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piseas
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Initially Posted - 03/11/2008 : 13:55:05

This weekend I was watched a movie, Adrift, on one of my movie channels. It was about 6 friends sailing a large sailing yacht and at some point all go swimming in the ocean. But when they decided to re-board, they realize the ladder was not deployed and there is no way to board. . The boat proves impossible to climb, leaving them adrift, miles from shore.
There are holes but a very interesting movie that I do recommend. By the end I was glad as was my wife, that I owned a C250 and that even if I forgot to lower the ladder, we could still board her.
Steve A

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Mike013
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Response Posted - 03/11/2008 : 14:48:31

It sounds like these friends might have been candidates for the Darwin Award.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/11/2008 : 15:09:31

Six friends equals a couple of yards of material in swim suits; we just would have become best friends.

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 03/11/2008 : 15:19:12

OK Ladies. We need those bikini tops!

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/11/2008 : 16:50:37

"You'd rather WHAT??"

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 03/11/2008 : 17:11:56

I don't know how the Bikini tops would have helped them get back aboard, but I would like to have seen them try.

From what I heard, that was the only good party of the movie.

I heard this movie was 'loosely' based on real events, I Googled and read that it was not based on real events. There were several references to the movie 'Open Water' in which a couple were left behind on a dive trip. That was a real event and we know the outcome because much of their dive gear and wetsuits were found indicating a Shark(s) was involved.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 03/11/2008 : 17:17:43

I took a trip to Turkey a few years back, and during the trip took a short four day cruise on a 20 meter boat. At one point early in the morning, instead of wasting fresh water on a shower, I elected to just dive over the side to wash up. It didn't occur to me to check to see if the boarding ladder was down, I just presumed that it would be. If I were a SEAL, maybe I could have scaled the anchor chain, but there was no way I was getting up & over the sheer sides of that boat w/o help. Fortunately the cabin boy saw me and had the ladder down in short order. If I had done it in the middle of the night, I'd have been SOL until I was able to wake someone up. Fortunately we always anchored either directly to shore, or very close, so it would have just been a short swim, and it wasn't like it was cold (late summer on the Mediterranean is very pleasant). However, it was an experience I'll never forget, and I have a boarding line attached to my swim ladder just in case.

Even if you strung all the bikini tops, bottoms, shorts, etc. together, you'd still have to be lucky to snag something with it to be able to scale the side of the boat.

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Response Posted - 03/11/2008 : 17:26:21

Have you seen the size (or lack of it) of this year's bikinis? Even if they were all female there wouldn't have been enough material to mske a yard!

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piseas
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Response Posted - 03/11/2008 : 17:52:58

Well they did have the idea to tie everyones clothing together and try and snag a lifeline. They did succeed to do this but the weight ripped the clothes so they were not successful. There was a button on deck that operates the ladder which comes out on the side of the hull.
I must have seen the edited version because this version was G rated. Rats!
Steve A

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 03/11/2008 : 20:40:10

I was on a dive trip on the eastern edge of the Great Barrier reef back in '88. While on a dive with a group of 9 others, a storm blew in and the dive boat's anchor slipped and the boat drifted away. At about the same time, the boat's dingy drifted off, so the Captain, who remained aboard, decided to chase the dingy first, thinking that the dingy would have gone the same way as the divers. The opposite was true. When we surfaced, the dive boat was nowhere in sight. We bobbed on the surface for a couple of hours before we were found. We had a heck of a time getting back aboard because the Captain could not get the swim step to lower. (a hydraulic gate that doubled as a stern rail while in the up position)
We eventually climbed aboard on a rope ladder. Quite a chore in 20-30' seas while you're tired, thirsty and etc.
There is a lot more to this story - but to make a long story short, we motored back to Cairns Aus. Where we promptly ran into the pier. The second mate (also the bartender) was at the helm and the Captain was passed-out drunk somewhere belowdecks.
A year later, that boat sank in relatively calm seas.

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brrit
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Response Posted - 03/12/2008 : 07:00:04

My wife and I just watched this movie as well. Scared the heck out of me to be honest. Just reminded me how quickly things can turn ugly when you aren't thinking.

The movie provided some beautiful sailing shots until they decided to go swimming. Overall, I thought it was a pretty good movie. Not going to change your life or anything, but made for some conversations about chartering a boat in the BVI.

(Just gotta remember to lower that ladder)

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piseas
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Response Posted - 03/12/2008 : 14:57:53

Bryan, it scared us as well. We have to really pay attention, especially with friends onboard. The ocean is unforgiving. Re: the movie, I actually thought it was a good idea to take the knife and dig holes on the side to climb up on. What would you have done?
Steve A

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brrit
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Response Posted - 03/13/2008 : 06:34:37

Steve:

I know that I wouldn't have tried to swim to shore like that one woman. There is something to going down fighting, but that seems a little ignorant.

If I found myself in that situation, I'd have put more effort in using the knife to climb aboard. Who knows?

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/13/2008 : 11:09:41

When I first started sailing I was told that falling off the deck of a moving boat in the middle of the ocean, (while single handing), was no different than falling off the wing of an airplane, just slower.

...very disturbing

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 03/13/2008 : 12:25:55

I like that Frank.

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JohnP
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Response Posted - 03/13/2008 : 13:22:34

My boating experiences have almost all been very nice, and I think I'll just spare my wife and myself any unneeded agony:
<font size="1"><i>"In the end Adrift is gruelling and infuriating and improbable. You feel sorry for the actors as it looks like a fairly unpleasant shoot, all pruny skin from being immersed all day long, but not as sorry as you do for the audience."</i></font id="size1">
I prefer comedies ... like "Moby Dick"

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