We watched Message In A Bottle over the weekend. Two beautiful wooden boats
are in it. I loved the sailing, but my non nautical spouse was distraught at
the ending. I need a good sailing movie with an ending that does not
resemble this or White Squall. Will check into Wind.
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John Haley
Systems Manager
SUNY Geneseo
716.245.5548
haley@geneseo.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott F <sfoshee@yahoo.com>
To: Krumpe, Andrew <AKrumpe@dgo.com>; 'wwp list' <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: Stupid (and Good?) Sailing Movies
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> Humm...I don't know about bad movies, but a few good
> ones (or at least ones we have enjoyed) come to mind.
> _Captain Ron_, _White Squall_, and _Dead Calm_.
> Although I liked the book, the movie _Dove_, about
> Robin Lee Graham sailing around the world beginning at
> age 16, is pretty poor. The locations are pretty to
> look at, though. Although it got bad reviews, we
> really liked _Wind_ - I even have the movie poster
> around somewhere. Anyone else have any good sailing
> movie suggestions?
>
> - Scott Foshee
> Charleston, SC
>
> --- "Krumpe, Andrew" <AKrumpe@dgo.com> wrote:
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> > Last night my wife and I rented a movie called,
> > "Kidnapped in Paradise." The
> > scenery (Puerto Rico) was beautiful, the actors and
> > actresses were good
> > looking, the script wasn't the greatest, but the
> > screenwriter's knowledge of
> > sailing must have been nil. There is lot's of
> > sailing action, but I don't
> > know how they even got underway with commands like,
> > "Let's raise the
> > mainsheet," or with scenes showing a slight woman
> > raising the mainsail on a
> > 45-50 foot sloop (or ketch - I can't remember...).
> > First the camera shows
> > the sail going up... up....... about 10 feet from
> > the masthead. Then it cuts
> > to show the woman winching it up, and she's cranking
> > ever so slowly and
> > easily, smiling and flirting, and there's obviously
> > no load on the line.
> >
> > Another scene has the 2 sisters fighting to the
> > point of the landlubber
> > asking to be brought back to the island. She and her
> > sister now hate each
> > other, and she wants her sister and her fiancée to
> > take her back to the main
> > island. They're out anchored in some secluded cove
> > on another island, it's
> > night, and the fiancée gets on the VHF and says,
> > "This is the vessel _______
> > (I forget). We are anchored in _________ cove on
> > __________ island. We are
> > requesting anyone to come pick up a passenger to
> > take back to the main
> > island." Hmmm, if I were that woman, I'd really
> > begin to wonder how
> > reality-based the screenwriters were...
> >
> > Anyway, the plot is predictable and the performances
> > are... eh, but it's fun
> > to watch if for no other reason than showing us all
> > how much we really DO
> > know about sailboats. Does anyone else have any
> > other stupid boating movies
> > they could recommend? Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Andrew Krumpe
> > WWP 19 "Great Wight"
> > Portsmouth, NH
> >
> >
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