It upset me that after the storm he stepped back aboard the 3/4 sunk boat in a
dead calm and instead of trying to pump out and save her, he stepped into the
life raft. But to the movies credit this was not a how to movie. This was a
story of one man and what he did, right or wrong. Nobody ever s
Movie was 1980s technology. I thought it was excellent and conveyed the sense
of individual courage in a period of desperation and impending doom. The boat
was allegorical. The ending scene was from Michelangelo's Sistine
Chapel. Jerry
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> On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Jea
I totally agree with Chuck.
This is not a sailing movie, it's full of holes and convenient omissions
like:
- No EPIRB, yet had a sophisticated life raft,
- No backup waterproof VHF radio ,main VHF not water proof, no GPS, no
AIS.
- Leaves the companion way open in a heavy storm
- Aimlessly dr
