600 Days To Cocos Island and Galapagos

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A 2-part film by Gene and Josie Evans
Running time: 155 minutes
600 Days is a feature length two-part sailing documentary covering 10,000 miles exploring the Mexican and Central American coast, Cocos Island and Galapagos Islands. It takes us back to the mid 1970s when more owners of small sailing craft were starting to venture far from their home ports in search of adventure. Throughout their voyage, crew members explore remote locales, fish for food, encounter wild animals, struggle against storms, and on a few occasions fight for survival. The original 16mm color sound print has been digitally restored and remastered to HD for theatrical and large TV screen viewing. Part 1 and Part 2 can be purchased individually or as a series.

Part 1 – 600 Days: To Cocos Island

(90 minutes) Part 1 takes us from San Diego, south down the coastlines of Baja California, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica with many stops along the way. It’s a relaxing sail back in time before the onset of drug violence and civil wars. In Costa Rica, the couple’s son, Ron, joins them for the offshore passage to the mysterious and uninhabited Cocos Island.

Part 2 – 600 Days: Cocos Island and the Galapagos Islands

(65 minutes) Part 2 takes us from Costa Rica, where the couple’s son, Ron joins them for an offshore passage to the mysterious and uninhabited Cocos Island. Along the way they have a close encounter with whales, hook a shark, and ghost through the doldrums. On the 8th day, they site Cocos Island and make a dramatic anchorage through unchartered waters. Ashore, they discover signs of previous visitors carved into rocks and explore the dense rainforest by following stream beds inland. After several weeks, they set sail for the Galapagos Islands lying 450 miles southwest at the equator. There they visit several atolls where Darwin’s discoveries led to his theory of evolution. Finally, they sail home on a nonstop 40 day, 4,000 mile ocean voyage to San Diego.

Read the review of 600 Days by Karen Larson, Publisher of Good Old Boat Magazine.