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
• Rating: 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.com Sales Rank: #123,447 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description
DVD The Encyclopedia of Boating Tips

Hundreds of must-have boating tips with amazing video and stunning 3D graphics!

The Encyclopedia of Boating Tips DVD includes over 31/2 hours of video and thousands of tips gleaned from experts and veteran boating enthusiasts alike.
If you have a boat or if you're thinking about getting a boat or just know someone with a boat, you need the Encyclopedia of Boating Tips.

Expert Tips and Tricks Include:

Basic Skills
Anchoring
Docking
Trailer
Electrical
Basic Electricity
Batteries
Inverters
Gauges, panels, shorepower
Sailing

Maintenance
Basic Tools
Plumbing
Painting
Engines
Galvanic Corrosion
Hardware & Cordage

Navigation
Compass
Rules of the Road
Binoculars, Charts, Guides

Electronics
GPS
SSB
Radar
VHF
Computers, phones
Depth Sounders
Autopilot
Entertainment, family radios

Safety
Life jackets with bonus explanation
Safety harness
Lifesling
Distress signals
Life rafts -- EPIRBS
Fire extinguishers
Lightning Protection. 127 min.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Gregg Kemp (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

By	J. Plush "JimInOC" (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

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.