Friday Film Link - Slocum

This Advent, I thought I would show case some fun films regarding the sailing life. Yachting maybe very old, as John Vigor points out, however, it is only rather recently that "average" people could afford this sort of thing. To start, I thought I would share a film about one of the earlier cruisers: Joshua Slocum (2/20/1844 - 11/14?/1909). Slocum was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world. However, prior to this he made a long voyage with his family. Enjoy the video.

Blessed Be
Joel



Joshua Slocum - New World Columbus from Peter Rowe on Vimeo.
 
This video is approximately 45 minutes

Here is what Peter Rowe shares (and a link to the video on Vimeo):
"The career of Joshua Slocum, one of the 19th Century's most successful sea captains, collapsed with the end of the Age of Sail - until he was given a rotting 100 year old oyster boat and decided to use it to try to become the first person to sail around the world - alone.

"Joshua Slocum - New World Columbus" tells the story of his eventful life, full of wealth, violence,mutiny, murder, poverty and Presidents - and his remarkable 46,000 mile, three year voyage around the world. The film won a Gold Special Jury Award at the Houston Film Festival, a Bronze Award at the Columbus Film Festival, and a nomination for Best Documentary at the Directors Guild of Canada Awards."