Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bennett Marine Video
• DVD Release Date: January 1, 2007
• Run Time: 72 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000077VP9
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,946 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Bennet Marine "Boating Basics" DVD is a complete encyclopedia of boating for beginners covering the same information covered in State Boating courses. It takes you through choosing the right boats, boating laws, navigation rules and aids, getting underway, and how to come back safely from each outing.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too brief to be very useful, January 28, 2009

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Jeffrey Chan (Silicon Valley) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boating Basics (DVD)

This video has some useful information, but it's so short for the amount of material attempted to be covered that the amount of useful information is very limited. It's approximately like trying to give a day-long boating safety class in one hour. Most of information needs to be left out and only a few highlights can be presented. The highlights may almost be enough to get by, but they're definitely very far from a complete education.

I find the Coast Guard Auxillary's Boating Skills and Seamanship, 13th Edition book to be vastly superior, and at a significantly lower cost.

On the other hand, simple advice which is mentioned in the video such as not anchoring at the transom could have saved the lives of those football players in Florida, so even the basic information in this video could be useful if widely disseminated and heeded.