A film by Gavin Shaw – One of the first sailing documentaries shot on video.Classic Atlantic ocean 5,000 mile trade wind passage shot in 1986 aboard noted sailor/author Don Street’s 1905 engineless 44 foot yawl, Iolaire. Documents Iolair’s ninth Atlantic crossing from Ireland, with eleven ocean islands along the way, to Christmas on Antigua in …
UNCAS was build by Artisan Boatworks in 2012. Video credit – Alison Langley Photography, www.langleyphoto.com.
The Little Ships of England – 1943 Wooden Boatbuilding Educational Documentary – Ella73TV A look at the traditional craft of wooden boat building, and the important roles those little ships play. ‘From the woods of Britain comes timber–oak, ash and elm–for the little ships. The scene shifts to skilled shipwrights at work in a West- …
The Last Cape Horners – The End of the Great Sailing Ship Era Gustaf Erikson of Finland owned the last great fleet of sailing ships the world would ever see. He employed them in the last trade left to the sailing ship, the carriage of grain from Australia to Europe by way of treacherous Cape …
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The 1938 Hurricane : “A Wind To Shake The World” – Everett S. Allen The full video version of Everett S. Allen’s 1976 Best Seller “A Wind To Shake The World – The Story of The 1938 Hurricane” produced and directed by M.L.Baron. This award winning classic takes you back in time to the year …