Favorite Nautical Movies

[commanderpete]

A few of my favorites:

African Queen

Captain Ron

Dead Calm (uncut version)

Das Boot (subtitled)

Master & Commander

Moby Dick (w/ Gregory Peck)

The Old Man & the Sea

Wind (silly movie but some good sailing)

http://www.users.qwest.net/~ghawkins1/movies1.htm

What's on your list?

[Mike Goodwin]

How can you leave out" Captains Courageous" ?

[Mike Goodwin]

Or "Hunt for Red October" ?

[Mike Goodwin]

The 1st 2 " Mutiny On the Bounty " not the Mel Gibson version .

[Mike Goodwin]

Polanski's "Pirates" with Walter Mathau .

[Mike Goodwin]

" Yellowbeard "

[Mike Goodwin]

1934 "Treasure Island "

[Mike Goodwin]

" Islands In the Stream" with George C Scott .

[Mike Goodwin]

"Das Boot" the directors cut in German with sub titles .

[willie]

"Knife in the Water", i think it was Polanski's first. Great sailing suspense. I actually learned something from it. (i'll tell you what for a small fee. pm me!)It's been on the IFC channel a few times.Haven't been able to get it recorded yet. I see it's available at amazon. Worth having imho. It's in Polish, with english subtitles. 1963 B&W

[willie]

Here ya go... it's an awesome movie. Honest! ;)

[Mike Goodwin]

Right Willie !!
I saw that back in college in the 60's at our 'under ground' flick society .

[commanderpete]

Funny scene from Caddyshack

"Hey! You scratched my anchor"

[iceman]

Heres a fork in your eye
Long live The Black Pearl matey ;)

[commanderpete]

Best way to view a sailing movie

[SailorLiz]

My two favorites are Captain Ron and Summer Rental (John Candy).

Commander Pete - Where do you find the pics? I love the sailing movie theater.
:eek:

[willie]

Hey, Elvis tries to sail in this one. We saw it yesterday, was pretty funny. Nice boat in it, a bit of sailing. Must be a Bermuda 30? Maybe not. Anyone know?

[iceman]

Lets not forget the HMS ENDURANCE
Talk about a long winter eh?

[commanderpete]

Hey Liz,

Commanderpete Enterprises employs a whole army of researchers to bring you funny and interesting sailing pics.

Accept no cheap substitutes, like this guy

http://www.cooperstowndreamspark.com/2004WeeklyResults/CDP2004WK11/CDP2004WK11_PetePins.html

I've instructed my attorneys to fire off an angry letter to this dweeb




(Actually I usually find this stuff on the Cruising World BB)

[eric (deceased)]

How Can Anyone Leave Out' Waterworld' Or 'the Perfect Storm'how'bout that 1960's flick'around the world under the sea'also in the mid 1970's there was a program on called'WESTWIND'What about the movie 'dove'

[iceman]

Remember Yosemite Sam and Bugs on the pirate ship??

:D

[iceman]

Capt Willie,

Just rented the movie..Had a big bottle o wine, the wife says some men have big egos, and some are idiots,,and shes grateful Im not one of the above..

Why did he cut the main halyard
What kind of boat was that
Sure fit alot of activity into one day sail
Pick up sticks and all,
Loved the alligator



This movie is required viewing by all the association :D

[willie]

Glad ya liked it Ice. I still cringe thinking about the scene where he's stabbing the cabin top, 'tween the fingers. Must have been a name for that game--chicken? lol The things they do to boats to make a movie! :eek:

I'm still trying to find a version to buy in a format we can use, not PAL. Suprised you found it to rent.And, How about that ending? What would you think?

