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SeaHusky

#60
October 22, 2011, 04:20:36 PM
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
I look for subtle places, beaches, riversides and the ocean's lazy tides.
I don't want to be in races, I'm just along for the ride.

ntica

#61
October 23, 2011, 12:04:05 PM
Found some interesting today, Bluewater approx 50 min.
http://www.bluewaterfilm.org/

Captain Smollett

#62
November 19, 2011, 10:51:57 PM Last Edit: August 01, 2019, 09:40:19 PM by Captain Smollett
Captain Ron is on hulu!


Link Now Broken
S/V Gaelic Sea
Alberg 30
North Carolina

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.  -Mark Twain

ntica

#63
November 24, 2011, 01:30:03 PM
Just for US users :'(

ntica

#64
December 07, 2011, 05:32:09 PM
just found this magnificent great clip. beutifull camera shooting, sound. almost to perfect.

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

Captain Smollett

#65
December 07, 2011, 09:57:55 PM
Quote from: ntica on December 07, 2011, 05:32:09 PM
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...
S/V Gaelic Sea
Alberg 30
North Carolina

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.  -Mark Twain

jotruk

#66
December 08, 2011, 09:25:12 AM
Thanks helps keep the sprites up while the boat is stuck at the dock
s/v Wave Dancer
a 1979 27' Cherubini Hunter
Any sail boat regardless of size is a potential world cruiser, but a power boat is nothing more than a big expense at the next fuel dock

ntica

#67
December 08, 2011, 01:03:20 PM
 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

#68
December 19, 2011, 09:31:40 AM
here's one more. Marieholm IF nice sailing clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqDYDL7Uq4A&feature=related

ntica

#69
December 30, 2011, 03:04:29 PM
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

#70
January 21, 2012, 03:50:45 PM
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.
I look for subtle places, beaches, riversides and the ocean's lazy tides.
I don't want to be in races, I'm just along for the ride.

Lars

#71
February 09, 2012, 10:29:03 PM
just ran across this  very good documentary about the Golden Globe

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

ntica

#72
March 15, 2012, 10:55:21 AM
A great 45 minutes film documentry about Joshua Slocum (I haven't seen before)
http://www.youtube.com/embed/iciZer5cbJ8

Captain Smollett

#73
March 16, 2012, 03:46:54 PM
Quote from: ntica on March 15, 2012, 10:55:21 AM
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.

S/V Gaelic Sea
Alberg 30
North Carolina

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.  -Mark Twain

Oldrig

#74
March 17, 2012, 03:23:46 PM
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
"What a greate matter it is to saile a shyppe or goe to sea"
--Capt. John Smith, 1627

gregorygraham

#75
March 19, 2012, 03:08:28 PM
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.
Gregory Graham
Toronto
Sailing Vessel "Magy Mae"

Oldrig

#76
March 19, 2012, 09:31:35 PM
Quote from: gregorygraham on March 19, 2012, 03:08:28 PM
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
"What a greate matter it is to saile a shyppe or goe to sea"
--Capt. John Smith, 1627

boblamb

#77
March 28, 2012, 05:10:46 PM
Has anyone found good sailing films on Netflix?
boblamb     still..."Blest B'yond B'lief"

Captain Smollett

#78
March 28, 2012, 06:19:17 PM
Quote from: boblamb on March 28, 2012, 05:10:46 PM

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?
S/V Gaelic Sea
Alberg 30
North Carolina

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.  -Mark Twain

boblamb

#79
March 29, 2012, 09:36:41 AM
Thanks for the reply Cap;
  I'm interested in small boat adventures/cruises (not tall ships) fictional and non-fiction.
Got any ideas?

BobL
boblamb     still..."Blest B'yond B'lief"
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