This is the seventh in a series of videos describing the roles of crew members aboard the BMW ORACLE America’s Cup Racing Yacht. In this episode we watch the Trimmers tune the sails for maximum performance. The headsail trimmer crouches low on the leeward side of the boat just behind the trailing edge of the genoa. This is right in the wind slot between the headsail and mainsail which acts like a turbo charger, firing alternate bursts of sea spray and wind at the trimmer as the boat accelerates. “You are pretty well rinsed by the time you come off the water” says Zach Hurst, one of the younger trimmers aboard. Directing the muscle power of the grinders, who handle loads up to 4-tons, the trimmer alters the shape of the headsail. He coordinates with the mainsail trimmer who uses a winch to position the boom and adjust the angle of the mainsail to the wind. Depending on the course direction, the trimmers adjust the sails for optimum shape and speed. Their interaction directs the flow of wind over the sails, driving the yacht forward. You can view the entire 22-minute BMW ORACLE Racing Crew video on Sail.TV. For updates and coverage of the 32nd America’s Cup from Valencia, Spain, tune into Sail.TV. Be sure to subscribe to this free video podcast series and our other sailing podcasts at TheSailingChannel.TV. Visit TheSailingChannel.TV Ship’s Store

Yoga Onboard Preview
Yoga Onboard (35-Minutes). Sailor and Yoga instructor, Kim Hess, shows you how to adapt traditional Yoga postures, or asana, to your vessel using the mast, lifelines, cockpit, and other boat props. Benefits of a regular yoga practice include increased strength and flexibility, restored energy, and harmony between the body and mind–benefits that all sailors, especially on longer voyages, will appreciate. HIGH QUALITY VIDEO DOWNLOAD JUST $9.99 Available in both Windows Media (WMV) and QuickTime (MOV) versions suitable for full screen viewing. Just pay with Paypal or your Credit Card, download and watch full screen on your PC or MAC. Also includes iPod/iPhone version so you can follow along as you exercise on deck. . Poses for your boat space…. Yoga Onboard contains 37 chapters of Yoga philosophy and instruction designed for developing a customized Yoga Practice aboard your boat. Boat spaces include the mast, side decks, foredeck, bowsprit, cabintop, and cockpit. QuickTime version includes chapter makers for quick reference. A companion guide book is also available as well as a DVD version. For information, go to www.thesailingchannel.tv/yogaonboard/ About Kim…. She began formally practicing, studying and teaching yoga during the winter of 1999 while living in Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico. Returning to her hometown in Idaho in 2000 she continued teaching while her self study grew. In 2003 she completed a yoga teacher training in Miami Beach with Synergy Center for Yoga & the Healing Arts receiving her certification under a Yoga Alliance Registered School. Her studies include Iyengar, Ashtanga, Bikram and Sivananda as well as Pranayama, Sanskrit, partner & pre-natal yoga and yoga philosophy. While she has studied with some note worthy teachers, she continues to believe that her greatest teachers are her students. Read more about Yoga Onboard at http://www.thesailingchannel.tv/yogaonboard/ All Sailing Videos Just $12.99 or Less.

Around Santa Cruz Island: Preview
TheSailingChannel presents a video preview of the DVD Cruising Guide: Around Santa Cruz Island. This 100-minute information-packed DVD is available at http://www.thesailingchannel.tv/stc. Around Santa Cruz Island Cruising Guide DVD (100-minutes) $29.95 This is a complete interactive video cruising guide for your voyage to southern California’s Santa Cruz Island. The DVD includes 70-minutes of cruising footage supplemented by another 30-minutes of interviews with island experts. THE SAIL: Sail along with Captain Marc Hersh and his crew as they cross the Santa Barbara Channel aboard Songline, a beautiful J42 fitted out with all the cruising amenities. Then take a seat in the cockpit as the crew circumnavigates the Island, checking out some 15 pristine anchorages and taking day-hikes ashore. THE ISLAND: Positioned in the middle of the Channel Islands National Park 25 miles off the Santa Barbara coast, Santa Cruz Island offers its visitors 96 square miles of natural wonder. The largest of the eight Channel Islands, Santa Cruz is often referred to as “the Galapagos of North America.” It’s home to twelve species found no where else on earth and more than a thousand species of other plants and animals. SPECIAL FEATURES: The DVD contains several extras including an interview with Brian Fagan, author of Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California; briefings by National Park Service and Nature Conservancy spokespersons, and a special section on passage making from various southern California ports. 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. Visit TheSailingChannel.TV Ship’s Store for videos, books, music and gear www.thesailingchannel.tv/store

