Customer Reviews

Get Ready to CROSS OCEANS: Lin & Larry Pardey - Offshore Sailing Part 2

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Well, yes, this is a simple home-made production but they do give some very practical and good advice including the beauty and realities of cruising. They do not take you on a romantic voyage with dancing natives under palm trees but they show you how you can make it there for yourself. A worthy DVD for ones collection as you'll want to watch it more than once to take in all the advice which is shown in detail on their own boat and advice of what you can expect at different ports around the world as far as people and supplies go...like how to refill your propane tank when there is no pressure fitting and other such things as you might not have considered. I learned a lot from watching it.

I wanted more practical sailing and hints shown when they were on the way

It's obvious the Pardeys are not actors, but then I wouldn't want to take much advice about crossing oceans from actors would you? It's also obvious they made these programs on a budget. But did I enjoy them? Yup. I learned a lot of new ideas from and felt like I was sitting on board their boat seeing things through their eyes. I'd like to meet these two folks but this is probably the closest I'll ccome. Some of what I learned- some good ideas for setting up ground tackle, great stuff on their instant spinnaker pole arrangement, good stuff about storing gear well.

This wasn't a guide for going cruising though, so I docked it one star - on the other hand, combined with their great books, it works pretty darned well.

I bought storm tactics, cross oceans, and Get Ready to cruise, Some of the stuff was interesting, but I was looking for more sailing tips and more actual sailing footage of technique, with shipping I paid $100 for all 3 DVD's really feel it was not worth the money.

Good for technical operations of a small boat on the deep blue. Not a film for entertainment per'se. Great for the avid landlubber.