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"Abandoned"
Redbox movie about four guys surviving on an upside down trimaran. Not too bad. I read the book years ago, also.
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Admiral (on Netflix) - the Dutch naval wars of the 17th century - lots of sailing ships.

A definite watch. To good to wait for cabin fever. Remarkable young man touches everyone he meets all over the world. Just released in Sept '16.
Well done Alex Rust!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibP5IQxId34

Did ' Master and Commander' make this list?

I scanned all the pages and missed it if it did.

Best lines

"Mr Lamb, as always, will do his best. Which

is all I can hope to expect from any man."

and

"He who would pun would pick a pocket"

Catigale wrote:Did ' Master and Commander' make this list?

I scanned all the pages and missed it if it did.

Best lines

"Mr Lamb, as always, will do his best. Which

is all I can hope to expect from any man."

and

"He who would pun would pick a pocket"

"In the service, one always picks the lesser of two wevils." As close as I can recall the line, at least.

Oh, and a reference to something being "as hard to find as an honest man in Parliament." Some things never change, I guess.

You guys know about this one?

Red Dot on the Ocean: The Matt Rutherford Story 2014
On Amazon it said:
30-year old Matt Rutherford risked it all in an attempt to become the first person to sail alone, nonstop around North and South America. Red Dot on the Ocean is the story of Matt's death-defying voyage and the childhood odyssey that shaped him.

I watched it. The guy did it in a 27 foot boat - about the same size as an M boat and just as tippy. He used regular Harken sails and a wind vane for a pilot - totally old school like it was in the 70's.

His is the first guy ever in history to sail all the way around the American Continent alone non-stop. You Canada guys will get it better than me because the ice bergs and the cold would have done me in the first week.

Through the north west passage as well?

yukonbob wrote:Through the north west passage as well?

He went ALL THE WAY - all the way up there near the top of the world, around the ice bergs, through the pack ice, then back down to Alaska and into the Pacific and all the way down to the bottom at Cape Horn and then back up the Atlantic side all the way back to Annapolis where he started (Annapolis where all the REAL sailor live).

He did it non-stop - not touching land once - not docking once - not leaving the boat even once - he had a satellite phone so that if he broke a part he could call ahead to a close port or West Marine to ferry a part out to him in the water - he never left the boat and no one else got on the boat.

His boat was NOT as sea worthy as a MacGregor M boat.

Like I always thought: It's not the boat - it's the skipper of the boat.

"Chasing Bubbles" is free on youtube.

A documentary about the journey and spirit of Alex Rust, a farm boy turned day trader from Indiana who, at 25, abandoned his yuppie life in Chicago, bought a modest sailboat, and set out to sail around the world, learning as he journeyed.

Seapup wrote:"Chasing Bubbles" is free on youtube.

A documentary about the journey and spirit of Alex Rust, a farm boy turned day trader from Indiana who, at 25, abandoned his yuppie life in Chicago, bought a modest sailboat, and set out to sail around the world, learning as he journeyed.

Interesting quote. That's about what Brian Trautman did when he bought Delos and took off for the four corners of the earth.

Before:



After:

Not so sure I would call those boats "modest" compared to the M boat. Those are yachts.

You should see the POS that the guy from Annapolis sailed - you look at that thing and you will be ready to try it in an M boat.



His boat was only a few inches longer than the M boat and the same beam - 8 feet. ( ) And even reefed he was heeling over 30 degrees most the time.

His boat was NOT as sea worthy as a MacGregor M boat.
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Not so sure I would call those boats "modest" compared to the M boat. Those are yachts.

And I would not compare an Albin Vega 27 to an They are true bluewater pocket cruisers modeled on Scandinavian Folk Boats

There’s more to the modest-seeming Albin Vega than meets the eye. This little fiberglass 27 footer from Scandinavia can strut her stuff as a serious offshore cruiser and has become a multi-continental favourite with an army of fans. Created in 1964 by Swedish designer Per Brohall, builders Larsson Marine were looking for a bigger version of Brohall’s successful Viggen 23. Designed to be inexpensive but also light, spacious, fast and seaworthy, the Albin Vega’s popularity is a result of Brohall’s success in meeting his brief.

Just like our popular Compass 28

http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=4283

I think an M could do it just as well with that guy as the skipper.

BOAT wrote:

yukonbob wrote:Through the north west passage as well?

He went ALL THE WAY - all the way up there near the top of the world, around the ice bergs, through the pack ice, then back down to Alaska and into the Pacific and all the way down to the bottom at Cape Horn and then back up the Atlantic side all the way back to Annapolis where he started (Annapolis where all the REAL sailor live).

He did it non-stop - not touching land once - not docking once - not leaving the boat even once - he had a satellite phone so that if he broke a part he could call ahead to a close port or West Marine to ferry a part out to him in the water - he never left the boat and no one else got on the boat.

His boat was NOT as sea worthy as a MacGregor M boat.

Like I always thought: It's not the boat - it's the skipper of the boat.

Somehow the sense of adventure and self-sufficiency is lost when you 'call for parts withyour sat phone'

The other sobering realization is anyone soloing is stuffing a six shot pistol down their mouth and playing 1/6 roulette. That doesn't make you Shackleton, it is actually the antithesis of that.

+1 Catigale.

I'd be calling for momma on my sat phone