ADRIFT, anyone going to see it when it comes out?

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Just noticed on telly that the film Adrift is released in the U.K. at end of June.

A film about a couple accidentally sailing into hurricane with predictable results.

Anyone going to see it or having already seen it?
 
It seems strange that it's been given the same title as the previous "Adrift" which I think was the one where the idiots jumped into the sea without putting the swim ladder down.

Anyway, I'll watch it as soon as the download becomes available ..... usually a few weeks after cinema release.

Richard
 
Yellow Ballad said:
I believe it's loosely based on a true story.
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Yes, loosely. Just going by the trailer, the main difference is that in reality the man was washed overboard and lost during the storm, with the woman (having been knocked unconscious by flying debris in the cabin) waking up alone on a dismasted and flooded boat 24 hours later. But the film is billed as a "romantic drama" which would be tricky with only one half of a couple, so it looks like instead they've kept him on board but made him unable to move from one seat in the cockpit, so that she has someone to talk to while jury-rigging the boat and returning to Hawaii.

The yacht they were delivering belonged to my grandfather, who is apparently played by Jeffrey Thomas in the film.

Pete
 
prv said:
Yes, loosely. Just going by the trailer, the main difference is that in reality the man was washed overboard and lost during the storm, with the woman (having been knocked unconscious by flying debris in the cabin) waking up alone on a dismasted and flooded boat 24 hours later. But the film is billed as a "romantic drama" which would be tricky with only one half of a couple, so it looks like instead they've kept him on board but made him unable to move from one seat in the cockpit, so that she has someone to talk to while jury-rigging the boat and returning to Hawaii.

The yacht they were delivering belonged to my grandfather, who is apparently played by Jeffrey Thomas in the film.

Pete
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Yea, I heard they've played it so you never quite know if it's her imagination or if he did get recovered.

I'm sure it's not going to be the yachting film of the century but it'll be a night out.
 
I took my wife to see "Adrift" this past week. The following are few observations.
1. The boats seem much more credible as ocean cruisers than Robert Redford's boat in "All Is Lost."
2. I was pleased that they had a few scenes that showed the pleasures of cruising before the storm.
3. It is as much a chick flick as it is a sailing movie.
4. I'd like to read the book by Tami Oldham Ashcraft, "Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea," to see if the movie in any way reflects the actual handling of the boat during the storm. I would have expected them to lower the sails much earlier and run before the storm under bare poles with lines streaming aft to slow the boat. Perhaps I've read too much Adlard Coles.
5. Without giving away the end, it is very sad.
6. Before the seeing the movie, my wife was scared of pirates. Now she is scared of pirates and storms.
 
So I bought Tami Oldham Ashcraft's book "Red Sky in Mourning," and here is what I learned.

- Richard Sharp's boat, Mayaluga, was a 36' ferrocement cutter that was built at a South African boatyard where he had worked.
- The boat for the delivery trip from Tahiti to California during which they encountered the storm was Hazana, a 44' Trintella ketch.
- On October 8, they had a WWV broadcast that informed them that Tropical Storm Raymond was headed toward them on a westerly course, so they steered north-northeast.
- On October 10, they changed their course to north-northwest and flew as much sail as they could carry to try to get as far north of Raymond as possible.
- The genoa blew out on the morning of October 11. They replaced it with the number one jib.
- On the morning of October 11, the broadcast reported Hurricane Raymond on a west-northwest course. They changed course and steered toward the southwest. This proved to be a mistake.
- On the afternoon of October 11, the broadcast reported Hurricane Raymond on a westerly course, which put them on a collision course with the storm. They changed course again and steered toward the northeast.- That evening, the mizzen sail was damaged and had to be taken down.
- At dawn on the morning of October 12, the wind was a steady 40 knots. They continued under sail with a deeply reefed main and jib.
- At 10:00, the wind was a steady 60 knots. They took down all sail and headed into the wind with the engine running. They had one EPIRB, and Richard insisted that Tami wear it.
- By noon, the wind was a steady 100 knots. Richard clipped his tether to a cleat on the cockpit coaming and sent Tami below. The anemometer registered 140 knots before failing. The barometer was below 28 inches.
- At about 1:00 that afternoon, the boat pitchpoled or capsized. Tami was knocked unconscious and didn't come to until about 4:00 that afternoon. When she went on deck, she found that the D-ring at the end of Richard's tether had failed and he was gone.

The armchair sailor in me says they should have run before the storm under bare poles with warps or a sea anchor streaming astern. I would think that a center cockpit boat would be especially well suited for taking the seas from the stern as the cockpit and companionway hatch are not so vulnerable. Perhaps I've spent too much time reading Adlard Coles's book.
 
interloper said:
- At about 1:00 that afternoon, the boat pitchpoled or capsized. Tami was knocked unconscious and didn't come to until about 4:00 that afternoon. When she went on deck, she found that the D-ring at the end of Richard's tether had failed and he was gone.
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My understanding is that she originally thought she had been unconscious for a few hours based on the cabin clock, but in fact was out a day plus a few hours. Using the almanac figures for the wrong day threw out her celestial nav somewhat, though not enough to matter in the event. I'll admit I could be wrong on this; a 27 hour coma followed by spontaneous recovery without major ongoing symptoms does sound a little unlikely medically (not that I'm a doctor).

Family lore has it that the boat was pitchpoled rather than capsized, based on all kinds of objects stowed well aft being found in the forepeak.

Pete
 
interloper said:
The armchair sailor in me says they should have run before the storm under bare poles with warps or a sea anchor streaming astern.
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The armchair sailor in me says that other things being equal (which they they almost certainly weren't), heading north to get out of the way of a westward-moving trs in the northern hemisphere might not be a first choice but interested to know if anyone with experience of dealing with northern pacific tropical storms would advise otherwise.

I know this isn't the book review section but is "Red Sky in Mourning" a good read?
 
The film was reviewed by Mark Kermode on the BBC film programme last night .... and he recommended it.

He said that it was no so much a sailing film like "All Is Lost" so non-sailors shouldn't be put off seeing it, but was apparently more like a film called "Wild" with Reese Witherspoon, which I haven't seen, but is apparently about a lone woman coping with extreme adversity and discovering her capabilities.

Richard
 
Gitane said:
Just noticed on telly that the film Adrift is released in the U.K. at end of June.

A film about a couple accidentally sailing into hurricane with predictable results.

Anyone going to see it or having already seen it?
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No Way. Guarantee that it will be full of technical errors and silly behaviour that will annoy the hell out of me.
 
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