Download .99 | DVD .00 (51-Min Main Presentation) TheSailingChannel.TV is proud to bring you "In the Wake of the Zaca," the remarkable story of a California schooner. This award-winning documentary by Luther Greene captures a lost age of adventure, romance, and Hollywood glamor told through the history of a 75 year-old, 118 foot gaff-rigged topsail schooner. Launched on the eve of the great depression, Zaca explored stone-age civilizations in the South Pacific, patrolled the California coast as an armed ship of war during World War II, and served as party boat for sailor and swashbuckling actor, Errol Flynn. Left to languish as a striped hulk on a mud flat in the south of France, Zaca rose like the phoenix to sail again. Sail in her wake and gain a unique perspective on history and experience adventures most of us can only dream about.

• 5/22/09
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TheSailingChannel.TV sails with Dufour Yachts into the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD. In the third and final episode, we get a behind the scenes look at boat show preparations as we bring the Dufour fleet into their slips. We also learn about the work the brokers must do to get their boats ready for the public. You can view the entire 15-minute Dufour Yacht Review at www.thesailingchannel.tv where you can see more sailing videos. 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

• 4/20/09
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• 4/20/09
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Thesailingchannel.TV brings you Capt. Jack's Cruising Tips from Seasons One & Two of Latitudes & Attitudes Television. In this tip, Capt. Jack demonstrates three different ways to reduce heeling. A 65-minute video of 30 Cruising Tips by Capt. Jack is available at www.thesailingchannel.tv/latsatts as a Video Download for Just $9.99 or as a DVD for $24.95 plus S&H. Captain Jack Klang holds a 50 ton USCG Master license, power and sail. He has a way of showing how things work so anyone can understand. Capt. Jack's tips are a must if you want to learn sailing basics, or just brush up for the coming season or your next charter. Cruising Tips with Capt. Jack Video Download, 65-minutes: just $9.99 Just pay with Paypal or your Credit Card, download and watch.

• 4/20/09
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Cruising with Bettie: L.A. to the Bahamas is a 51-minute cruising documentary available at www.thesailingchannel.tv/cwb. This sequence is from the San Blas islands segment. The San Blas offer a remote destination to explore off Panama's Caribbean coast.

• 12/3/08
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From Cruising with Bettie, 51-min sailing documentary available at www.thesailingchannel.tv/cwb. Cartagena is a cruising destination in the western Caribbean. Join sailors Bob and Kaye as they tour the old walled city and glimpse its colonial past.

• 12/3/08
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TheSailingChannel presents Cruising Tips by Lin and Larry Pardey from their DVD, Get Ready to Cruise available at www.thesailingchannel.tv/pardey/grtc/. The bow roller is a critical part of any cruising boat's anchoring system. In this tip, Larry describes the proper way to install a bow roller so it can handle the massive sideway strain your anchor rhode can generate.

• 12/3/08
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Trailer for 51-minute video. 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. DVD and Video Download available at www.thesailingchannel.tv/cwb/

• 5/23/08
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Trailer for 74-minute sailing documentary. Join Lin and Larry Pardey at their New Zealand home base as they recount some of their most memorable adventures during more than 30 years of cruising. DVD Available at www.thesailingchannel.tv/pardey/

• 5/23/08
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Original trailer for 100-minute documentary. A film by Yves Gélinas. DVD and VIDEO DOWNLOAD available at www.thesailingchannel.tv/jean-du-sud/ Winner of the 1983 Palme d'Or and 8 other prestigous International awards, Jean-du-Sud celebrates the filmmaker's 28,000 mile, two-year circumnavigation through the roaring forties and around Cape Horn, alone, aboard his Alberg 30 sloop. Shot in 16mm film with sync sound, Jean-du-Sud puts you in the cockpit as 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. Available at www.thesailingchannel.tv/jean-du-sud

• 5/23/08
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TheSailingChannel a l’honneur d’offrir le film de Yves Gélinas Jean-du-Sud autour du monde, deux fois Palme d’Or au Festival du Film de Voile de La Rochelle (pour la première partie en 1983 et la seconde en 1985) et de 8 prix dans d’autres festivals. L’ex-comédien et cinéaste raconte son tour du monde de 28,000 milles via les quarantièmes rugissants et le cap Horn à bord de son sloop de 30 pieds. Tourné en 16mm avec son synchrone, le film donne vie aux paroles de la chanson de Gilles Vigneault qui a inspiré le nom du bateau: « Quand Jean-du-Sud nous contait ses voyages On avait l’impression d’êt’ses mat’lots » Bienvenue à bord!

