There's the one about Donald Crowhurst, Deep Water, who faked that he was winning the Golden Globe round the world race but never showed up. Not really a film I guess more of a documentary but still interesting.

Waterworld! Every critic in the world panned that movie big time but I thought it was great! I guess you're either a sailor and you get it or you aren't and you don't.

Dead Calm would get my vote. We need more ailing movies.

There was a good Lina Wurueler move but, I am not sure of the name. Swept away, maybe.

Yep, that's it available on Utube.

Speaking of Dead Calm... Unless you rig your sail to something on the dock, that's what you need in order to do this safely. :)

Seriously, though, you can also affix an old sail to something that won't move. One idea I've seen is to affix the sail to a gangway (or whatever you call the fixed jetty from the shore to the ramp down to the dock in a marina) at low tide. Then you have a "dingy-in" (as opposed to a drive-in), where people raft up. Requires a very specific marina config; I saw it years ago in Connecticut. It was pretty cool.

Wow, I watched Swept away on Utube.
It was forty years ago when I last saw this, it was avant gaurd at the time, in sub tittles, maybe I was to busy reading to note the abuse. The Utube version was dubded in English, could not believe how inappropriate it seems today.

Oh Steve, I disagree, I really don't think we need more "ailing movies" we have plenty now! (hehehe) Sorry about that, your typing is about as bad as mine.

Actually, one of my all time favorites is White Squall, It is a great movie and to think that it is based on a true story.

It is sad that we lost the ship, the HMS Bounty in the Super Storm Sandy!

Ailing movies, and the director was Lina Wulmueler.

iPhone key pad and bad spelun.

Ailing movies, and the director was Lina Wulmueler.

iPhone key pad and bad spelun.

Blair,i have the movies you mentioned...plus
Moby Dick..Gregory Peck..very good
Billy Bud..Peter Ustinov..excellent
Captains Courageous...Spencer Tracy..good but sorta fake unlike the 2 above which are really pretty salty.

BTW,i use a Sharp projector for teaching that plugs into a PC or DVD player and will project on anything white..they were surely using something similar.Have fun.

All fine choices........BUT

Your missing Jaws, Piranhas, that crocodile in Vermont or somewhere movie. How about the Steven King movie where the dead come ashore for the bell. These are especially good with kids on board. :)
Also, the spaghetti westerns or anything centered in the desert are nice on the water.

One of my favorite sailing movies is "I Sailed To Tahiti With An All Girl Crew". It's from the 60s and starred Gardner McKay. Features a couple of classic yachts in a race from Newport Beach to Tahiti. Very fun & campy. I found a copy on Ebay.

Mike

Don't forget "Morning Light" about Roy Disney putting up a Transpac team of college sailors..... Make sure you get the Blu-Ray version...

"Fifteen young sailors... six months of intense training... one chance at the brass ring. This documentary tells the story of a group of intrepid and determined young men and women, on the cusp of adulthood, as they embark on life's first great adventure. Racing a high-performance 52-foot sloop in the TRANSPAC, the most revered of open-ocean sailing competitions, the crew of "Morning Light" matches wits and skills in a dramatic 2300 mile showdown against top professionals. From their earliest training sessions in Hawaii conducted by world-class teachers through their test of endurance on the high seas, they form an unbreakable bond in the process of becoming a singular team that is greater than the sum of its parts."

Tony