian neighborhood" of Boston, and he told fond stories of spending summers with relatives in Canada. Upon questioning, it turned out that his relatives had moved to Nova Scotia in the 1780s, but they were still considered "cousins."

Given this ebb and flow of people and the similarity of cultures, I'm not sure that Capt. Joshua or many of his contemporaries gave the matter much thought.

Still, despite the emphasis on Slocum's Canadian roots, the documentary was well done and empathetic to the old salt without ignoring his personal failings.

I'd be interested to know if his family had New England Loyalist roots, or if his ancestors emigrated directly from the British Isles to the Maritimes.

--Joe

[boblamb]

Has anyone found good sailing films on Netflix?

[Captain Smollett]

Has anyone found good sailing films on Netflix?

There are many good sailing films on Netflix, from documentaries, drama/thrillers, how-to's, etc.

Are you looking for a specific genre or title?  Have some examples of what you'd consider good?

[boblamb]

Thanks for the reply Cap;
  I'm interested in small boat adventures/cruises (not tall ships) fictional and non-fiction.
Got any ideas?

BobL