Some technical notes. The original 16mm colour movie of 1967 was transferred to video in 1990. As in the voyage when storms threatened there were some tense moments during the transfer process in Hollywood, when the only archive print available (after 23 years) passed through the telecine machine. Dedicated perseverance won, culminating in a beautiful high quality video master. However, that archive 16mm print did possess a few scratches! And these unavoidably transfer through the video master to this DVD. The worst section is right at the start in the very first shot of Durban. Within a moment or two these scratches recede and we are confident that you, like us, will feel the intrusion thereafter to be slight - and acceptable in the broader objective of saving this film for the video screen.

@dougsolomon9058

Жыл бұрын

Glad to see this

@ArtifexBarbarus

Жыл бұрын

Your passion and perseverance are greatly appreciated! These Colin Archer RS* boats are my favorite.

All the people complaining about the music need to give it a break - the music, the style of narration and the way it is filmed & edited is typical of the era. This movie is a time capsule and a piece of history in its entirety, music and all and absolutely should not be changed one bit. That would ruin the emotion, the wonder and the ethos of the film!

@josealse3413

2 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@christopherlynch4347

15 күн бұрын

I thought the music was great!

Sandefjord is still sailing today. A testament to sound construction.

@johngriffiths118

8 ай бұрын

Thanks mate , that’s what I was wondering

@captainjollyrogersailingso6809

5 ай бұрын

Over 100 years old! Incredible

My Dad took me to see this at the Lyric Theater in Durban when I was about 5 or 6 years old. I was absolutely enthralled at the time and was lucky enough to purchase it on DVD in Canada many years later. Watched it many times over and now have a 32' sailboat of my own in New Zealand...

My family crossed the Atlantic to the Caribbean in 1969 on a 32’ Colin Archer, a mini Sandefjord. I remember Sandefjord being in Grenada in about 1970/71, I was about 5 and remember playing with the kids aboard her. This must have been a subsequent cruise by Sandefjord. I’m actually on my own 34’ double ender, in the Caribbean, right now. I loved the movie. What a different world it was back then.

Immersed in this era with the film as it was. Now my turn I plan.

Mary Clayton what a brave lady! What courage Mary has to do this voyage!

Tried reallyhard not to tear up watching this,I was 6 when we went to see her return to good old durbs.just seeing the old international jetty,pyc and rnyc in the background brought back so many memories of a youth misspent sailing my little dabchick and later mirror dingies around the basin.at the ripe old age of 62 I found myself crying my eyes out at the end of the film.thank you so much for the trip down memory lane.

Loved it. As a 10 year old in 1966 in Queensland Australia the most emotional moment for me was listing to the ABC news broadcast being read by Peter Dor-Smith. I spent my childhood listening to that fanfare and Mr Dor-Smith at 7pm when the house was quiet under threat of punishment as my father pulled up his favourite chair to listen to the news on his radiogram. Also as a frustrated sailor and lover of all things sailing boats I enjoyed the.trip. Thanks for the memories and the opportunity to view.

What a gem, I can’t believe I accidentally stumbled into it, as. 68 year old Aussie and still sailing I couldn’t stop smiling all the way and what a great job docking without and engine, these were the days to do almost everything, so many of those places have been decimated by cruise ships, rich tourists and bludging backpackers nowadays.. Cheers. PS I have a photo of the opera house I took in 1963 looking a lot less finished.

@servantofgod5642

3 ай бұрын

Hey you, I'm a bludger and resent being called a backpacker.

I was a young teacher when in the late 1960’s when the two Cullen brothers gave a talk and slide show to the primary school children at Orange Grove Primary and lit many fires for adventure in their minds and my own! Thank you for that inspiration. You have touched the lives of many and been great role models!

So wonderful to see this finally. What a great crew. Got to know Wally and Tim a little better as I only met them in 2013 in Risor, Norway for Sandefjord’s 100th birthday and the crew’s reunion. Pleasure to meet the other crew, by video obviously, but meaningful none the less! The footage was exceptional with a trip back in time especially how undeveloped the Caribbean and Tahiti were. Hearing Patrick’s voice was extremely moving and I kept it together until the pre arrival toast, hearing Barry toast Sandefjord and was reduced to crying like Peter in the arrival scene. What valuable, heartfelt memories of the sailing sages, Patrick and Barry Cullen. What a loving tribute to a ( still to this day ) living creation of working, lifesaving sailing craft, Sandefjord.

@jackhargraves4919

Жыл бұрын

2023 Waiheke island NZ

"Sandefjord is one of the original rescue vessels, designed by Colin Archer for The Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue. She was launched in 1913 as RS 28 and served as a rescue vessel until 1934."

