What boaty book would you like to see made into a film?

[PCUK]

The Master Mariner could be an epic film in the unlikely event it was done well; I always thought Monsaratt's idea was great but the book was flawed, he concentrated too much on cruelty and not enough on sailing detail.

And of course never finished it!

 

[PCUK]

'Trouble at sea' by Jinx Schwartz. A light hearted thriller written by a woman with enough good technical detail about motor boats to make it satisfying.

 

[pyrojames]

donald crowhurst's biography

Already been done, but now I can't remember the name of it (edit Deep Water). Saw in Cambridge with Crowhurst's son answering questions afterwards. Quite an emotional movie!

 

[Topcat47]

The Good Shepherd by CS Forrester.

 

[Grumpybear]

The Good Shepherd by CS Forrester.

The Ship, also by Forrester

 

[Hadenough]

The Last Grain Race, Eric Newby, incorporating in some arty way his old B+W cine footage.

 

[Mataji]

We didn't mean to go to sea- Arthur Ransome. I've always thought it would make a great family film.

Chris

I'm sure I've seen a film of this. Hope I'm not imagining it, the book was so engrossing.

How about some of Tristan Jones books, surely some film material there.

 

[SeamanStaines]

Trustee from the Toolroom - Nevil Shute

 

[Hadenough]

Trustee from the Toolroom - Nevil Shute

Now that's one I'd forgotten :encouragement: I've got a first edition too!

 

[Elessar]

Already been done, but now I can't remember the name of it (edit Deep Water). Saw in Cambridge with Crowhurst's son answering questions afterwards. Quite an emotional movie!

Thank you will try and find it

 

[Seven Spades]

How about "To the Baltic with Bob"

 

[ferrispeterchris]

I'll second that.

Alistair MacLean's HMS Ulysses, imho one of the greatest war at sea stories never filmed.

 

[Seajet]

Thank you will try and find it

Elessar,

it's called ' The Strange Voyage Of Donald Crowhurst ', not sure if it was a feature film or a long documentary, unless there are two; it was on TV a while ago.May well be on Youtube with a bit of luck.

 

[DJE]

Sod's Law of the Sea!

 

[Douglas T]

HMS Ulysses would require a serial as long as "Das Boot" to do it justice.
Very expensive, and you cant sell defeat to the USA market.

 

[Just_sayin']

HMS Ulysses would require a serial as long as "Das Boot" to do it justice.
Very expensive, and you cant sell defeat to the USA market.

If the Americans made it, it would have to be called the USS Ulysses S. Grant and based in the Pacific

And they'd win.

 

[Grumpybear]

HMS Ulysses would require a serial as long as "Das Boot" to do it justice.
Very expensive, and you cant sell defeat to the USA market.

Perhaps we could borrow Parsifal's avatar to play the ship? Nearest thing going apart from the Belfast.

 

[johnalison]

I don't think anyone has mentioned the greatest writer of the sea, so what about Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, or even The ****** of the Narcissus?

Apparently Conrad is too racy. Insert a dog's name.

 

[JumbleDuck]

The Art of Coarse Sailing, with Brian Blessed as Beaver.

 

[Grumpybear]

The Art of Course Sailing, with Brian Blessed as Beaver.

A pedant inquires, is this a previously unknown racing textbook, or is it just too coarse?