Still On Her Keel: The Legacy of The Chester Poling

In life, she faithfully hauled oil and kerosene up and down the North Atlantic.  In death, she is more vibrant than ever…  

Using a mix of current footage, brand-new interviews, vintage slides, audio and rare 8mm film unseen in almost 30 years, Still On Her Keel:  The Legacy Of The Chester Poling explores the cycle of change that surrounds Cape Ann’s most popular shipwreck, a coastal tanker violently swallowed up by the Atlantic during a fierce Nor’easter in 1977.  Battered by the elements both above and below the waves, she is now a meeting ground for divers with a passion for exploration, education or the thrill of simply descending to a vessel that met her untimely end.  Approaching her 4th decade at rest on the bottom, the Chester A. Poling is a constant source of adventure for an ever-increasing circle of submariners.

Without question, this is a film about a shipwreck…but Still On Her Keel is also about touching history.  It’s about the raw power of nature - how concrete and steel eventually concede defeat.  It’s a film about friendships, both forging and renewing.  It’s about the simple truth that change is a good thing - and that the ocean always has the last word.  

DVD features include:

-Director’s cut
-Fully Interactive Scene Access
-40 minutes of deleted scenes and outtakes
-Slideshow featuring photos taken while diving the Poling from 1977-1979
-Production stills slideshow
-DOT/Coast Guard Marine Casualty Report on the Chester A. Poling

 

Wriiten, produced and directed by Aaron Faulls for Halfway Rock Media.