If you have nine minutes to spare, you might want to spend it watching a brief documentary about Webb Chiles. Webb keeps his boat GANNET at Skull Creek Marina in Hilton Head. The company that owns the marina, Safe Harbor, is doing a series of videos about interesting people who keep boats at their marinas. This is the first episode in the series of videos, which is called Storytellers.
A handful of people have attempted over the years to do a video about Webb and his sailing. This is the first one that has been completed. It is a high quality production that blends some of Webb's videos and photographs with contemporary video interviews of Webb in Hilton Head.
The video is not without some errors, the first one being on the title slide which identifies Webb as a six-time solo circumnavigator. Webb will be the first to tell you, as he does on his online journal, that he has done six circumnavigations, three of which were solo circumnavigations. There are a few other minor errors, but those are just small details. The overall production captures Webb very well. As he said in his journal...
The final film is just under nine minutes long. While naturally there are omissions in reducing eighty-one years, six circumnavigations, seven books, six marriages, another million or so words, and some other relationships, to nine minutes, both Carol and I like the film very much. I do not believe that I could be portrayed better in that length of time.
Take a few minutes to watch and enjoy it. The YouTube link is below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYTwmVzCJh4
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