We had the opportunity to see Robert Redford in "All Is Lost" and must say we were totally disappointed with it. It never got anything right in terms of what a real sailor would do 1700 miles from Sumatra on a 30 foot yacht. No jack-lines, not wearing either life jacket or harness, no tethers, etc. Poor Mr. Redford looked thoroughly unprepared for the trip he was undertaking including having fresh water, navigational and safety equipment, EPIRB, not to mention the tenets of basic seamanship. All-in-all, quite badly done in the eye of anyone who has a passing acquaintance with sailing and cruising.
COMPLETE THE STORY
Hello all. I must admit to being a bit reticente in completing the story of our trip to Mexico. It is marred by an incident of mental hea...
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OK, here is the sequence of events: 2013 installed a new ICOM M802 SSB radio complete with SCS Pactor Modem. This included a GANS split... -
Hello all. I must admit to being a bit reticente in completing the story of our trip to Mexico. It is marred by an incident of mental hea... -
We have our SSB installed, but it still needs to be grounded. That should be done shortly, but the process of making our Mac talk to the S...
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