Just saw the recent DVD release "DeepWater" which chronicles the tragedy of Donald Crowhurst during the first non-stop around the world alone race of 1969. Quite a remarkable story.

DEEPWATER

It's available on NetFlix

In my queue baby...in my queue.

Blockbuster online has it as well. Thanks for the tip.

Catsailor's Dermot is in a new movie release: "PS: I Love You". Captaining a RIB, I believe.

I agree an amazing story, it demonstrates that its impossible to predict the outcome of a race. You can even win a race when you are trying to lose.

Gareth

One of the things I liked most...it's an exellent exploration of the human condition and our frailties.

Wonder if Joyon (currently aboard IDEC en route to shattering Ellen's 72 day record) will do a Moitessier and go for another lap!


Mike.

PS Anyone getting this DVD MUST remember to check out the Special Features section...there is a treasure trove of interviews with the other surviving racers and people involved...easily as intriguing as the main movie!

Mike.

Interesting. A friend of mine just gave me the book "A voyage for Madmen" about that race. He must've known something I didn't...like the release of the movie. Guess I will have to pick it up and read it now!

Dermot went to see the movie last evening - on screen for 5 secs. Dermot drives rib - Jeffrey Dean Morgan gets credit for rescueing girls - Dermot's wife says "You look scared" <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

You know, they really should have put the 3 girls out on cats, maybe flipped while doing a gybe in a good 20 knot blow, then have you sail over and help them right it!

I was upset they didn't even show the club in the backgroud. Where did the whole film crew hang out while shooting it?

I remember the story at the time, read a book and saw a movie or documentry on TV recently. It is very easy to get sucked in to a project like this. I sailed with Robin Knox Johnston on the cat "British Airways 1" in 1986 and we set a Round Ireland Record.
There was a much hyped Round Europe Race in 1987 for Multihulls. One of the stop-overs was Dun Laoghaire, near Dublin, Ireland. We wanted an Irish boat in the race. We got a quote from Robin for chartering the cat - price of a new mainsail etc.
We were so sure that some Irish company would be thrilled to sponsor an Irish entry. We would have walked from our jobs to take on this project - the cat was almost booked - BUT none of the big companies were interested. Had to phone Robin and say sorry "It's not happening". It was actually a huge relief when the pressure was gone.

They were based in a football club a few miles away from our Club. The close up scenes were filmed right off our beach, even though they were meant to be in the middle of the lake. Everyone moved into the Club site, sound trucks, lighting etc. They were in for nearly 2 weeks just to film those scenes. When they finally left the Club, I wanted to put notices on the back of the toilet doors "Hilary Swank (or Lisa Kudrow) sat here"

And you could charge admission! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />