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She is as Absotely Stunning as the Original Most definitely way more modernized as I think Ernest’s boat only had a Head and a Single Berth inside the Cabin it may have had a few Cabinets and storage compartments ? But it’s been a while since I’ve been aboard her So I’m not positive at this moment
I'm curious as to what the new boat has for power? There was a brief shot of an engine, but I could not ID it, not cummins, not Volvo, not gm gas, maybe Steyr? For that matter, I'd also wonder what Pilar had? Gray Marine's would be a good guess.
Glorifying hemmingway and how he ripped these beautiful, majestic creatures from the sea, with no real purpose other than bragging rights, is disgusting in this day and age. It should have been disgusting in his day, things move slowly.. Surely, as human beings, we have advanced beyond that. Great boat, but the mindless slaughter of beautiful creatures the inhabit that planet with us is just not kosher.
So I'm confused...'Garcia wanted a Wheeler exactly like Hemingway's Pilar, and not a fake or a replica'...so these people proceed to built a copy/replica of the Pilar except that the interior (below deck) is completely different than Hemingways Wheeler, which was basically just a rough fishing boat down below (this according to the lady here in the video), so the boat shown here is really not even a 'REPLICA'. So how can this boat be used in a movie where Garcia specifically was looking for authenticity, as in a 'replica' of the actual Pilar...??? Am I missing something here...???
It's' not that complicated. The Architecture of the Hull and House are accurate. The rest is just fittings, and owners choice. They did a beautiful job. Just sayin as the 35 year owner of a wooden 38 footer...
Awesome video! My wife and I got to tour Hemingway's house in Key West and also did a tour of the Hemingway (Pilar) Rum company, which featured a photo lecture on his boat. At the end of the tour, they had a photo station set up: a fighting chair similar to the ones used in that era...great vacation! Thanks for posting!!
Please, let the people who own this boat build a float-in boathouse at their dock. All this beautiful wood deserves to be out of the weather when not out on the water.
It’s an exact copy of the original except in almost every way. I suppose they can CGI the real interior and cockpit, fit and finish. The film producers should have done a structural restoration of the original boat, used it in the film and returned it to Cuba while adding revenue to the foundation there.
My parents when they moved from Hollywood to Newport and Lido back in the 50’s they bought their first boat and it was a 47 foot Wheeler cabin cruiser and our family had many wonderful years spending summers aboard it over at Catalina Island - great boat and lots of fond memories.😊
My wife and I saw Pilar just after Finca Vigia was re-opened to the public in the summer of 2004. Teams of engineers and carpenters from Wheeler's were in the process of restoring Pilar, where she sat on the hard in the pavilion depicted in the video. The hull was rough, at that time, but they were making progress. Gregario Fuentes, Pilar's captain and the inspiration behind the fisherman in The Old Man and the Sea, was still alive and living in a modest home in Cojimar, just up the coast. He was 104.
Amazing. I made the same visit but in 1996 and also spent some time with Gregorio. At the time that I was there the boat was dry docked right where it shown in this video. Did you happen to go down there with Bob Walz?
Way too skinny. Looks like a pencil. And I really really wish MTI would make their 50 foot center consuls look better. Such a great boat company, but they’re 50 footers look like a fast pencil going through the water. They need more beam and the cabin when they put it in looks like it was an afterthought. It doesn’t flow with the boat like it should.
Way too skinny. Looks like a pencil. And I really really wish MTI would make their 50 foot center consuls look better. Such a great boat company, but they’re 50 footers look like a fast pencil going through the water. They need more beam and the cabin when they put it in looks like it was an afterthought. It doesn’t flow with the boat like it should.
Is it really innovation? Maybe next year they will be even more innovative and put 7 engines on it. Or 8. Or 11? This is the farthest we can go in the industry. There isn't anywhere else to go when you put 6 engines on the back this is the peak
I saw the original Pilar in Havana in the year 2000; it was displayed at The Museum of the Revolution, outside, covered, but in terrible condition. Hemingway was deeply saddened to lose both the Pilar and the Finca Vegia, and its contents, including African game mounts, works of art including a Picassa gifted to Hemingway by the artist, and more, as Castro came to power.
