<P> Captain Ron is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Thom Eberhardt, produced by David Permut, and written by John Dwyer for Touchstone Pictures . It stars Kurt Russell as the title character, a sailor with a quirky personality and a checkered past, and Martin Short as an upper - middle class, suburban family man who hires him to sail a yacht through the Caribbean with him and his family aboard . Mary Kay Place, Meadow Sisto, and Benjamin Salisbury also star as his wife and children . </P> <P> Martin Harvey is a middle - aged office worker who lives in Chicago with his wife, Katherine, 16 - year - old daughter, Caroline, and 11 - year - old son, Ben . When he learns his recently deceased uncle has bequeathed him a 60' yacht once owned by Clark Gable, he decides to take his family to the island of St. Pomme de Terre ("Saint Potato") to retrieve it so he can sell it . Katherine resists the idea, but agrees after Caroline announces she has just become engaged . </P> <P> When the Harveys arrive at the island, they discover that the yacht, the Wanderer, is in terrible condition . Upon hearing this, the yacht broker cancels his plan to send an experienced captain to help them sail it to Miami, and instead hires a local sailor, Captain Ron Rico, a one - eyed man with a very laid back attitude, and Navy veteran who claims to have piloted the USS Saratoga . He launches immediately when he sees the car he arrived in roll off the dock and sink . Its owner arrives at the dock and shoots at him . </P> <P> Captain Ron takes Ben's money in a game of Monopoly, giving him beer to drink and charging him for it later, but shows loyalty to Martin, who he refers to as "Boss". Martin, who doesn't like him, calls him "Moron" in his diary, and believes that he doesn't know what he's doing . </P>

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