Sailing Movie

[palostick]

Hello everyone,

I am screenwriter researching a nautical thriller movie which has been commissioned by a film studio. My co-writer and I are at the research stage of the project and would be very grateful for some pointers re: classic boats.

Much of the film we are writing is set on the "ultimate" classic sail boat which is almost a character in the movie. In the movie, this boat is owned by a very wealthy millionaire so in effect we're looking for the nautical equivalent of a classic bugatti/ferrari/aston martin which is worth an absolute fortune.

I'd grateful for any opinions about which boat we should use in the story. (Due to the size of the cast, the boat will need to be crewed by a maximum of 10)

Any help gratefully received.

kind regards

Dominic Morgan

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[martinschulz]

Hi Dominic,
I know exactly the boat you are looking for. The 1886 built victorian Yacht Willow Wren. She was built by Athur Payne (before he got together with Summers) and belonged to Lord Patmore, who did sail her mainly on regattas including the trials for the Americas Cup 1887. Above and under deck she still has her classic look without modern refits. Under deck still looks like 1886, esspecially with details the old brass bathtub.
And she is a "big" boat (86x13 ft)

Of course she is more a Bugatti and not a sleek Jaguar.

She belongs to a friend of mine. "Unfortunately" she is lying in the Baltics, but then for shooting a sailing movie that is a pretty good location, since one doesn't have to worry about tides and you can get any sort of landscape depending on where you go.

If you are interested sent me an email and I will sent you pics and other data.

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[palostick]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for replying so quickly. I'd love to see the pics of your friend's boat though I can't work out how to email you -- my email address is dom@fatmelonfilms.com.

Dominic


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[Trintella]

You might also want to have a look at:

http://www.jclassyachts.com/

The J-Class was pretty much ultimate in terms of cost relative to their times.

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[Talbot]

If it was my choice, I would be going for the J Class Endeavour
details of charter etc from <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.jclass.com/charter.asp>here</A>

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[palostick]

The Endeavour J Class looks perfect! My only question would be -- could it be feasibly crewed by quite a small crew -- ie 5 + 3-4 guests? Ie could you get away with a skipper, mate, cook and three or four deckhands?



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[jhr]

Maximum crew of 10 might prove a bit of a challenge on a J Class? But agreed, in many ways she is the ultimate classic.

How about the original Lloyd's Yacht Club Moonbeam? only €42,000 per week..............



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[tritonofnor]

Also take a look at Marigold. www.marigold1892.co.uk She's beautifully and sympathetically restored. Not too huge, managed by a crew of about three.

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[Talbot]

<<could you get away with a skipper, mate, cook and three or four deckhands? >>

Normal crew complement is a captain, mate, engineer, chef, steward, stewardess, and three deckhands, + guests. Recognise the needs to reduce the number of real actors, but in days when these boats were new, the deckhands were treated like bits of mobile furniture anyway, so you could probably just use the normal crew going abouit thier business. On such a yacht, there would always be at least one steward. In those days the mysteries of the engines were not well understood by the seamen so you would also expect to find an engineer (but not necessarily ever see him on film!)

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[Gunfleet]

'very wealthy millionaire'... yes, you should make it in Hollywood.

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[palostick]

Thanks everyone for all your help. My co-writer are I are going to try and charter one of these beauties for a couple of days.

P.S John M -- are things not working out for you, mate? You seem a little bitter.


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