The Sailing Channel

This is the feed for The Sailing Channel. Some good video clips and products.

  • Patos Island – Washington State Park


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    Patos Island is the northern most island in the San Juan Islands. This remote Washington State Park is accessible only by boat, features a lighthouse, campsites, and breathtaking views. From our friends at PacificNWBoater.com.


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  • Suliere – The Crossing: Preview


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    Preview for 76-minute HD voyaging video. From the southern tip of Africa, northwestward across the Atlantic to the Caribbean island of Grenada, sail aboard the 50 foot catamaran, Suliere, on her maiden voyage. Find out what it’s like to sail on one of the world’s longest ocean passages. Your port of departure is St. Francis in South Africa then onto Cape Town for final commissioning. Once underway, stop in the middle of the Atlantic on the famous island of St. Helena where Napoleon was imprisoned before…
  • Odyssey to Cape Horn Island – Preview


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    Preview for 53-minute HD voyaging video. In 1978, photographer and writer Gene Anthony achieved a personal quest. His sea story takes us on an inspirational odyssey to Cape Horn Island at the southern tip of the Americas. We voyage by way of Gene’s lifelong fascination with all things nautical and his highly successful career as a maritime photojournalist. Narrated by actor and Emmy Award-winning narrator, Peter Coyote.

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    HD Video Download (Windows Media & QuickTime) $12.99.

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  • Singlehanded Docking & Sail Trim – Preview


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    Preview for 52-minute how-to sailing video. U.S. Coast Guard certified skipper, Capt. Jack Klang, combines innovative classroom models with real world sailing situations to explain the skills and techniques required for singlehanders to dock with confidence in any wind or current, trim cruising sails for power and speed, and retrieve a mooring alone. In a bonus segment, Capt. Jack demonstrates how a crew of two can fly, trim, and retrieve an asymmetrical spinnaker, making light air cruising faster and more fun. The QuickTime Video…
  • Sail Vicarious – Series Trailer


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    The Sail Vicarious series brings you over eight hours of how-to and cruising information in 7 Video Download volumes or 6 DVDs. Join Spencer and Kathleen as they locate the right cruising sailboat, undertake a major multi-year refit, outfit their craft for long-range cruising, gain experience during a cruise up and down the U.S. east coast, then head offshore from Miami to the Bahamas, and continue south, cruising the BVIs and the islands of the eastern Caribbean. You’ll be there as…
  • Rosenfeld



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    This mini-documentary by Mystic Seaport tells the story of the Rosenfeld Collection, one of the largest archives of maritime photographs in the United States containing nearly one million photos, documenting the period from 1881 to the present. Images are captured in a variety of formats, from glass plate negatives to color transparencies, and from glossy prints to photographic murals. The Collection represents the evolution of photographic technology and developments in the maritime industry over the last century. The Rosenfeld…
  • Squall LIne


    Taleisin cuts through building seas as a squall approaches. Read Lin and Larry Pardey’s article, Squall Line, in the September 2012 issue of Cruising World Magazine.

    Then check out their videos and books at www.thesailingchannel.tv/pardey.

    If you are going to be at the Annapolis Sailboat Show in October 2012, please stop by our booth and say hello to Lin & Larry. Look for us in Section F under Lin & Larry Pardey and TheSailingChannel. Lin & Larry will also be…

  • A Red Dot on the Ocean – Trailer


    COMING IN 2013. This is the initial trailer for the feature-length documentary Amy Flannery and TheSailingChannel are producing about Matt Rutherford and his record setting, solo non-stop sailing odyssey around the Americas on a 27-foot sailboat in support of Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB). For more information about the documentary, visit mattrutherfordmovie.com.


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  • Sailing Adventures of the Irish Rose – Trailer


    Sail with skipper/filmmaker/explorer, Dave Perdew, on Irish Rose as novice and experienced sailors join him on different legs as they cruise from Seattle, Washington to Juneau, Alaska along the famed Inside Passage. Irish Rose is a 40 foot Bob Perry Design 1979 cutter completely refurbished for adventure sailing in the high latitudes. She tows a 15 foot RIB with 50hp outboard for exploring narrow channels where a larger boat can’t go. The MP4 Video Download is “Chapterized”     so you can easily explore different legs of the voyage.

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  • Pardey Cost Control While You Cruise – Trailer

    Cost Control While You Cruise. What does it actually cost to cruise? How do you keep from blowing the budget you set? Join Lin and Larry Pardey as they share the financial lessons they have learned during 45 years of voyaging and from countless interviews with cruising sailors from dozens of different countries and walks of life. Based on the Pardey’s popular boat show seminar of the same name, this new video includes footage shot by the Pardey’s over 25 years of cruising the world’s oceans. Divided…