It was the end of the cruise and we were back in the states to get the trailer to bring the boat home. Michael Leonard said, "We were cruising on a Flicka in Mexico when Captain Ron hit the theaters.
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"Kurt Russell should have got an Oscar for that movie and a sequel." Most definitely a formative motion picture for me!"ĭon Fox thought Captain Ron was robbed of an Academy Award. I had always been a little interested in sailing, but that movie made it look so cool and fun that it moved me to learn to sail, own a boat (now on my third) and go on several charter trips with friends and family that I captained in the Caribbean. Wayne Cederquist wrote: "Not bad for a movie from 25 years ago.
It really is one of the finest movies about sailing." And then we get to feel the exhilaration that comes from when the wheels kick, the wind sings and the white sails shake. Captain Ron shows us in extended detail why this is true. "It means that we will leave the safety of the harbor for the adventure that awaits every sailor when the sails are raised. "An old saying teaches us that the hardest thing to do is untie the dock lines," wrote Bob Johnson. Margarita!" (Kurt Russell as Captain Ron Rico in the 1992 sailing movie classic, Captain Ron.) yes, we dare) iconic Captain Ron: "I guess I’ll go with a.
But first, your comments about the (dare we say. We will introduce our next movie at the end of this post (and include an email link). Please feel free to write in and add to the list at any time. We also had some fantastic suggestions to fill out our list of sailing movies, including: Moana, The Four Seasons, Captains Courageous, Wake of the Red Witch, Moby Dick, The Sea Wolf, and Cast Away (yes, Cast Away, which isn’t what we’d consider to be a typical ‘sailing movie’, but reader Lee Johnson made a compelling case). The early-’90s family comedy/adventure was more of an inspiration to many of you than we would have imagined. We’d like to thank everyone who emailed or Facebooked your comments for the Latitude Sailing Movie Club’s inaugural film, Captain Ron. Because the news is so dark right now, we thought some healthy escapism was in order.
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