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High Seas Schooner:Voyage of the Harvey Gamage is the story of a voyage on the 95 ft. classic rigged schooner Harvey Gamage as it sails from the Virgin Islands to Bermuda to Gloucester. The sail is smooth and pleasant out of the tropics to Bermuda. Then, in the North Atlantic, she hits heavy weather, up to 30 ft. seas and 50 knot winds. You’ll feel like you are onboard, a part of the crew, as they wrestle with the sails, rigging breaks and blocks foul aloft.
If you have ever wanted to sail the high seas on a classic schooner this documentary will enthrall you. On watching High Seas Schooner you'll feel what it's like out there in the open ocean with towering, confused seas and constantly changing weather - conditions that challenge a crew's abilities and limits.
High Seas Schooner also illustrates the beauty of the old classic rigged coastal wooden schooners that used to work the seas carrying freight and passengers over a hundred years ago. David Berson, author for Ocean Navigator and Sailing Magazine, licensed captain and celestial navigation expert, hosts the documentary along with a cast of fascinating crew members and celestial navigation students. Art Kimberly, former owner and skipper of the famous brigantine, Romance, is aboard as senior crew and interviewed. You’ll also get to see him go aloft in very heavy seas!
High Seas Schooner has incredible footage of the beauty of the sea, both calm and raging. There is also a swim in the middle of the ocean as well as lots of dolphin and you’ll experience life aboard a sea going wooden ship. Armchair sailors to veteran captains will thrill to this incredible documentary.
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