The working title of the film was Cinemiracle Adventure, and it was exhibited abroad under the title Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich. Although copyright records list the registration number as LP21189, the copyright date indicates that that number may have been a typographical error for 12189 or 11289.
       The actual schooner used in the film continues to provide tours for the public across the Atlantic. Windjammer was the only film produced in the Cinemiracle process, developed by Russell H. McCullough under the direction of National Theatres' president Elmer Rhoden, Sr. Photographed with three cameras, Cinemiracle differed from the other popular widescreen processes by projecting the images out of a single booth, with the three projectors electronically synchronized and the image corrected via mirrors and a special printing process.
       Both the HR and Var reviews noted that the distortion of the floor-to-ceiling curved screen had almost been eliminated, and the "seams," or area of overlapping images, were barely visible. HR indicated that the accompanying sound system, the RCA 7-Track Stereo Hi-Fi Transistor Sound, was developed specifically for Cinemiracle exhibition.
       According to a Mar 1958 NYT article, completion of the film was delayed while a new sequence, shot in New York City and created by renowned press photographer Weegee (the adopted nickname of Arthur H. Fellig), was added. Reviews praised the originality of Weegee's montage sequence. Information from the FD review states that the complete voyage of the Christian Radich took 238 days. HR production charts indicate filming took place over more than 70 days. Post-production on the film was completed shortly before its Apr 1958 premiere.
       Publicity material for the film acknowledges the assistance of many to the production including members of the Eastern Norwegian Schoolship Association, the officers and men of the Royal Norwegian Navy and the personnel and ships of the United States Navy.
       Although reviews listed the film's running times as between 142 and 144 minutes, information in the copyright file on the film indicates a running time of 113 minutes. The FD review's running time of 209 minutes may have been a typographical error. Windjammer set a record at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, playing over 30 weeks in a reserved-seat engagement. An Apr 1961 HR item revealed that the film still had to recoup $1,000,000 to return negative costs.