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Re: More comments on movie "All is Lost"
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2013 Dec 16, 01:56 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2013 Dec 16, 01:56 -0800
And just why wasn't the VHF antenna connected when he left port? There is no way that his collision caused that connector to unscrew.
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From: Norm Goldblatt <ngold@pacbell.net>
To: garylapook@pacbell.net
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 5:29 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: More comments on movie "All is Lost"
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From: Norm Goldblatt <ngold@pacbell.net>
To: garylapook@pacbell.net
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 5:29 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: More comments on movie "All is Lost"
Finally saw it. Loved it. The 'errors' amused me, but I went right back to being immersed in the story.
Many times, I feared he was on the wrong tack considering the hole. Other teeny tiny problems which, for some reason caught my eye:
When top of mast was cut away, the crossection of the upper half looked like a clean cut- maybe a section boundary. In subsequent shots, both the lower half and upper were mangled and crimped as you might expect.
Are there butterfly bandages that stick to wet surfaces? His did, although in a couple of subsequent shots, the top bandage had seemingly slipped until it almost touched the one below it. Probably a continuity error. That caught my eye thanks to 'Vernier acuity'.
The most glaring to me was that he tried to tighten the masthead radio VHF coax connector with and adjustable wrench. Never! The lock nut is round
and knurled. Minimum would be strong thumb and forefinger, regular 'gas' pliers, channel locks vice grips. Basin wrench, small pipe wrench, anything BUT open end.
One commenter did not see him taking the time when shooting the sun. I saw him do it once, at least.
I went alone (appropriate) alas. Glad to have this group to get other comments. My wife didn't go. If she had she would have been shouting at the screen, every 5 minutes. Put on sunscreen! Where's your hat! Doesn't do any good in the cabin.
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