Captain Ron is a 1992 film starring Kurt Russell and Martin Short. A family in Chicago inherits a yacht formerly owned by Clark Gable. They decide to sail it from the Island of Ste. Pomme de Terre to Miami and hire a local, Captain Ron, to sail it for them. He guides them from island to island in the treacherous Caribbean, making friends with revolutionaries, partying with the locals, and running afoul of the dreaded "Pirates of the Caribbean."
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Captain Ron is a 1992 film starring Kurt Russell and Martin Short. A family in Chicago inherits a yacht formerly owned by Clark Gable. They decide to sail it from the Island of Ste. Pomme de Terre to Miami and hire a local, Captain Ron, to sail it for them. He guides them from island to island in the treacherous Caribbean, making friends with revolutionaries, partying with the locals, and running afoul of the dreaded "Pirates of the Caribbean."
Martin Harvey (Martin Short) is a middle aged man living in Chicago with his wife, Katherine (Mary Kay Place), and two children Ben (Benjamin Salisbury) and Caroline (Meadow Sisto). While at work, he receives a package explaining the death of his uncle who bought a yacht from the Clark Gable estate, and that he is going to inherit the yacht. He then decides to find out how much it is worth, and goes home to inform his wife. After some hesitation, they finally decide to take their kids and go down to the island of Ste. Pomme de Terre to see the...
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