Easter egg: On the bonus disc, under 'Masters of Design', highlight James Byrkit: Sao Feng's Map and click up twice. A black dot will appear next to Masters of Design. Select it and enjoy a bit of behind the scenes at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah - where they filmed the "rock" scene.
Easter egg: On the bonus disc, under 'Deleted Scenes', highlight 'I Like Riddles'. Click left three times, a black dot will appear, select it and you can view the names of the winners of the Ultimate Pirates of the Caribbean Fan Event.
Easter egg: On the Bonus Features Disc, Masters of Design, highlight "Rick Heinrichs: Singapore" and click left, then down. A blue circle appears. Click on it and watch a short clip showing the construction of the Singapore set.
Easter egg: On the Bonus Features Disc, Deleted Scenes, highlight "I Like Riddles" and click right, then down. A blue circle will appear; click on it. You can now watch a short documentary about Martin Klebba who plays the pirate Marty.
Easter egg: On the Bonus Features disc, highlight 'The Tale of Many Jacks' and SLOWLY click left, then down. A blue circle will appear at the bottom right-hand side of screen. Click on it and enjoy a funky little documentary about finding the perfect peanut. 2 Disc DVD Edition.
Easter egg: On the Bonus Disc, highlight 'The Pirate Maestro' and click left, then down. A blue circle will appear on the bottom-left hand side of the screen. There is a short documentary about Simon Philips, a famous and very talented drummer who offered his services to the POTC score. 2 Disc DVD Edition.
Easter egg: On the Bonus Disc, highlight 'Masters of Design' and click left, then down. A blue circle will appear. You can now watch a short CGI animatic of the boat travelling through the ice land and going over the edge of the world. 2 Disc DVD Edition.
Answer: It's suggested that, as she's pretty much equally annoyed at the pirates (for originally imprisoning her, even if it wasn't specifically those pirates) and at Davy Jones (for showing them how to do it), that she creates the maelstrom to make it an even fight - effectively telling them that she no longer cares for either side. The conditions within the maelstrom hamper the Black Pearl, the turbulence making it difficult to bring her superior speed into play, but the angle and extremely damp conditions also make it harder for the Flying Dutchman to bring her superior firepower to bear.
Tailkinker ★
Wrong. As the Black Pearl was meant for speed, she would have a lighter weight than the Dutchman, and would require a pushing force to stay even. Furthermore, she was not hampered by the wind-she was aided, as Gibbs stated, "The wind's on our side, boys!"
Don't think weight had anything to do with it. The Pearl was heavier than the Interceptor, but had no issue catching up with it. The maelstrom took the Pearl's superior speed out of play because they were forced to circle one another. There was no advantage to be gained by outspeeding the Dutchman around the whirlpool, and coming up on its rear. Remember, the Pearl had no forward cannons.
The other side thought they had a favorable wind as well. All the air was being pulled toward the maelstrom in the middle so both sides thought it was at their back allowing them to control the engagement.
Both sides did have favourable winds but for a different reason. It's mentioned in Dead Man's Chest that against the wind the Dutchman is faster but with the wind the Pearl is faster. The Pearl had a favourable wind because it was blowing her sails from the back whilst the Dutchman had a favourable wind because she is faster against it.
The Dutchman is faster against wind because it uses oars to row. They menton to go deeper into the maelstrom to get into faster waters. Thats how they outran the Dutchman and got broadside. It's got nothing to do with the wind.
lionhead
No, the Dutchman doesn't use any oars, you are thinking back to the first film when the Pearl is chasing the Interceptor and they use oars to go faster. Neither ship is fitted with a diesel engine so it has EVERYTHING to do with the wind.
Oh, you're right. I got confused in the 2. Not sure about the diesel engine though. May have one hidden in the back.
lionhead