This is an old movie. So old that it is easily overlooked. Sailors in particular will miss something if they do. Acclaimed by the critics, it is an award winning film, at the Venice Film Festival, and nominated at others. About an overnight sailing trip on a Polish lake.

This is a very talented film crew making a movie about the fun of sailing, among other things. Not adventure sailing, just that of an overnight. The plot: our couple picks up a hitch hiker on their way to the boat and they invite him to sail with them; they spend the day sailing and the night on the boat before returning as planned.

Sailors should note that one of the stars of the film is a beautiful thirty foot wood sloop. She was built to be fast. Count the spreaders. They show her sailing rail down, crew hanging from the shrouds. And becalmed. All in beautiful black and white.

It is all filmed on the boat under sail. A lot of it was shot on board, hand held. The camera does leave the boat. How else would we get to see her sailing? But if the boat is suppose to be sailing, she really is sailing. There is no pulling her with a power boat, as we see all to often.

When this film was made all boats were wood, or steel. All sails were cotton. Extruded aluminum masts were yet to be. Electronics, do not even think that. This is an interesting look back.

This film introduced Roman Polanski to the film world. It is more than a good sail. So you might even get your non sailing friends to watch it with you.

Steve Worcester, Star 6932