Windward Way, 1938

[Music] this is a Salomon balance a story of men and their shift against the wind and the sea salt water runs in the veins of these amateur skippers and the crews as they prepare for the blue-ribbon thrill of yachting the race from Miami to Nassau san cristobol and the complete the trim Naomi and a sequined dark and pitbull all are measured for classification and handicap captain said pinnacles not to the competition which they adjust to the pole star while officials take foreign sale measurements for final handicapping all of the fever of activity in preparation for the zero hour [Music] [Music] [Music] bending and hoisting tails marked a final player before the starting deadline mathewchow rechecked while the experienced guy of the Sailor finds any flaw and bales are bent on the boom and moisture [Music] [Music] [Music] now the beat gets under way out to the starting line and there's a song in the hearts of gentlemen as a tiger the trim craft out of the harbour and farewell to Miami [Music] outside the harbor the boat spread to approach the starting line and wily skippers try to outwit their opponent has a jockey for position before the starting gun [Music] [Music] [Music] for the Coast Guard Cutter Mojave the judges committee is penta counts the final seconds before the starting gun [Music] the gun fell away crowding around the starting boy and tacking as they encounter a stiff headwind so late even with a broad Atlantic report them and Nassau almost 200 miles away he give a heads up on his own court with the rowing team taking what he considers the best course for the choppy Gulfstream [Music] [Music] they tailored rate he going battle royale only 30 bullets built for DC food as the gap [Music] the first leg in the close-hold beat the windlass for 150 miles east rim yachts battled their way through the trackless seas working into a head where with a shifting breeze the boats come around to run before the win light heads tails on them and they felling out to full Tiki up through the flying frame [Music] [Music] fire whole tale fears he ought to make first time in this racing plastic of the topic fees to the tailor it brings the thrill that comes with a soap spray on your faces the singing wind in the rigging and the pounding waves on a ship right on great turkey marks of turned into the last leg of the racing frantic the October already failed more than 300 miles back and forth across the wind and they will sail over 100 more before they reached palm-fringed Nassau Harbor although the entire course from Miami to Nassau measures only 180 miles on the map [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] there's the old Tommy weather join the class of sailing it takes to win international races I mean to reach down in the strengthening freeze winner of the transatlantic race for Norway in 1935 and victory is more than her share of international ocean raters she's built for heavy seas and fast knowing he glides onto a journey's end like the champion raela watch Tommy opens up with every inch of canvas pulling hard more than 400 miles he failed and she chose the way into the final threat while the gallant ship that win there of windward way to adventure the Setting Sun brings the last mile past the Nassau howlite and it is a palm-fringed port of profit Nassau [Music] they've reached their goals and there's a song in the heart of the story through a song a victory [Music]