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Start Sailing Right Part 1
Now on DVD! The only basic sailing videos ever officially sanctioned
by U.S. Sailing and the American Red Cross. Rated 5 Stars!
Part 1 -Next to being on the water the best way to learn to sail is with
video instruction.
Start Sailing Right is used in the US Sailing/American Red
Cross program - the instruction is first rate, comprehensive and
accurate.
Learning is fun and easy with video! Techniques such as slow
motion, instant replay, stop action and animation enhance comprehension
of sailing skills.
On-screen indexing makes subjects easy to locate.
Most important, Start Sailing Right teaches you the safe way to sail.
Highly recommended for youngsters, junior programs as well as adults
and inexperienced crew.
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Part 1 Sections:
- 1) Sailing Safety
- 2) The Sailboat
- 3) Lines & Knots
- 4) What Makes A Boat Sail
- 5) Capsize Recovery
- 6) Man Overboard
- 7) Introduction To Sails
- 8) Using Sails
DVD Version $29.95
Save $10.00 - Part 1 & Part 2 DVD Set $49.95
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Start Sailing Right Part 2
Part 2 -Includes valuable sailing drills to make you a better sailor.
In Part 2 you will learn the skills and techniques to sail upwind and
downwind and how to trim your sails to sail well. You will also learn
to judge weather and currents plus how to safely leave shore and
return.
One of the most valuable parts of this video is the section on
sailing drills.
These drills help you to learn to sail better and to sharpen your skills.
We recommend that you learn to sail on the water with a qualified
instructor in a US Sailing/Red Cross program.
The Start Sailing Right
videos will be a valuable adjunct to your on water instruction. Watch
them before your course to increase your learning rate when you go out
on a boat. Also, you can return to these videos long after your
instruction for a refresher course to review sailing technique and
safety procedures...
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Part 2 Sections:
- 1) Maneuvering Upwind & Downwind
- 2) Weather & Currents
- 3) Sailing Well
- 4) Leaving & Returning
DVD Version $29.95
Save $10.00 - Part 1 & Part 2 DVD Set $49.95
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Basics of Sailing |
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A Step-by-Step Guide to the Basics of Sailing with Penny Whiting
One of the clearest, most user-friendly teaching guides for those going afloat for the first time." A detailed, step-by-step guide to the basics of sailing which teaches, what to know before you go sailing, getting underway, the secrets of sailing and mastering the art of sailing.
With on the water instruction, this program covers every aspect of sailing including the skills and confidence of boat handling and how to sail a 47 foot keel boat.
Penny Whiting, is New Zealand's leading sailing instructor and a popular television yachting commentator.
Learn:
Rigging & parts of the boat, hoisting sails, gybing & coming about, reefing & knot tying, wrangling the spinaker & much more!
Penny is the owner-operator of the "Penny Whiting Sailing School" which has taught more than 20,000 students to learn how to sail.
80 min
R7087DVD
DVD Version $34.95
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Sailing Tips DVD Set
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Sailing Tips DVD Set
Top 60 Tips & 100 Sailing Mistakes.
Teaches all the tips, techniques & knowledge to sail from shore including maneuvers, navigating, jibbing, tacking docking, piloting & the most common mistakes & how to avoid them.
SAVE $10.00!
SSTIPSDVD
DVD Version $59.90
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Learn to Sail DVD Set
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Learn to Sail DVD Set
Learn to Sail & Improve Your Sailing Skills. A complete basic-to-intermediate sailing course featuring Steve Colgate along with a great program for the intermediate sailor taught by professional sailors.
SAVE $10.00!
SSKILLSDVD
DVD Version $59.90
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Top 60 Tips Sailing |
 | Top 60 Tips Sailing
Sail with Confidence! Learn: Tying knots, navigating, trimming sails, jibbing and tacking, basic seamanship & much more!
Tying knots, navigating, trimming sails, jibbing and tacking, basic seamanship - tips to make it easier are all right here! This program teaches the necessary tips, techniques and knowledge to sail from shore and get back to the dock safely.
Subjects Covered Include:- Preparing the sails.
- Hoisting the sails.
- Wind.
- Weather.
- Tides & Currents.
- Casting Off.
