Deep water documentary full biography

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Headline after headline is being printed - not just in Britain but across the world.

Deep water documentary full biography

Crowhurst is fast becoming the darling of the media, hailed as a nautical wonder. But as the world waits on tenterhooks for this extraordinary man to cross the finishing line and sail into port to a hero's welcome, the jaw-dropping truth is revealed. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments to this Film entry mailing us directly at.

Mortgaging his house and staking everything on this race, he's hailed as "the dark horse of the sea" by the newspapers. The public love an underdog, but Crowhurst's voyage begins ominously when the champagne bottle cracked against the hull doesn't break first or second, or third time. At sea, his self-designed boat falls apart, he's battered by bad weather and he succumbs to despair.

Finally he decides to fake his journey, hiding out off the coast of South America for several months. Faced with the empty vastness of the ocean, madness sets in. Deep Water recreates Crowhurst's ill-fated trip using news footage, his journals, tape recordings and - a great coup - the 16mm footage that he shot on deck. The result is a deeply moving documentary, buoyed up by teary interviews with Crowhurst's family, friends and rivals.