Working on a dink, letting the epoxy dry a bit. Any tips on wetting out a large area (4'x8') for applying glass cloth? Used a paint roller, which works ok, but sure wastes a bunch of epoxy in the roller. And that stuff is so inexpensive... :rolleyes:

[ebb]

Hey Bill,
I've been using those small purple-pink colored 4" velour Whizz rollers what have one end closed off. Don't see the nap size, could be 3/16 or 1/4, but they don't hold alota juice, just right tho. Runny laminating epoxy, primer, hi-build primer and paint. They are expensive, but it's SO NICE working with a nice tool! Haven't had the nap come off yet! Pkg sez Made in the Czech Republic and there's even a web site: www.whizzrollers.com

Here at the paint store they're $6 for two, and you can't clean em. Think I got them cheaper at Home Despot. Thing is, you can apply a lot of pressure, to help spread the glue even and get the roller nearly dry. Do you pour on the epoxy and use spreaders?

The green plastic spreaders are back! Look for them, they won't stay bent like all the cheap ones do.

{Looks like only Lowes, of the giants, has them - and independant paint stores. They say it's 1/8" nap. It is a good way to get even distribution and no hairs. They are better than any roller you've used.]

[Mike Goodwin]

I prefer to pour and spread with a squeege , set the glass on the surface and pour on the resin , spread with flexable squeege . Been doing it hat way for 40 years, epoxy and poly resin . Use one of those rollers that look like a bunch of washers is used to force the air out .

Don't use too much resin or you will float the glass and have a resin rich surface.

Don't use WEST or any 5:1 resin ,unless you are doing wet on wet until you are to a finished surface .It blushes at full cure and the blush (waxy film ) must be removed between coats or you'll get a poor bond.
If you are covering the surface before the glass ,I would use pour and brush instead a roller, rollers are very wastful of material.

[iceman]

Capt Willie
The movie leaves alot of unanswered questions
Did the Capt of the boat ever believe his wife when she told him that the guy was really alive,?

I cant believe what they did to that cabin top..WEST SYSTEM didnt even exists..Hopefully it wasnt a cored deck

The Capt didnt believe her when she said.. She was unfaithful...the possibilty was impossible for him to face..so at the end of the movie they were sitting in the car doing what?? Deciding which road to take..

We wil watch again with a bigger bottle o wine :confused:

[TapnHammer]

How Can Anyone Leave Out' Waterworld' Or 'the Perfect Storm'how'bout that 1960's flick'around the world under the sea'also in the mid 1970's there was a program on called'WESTWIND'What about the movie 'dove'

What about "Message in a Bottle" and "Visitors"? Didn't see these on anyone's list.

[mbd]

I watched Deep Water (http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Deep_Water/70075820?trkid=64596) this winter. It's about Donald Crowhurst during the 1969 Vendee Globe race. A pretty interesting documentary...

Warning: Non-sailing film recommendation. A mountain climbing documentary called Touching The Void (http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Touching_the_Void/60033287?trkid=64596). It is really well done, well photographed, and well told. An incredible survival story - I saw it a couple of months ago and it's still sticking with me.

Now back to out regularly scheduled sailing discussions...

[commanderpete]

Great movies Mike

This one is good:

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Billy_Budd/70061351?trkid=135440

Not so good, but there is sailing:

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Lionheart_The_Jesse_Martin_Story/70029789?trkid=135440

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Kill_Cruise/22042127?trkid=135440

Not sailing, but a great documentary:

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Little_Dieter_Needs_to_Fly/60024255?trkid=135440

[mbd]

I read his book a couple of years ago and found it tedious and quite annoying to be lectured by a 17 year old. Maybe it was just his over abundant and youthful optimism that grated on me? Anyway, I gave it away which I never do with my sailing books. I'm sure he's a nice kid... Perhaps it's just me getting crotchety in my "old age". Bah humbug! :mad:

[bill@ariel231]

what? nobody here has given credit to what may be the genesis of both small boat cruising and spy novels?

"The Riddle of the Sands" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079808/

it's based on the 1903 book "The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service " by Erskine Childers. The book is even better (and free on-line):

http://books.google.com/books?id=p441AAAAMAAJ&dq=Erskine+Childers&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=erskine+childers&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=1&cad=author-navigational

it's now required reading for my crew :)


p.s. Childers' Bio is as facinating as any of his books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erskine_Childers