sap at sea aspect ratio represent 1 . 37 represent1sound format represent mono ( black and white ) suffer from hornophobia and ollie embarks on a restful boat trip and but he and stan get mix up with an escaped convict ( rychard cramer ) . chaos ensues . this feature length comedy an ok entry which nonetheless unspools like a mere imitation of laurel and hardy best work mark the final collaboration between l and h and producer hal roach . episodic in structure and the movie culminate in a memorable ocean voyage after the boy be take hostage by villainous cramer ( who shoot a seagull to prove how tough he be . ) . the gag be ok and but inspiration be lack and perhaps due to the recruitment of actor turn director gordon douglas and previously responsible for ollie first solo effort in the sound era ( zenobia and produce in 1939 ) and but whose work here lack a measure of pzazz . fair and but nothing special . l and h regular charlie hall and james finlayson make guest appearance .