Sentences with phrase «amateur sailor»
An "amateur sailor" refers to someone who engages in sailing as a hobby or pastime, rather than as a professional or experienced sailor. They may not have extensive training or expertise in sailing. Full definition
Directed by James Marsh, the film follows the true story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his disastrous attempt to sail around the world on his own as part of a race - London, United Kingdom - Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Based on the incredible true story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth), and his attempt to win the first single - handed...
SYNOPSIS: When amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth) decides that there must be more to life than failed entrepreneurial endeavors, he sets out on a solo mission to circumnavigate the globe, against the wishes of his -LSB-...]
The Theory of Everything's James Marsh will direct Firth in the true story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst in his attempt to win the first single - handed round - the - world yacht race in 1968.
CASIO, the Japanese electronics company, is hoping to patent a radar system that amateur sailors will wear like a wristwatch (European application 632 287).
This boat class does have its amateur sailors, and there are always the local sailors hanging around, so it's a great place to sightsee, if nothing else.
A fatuous based - on - true life tale from Man on Wire director James Marsh, it casts Colin Firth as Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor who disappeared while competing in a solo round - the - world yacht race in 1968.
This film tells the triumphant, inspiring, incredible true story of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor who decided to take on the task of competing in the 1968 Golden Globe Race - sailing around the world solo.
Donald Crowhurst is an amateur sailor whose ambition eclipses his financial woes.
Following his Academy Award ® winning film The Theory of Everything, James Marsh directs the incredible true story of Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth, The King's Speech, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Railway Man), an amateur sailor who competed in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single - handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping.
The story of Donald Crowhurst taps into the David and Goliath trope with an amateur sailor wishing to beat the odds in a round the world race.
The only problem is that he lacks the experience and vehicle to do so, being an amateur sailor.
He finally gets his movie star moment in Dunkirk when, after his RAF pilot, Collins, is rescued from a sinking plane by Mark Rylance's band of amateur sailors, he greets his rescuers with an effortlessly debonair, «Afternoon» — as if he hadn't just come close to dying.