sailing movies / video suggestions?

[Trekka]

There was some great rough weather sailing footage under the credits in DOVE. I wish it had been in the film.

DOVE was a disappointment. Way too schmaltzy. The best parts were the gags on National Geographic.

[rugosa]

Waterworld - don't all boats work that well?

[johnnyquest37]

My favorites are Master and Commander, White Squall, and Cap'n Ron. Here are some others that haven't been mentioned in this thread that I enjoyed:

Wake of the Red Witch - John Wayne in the South Pacific
Lifeboat - Hitchcock movie about survivors of a U-boat attack
Wackiest Ship in the Army - Jack Lemon skippers a sailboat during WWII
Message in a Bottle - Kevin Costner in a Nicholas Sparks story
Treasure Island - 1950s Disney Classic
Billy Budd - this movie is a bit of downer a a little cheesy, but good overall
Longitude - for TV mini-series
The Sea Hawk - Errol Flynn versus the Spanish Armada

[sealover]

I got my wife Message in a Bottle as part of a 3 pack of "chick flicks" that she watches while working on a project and I'm not around. Didn't think it'd be something I'd be interested in or that it was a sailing movie. Also in the 3 pack is "nights in rodanthe" -- outer banks? Wonder what she'll think when she comes home and I'm watching her chick flicks...

[RatHatDiver]

Originally Posted by jfurlong

a little depressing, but "Deep Water", about Donald Crowhurst and the Golden Globe race is a great documentary. The book "Voyage for Mad Men" about the race is awesome as well.

Fantastic Doc. Yes. Very sad.

[SimonV]

The Riddle of the Sands 1978/9

A good story and some good old boat sailing.

[CapnBones]

I didn't read the whole post, mainly because I am daydreaming at work and can only afford so much time haha.

Has anyone mentioned Captains Courageous, it is black and white from the 30's but I thought it was a really good movie.

Also Cap'n Ron, my favorite movie of all time.
" A diesel lovers her oil like a sailor loves his rum
-Why is that Cap'n Ron?
-Nobody knows"

[Blissopia]

A movie with some good sailing and disaster action is "The Reef". I just watched it on Netflix. We could start a whole thread with the question "what would you do?"

[LauderBoy]

Visitors, have yet to finish that movie. Scares me too much.

BBC Timeshift: The Sailing Sixties

Cutting Edge: The Schoolboy Who Sailed The World