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Bogie and Bacall aboard Santana |
Bogies great off screen passion was sailing, and his pride and joy was his
fifty-five-foot sailing yacht called Santana. Both a pleasure and a racing vessel, Bogie entertained friends
and family aboard Santana and was also a respected racer, winning several high profile events.
Bogie on the Santana: "I don't use the boat to drink or chase dames on. I use it to get away from things. Hemingway said that the sea was the last free place in the world, and I respect and love it." On the topic of Bogies love of the sea, and Santana, his wife Lauren Bacall had this to say: | |
| "Bogie loved teaching me his love of the sea. It was one of his greatest joys when Steve was old enough to come on board. Bogie was fulfilled, completely satisfied when he was on the Santana. One look at his face and you could see the purity and the simplicity of the man I knew." | "When Bogie laid eyes on the boat for the first time, he became lighthearted - singing, laughing. He did not want to part with her... If I ever had a woman to be jealous of, she was the Santana. Her sleek lines, the way she moved through the water... When Bogie bought that boat he was enslaved - happily so - and truly had everything he'd ever dreamed of." | |
| When he established his own film
production company he named it Santana Productions. For the scenes aboard a yacht in
Key Largo the vessel was called Santana (although not Bogie's actual yacht). At his funeral his
replica model of Santana stood beside the pulpit. Since Bogie's death the yacht has had several owners and been toured around the world. | ||
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Santana Stats 55 ft 2 inches long Mast Height 62 ft Working Sail Area 1,569 sq ft Displacement 50,000 lbs Fuel 75 gallons Water 66 gallons Designed by Sparkman & Stephens, NYC Built in 1935 by Willmington Boat Works |
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