Thank you, thank you, what a pleasure to travel back to those days of sailing ships crossing oceans. Well before container ships and the multitudes of humanity upon the seas.

How nice to see the Sandefjord sailing again. A beautiful sailboat from a beautiful place in Norway.

No safety lines in those days. The currents off SA are treacherous. I was a very small lighty in 1965. Durban was our favourite holiday destination. Lovely to see it as it was. All done then without much tech. A well designed and made yacht from Norway. A long boat building tradition there, of course. Great film. The old music takes you back to the days of much loved cinema or even better drive-in.

This circumnavigation was the real deal! Fantastic. Thank you so much for posting this. I work aboard a Norwegian Ketch built in 1939 that circumnavigated back in the 70's under the ownership of two Americans plus crew. She takes out school kids to earn her bread now but she could still do a whole lot more, they built these vessels in Norway to unbelievably strong standards. Shes 72 feet but her frame spacing and planking dimensions relative to her size make me think of an 18th century warship rather than a fishing vessel. I have my own 33 foot plastic double ender I plan on heading offshore with, but if I had been born in the 70's it would have been a gaff rigged Norwegian built ketch, no question. Nowadays you have to be an investment banker to own a 40 foot wooden Ketch.

Thanks a lot for posting the film! Real sailing life back in the days before social media, GPS, GoPro cameras or Patreon. I worked in the restoration project of the Colin Archer pilot boat in the Maritime Museum of Finland and related to that I was invited to sail on board RS1 Colin Archer in Norway. What an unforgettable sailing experience!

Great film. Such great times. I´ve always dreamed about sailing such a yacht around the world. I was born the same year this was being filmed. A much better time. It seems my generation, we who are born in the middle of the 60s , are born too late for the great adventures...

Absolutely fantastic, so proud to be a South African sailor right now, when I saw the boat I just knew it had to be a Colin Archer, such a rich history and such a beautifully filmed and well told story, back in the day before GPS, VHF, AIS, Iridium go etc, this film bought a smile to my face, tears to my eyes and every emotion in between, as someone who is planning and preparing for long term single handed cruising a hugely inspirational watch, huge thumbs up from me❤

AT about 1.28.30 sighting the coast of Australia with Mt Warning in the background.

Beaming with joy ... I am adding my Wonderful to the Log .. floating here a few miles from the Alps in Southern Bavaria . I appreciate the raw beauty and collected kindness being transferred 🌻:)

Sandefjord looks great. Tall mainmast. Super film which must have taken a lot of effort to make considering the date - 1966. Not even a VHF on board.

Wonderful movie, wonderful people, wonderful era, wonderful voyage! Thank you for posting this epic adventure film.

Great video. Much thanks indeed!!!

Those were the glory days of sailing, what a wonderful movie ! It reminds me a bit of my first atlantic crossing in 1976, 10 jears after Sandefjord. We sailed into the bay of Mayero and anchored there together with another boat. Nowadays, you cannot even get a place there, its so full of boats. Boating has become mass tourism and everything has changed a lot. That's the progress, man ! Mayero is part of the Tobago Cays, in the beautiful Grenadines.

@ryder6070

10 ай бұрын

Sail to the higher latitudes for solitude...

What a beautiful well done documentary especially from that era . With no real technology it was masterfully done . Thankyou for such joy especially in these times . These types of men and women are not around much . Just shows you that mod cons are not required to achieve

@cetterus

Жыл бұрын

Yeah... who leaves work and two toddlers back at home and goes sailing around the world in 40 year old boat?

@andreflavell3453

Жыл бұрын

@@cetterus A true adventurer and a wife that gives full support of it . Today most men aren’t allowed to do a thing without permission

Wonderful to see this here - I was fortunate enough to be given the DVD as I missed the film originally screened at the Labia in Cape Town. As a Sea Scout crewed on her for a short while after this trip. Was probably in the late 60's. Based at the RCYC she was being looked after for a while by someone by the name of Nelson (surname) as I recall. Mostly day sails in Table Bay `but we did do a trip to Knysna but only made it to Struis Bay due to the weather. Fond memories.

EPIC journey and beautiful sign of time!

This fine vessel a typical COLIN ARCHER design from Larvik Norway really great to see these classic ships at sea again just like the Southern Actor in Sandefjord Norway

120223 Congrats on a tremendous achievement. A visual pleasure to be part of.

My father took us as kids to see this at the Labia and it had a profound effect on us all. Have often dreamt of a lifestyle such as this ever since.

Thank You,Tusen Tak👍👍👍👍👍

Fantastic voyage, sail , film and story... Fair winds all.

Thank you!

Thank you❤

absolutely wonderful .

FANTASTIC!!

