Morning Light

Morning Light is a 2008 film directed by Mark Monroe and executive produced by Roy E. Disney. The film was released on October 17, 2008 by Walt Disney Pictures. The film chronicles a reallife crew training and competing in the 44th Transpacific Yacht Race aboard a TP52 class sailing yacht, Morning Light.

The crew numberedyoung sailors of varied experience Chris Branning, Graham BrantZawadzki, Chris Clark, Charlie Enright, Jesse Fielding, Robbie Kane, Steve Manson, Chris Schubert, Kate Theisen, Mark Towill at 18, the youngest crew member, Genny Tulloch, navigator Piet van Os, Chris Welch, Kit Will and the 21yearold skipper, Jeremy Wilmot.Executive producer Roy Disney was a sailing enthusiast and Transpac competitor who held several sailing speed records including the Los Angeles to Honolulu monohull time record, which he set on his boat Pyewacket in July 1999. The concept for the film came from TP52 Class Association executive director Tom Pollack, who passed it on to former ESPN producer Leslie DeMeuse, who has worked with Disney on other sailingrelated film projects. ........

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