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Christian Williams' videos span his sailing experience from childhood, through early multihull Bermuda races to singlehanded voyages to Hawaii in his 70s. A former Washington Post editor and...
Apr 2, 2024 · It’s a sunny Southern California Saturday afternoon when I arrive at Marina Del Rey to go sailing with Williams. I stand under a flagpole at California Yacht Club, holding a life vest and a six-pack of beer. In the distance, Williams, down on the dock, is preparing Thelonious II, his Ericson 38.
Oct 12, 2021 · Hawaii 2021: Inside Singlehanded Sailing with Christian Williams. Full documentary, suggest streaming on TV screen. Third voyage of Thelonious, Los Angeles to Hawaii and return, 2021....
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Williams joined The Washington Post in 1972 as an assistant editor of the Style Section. When the cast and crew of the Robert Redford movie All The President’s Mendescended on the newsroom to conduct research for the film, Williams served as the assignment editor on the article about the experience behind the scenes. “It was the age of cool. And su...
In 1986, ABC produced a three-hour movie of the week, Under Siege, written by Bob Woodward, Richard Harwood and Williams based on their terrorism reporting. After Williams and Woodward penned an episode of the NBC crime drama Hill Street Blues, Williams accepted full-time employment in Hollywood. With David Milch, Williams created Capital News, an ...
Williams has twice sailed solo from California to Hawaii, single-handed. The first sail was aboard an Ericson 32-3, as journey that took 20 days there, and 28 days back. The second trip was sailing a 1984 Ericson 38, which took 17 days there and 22 days to return.
Williams chronicled the founding of CNN in the 1981 Ted Turner biography “Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way.”Williams’ 2016 book “Alone Together: Sailing Solo to Hawaii and Beyond” recounts his solo sail two years earlier to Hawaii and back in his 32-foot sloop “Thelonious.” “Philosophy of Sailing: Offshore in Search of the Universe”, published in...
Christian Williams is arguably the most erudite sailor since Francis Chichester. In the back of “The Philosophy of Sailing,” he lists nautical terms used in the book, an evaluation of the parts he used to retrofit his boat, and a list of philosophy books.
Mar 17, 2022 · Channel your inner Christian Williams - Sail this 1988 Ericson 38-200 Sailboat for sale for $47,000 as a single-handed cruiser... or bring your friends and enjoy the fantastic...
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Apr 8, 2024 · By David Blake Fischer April 2, 2024 Christian Williams and Blake Fischer Christian Williams tacks his Bruce King-designed Ericson 38 while the author “trims” the genoa, midway through a 10-mile daysail on California’s Santa Monica Bay.