• 5/23/08
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TheSailingChannel.TV uses historic images and classical music to bring to life its review of A New Voyage Round The World by William Dampier. First published in 1697, a new edition from 1500 Books makes this little know classic available to the modern reader. Providing the inspiration for such works as Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels, William Dampier (1652 - 1715) was the forefather of the English narrative. Pirate, explorer and naturalist, Dampier provides one of the earliest and most eloquent accounts of discovery and piracy on the high seas with keen observations of people, places, and nature. Dampier circled the globe three times, wrote of the wildlife and flora of the Galapagos 150 years before Darwin, visited Australia close to 80 years before Cook, and his innovations in navigational technology were studied by Cook and Nelson. Filled with accounts of privateering exploits as well as the first detailed descriptions of plants and animals ever recorded by an Englishmen, A New Voyage Round the World provides a rare and exciting glimpse into life on the ocean at a time when a true map of the world did not yet exist. Features an introduction by Kris Lane, College of William and Mary. Available at TheSailingChannel.TV Ship's Store: http://www.thesailingchannel.tv/store/books/1500_books/new_voyage.htm

• 12/18/07
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Each October Annapolis, Maryland hosts the United States Sailboat Show: the largest in-water sailboat show in the world featuring over 120 new sailboats, 250 in-water floats, more than 10,000 linear feet of dock space, over 600 product exhibitors maning 250 tents and boats, and over 50,000 sailors visiting during the show's five-day run. Watch more boat show videos at www.thesailingchannel.tv.

• 10/20/07
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TheSailingChannel.TV previews of a major new PBS sailing documentary, Ice Blink: A Family Navigating Life's Ice-Clogged Waters. Purchase the Ice Blink DVD, VIDEO DOWNLOAD, and the companion book, Into the Light, at www.thesailingchannel.com/iceblink/ Ice Blink Ice Blink is the remarkable story of a conventional family of five living a very unconventional life afloat. Follow Dave and Jaja Martin, and their crew of three children from their beginnings aboard a 25-foot day sailor circumnavigating the globe to their most recent voyage on a 33 foot steel sloop to the Arctic. There they encounter new friends, icebergs, and polar bears. Share the Martins' voyage into opportunities that test their physical and mental limits... discover that self-sufficiency is the key to survival... and that the rewards of the world can be had with a commitment to family, a simple lifestyle, and the courage to choose differently. Read the book that inspired the documentary - Into the Light: A Family's Epic Journey. 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.

• 10/19/07
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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. DVD and HandBook available at www.thesailingchannel.tv/pardey/storm_tactics/ 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. 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. More information about Storm Tactics is available at www.thesailingchannel.tv/pardey/storm_tactics/

• 10/19/07
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TheSailingChannel.TV previews Dancing With The Wind - A Musical Meditation on the Romance of Sail. DVD and VIDEO DOWNLOAD available at www.thesailingchannel.tv/dwtw A classic sailboat, a fresh breeze, a willing crew and the sun sparkling off the water. Add an original musical score that echoes the sounds and spirit of sailing and you have Dancing With The Wind, a 28-minute Sailing Music Video. Rent or Purchase DWTW at http://www.thesailingchannel.tv/dwtw/. DVD plus CD soundtrack Boxed Set: .95; Digital Download Video: Buy .95 / 1-Day Rental .99. The Boxed Set includes a separate CD soundtrack plus extra DVD features including in-depth interviews with the cast and crew. This unique music video tells the story of a 2-day cruise along Florida’s central Gulf coast that captures the romance and pure joy of sailing—without a word spoken. The boat is Wind Ketcher, a classic, Tom Gilmer-designed, 1976 Allied Seawind ketch with an Atlantic crossing under her keel. A blue water beauty, Wind Ketcher glistens and gleams across the waves, dancing with the wind to the melodies composed and performed by her skipper, professional musician, Ed Verner. Award-winning cinematographer, Steve Seckar captures the sailing from on board, the sky above. the sea and just about every angle in-between. Over the course of the voyage, we sail through fair weather and squalls, the music matching the moods of the sea on each tack. Returning to port in the golden glow of a Florida sunset, our dance with the wind ends but the video leaves us yearning for more. Rent or Purchase DWTW at http://www.thesailingchannel.tv/dwtw/. DVD plus CD soundtrack Boxed Set: .95; Digital Download Video: Buy .95 / 1-Day Rental .99.

• 10/19/07
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Wanderlust 3 is a brand new Hunter 49 sloop, tricked out with the full range of modern electronics and cruising gear. She’s heading on a yearlong adventure, circumnavigating the globe and TheSailingChannel.TV has a birth just for you. Join skipper and professional photographer/filmmaker Mike Harker as he sails to all those places you’ve longed to go. You can read and subscribe to Mike’s weblog, and video podcasts of his voyage on www.TheSailingChannel.TV. Here’s a short video about Mike who began his sailing career soaring over the Southern California coast... in hang gliders.

• 10/18/07
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