About the Film
The original 16mm color sound print has been digitally restored and remastered to HD for theatrical and large TV screen viewing.
Gene and his wife, Josie sail their 32 foot Pearson Vanguard sloop, “Discubridor” (“Discoverer”) 10,000 miles from San Diego, CA south along the Mexican and Central American coast to Costa Rica, then offshore to the legendary, uninhabited Cocos Island. After exploring Cocos, they sail on to explore the Galapagos Islands, then 4,000 miles home to San Diego.
Read the review of 600 Days by Karen Larson, Publisher of Good Old Boat Magazine.
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.
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