Pacific crossing

Some of the YachtPals Crew were invited to a special pre-release showing of the new sailing movie Morning Light a few days ago, and we were delighted to be joined by Roy Disney himself, as well as filmmaker Leslie DeMeuse and crew member Piet Van Os, to discuss the film after the showing. If you haven't heard the buzz about this flick yet, you will soon, as competitive sailing is about to splash onto the big screen - hopefully at a theater near you.

As a US Marine serving in the first Gulf War, Marcus Eriksen stood in the middle of the burning oil fields, covered with soot and burnt crude, and was struck with the senselessness of it all. From that point, he decided that something needed to be done to bring attention to the ongoing issues of environmental destruction. He realized that if he could make saving the environment an adventure, if he could make it cool, then the much needed press coverage would follow. He reinvented himself - leaving behind the life of a Marine Commando to become a commando warrior on a different front.