Chasing Bubbles - The Documentary

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• RY

  @ryan0peck · 5 months ago

  i watched this 6 years ago. it changed my life. made me take the leap. 2 boats later. 200 days at sea, 5000 nautical miles, almost finished my commercial captains license. best thing i've ever done. thanks Captain Alex. and all involved. i love your story.

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• MI

  @michellehyde2632 · 1 year ago

  I just found tis tonight while sitting here in my RV in tears. Saving money to chase my own sailing dream. 4 months left and I do not have one person supportive of it. It's hard to not give-up with so much negativity. I really appreciate you sharing your journey. I needed this tonight.

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• A1

  @a1b2c3d4x · 2 years ago

  I come back to this video once in a while. Please never remove it. ❤

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• RO

  @robertomartin59 · 2 weeks ago

  Outstanding. I have recently lost my best friend, who was a larger-than-life character. People like Alex only come round once in a while to remind us what it is to be alive...

• GI

  @Girtharmstrong69 · 5 years ago

  because of his inspiration im setting sail 8 months from now

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• JA

  @jaybrown6225 · 10 years ago

  Yeah, ok, I'll watch a few minutes of this . . .  1 1/2 hours later and I'm drying my eyes . . .  a story of life that draws you in.

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• GE

  @GeorgeGraves · 10 years ago

  To the editor/producer.  You did a wonderful job. Myself, as someone that has done a documentary  - I know it's not easy to deal with 100 of hours of shaky cam footage, and piece things together - most people will never know the pain and suffering it takes. (and something like 95% of all docs never get finished.) Hats off to you to sticking with it to the end.  You rock. Thanks for telling such a great story. Docs to me....It's really all about letting people walk in another persons shoes for a while, and you pulled that off very well.  Thank you. Nice story telling.

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• SA

  @sailingtheuk · 7 years ago

  Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”<br><br>Mark Twain (1835 – 1910)

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• LY

  @LydiaAwesomeLady · 5 years ago

  <b>**SPOILERS**</b> Alex and I met in French Polynesia, 2010. He was like no one else, and everyone loved him. We all did. He was one of those people, the center of everything. When news spread of his passing, it impacted everyone who knew him. 14 months after his death I went to the hotel where he passed, spoke with the hotel manager and heard the tale. It hurts humanity to lose a human being like Alex. We all miss him just being part of our world. <br><br>We would talk about our experiences of losing a parent early on. He really did connect openly. Sometimes the party person can have a vapid and vacant interior, but not Alex. He was fun and full of depth, caring, and joy. His joy was pervasive and infected us all. I certainly won&apos;t ever forget Alex.<br><br>And that shot in Niue or Cook Islands (?) where the wave gets... maybe it&apos;s Jim or Alex. Classic Bubbles. To be honest, I was expecting a montage of all Alex&apos;s naked-backside-at-the-top-of-the-island pictures. Oh, he had so many of those, arms to the sky, embracing it all. Every time I saw a new one I laughed just like every time I was in his presence. He could make you laugh a world away. Sail on, Captain Alex. &lt;3

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• MR

  @MrBeard-ig5zc · 2 years ago

  Dude lived a hundred lifetimes.

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• RE

  @RedemptionReady · 10 years ago

  Most people die without living.<br><br>He Lived.

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• SS

  @ss_whole · 10 years ago

  I have to light a fire under my ass just to go to the grocery store.

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