Some great videos

I've been searching around Vimeo for sailing documentaries and stumbled across a few good ones I'd like to share. These offer a great glimpse on what it is like to cross oceans on a small sailboat, all of the good and bad things.

This one starts off a little slow and disjointed, but eventually follows a couple crossing the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean.

Blue Water (part one) from Richard Gooderick on Vimeo.

Blue Water (part two) from Richard Gooderick on Vimeo.

These are segments from what will be a full length documentary about a guy near my age who buys a small boat (26 foot Contessa) and sails from Holland all the way back to his home in Australia. While my inspiration to fix up and sail a boat is a bit different than his, I can relate a lot to him.

Trailer for the full length:

Between Home (documentary trailer 2010) from nickj on Vimeo.

Segments from the movie:

Getting your Bearings / Sea Fever from nickj on Vimeo.

Monnikendam to Willemstad; The beginning from nickj on Vimeo.

Lisbon to the Canary Islands from nickj on Vimeo.

Sailing alone across the Atlantic in 30 days from nickj on Vimeo.

Solo from the Caribbean to New York in 28 days from nickj on Vimeo.

Singlehanded from San Francisco to Hawaii in 27 days from nickj on Vimeo.