What Great Times for navigation...really enjoyed thanks for this!

Great documentary! Inspiring!

Fantastic. What an adventure.

Thank you and well done

this film shows all the love and support from all the people on shore....at all ports....really cool...proud to see all of this...thanks

So enjoyed watching this Video. Thank you for uploading this, it brought back so many memories.

Thank you to bring history back. Did enjoy.

Wonderful!❤ Enjoying every minute!❤

Thank you, ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Passing French Atomic Testing grounds. Nice. Lets do some fishing!

Glad to see they remembered the "other essentials" 😂😂

Ah the good old days no use of safety harness or life preservers when on deck in storm conditions

@Kimjongil.

Жыл бұрын

😃😆😆😆

I wondered how the filmed voyage was funded. Excellent documentary! SV Free Spirit Tarpon Springs Florida

Nice Old Movie, thanks for Sharing

Brilliant

Beautiful film so enjoyed The whole voyage in a wonderful Time era The production ship and Crew we're magical to watch Thank you

How the world has changed from those innocent days... particularly South Africa.

Prachtige ietwat aubollige, typisch 60 er jaren productie met verschrikkelijke muziek er onder gezet, maar blijft de moeite waard om af te kijken

Love this ❤❤❤

I love it

1966...one year before I ran away from home in Adelaide to sea on a Norwegian Oil tanker at 16.

Excellent video 👍 I subscrib

Incrível ! Meu sonho é um dia velejar , like e inscrito

120223 Wonderful movie Thank you so much .

wow thank you for sharing this video. I guess that burning question? ,where is she now?

@sailingsandefjord4658

Жыл бұрын

Sandefjord has been restored to her original glory as a life-saving boat by her current owners, a Norwegian family that has a passion for her history and what she meant to many others.

Nice remember from many sailing 😀 👍👍👍 🌈🎼🎇🌴💞☕☕☕

I am the same age as the crew members we see in this movie, so we are all old timers now.. I noticed the beehive hairdo on one young woman and the Jackie Kennedy style clothes and hair on another. My wife had a beehive for our wedding in 1964, I am surprised that Sandjeford did not have a depth sounder. A sounder with a rotating neon light was available at reasonable price at the time. At the end it appeared that Sandjeford ws under power in Durban harbor. Was the engine replaced when the old one was removed?

INCREIBLE !!!!que veamos en esta pelicula ,asi como azar, a La Esmeralda. El bello buque escuela de la armada chilena. Gracias

What a bunch of amateurs! They were lucky to get through. I guess that is a credit to the ship and its builder and designer.

amazing time capsule ... and of course splendid sailing and "savoire vivre" ;-) i wish everybody on our planet would have the financial resources to do things like that ...

Does anyone knows about her crew ?

Awesome movie. What happened with these people latet ? Where is Mary ????

Great video, a bit melodramatic. I wonder if life was really like that back then. Everything sounding like a horn section :)

@thosoz3431

2 ай бұрын

Melodramatic ? You my friend have never been to sea in a small ship.

@patrickfalter4487

2 ай бұрын

:), sorry,meant the music, the sea is anything but melodramatic, this i know@@thosoz3431

Seen 17 seconds, I already love it. Can that orchestra be recorded again? Audio levels are way way way up into distortion levels. It is heavy metal.

I like to sea and hear a version with other music. Amazing documantery

genuinely curious how did the buildge pumps run? did they run only when the engine ran was it a manual pump or were the batteries sufficient then to run the pump

Broken mast and not being forced to give up, works with a certain financial background. Enjoy! (One could do silier things than travelling)

Get out to the end of the bow sprit and get that sail down. What? Where’ my harness, tether, Jack line? Jack line, tether? Just get out there. Hang on with your legs

Does anyone know if they replaced the engine or did they sail the rest of the way without one? They never said in the film…

@sailingsandefjord4658

Жыл бұрын

They sailed the rest of the way without an engine.

@johnwynne-eyton1165

Жыл бұрын

they sold the engine with a damaged gearbox for $400/Aus to raise funds and sailed the rest of the way home

Anyone knows the name of the music in the intro? The composer is Sam Sklair, but what is the name of the piece? Been searching for it. Unsuccessfully unfortunately ☹️ I’ve went through large majority of the Theme sets album, but couldn’t find the piece. Tempo changes and Dramatic movement come pretty close to the piece I am looking for, but the are not it…

Is this where they found the laugh for Quagmire? @21:50

I am sure that many with our "modern" sensibilities are horrified by them pitching the tin cans labels and all, overboard. Personally, I consider them as a short-term temporary home for some fish or scrimp. Temporary because they will rust away to nothing in less than a year.

