The Gallery The Book The Video About Anne Links Home			WOOD, WIND & WATER, Classic Yacht Racing in Antigua Produced by Carolyn M. Ford Co-produced by Anne T. Converse Directed, Written, and Videographed by Carolyn M. Ford Jacket Cover Photographs by Anne T. Converse This video is a 26 1/2-minute documentary set in the context of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta in 1999. It centers around three days of racing and focuses on different types of yachts, their owners, builders, and designers. There are interviews with the owners and members of the crew in which they express their passion for the aesthetic of wooden yacht restoration and racing. A feel for the life of this global subculture, which migrates in gypsy style from port to port, is interlaced into the plot with party and island footage and life along the docks. On Digital Mini DV videotape with a Sony 900 video camera, racing footage is captured on board Magic Carpet, a 56-foot yawl built by Sparkman and Stephens in 1959, and the 120-foot J Boat, Shamrock V, as well as footage of all classes participating in this magnificent sailing event. This regatta was of particular importance because it was the first time since the 1930s that the three restored J Boats, Velsheda, Endeavour and Shamrock V had raced against one another. This extraordinary small gem of vivid color and sound and its original musical score captures the essence of what each sailor yearns for. >> ORDER HERE!! <<