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Video Watch the trailer for free or rent or download this filmFeatures The stormy seas and gale force winds around Tasmania provide a challenge for any boat. What, then, possessed 3 young women to become the first female team to seakayak the 850 miles around this windswepped Australian island?In this warts-and-all documentary, award winning adventure filmmaker Justine Curgenven gives a real insight into the highs and lows of a challenging expedition. You feel like you are there in the kayak as the girls battle through 3-storey high swells on the exposed southwest coast and heave their 100 kilo kayaks over drying-out sandbanks. They resort to 4am starts to try to beat the constant headwinds but still they endure the heartache of turning back against a gale force storm. Reviews Winner of best adventure sports film at the Wanaka Mountain Film Festival & 2nd place at the biggest European kayaking film festival.
Finalist at Kendal Mountain Film Festival, Llamff & the Riverkeepers Film Festival in NC, USA.
Duration 29 min. Country Australia Region Tasmania Featuring Gemma Rawlings, Justine Curgenven, Trys Morris (Burke) Released 2005 Target Sea Kayaking Subject Expedition Quality SD, 4:3, 1280x960 File type MOV File size 1.1 GB Subtitles No subtitles Released on DVD This is the Sea 2 Origin United Kingdom