Second Wind: The Tale of a Sailor

From the Arctic to the tropics, award-winning Newport-based nautical photographer Onne van der Wal travels the world to capture sailing's most thrilling moments. But it's always been on someone else's boat. Now, van der Wal takes viewers on a different visual journey, returning to his craftsman roots to refit his very own 1972 Pearson 36 in Second Wind: The Tale of a Sailor.

Second Wind: The Tale of a Sailor

57m 59s

Watch award-winning nautical photographer, Onne van der Wal, complete a solo, hands-on restoration of a 1972 Pearson 36 sailboat. The film chronicles Onne's career racing large sailboats and photographing some of sailing’s most thrilling moments and shows how he draws upon the knowledge and tenacity he has gleaned from a lifetime at sea to refit his sailboat from stem to stern.

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    Second Wind: The Tale of a Sailor

    57m 59s

    Watch award-winning nautical photographer, Onne van der Wal, complete a solo, hands-on restoration of a 1972 Pearson 36 sailboat. The film chronicles Onne's career racing large sailboats and photographing some of sailing’s most thrilling moments and shows how he draws upon the knowledge and tenacity he has gleaned from a lifetime at sea to refit his sailboat from stem to stern.

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