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Title: "WIND" Good winter DVD
Post by: Greene on February 16, 2011, 06:57:21 PM
Admiral B and I believe winter has outstayed it's welcome and it is time for it to move on to other lands of opportunity.  To get a break from winter we recently purchased WIND on DVD from Amazon for a little bit of nothing.  It is an older movie, but it has lots of sailing sequences and even a decent story line to entertain you.  It is based on the America's Cup and the amazing boats involved.  It is a nice way to spend a couple of hours on vacation from this endless winter.

Check your library or rental store and enjoy some sailing time.

We're still trying to find a copy of DOVE (only available on VHS?) to watch next.  We enjoyed the book and hope to watch the movie as well.

Mike and B
Title: Re: "WIND" Good winter DVD
Post by: kahpho on February 16, 2011, 09:30:15 PM
I'll endorse that as well. I've had the DVD for years and watch it to satisfy my winter sailing jones.

I've always thought the story line a bit of a stretch. Who plays the big boat racing game on a budget. Don't take that wrong though. Who really cares. It's just a movie after all. I still enjoy watching it, great sailing sequences especially the open dingy racing. A couple years ago I sold off all the movies I'd collected over the years, DVD's and VHF tapes. Only kept about half a dozen. This was one I kept. That should tell you somethin'.

mel