This Good Old Alberg 30
Put Your Company Logo Here. TheSailingChannel is seeking corporate sponsors for this program. Since March, we’ve reached over a quarter million sailors through our video podcasts. Use the power of video on the Internet to enhance your corporate brand. EMAIL US FOR MORE INFORMATION. TheSailingChannel.tv documents the refit of a 1975 Alberg 30 sloop. It’s the “This Old House” of sailboat restoration with Chesapeake Bay tunes sung by Them Eastport Oyster Boys, and featuring a refit team of seasoned sailors who belong to the Chesapeake Bay Alberg 30 One-Design Association. All currently own or have owned Alberg 30s in the past. The A-30 refit crew has many years of experience and has repaired and restored several other vessels. TSCtv will follow the refit through completion and sea trials scheduled for the summer of 2007. We anticipate approximately 12 episodes in this series. On Saturday, January 21, 2005, TSCtv videotaped the A-30 team in the beginning stage of the refit at Mike and Trish Lehman’s home where the boat is stored. The setting could not be better. Mike and Trish s beautiful home sits on the bank of Mill Creek off the Magothy River which flows into the Chesapeake Bay just above the Bay Bridge. The Lehman’s keep their own Alberg 30, beautifully maintained, at their dock. Their home is on a slight rise above the creek with a splendid view. The front walkway leads past a large garage and workshop to a paved parking area next to the street where the A-30 rests in its steel cradle. We consider this an optimum setting for videotaping the refit story. During our first day of filming, we were able to capture two major tasks: removal of an oversized fuel tank from beneath the cockpit (firmly bedded with several tubes of 5200) and the restoration of the original molded-in water tank beneath the V-berth. Team members described the process for both tasks and we also captured a good deal of banter back and forth as they worked. (We wired up each with a radio mic and shot three digital cameras for exceptional coverage.) In between tasks we interviewed the team members: Rolph Towney Townshend, Ralph Bluntschli, and Mike Lehman. The three were eager to tell their story. We learned about their personal sailing history, the history of the A-30 on the Chesapeake, the history of the refit boat, Roulette, and their goal of restoring the vessel and selling it to someone who will keep it on the Bay and sail it actively in Association races and cruises. Visit TheSailingChannel.TV Ship’s Store Be sure to subscribe to receive future Alberg 30 episodes and our other podcasts for cruising sailors at TheSailingChannel.tv. And watch more sailing coverage from our partner, SailTV on TheSailingChannel.tv.

Latitudes & Attitudes TV: Episode 40 – Salalah, Oman
Episode 40 premiers Lats & Atts TV’s 2009 season, the show’s fourth. In this promo, we profile Zuzana Prochaska, the new co-host, who tells us a bit about her life, sailing experience, and future sailing plans. Zuzana then previews the show’s lineup, which includes a feature story about the Abbott family making a Middle East landfall in “Maxing Out – Salalah, Oman,” a new segment called “Yoga Onboard,” a review of the recently launched Com-Pac 35 sloop, and Bob Bitchen’s Attitudes . EPISODE 40: “Salalah, Oman” 22-minutes Video Download just $4.99 You get both Hi-Res Windows Media and QuickTime files that look great full screen on your PC or MAC. A great value, fast delivery, and eco-friendly. Pay with Paypal or your Credit Card, download and watch. To see the show lineup, browse to www.thesailingchannel.tv/latsatts/latsatts_40.htm

