TSC interviews New England Rope’s Kevin Coughlin at the 2005 U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD. With so many types of line available, which ones should a cruising sailor choose when it’s time to replace those aging halyards and sheets? Kevin gives some incite into proper rope selection for cruising boats. Be sure to subscribe to this free video podcast series and our other podcasts for cruising sailors at TheSailingChannel.Com.

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Sunsail/Paradise Found #9: Exploring the BVI
Our cruisers continue to explore the BVI. The Flanders family strolls an isolated beach then Rich takes his son kayaking across a tranquil cove and into a water-filled cave. After the couple’s boat anchors, Greg points his kayak into the surf, steering it though some heavy waves for a wild ride to the beach. Ashore Janna Flanders and her daughter check out a local craft shop. At days end, the Flanders family meets for some BVI style food and entertainment. Stay tuned for Episode 10, Jost Van Dyke. TheSailingChannel.Com brings Gary Jobson’s outstanding film about sailing the British Virgin Islands to video podcasting. Sunsail, the world’s largest sailing vacation company, wanted to showcase it’s British Virgin Islands fleet. So it ran a contest among its former charter customers. The winners, a family and two couples, would cruise free while staring in a promotional video produced and narrated by sailing legend Gary Jobson–not a bad deal! 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.

The Weather Team: America’s Cup BMW ORACLE
This is the fifth in a series of videos describing the roles of crew members aboard the BMW ORACLE America’s Cup Racing Yacht. In this episode we ride along on the weather boat with team meteorologist, Chris Bedford. Chris heads the weather team, receiving updates from other team weather boats and weather buoys strung out along the race course. Chris analyzes the data then relays it o the strategist aboard the race boat. There the Afterguard combines the weather analysis with other information to determine the best racing strategy for current conditions. 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

Cruising with Bettie Trailer: L.A. to the Bahamas
TheSailingChannel presents a slice of the cruising lifestyle. Have you ever dreamt of “sailing off into the sunset?” Then join Bob and Kaye aboard their 36 foot sloop, “Bettie” as they cruise from Los Angeles to the Bahamas via the Panama Canal on the first leg of their sailing adventure “Bettie” is based on a Cascade 36 hull. It was custom molded for Bob by Yacht Constructors in Portland Oregon back in 1978. Four years and lots and lots of man hours later Bob splashed her. “Bettie” has a raised freeboard that allows for a flush deck design. This is a fast-paced documentary, with gorgeous photography, that will give you a first hand look at the cruising lifestyle. Over 10,000 miles have passed under Bettie s keel since Bob and Kaye left Los Angeles in 2004. They sailed down the west coast to Panama, through the Canal, east to Cartagena, Columbia then north to Honduras and east across the Caribbean to the Bahamas. That’s the focus of this video. Next, Bob and Kaye cruised north along the eastern U.S. seaboard to Boston. The geese were flying south by October beckoning them back to warmer climes, so they headed south to Guatemala and Honduras. After refitting and some time back in L.A., Bob and Kaye sailed back across the Caribbean to the Florida Keys. TheSailingChannel is partnering with Bob and Kaye to produce a continuing series of cruising documentaries as we follow “Bettie” to the far corners of the world. For more information go to www.thesailingchannel.tv/cwb Bob Steadman is a highly acclaimed Hollywood cinematographer. He recently served as technical consultant to the Director of Photography on the feature, Body of Lies directed by Ridley Scott and starring Leonardo de Caprio and Russell Crowe. Read all about it in Bob’s Blog and check out Bob Steadman’s screen credits on the Internet Movie Database. Cruising with Bettie is available on DVD for $24.95 plus s&h at www.createspace.com/249754 Cruising with Bettie is also available for purchase as a High Quality Windows Media or QuickTime Video Download for $9.99. The complete 51-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. 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

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

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VirtualSailboatShow: MotionEaze
TSC interviews Richard Peterson of MotionEaze at the 2005 US Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD. Richard explains how the symptoms of motion sickness begin in the inner ear. Applying a single drop of MotionEaze, an all-natural remedy, behind each ear can bring fast relief without drowsiness or other side effects. Be sure to subscribe to this free video podcast series and our other podcasts for cruising sailors at TheSailingChannel.Com.

With Jean-du-Sud Around the World – Original Trailer
TheSailingChannel is honored to offer what many consider to be the finest sailing film ever made: With Jean-du-Sud Around the World. A Film by Yves G linas. Twice winner of the Palme d’Or at the Larochelle Sailing Film Festival (for Part One in 1983 and Part Two in 85) and of 8 awards in other festivals, Jean-du-Sud celebrates the filmmaker’s 28,000 mile, single-handed circumnavigation through the roaring forties and around Cape Horn aboard his Alberg 30 sloop. Available for purchase: http://www.thesailingchannel.tv/jean-du-sud/ 100 minutes – English and French DVD: $19.95 plus S&H VIDEO DOWNLOAD: $9.99 Shot in 16-mm film with sync sound, Jean-du-Sud puts you in the cockpit: Yves speaks as he would to a fellow crew member. Unless you do it yourself, this is as close as you’ll ever get to a solo circumnavigation. In attempting to sail non stop between Saint-Malo, France and Gasp , QC, Canada through the Roaring Forties and around Cape Horn alone aboard his boat, Jean-du-Sud, Canadian Yves G linas added his personal share to the art of sailing a small boat around the world. Besides the voyage, his accomplishments included the design of a system to self-steer his boat, the writing of a book to document the voyage, and the shooting of a 16 mm film while sailing. Even though Yves was unable to complete the circumnavigation non-stop, Jean-du-Sud was the smallest boat up to that time to sail that route. In acknowledgement, the Joshua Slocum Society International bestowed on G linas the Golden Circle Award. “I had a lot of time to meditate the phone did not ring often but I must say I haven t had any great revelations, I did not experience nirvana or samadhi. Yet I have known many moments of total contentment : ends of days when the sun dove into the sea splashing half the sky with warm light…The trade wind caressing naked skin (it is almost as good as if it came from a loved one) The simple pleasure of watching the bow of my boat slice through the surface of the sea, pushed, but also guided by an invisible force : the magic of the wind .” Yves G linas VIDEO DOWNLOAD: 100 Minute Video English and French versions of Jean-du-Sud are also available for purchase as High Quality Windows Media or QuickTime Video Downloads for $9.99. The complete 100-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. DVD SHIPPED TO YOUR DOOR DVD – US & CANADA BUYERS: $19.95 plus $4.95 S&H DVD – INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: $19.95 plus $9.00 S&H 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 at www.thesailingchannel.tv/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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