Product Details

• Directors: Allan Salvatori
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Digital Sound, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Jumby Bay Studios
• DVD Release Date: November 7, 2002
• Run Time: 210 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007F8OD
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,169 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Bennett Marine Video DVD The Encyclopedia of Boating Tips H4595DVD Education & Training

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Total Disappointment, November 14, 2004

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Gregg Kemp (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Encyclopedia of Boating Tips (DVD)

This "talking head" video covers all the topics of boating, but provides little or no useful information you can take with you on the water. It is well produced but void of real content. I was very disappointed in it and would not recommend its purchase to anyone.

The format throughout is a woman lecturing. She does a fine job of reading the scripts, but I expected much more from a DVD. Topics like trailering, docking, knots, navigation, and more would have been excellent if actual video of boats had been used to demonstrate. Instead, its just 3 hours of a nice lady lecturing, and a few marginally useful graphics. This DVD is little more than a book read onto a DVD and much less useful than a book.

I'm still looking for a good DVD or video that demonstrates boating tips, as such a video would be very useful to beginners or others.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, May 8, 2005

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J. Plush "JimInOC" (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Encyclopedia of Boating Tips (DVD)

This DVD is pretty worthless, it's just one lady talking the whole time.. hardly any boating video showing you examples or practical advice. each section is a minute long it seems and barely covers any actual material.

2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical Information in an Easy to Use Format, November 30, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Encyclopedia of Boating Tips (DVD)

So much information, and so much of it is practical stuff... the kinds of things you'd only learn by doing it wrong the first time! We thoroughly enjoyed picking out chapters here and there that interested us, even though we are only "arm-chair" boaters. We especially enjoyed the trip to the Exumas -- a place we will probably never get to, but still love to dream. This would be a great gift for anyone who has a boat.. or even dreams of having one.