36:04 every radio station till 89

4:23 🫡

Sandefjord is a boat ore coast city in Norway

What was the story behind selling the diesel engine on Thursday island? I feel like something was missing here.

@sailingsandefjord4658

Жыл бұрын

I asked my dad, Fanie Louw, and he says the engine was seldomly used (no generator) and they received a good offer, and needed the money.

@rockets4kids

Жыл бұрын

@@sailingsandefjord4658 lol! That's exactly what I was guessing here!

@jackhargraves4919

Жыл бұрын

@@sailingsandefjord4658 Just rewatched this great movie. What great adventures we all had. Not many of us left unfortunately. I’m starting to creak a bit myself but haven’t quite finished yet. Fond memories of your dad. 🐬🐬🐬🤺🤺❤️

@tiggerjodie

Ай бұрын

​@jackhargraves4919 Hi Jack, Fanie, and Jenny (my parents) send their regards. I live in Auckland also

Good film … but the music is harrowing

Anyone else who took part in the restoration of ejdern watching this drama?

****THE YOUNG LADY ON BOARD , WON'T BE SINGLE LONG AS SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL INDEED.. LET'S WAIT AND FIND OUT..14 MINUTES INTO VIDEO..!

Where is she now?

@sailingsandefjord4658

Жыл бұрын

Sandefjord has been restored to her original glory as a life-saving boat by her current owners, a Norwegian family that has a passion for her history and what she meant to many others.

I thought I saw the sandefjord sloop rigged and gaff rigged. Correct?

Back when men were men and didn't regard any pfds or lifelines or foul weather gear.

What happened to New Endeavour ? Is it still around?

@sailingsandefjord4658

Жыл бұрын

Apparently, New Endeavor was deliberately destroyed in 1985 by fire in the dry dock in Ballina, NSW, due to the inability to raise the required money (about $300,000) to make her seaworthy. www.shipsnostalgia.com/threads/barquentine-new-endeavour.4700/

@leshaorlov2070

2 ай бұрын

Wow

Wow what an adventure. beautiful boat too. Thank you for sharing this wonderful story. how the world has changed in such a short time.

When Soth African was civilized.

@johngriffiths118

8 ай бұрын

Now it was nt that civilised was it

In 1964 on the Galapagos Island at 54:00 there are already 3 boats and crew, maybe more. No suprise that a few years later the Islands would be fully protected. In less thant 29 years the sea would be crowded with cruising boats making life at sea an entire different experience as technology helped sailors with poor skills try their luck across the oceans… A sad fact.

@leshaorlov2070

2 ай бұрын

Why it's sad ???

Where is She now?

@sailingsandefjord4658

Жыл бұрын

She's currently owned and sailed by a Norwegian family that restored her to her former glory as a life-saving boat.

@mickeykeymoaw

Жыл бұрын

@@sailingsandefjord4658 Great to hear that she is still afloat and loved. Thankyou

What a beautiful movie of one of the last true sea adventure . No GPS , no EPIRB , no depth sounder, liferaft, inflatables or harnesses.You had your sextant, your clock, you charts and a built in back breaking hand water pump, Hitech was a vague inaudible short wave radio general area forecast for the next three to seven days or so, You where on your own with the sea the wind and the clouds, and it sure kept the amateurs, the tourists, and the KZreadrs of the day away. PS Please please somebody re-edit the score and lower this horrible screaming music or get rid of it . Please

14:02 pewdiepie?

Cans thrown in the sea. Terrible

@secretsquirrel6308

Жыл бұрын

What's so terrible about it?

@andersholmstrom3571

Жыл бұрын

@@secretsquirrel6308 Do you not see that turning our planet in to a garbage dump is a bad thing??? This goes also for the see floor. If the dumpinmg of empty cans is tolerated surely other garbage will also follow. It is actually shocking that you do not see this as a problem. Shame on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@philipmasters7491

Жыл бұрын

Probably the Varnished labels were more hazardous than the lightly Tinned Mild Steel Tins! 😂🤣😂🤣

@braithmiller

Жыл бұрын

Very low impact environmentally, not a Marpol violation. Still now any discharge is avoided by most. Cruise lines are still illegally dumping trash plastic and all to frequently.

@georgec7899

9 ай бұрын

There was a lot more thrown in the seas 60 years ago as a 91 year old Seafarer

The music is awful.

@Roucasson

Жыл бұрын

Except for the Tahitian songs and rhythms !

@herbalnedtv

Жыл бұрын

Well it was 1965 - 66 after all, lol!

Lovely film spoiled by awful music, which adds nothing at all.

@alexandermenzies9954

8 ай бұрын

Agreed. The "documentary" music of the time was very annoying with its attempts to suggest moods. The arrival in the WI was particularly bad.