The Tactician: BMW ORACLE America’s Cup
This is the second in a series of videos describing the roles of crewmembers aboard the BMW ORACLE America’s Cup Racing Yacht. In this episode, we hear from another member of the Afterguard, Sten Mohr, the boat’s Tactician. His primary job is to recommend to the helmsman when to jibe (turn away from the wind) or tack (turn into the wind) so the boat travels the most effective course to the next racing mark. Sten is a Danish match racing veteran ranked highly by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF). He was the first European to be ranked as the number one match racer. Sten recently sailed on the Victory Challenge Team and has achieved several Grade 1 victories. You can view the entire 22-minute BMW ORACLE Racing Crew video on Sail.TV. For updates and coverage of the 32nd America’s Cup from Valencia, Spain, tune into Sail.TV. Be sure to subscribe to this free video podcast series and our other sailing podcasts at TheSailingChannel.TV. Visit TheSailingChannel.TV Ship’s Store

VirtualSailboatShow: Ice Blink Producer, Greg Roscoe
At the 2006, 37th Annual United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD, Greg Roscoe, producer of the sailing documentary, Ice Blink, is interviewed by TheSailingChannel’s President, Tory Salvia. Ice Blink is a remarkable documentary film about a conventional family of five, the Martins, living a very unconventional life afloat. In our exclusive interview with the film’s producer, Greg Roscoe, we learn how he followed the Martin story for many years, finally meeting them after they completed their arctic voyage and settled not far from Greg in Maine. For nearly twenty years, Dave and Jaja Martin cruised the world’s oceans, circumnavigating in a 25-foot boat while having their three children along the way. They are now living ashore following a four-year journey to Greenland, Iceland, and Norway in their 33-foot steel sloop, Driver. Greg tells us how he shaped the Martin’s digital video footage, added family archival photos, and shot new interviews with the couple and their children to create Ice Blink: A Family Navigating Life’s Ice-Clogged Waters. Ice Blink is currently airing on Public Television Stations across the U.S.V. View TheSailingChannel’s Exclusive free Video Preview of Ice Blink. If you like this preview you’ll love the 56 minute documentary available on DVD or Digital Download. Buy the Ice Blink DVD for $17.95 (plus $5 S&H for US buyers and $9.50 S&H for Int’l & Canadian buyers) and get a music video extra set to Jamie Cullum’s All at Sea from his Twentysomething album. US BUYERS: INT’L & CANADIAN BUYERS: Buy the companion book that inspired the documentary. Into the Light: A Family’s Epic Journey is full of humor and fun. Dave and Jaja Martin’s inspiring narrative delves into a family s choices and ultimate goals. Read the details of their sailing adventure to Iceland, Norway, Spitsbergen, the Faeroe Islands, and Scotland. $22.95 (plus $8 S&H for US buyers and $12 S&H for Int’l & Canadian buyers). US BUYERS: INT’L & CANADIAN BUYERS: Buy the DVD/Book combo and get the best deal for just $35.95 (plus $8 S&H for US buyers and $12 S&H for Int’l & Canadian buyers). US BUYERS: INT’L & CANADIAN BUYERS: ICE BLINK VIDEO DOWNLOAD Ice Blink is also available for purchase as a High Quality Windows Media or QuickTime Video Download for $9.99. The complete 54-minute video will download to your PC or MAC where you can enjoy unlimited full screen plays. The video files are NOT copy-protected. We ask you to honor the work of our Sailor/Producers by purchasing your own copy and asking your friends to do the same. For more information about Ice Blink visit www.thesailingchannel.tv/iceblink/. Be sure to subscribe to this free video podcast series and our other podcasts for cruising sailors at TheSailingChannel.tv. And watch more sailing coverage from our partner, SailTV on TheSailingChannel.tv. Visit TheSailingChannel.TV Ship’s Store at www.thesailingchannel.tv/store.

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