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Captain Philips

Non-Fiction

Captain Philips

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Red Dot On The Ocean

Documentary

Red Dot On The Ocean


A 27000-mile odyssey to go around the Americas alone without any stops. An unlikely sailor. Will he succeed in his quest?

Adrift

Non-Fiction

Adrift

A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.

Abandoned

Non-Fiction

Abandoned

Abandoned follows the true story that swept New Zealand in 1989 — the extraordinary survival of four men after a trimaran capsized in the Pacific Ocean's treacherous swirls

 Master and Commander

Fiction

Master and Commander

During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

The Loneliest Race

Documentary

The Loneliest Race

Sailing around the world alone, for 300 days, pushes these sailors to their physical and emotional limits in the Golden Globe Race.

The Voyage for Mad Med

Non-Fiction

The Voyage for Mad Med

In 1968 The Sunday Times Golden Globe Race was the first ever around-the-world solo yacht race. Fifty years later 18 solo sailors set out to commemorate that event. Only five will finish.

Coyote - The Mike Plant Storey

Documentary

Coyote - The Mike Plant Storey

Mike Plant burned his way through life by an unconventional set of rules, leading him to dark corners of the world before finding his passion and the pinnacle of a sport that celebrates individuals who race around the world on a sailboat.

Maiden

Documentary

Maiden

The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.

All is lost

Fiction

All is lost

After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.

Maiden Trip

Documentary

Maiden Trip

14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.

Relentless

Documentary

Relentless

The story of Alex Thomson Racing's journey to the 2016/2017 Vendée Globe

The Mercy

Non-Fiction

The Mercy

The incredible story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his solo attempt to circumnavigate the globe. The struggles he confronted on the journey while his family awaited his return is one of the most enduring mysteries of recent times.

True Spirit

Non-Fiction

True Spirit

The story of Australian teenager, Jessica Watson, the youngest person ever to sail solo nonstop around the world.

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