- Sailing Maneuvers.
- Safety.
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Pulling in Lines.
Anchoring. Navigating.
Electronics.
Navigation Rules.
Aids to Navigation.
Docking. Maintenance.
Purchasing a Boat.
Piloting. |
50 min. H4776
VHS Version$29.95
DVD Version $34.95
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Teaching Kids How To Sail |  |
Learn To Sail With Steve Colgate, Olympic Champion...
A comprehensive guide for young people and their parents discovering the joys of sailing. As one of America's best youth sailing programs, certified instructors at the prestigious San Francisco Yacht Club lead students through the basics of seamanship.
Includes basic seamanship maneuvers such as:
- Safety techniques
- Starting
- Stopping
- Docking
- Tacking
- Jibing
- Man overboard rescue and lots more.
40 min. Y388
VHS Version $29.95
DVD Version $29.95
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Learn To Sail - With Multimedia!
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"Sailing Instruction & Video Clips by Sail Magazine "
An interactive sailing training CDROM for Windows for beginners to Intermediate.
This program runs just under 500 megabytes with narration, animation and video clips demonstrating all aspects of sailing such as wind theory, points of sail, how to predict the weather, read charts, use a compass & tie nautical knots.
Topics include:
- Parts of a boat.
- Small boat handling.
- Weather.
- Basic piloting.
- Rules of the Road & Cordage.
Y9106
VHS Version $39.95
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Learn To Sail |  |
"The world's best selling learn to sail video!"
Olympic sailor, noted author and founder of the world-renowned Off-Shore Sailing School, Steve Colgate takes TV and film stars Audrey Landers and Sam Jones through a complete basic-to-intermediate sailing course.
Aboard a 27 foot Soling, they learn all of the language, tips and techniques that will make you a seasoned sailor in no time.
An excellent program for the entire family.
100 min. Y381
VHS Version $29.95
DVD Version $34.95
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Sail Trimming |
 | Presented by Peter Bateman, world champion and managing director of North Sails.
Presented by Peter Bateman, an expert yachtsman and world champion,
Sail Trimming is an instructional program aimed at helping yachtsmen trim sails more effectively in order to make their boats go faster. Using a combination of graphics and excellent onboard photography, this program demonstrates the basics of sail trimming in an easy to understand manner and gives a perfect perspective for understanding sail shapes and sail trim.
Teaches:
- where best to check the shape; which shapes to have for each condition; how to adjust and trim to get the desired shape.
MAINSAILS - how to set up the mainsail for fine tuning; trimming to balance the helm; how to make the boat accelerate; working with the helmsman to get the best boatspeed and highest pointing to windward; how to tune both mainsail and genoa to set as one unit.
SPINNAKERS - How to adjust the rig for downwind sailing, the correct way to set spinnaker pole height and angle for maximum speed; how to identify the wrong shape and correct it; tipos on how to control a spinnaker in heavy weather.
34 min. R129
VHS Version$29.95
DVD Version $29.95
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Sixty Minute Sailor |
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Learn sailing fundamentals with this excellent video! You'll get theory and practice including nomenclature, rigging, points of sailing, tacking, and gybing, safety, beaching, anchoring, docking, and much, much, more.
Teaches with graphics, computer animation and exciting footage shot in San Francisco Bay.
60 min. Y382
VHS Version$24.95
DVD Version $29.95
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Learning to Sail |
 | Learning to Sail
Learn the skills needed to sail both small and large boats with confidence! Join Rob MacLeod in this practical, skills-oriented approach designed to get you sailing right away.
Teaches how to quickly gain confidence in handling small and large boats and how to set and trim sails to harness the wind.
Covers:
- Boat handling
- Sail trimming
- Anchoring
- Docking and Undocking
- Safety
- Cruising
- Man overboard recovery and racing basics.
100 min. Y9101
VHS Version$29.95
DVD Version $29.95
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Sailing With Confidence |
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"One of the best basic sailing tapes I have seen." John Rousmaniere.
A great new learn to sail program designed to give those with little or no sailing experience the knowledge and skills needed to sail with confidence. Expert instructor Bud Foulke covers the basics of "getting started," intermediate "helmsmanship and maneuvers" and advanced "heavy weather sailing and flying spinnakers."
