Roy Makes Movie about Sailing

[Sarangel]

From KGMB9's Website:

Today off Diamond Head, the Hokulea was a floating movie set.

Helicopters with cameras hovered overhead.

The actors are 14 high school sailing students who were chosen out of hundreds to play crew members training for a yacht race from California to Hawaii.

"We came together as a group of 30 in Long Beach in August and that was for the selection trial so this is our first experience as a crew of 15," said Punahou student Mark Towill.

The movie is being made by Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney and an avid sailor. His dream of making a film about the youngest trans-Pacific sailing crew brought him together with Hawaii's own master navigator Nainoa Thompson. Together they share special respect for the ocean.

"As it happened, we met Nainoa Thompson, who runs Hokulea, and he set the parallels between what we were doing and what he does with youth," Disney said.

"What's common is that he loves the ocean. He is a man that loves deep sea sailing and he is a man that realizes that these are powerful schools, these vessels," Thompson said. "And he just wants to help young people grow and that's exactly what we do."

While on board, the teenagers learned the ancient art of Hawaiian navigation and sailing. Thompson says the skills they learn will help them prepare for the grueling trans-Pacific race next year, but more importantly, bring them together as a team.

"My great hope is that they become a family at sea and they are going to take care of each other and they are going to do they best they can," Thompson said.

The Disney film about the crew's adventure will be released late next summer in theaters nationwide.

 

[mitros]

Wasn't he supposed to do this a while back, but this business with SaveDisney.com, and getting rid of Ei$ner took up his time?