Morning light movie sailboats and sailing the world. The film chronicles a reallife crew training and competing in the 44th transpacific yacht race aboard a tp52 class sailing yacht, morning light. As the covid19 outbreak requires indoor time to halt its momentum, boat international published the list, the best boat movies to watch during quarantine. Morning light straddles the line between documentary and reality show as it follows fifteen youth sailors training and competing in the demanding transpac. It is one of the best films ever made about offshore competitive racing. The tenday race is a test of not only speed, but endurance and stamina. That was the worst piece of modern sailing bs i have ever seen. If you liked wind and are looking for a movie about sailing with working shots of the boat in action, more so than character development of the crew this will not meet that mark. An exclusive interview with robbie haines, sailing coordinator for the morning light film project. Will parker, played by matthew modine, loses the americas cup, the worlds biggest sailing prize, to the australians and decides to form his own syndicate to win it back. Online sailing movies corona anarchy sailing anarchy.
The film was released on october 17, 2008 by walt disney pictures. For those who love sailing, morning light will confirm their passion and please them right down to their topsider encased toes. From start to finish, its a rollercoaster ride of emotions and physical challenges, beginning with six months of intense training. Clean interviews jeremy at the east coast premiere of the new disney movie morning light, opening october 17th, 2008. And for the lot, its more about sailing than a movie. Breathtaking scenery aside, morning light is geared more for the sailing enthusiasts. From start to finish, its a rollercoaster ride of emotions and physical challenges, beginning with six months of. Morning light tells the story of a group of determined young men and women, as. Jeremy wilmot, skipper of morning light, roy disneys.
The latest assault on sailing comes from robert redfords latest movie all is lost. This movie is the best and makes me glad i did not live in that era here is some really bad 80s vhs converted to dvd and edited to remove all the boring crap sailing while leaving in some boring crap sailing. Roy disney won the race twice and held the record time for nearly a decade. While there are many sailing documentaries we could recommend deep water, raw faith, and morning light, to name a few, the movies on this list are based on entertainment value, accuracy or lack thereof and most importantly, quotability when you are on the water. Morning light team member steve manson of in the naval architecture program at. A group of 15 young sailors prepares to compete in the most. Fifteen new sailors just six months of intense training and one chance at glory. Roy disney sounds off about morning light sailing world. It follows the fifteen strong, inexperienced but intrepid crew of men and women, that were given a oneinamillion chance to sail in one of the worlds elite sailing competitions. Thanks again to everyone who attended and supported the old theater friday night. It is a great story, with a few layers, of some extra fortunate kids who get handed the keys to the race yacht morning light. The transpac is one of the most prestigious races in competitive sailing. Watch the trailer for the documentary morning light, in theaters this fall, 2008. Racing a highperformance 52foot sloop in the transpac, the most revered of openocean sailing competitions, the crew of morning light matches wits and skills in a dramatic 2,300mile showdown against top professionals.
More movies to watch during quarantine scuttlebutt. From their earliest training sessions in hawaii conducted by worldclass teachers through their test of endurance on the high. Racing a highperformance 52foot sloop in the transpac, the most revered of openocean sailing competitions, the crew of morning light matches wits and skills in a dramatic 2300 mile showdown against top professionals. If you liked wind and are looking for a movie about sailing with working shots of the boat in action, more so than character development of the crew this will not. Young sailors brave the open ocean in morning light. Mark towill was just 18 when he met charlie enright as a fellow young star in the disney sailing movie, morning light. In walt disney pictures documentary, 15 young men and women embark on the adventure of a lifetimeracing a 52foot sloop in. This vanity project is produced and hosted by roy e.
The dramatic moment in last years transpacific yacht race was caught on film for a documentary called morning light, which premiered on. Morning light tells the story of a group of determined young men and women, as they embark on lifes first great adventure. Experience a riveting and inspiring truelife adventure aboard the hightech sloop morning light. Per the amazon website, to be released june 16, 2009. If you liked wind and are looking for a movie about sailing with working shots of the boat in action, more so than character development of the crew this will not meet that mark, or at least.
Haines keeps morning light on course sailing world. Fifteen rookie sailors have one goal in mind to be part of her crew, racing in the most revered sailing competition on earth, the transpac yacht. Morning light is a 2008 film directed by mark monroe and executive produced by roy e. Morning light 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The morning light project ties together so much of roy disneys lifenamely, feature films, sailing, and the transpac racethat it seems strange it took him until his mid70s to come up with the idea. Roy disneys new sailing movie morning light is about 15 young ocean sailors racing in the 2500 mile transpac race from california to hawaii. We just want the movie to show hardcore sailing and to demonstrate that this is what its like, tulloch said. Final 30 for morning light selection trials announced.
Fifteen rookie sailors have one goal in mind to be part of her crew, racing in the most revered. The last sailing movie i watched was with my college sailing teammates. Morning light first mate sailing team coach sharra stetson platt. Morning light is a mustsee for all sailing clubs, one of those movies for movie night, or before a big race. The movie spends much of the first half focusing on the grueling training the youngsters underwent as part of the process of whittling down the group of 15 hopefuls to a final crew of just 11. All crew members were between 18 and 23 at the time. This is one of the best sailing movies i have ever seen. I have been checking periodically for the availability of this movie to come out on dvd. Compared to the indy 500 at the beginning of the movie, the race goes from the shores of california to a buoy off the coast of a hawaiian island.
Racing a highperformance 52foot sloop in the transpac ocean sailing competitions, the crew of morning light matches wits and skills in a dramatic 2500 mile showdown against top professional sailors. This exciting truelife documentary tells the inspiring story of a gro. For the rest of us, this sailors tale just smacks of naval gazing. Ill say this for the waytoogenial sailingrace documentary morning light. Young sailors brave the open ocean in morning light orange. It is a well produced and entertaining movie about yacht racing. Morning light is a documentary that follows the youngest crew by average age to compete in the transpac. Id heard of the story of the morning light and was interested to see the entire film.
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