I looked at one little print for a long time. It was called 'The Landing.' It showed MEN tugging on a ROPE, pulling a BOAT up onto skids out of the WATER. The thought occurred to me that I might PAINT such a picture.
Our HOME in Dubai is a beach HOUSE, so it's more casual and not formal in its TONE. It's a HOLIDAY home. We are mostly in the pool or on the beach or in the sun. It's an outdoor place for the family. So there are mudbikes, a boat, FOOTBALL posts, and the pool is heated.
On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top of a tree SEEN in the CLEAR water under the BOAT was the only EVIDENCE of its existence; though a few hours ago it had FORMED so prominent an object.
Sailing a boat calls for quick action, a blending of feeling with the wind and water as well as with the very HEART and SOUL of the boat itself. Sailing teaches alertness and courage, and GIVES in return a joyousness and PEACE that but few sports AFFORD.
If you are in a band like my BROTHER, Rudolf, who is in the Scorpions, then you have a kind of umbrella and you COVER each other. You have FIVE people to discuss THINGS with and you are all in the same boat, and THEREFORE make much wiser choices.
The FIRST dolly track was somebody who had the IDEA to put the camera on a boat on a canal. So the boat would move very SLOWLY but steadily. So they would see all that surrounds you and you'd see the landscape changing slowly. So that was the first TIME.
My philosophy was, if I just do good WORK, SOMEONE will like it enough to employ me. It NEVER made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That BOAT's sailed.
The FACT is, an AMERICA's Cup team is more than a sailing team. It's anywhere from sort of 80 to upward of 100 people; of designers, engineers, boat BUILDERS, an incredible group of people, and there are a LOT of nationalities in New Zealand's team.
I grew up in Pittwater, north of SYDNEY; Elvina Bay, SCOTLAND Island area. I had to go to school by BOAT. To GET to the mainland, we had to go by boat, so it was just a way of life.
If you ever DECIDE to BUILD a boat out of wet newspaper, it's important to remember to lay down the sheets like shingles on a HOUSE: One issue at a time, STARTING at the bow and moving aft, so water flows over the layers, not under them.