The Boat that Ian Built

197428 min 39 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Andy Thomson

Production: Colin LowStanley Jackson

Script: John Ralph

Co-produced by the NFB and the Canadian Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce.

The amazing success story of the Laser, a thirteen-foot sailboat built by Ian Bruce of Pointe Claire, Québec, and of Performance Sailcraft, the company he formed to produce and market it. Simply designed, durably built of fiberglass, it is a pleasure craft that has brought summer sailing within everyone's reach on coastal and inland waters around the world.

Subject categories


  • Transportation > Boats
  • Sports and Leisure - Water Sports > Sailing

Credits


director
Andy Thomson
producer
Colin Low
Stanley Jackson
photography
Andreas Poulsson
Ernest McNabb
Jacques Fogel
Evert Bastet
sound
Jean-Guy Normandin
editing
Ian Rankin
sound editing
Ken Page
commentary
John Ralph
music
Ben Low