Ulli Joins

Sandy Davies of Rhumbline Yacht Services came up from CT to fine tune the satellite internet interface yesterday. Sandy is a master of all things electronic so Clinton felt that while on the boat, it’d be a good chance to get Sandy to run a few tests on Bagan’s 12, 8D batteries… Bagan’s 12, 10 year old 8D batteries… Bagan’s 12, 10 year old, original, 8D batteries… Don’t ask. Yet some very good news to counter the less-than-good-news about the health of the batteries is that award winning cinematographer Ulli Bonnekamp will be joining the trip for the Halifax to Greenland leg. This is a major bonus for the documentary in that Ulli is a very highly recognized and respected cinematographer who’s work has been admired throughout the industry. Ulli is a good friend of the documentary’s writer, Marc Rosenberg’s and after Marc filled him in on the project and to my great delight, Ulli too felt that this was a story in need of telling. The chances are very good that you’ve seen some of Ulli’s remarkable work as he’s shot for such projects as “An Inconvenient Truth”, “The American Experience” and the PBS series “Carrier”. While I assured him that Bagan wasn’t quite as large as an aircraft carrier, the food and company would be far better… and what with the 12 new, 8D, gel-cell batteries…