90 min. Y380
VHS Version$29.95
DVD Version $34.95
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DVD Improve Your Sailing Skills |
 | DVD Improve Your Sailing Skills
For the Intermediate Sailor!
Produced for the sailor with some sailing experience, Improve Your Sailing Skills, is filled with the information needed to help any sailor become an expert.
Each topic is presented by top racers in a step-by-step, easy to follow manner to make learning as easy as possible.
Y385DVD
Teaches:
- Sail Trim
- Draft Control
- Reefing
- Spinnaker Handling
- Tacking and Jibing
- Safety
- Anchoring
DVD Version $34.95
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How To Buy A Sailboat |
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This tape takes you through the entire process from start to finish...
Including information on financing, insurance and whether to purchase a new or used sailboat.
A must if you are purchasing your dream boat.
66 min. Y395
DVD Version$14.95
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Living Aboard Sailboats |
 | If you have ever considered living-aboard,
then this program is certain to be a valuable source of information. Includes purchasing, financing, living quarters, plus design and storage solutions.
40 min. H466
DVD Version$29.95
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NEW! Sail with Confidence DVD Set
SAVE $20.00!
Reg. $94.85 - 3 DVD Set ONLY $74.85
Includes: Sailing with Confidence, The Sixty Minute Sailor, Learning To Sail.
Teaches:
- Basics of "getting started"
- Intermediate helmsmanship & maneuvers
- Advanced heavy weather sailing
- Points of sailing, tacking & gibing
- Beaching, anchoring & docking
- Set & trim sails to harness the wind
- Racing basics
3 DVD Set - SSConfDVD
DVD Version $74.85
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DVD Set The Annapolis Book Of Seamanship Series With John Rousmaniere
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DVD Set - The Annapolis Book Of Seamanship Series With John Rousmaniere
5 Program DVD Set includes the following five programs.
- Crusing Under Sail
- Heavy Weather Sailing
- Safety At Sea
- Sailboat Navigation
- Daysailors Racing & Sailing
Based on the famous book and narrated by the author John Rousmaniere - this award-winning DVD series are some of the most outstanding programs in their field.
As one of the sports' most acknowledged authorities, John Rousmaniere has covered more than 30,000 miles of blue water and has written fifteen books about the sea and sailing.
Yacht Racing and Cruising World Magazine awarded him its Medal of Achievement for Contribution to Yachting.
S9370DVD
DVD Version $144.75
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Come Sail with Us.... |  |
A course to help master the basics of cruising sailboats...
Learn to sail on a large cruising type keel sailboat. Great for bareboat charterers, family and inexperienced crew. An excellent review for experienced sailors, too! Quick and easy to watch!The 35 minutes spent with this video will do more than familiarize you with the fundamentals skills and the terms used in sailing a cruising type sailboat - this course will help you feel at home with them.
That's why Come Sail With Us... is such excellent preparation for onboard instruction.
Never heavy handed, this informative video is designed for adults with little or no prior sailing experience. As you'll see, it's easy to learn using quality video instruction. What's Inside: - 1. Wind power! You'll learn the underlying principles of modern sailboats and how they move.
- 2. Coming and going. Proper casting-off and docking procedures are fully demonstrated.
- 3. Off and running. Raising the sails, setting and trimming the sails, and the fundamental sailing maneuvers such as tacking and jibing are all covered.
- 4. Safe sailing. You're given useful information on reading upcoming weather conditions, and how to use a marine radio for communicating with other boats and receiving weather forecasts.. Rules of the road are also reviewed.
- 5. Anchoring. You'll learn how to do it right.
- 6. You can get there from here. The basics of navigation are discussed - clearly and concisely. Topics include using a chart, and navigating by dead reckoning.
- 7. Learning the ropes.
You're shown step by step how to tie the most commonly used knots.
All in all you'll find this course highly usable and understandable. If you are inexperienced and going sailing or bareboating as crew or guest, this video is must viewing for you. Even skippers will find it useful for reviewing basics and training crew. So, come aboard!
Come Sail With Us... is the perfect way to enter the world of sailing and cruising on a large sailboat!
STV1
VHS Version$29.95
DVD Version $29.95
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