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.

• 20.10.2007
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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.

• 19.10.2007
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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/

• 19.10.2007
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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.

• 19.10.2007
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