"Antigua Race Week" with Don Street - DVD
This award winning production was shot aboard Street's famous 80-year old wooden yawl, Iolaire, in the famous Antigua Race Week - one of the top ocean racing events in the world. This documentary is recognized for it's incredible on-board sailing action and is filled with a splendid assortment of sailing craft from maxi-racers to gorgeous classic wooden ships. Being on-board and up close, you'll experience Antigua Race Week as it has never been seen before.
This is a great production, shot in 1985 when shooting video at sea was not common. You get a really unusual view of the classic race plus you see a crew of Street's family plus men, women and Antiguans all working together with incredible skill to drive an old wooden yawl fast enough to compete with many fiberglass yachts.
This is a crossover production that appeals to racers, cruisers, lovers of classic yachts and those who just like to feel being at sea.
Don Street is a famous sailing author of instructional books and magazine articles plus his popular Caribbean yachting guides and charts. Until his recent retirement, he had been sailing the Caribbean since 1953 aboard his engineless 45-ft classic yawl, Iolaire.
Run time: 60 minutes.