“Steady As She Goes“, July 1959 Transpac 161ft Schooner Goodwill

16mm film digitized by John Rumsey who states: “The film, STEADY AS SHE GOES, was produced by the Douglas Aircraft Co. in 1959. Don Douglas chartered the161’ schooner Goodwill to try and break the elapsed time record, for the Transpac race, LA to Honolulu. The race has been held in July since 1906 and in odd numbered years since 1936. In 1955 the 95’ ketch Morning Star set the elapsed time record of 9d 15h 05m for the 2300 mile course. Douglas spent a fortune re-rigging and adding new equipment and sails for the 1959 race. Douglas aircraft built 2 new spinnaker poles which were probably tacked on to some government contract. The film starts with the crew getting the boat ready for the race. The Record now stands at 5d 15h 26m set by Comanche, 100’ Carbon fiber sloop , 2017. The movie was made by professional photogs that went on the trip as well as a narrator who worked on nature/ travel movies. I got the film from one of the crew.“