Deep Water (2006): The Financial Side

The clip The Financial Side from Deep Water (2006)

Kerr: Many of the competitors didn't have that long
to get a boat ready.
But Crowhurst was starting from scratch.
Winspear: Don chose a trimaran.
He started off purely concentrating
on the idea that a multi-hull was fast
and that he could win.
The idea was he could win.
Kerr: His head was full of ideas,
advanced technology, what he could do "if."
This was part of his great visionary dream, really.
Simon: It was going to be an innovative and advanced vessel,
equipped with all the latest electronic devices
that would make it better, would make it safer
and would enable him to sail faster.
Winspear: That was the idea. And then Don went off
to find some money.
Kerr: Donald had tried a number of careers,
but they had come to nothing,
and he wanted more.
He believed in himself.
He was inventive, he had real brains,
he had a great deal of charm.
...sort of blown up...
It's all right. No, I don't mind.
He'd read avidly of these long-distance exploits,
and he could talk the talk.
The nearest you get to a tranatlantic route is the southern...
All he needed was someone to put up the money,
and he carried along an entrepreneur, caravan-dealer...
Stanley Best.
It really was an exciting adventure,
and I'm not an adventurous person, so far as I'm concerned.
But it was interesting, compelling, to join in.
Kerr: The... the paddles of sponsorship are enormous.
Stanley Best knew nothing about sailing,
but as a hard-headed businessman
he wanted a contract.

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