TheSailingChannel.TV previews Lin and Larry Pardey’s Storm Tactics: Cape Horn Tested. This 84 minute video delivers the skills you need to weather storms with confidence. If you like the preview, buy the DVD. It’s the next best thing to having Lin and Larry Pardey onboard, coaching you on storm tactics as the seas build and the rigging howls. Purchase the Storm Tactics video and the companion 176 page Handbook at http://www.thesailingchannel.tv/pardey/storm_tactics. DVD or VHS: $29.95; HandBook: $19.95; Video/Handbook Special: $39.95. Closing in on 200,000 miles of blue water voyaging, Lin and Larry Pardey are recognized as the sailing world’s most experienced and knowledgeable cruising couple. In Storm Tactics, they provide a detailed look at the techniques and gear that have kept them safe at sea. “… I wanted to show how the sailor’s safety valve–heaving-to-works, and the slick it creates. It’s hard for people to imagine the almost magic effect of a slick as it saps the power of breaking waves….” - Larry Pardey. “One of the reasons I wanted to sail east-to-west around Cape Horn was to take video shots proving that small vessels can safely weather storms if they are well outfitted and efficiently handled,” Larry Pardey stated after his record-breaking voyage. Lin and Larry completed their against-the-wind rounding of the Great Southern Capes on board their engineless 29-foot Taleisin, weathering nine days of storm-force winds to reach Puerto Montt in Chile. There they interviewed several high-latitude voyagers, prepared the narrative, and shot further detailed footage to complete the Storm Tactics video, a project Lin and Larry conceived almost ten years ago. Read more about Storm tactics at http://www.thesailingchannel.tv/pardey/storm_tactics/about_storm_tactics.htm Add the Storm Tactics Handbook to the Video and you’ve got the ultimate reference set. Modern methods of heaving-to for survival in extreme conditions. Trysail and para-anchor technology for all types of boats and sailors. Concise and easy to understand, Storm Tactics Handbook covers all types of sailing vessels from the most classic of cruising yachts to modern race boats. This is MUST KNOW information for every sailor, coastal or offshore. Used as a text at sailing schools and cruising seminars for offshore rallies in the UK, the USA and New Zealand. Now in its sixth printing, Lin and Larry add revisions to each new printing to keep Storm Tactics Handbook up to date. “…Surely this book will result in cruising sailors going through gales at sea in a lot more comfort and with a lot more confidence. — Roger C. Taylor, Author of Elements of Seamanship We seldom review a book twice, but there are exceptions for exceptional books and this is one. — Classic Boat Magazine Purchase the Storm Tactics video and the companion 176 page Handbook at http://www.thesailingchannel.tv/pardey/storm_tactics. DVD or VHS: $29.95; HandBook: $19.95; Video/Handbook Special: $39.95. Or buy it now: DVD: VHS: HandBook Only: DVD/Handbook Special: VHS/Handbook Special: Be sure to subscribe via iTunes to receive free video podcast for cruising sailors from TheSailingChannel.tv. And watch more sailing coverage from our partner, SailTV on TheSailingChannel.

VirtualSailboatShow: Dutchman Sail Flaking System
TheSailingChannel interviews Dutchman Sail Flaking System inventor, Martin van Breems at the 2005 US Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD. The Dutchman uses vertical control lines laced through fairleads fastened to the sail. Martin gives us a firsthand demonstration of how the Dutchman collects the mainsail on the boom with no need to secure the intermediate reef points. With lines led aft, you can operate the system entirely from the cockpit. Relatively inexpensive, the Dutchman works with both conventional and full-batten sails, and you can easily retrofit it to your existing main. Be sure to subscribe to this free video podcast series and our other podcasts for cruising sailors at TheSailingChannel.Com. We are surveying our podcast viewers to learn more about you and the sailing content you want. If you could give us a few minutes of your valuable time, we would greatly appreciate it. Click here for the survey or visit www.TheSailingChannel.Com.

VirtualSailboatShow: Latitudes & Attitudes Magazine
TSCtv interviews Latitudes and Attitudes Magazine Publisher Bob Bitchin at the 2005 U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD. Bob gives us a personal tour of his publications for cruising sailors and describes his TV show now being broadcast to some 23 million households nationwide. Be sure to subscribe to this free video podcast series and our other podcasts for cruising sailors at TheSailingChannel.TV.

Why Choose Fractional Sailing? Posted By : David Yuri
Sailing can offer one of the most liberating experiences in the world. However, there are not many people that know how to sail properly and this is why the Internet can be so useful. For them, there are specialized companies providing yachts for rent and training programs, all at low-cost prices.

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