This is a documentary of the story of Donald Crowhurst and the race around the world non-stop. It has a lot of film footage on the competitors and lesser known details.
Netflix movie "Deep Water"
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Only one went bonkers - Donald Crowhurst - and did kill himself. Bernard Moitessier passed up what would have been first place and continued to Tahiti. Knox-Johnson won by default.
Awesome video with interviews of most competitors. I have had the dvd for several years.
I've got the DVD, The guy cheated in the race but his concious bothered him so much that he killed himself, If I recall properly, he designed his boat as a catmamaran, all the other boats in the race were monohulls I think.
I don't think Shakespeare could have written a better tragedy based on human flaws. This is a man of limited means who had a dream to sail around the world. He sold his soul to the devil (sponsorship) for the opportunity of fulfilling his dream. From there the Gods of a greek tragedy took over causing him to lie, cheat and then taking away from him the last possible opportunities to return home. In his fragile state of mind he took the only option that the circumstances left him. I don't think his motivation was fame or fortune but only to fulfill his dream.
It was a tri hull. I would not want to be on a constantly shifting surface if I had three feet.
Watched it last night... so sad. Thanks for the recommendation. It's amazing how much things have changed, and how much higher the stakes were back then without GPS, sat phones and ultra fast boats.
What always amazed me was that even though Crowhurst was an inexperienced sailor, he was knowable enough about Celestial navigation to be able to work out a fictitious course. In effect working backwards. First dertemining where the fake DR locations would be and then working backwards to determine what celestial objects could be seen and what the sextant angle would be if he where there, then calculate where he would be if he was where he said he thought he would be.
Having just finished taking a 10 week celestial navigation class, this alone is no easy task.
Having just finished taking a 10 week celestial navigation class, this alone is no easy task.
Gosh, darn! Please! Don't let the guys at the club hear about this. I have enough trouble using my motor and bribing the PERF people, without them knowing that I don't actually sail around all the marks.
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