One of the first things you have to realize when going off into the sunset is that what lies there has been grossly misrepresented over the years... Most cruisers these days are more interested in finding a K-Mart or a place to stock up on Hellmans mayo rather than stealing the jewel eyes of Tiki gods or searching for the lost location of the isle of love hungry Vahines and, of course, the saving of island virgins from being fed to a volcano...
Damn!
That said, I think all of us of a certain age were warped and molded by "Adventures in Paradise" with Gardner McKay. It's a stone cold fact that without "AIP" more than likely I'd be a fat middle-aged investment manager whose biggest excitement would be to maybe hit par on some golf course (golf being in my purview a bit less exciting than watching paint dry so I owe Gardner McKay a lot) without a falling spar in sight!
Jimmy Buffett, of course, heard the "AIP" siren call and followed it, or maybe more to the point, he recreated it and made it his own when he found that the call had grown so quiet it needed to be amped up and rebroadcast...
I'm never sure whether to describe myself as a film maker who sails or a sailor/boatbuilder who makes films...Either way I'm a pretty happy camper when all is said and done.
