Volume 1
Cruising under sail

John Rousmaniere demonstrates navigation, sailing and seamanship skills with detailed explanations and action replays. Covers basic navigation, sail handling and trim, anchoring & docking, steering & boat handling, safety, knots.
72 mins.

Volume 2
Heavy weather sailing

Covers modern techniques, boat & crew preparation, storm tactics, heaving to, drogue deployment, sail trimming and shortening.

55 mins.

Volume 3
Safety at sea

Covers proven techniques & equipment for avoiding and handling nautical emergencies. Boat and crew preparation, going aloft in a boatswains chair, man overboard equipment demonstrations, heaving to, use of flares, life raft inflation, US government regulations.

Volume 4
Navigation

Covers dead reckoning pilotage, GPS instruments with detailed close ups of how objects appear on the chart and water in good or bad visibility. Teaches chart & compass, GPS, radar for navigating & collision avoidance, navigation rules, fog and night time navigation, tacking & plotting bearings.

70 mins.

Volume 5
Day sailors, sailing and racing

Learn to sail the keel daysailing boats and small keel sail boats. Covers getting underway, boat handling, introduction to racing, steering, tacking, gybing, sail shape and trim, life jacket use, crew organisation, spinnaker, essential racing skills, navigation rules, man overboard rescue.

75 mins.

Complete set, volumes 1 - 5

Amberley Marine

A complete astro-navigation training programme with powerful graphics, making it easy to understand the celestial sphere whilst live action shows you how to check, adjust and use a sextant. Includes worked examples demonstrating each stage of taking and plotting a sight. 80 practice exercises plus plotting forms and glossary of terms. An excellent self-tuition tool.

Running time: 52 mins

This program provides a step-by-step practical guide for planning and enjoying a bareboat vacation featuring big boat handling skills and anchoring.

Features tips and techniques from Patience Wales, editor of SAIL Magazine, a frequent charterer who has circumnavigated the world in her own boat. Tropical St. Lucia provides the stunning backdrop to an action packed program.
72 mins

Incorporating Day Skipper Syllabus
By I.Seward
This information-packed DVDrom takes you on a voyage from Falmouth to Fowey and teaches you along the way. It is totally interactive enabling you to choose what subjects you want to learn about - from picking up buoys to a helicopter transfer at sea. Presented in 2 modes, the chapter mode will show you how to tackle a typical coastal passage, and when you switch to reference mode, the video and computer animation gives you interactive access to an encyclopaedia of sailing and boat handling techniques. Includes an online resource area. Featuring over 3 hours of video clips backed up with 3d models,learning to sail has never been this easy. System Requirements: Windows Vista,XP, 2000,NT 4.0, ME,98. Hardware: DVD Disk Drive, Pentium 500 Mhz (recommended Pentium 1.6Ghz or greater), 64 MD RAM (recommended 128 MB RAM or greater) The product can be run from DVD without installation to Hard Disk. Full Installation requires 2.1GB of free disk space

Covers the basics of celestial navigation, Sextant, lat. & long., GMT, zenith distance and navigating any where in the world.
120 min.

William F. Buckley
A unique program on celestial navigation by this well known personality. Theory and practice of celestial navigation are simply and clearly explained. Using computer graphics, it covers GP, GHA and GMT.
USA film.
39 mins

Navigation Made Simple - John Goode's Masterclass

This DVD shows how to cross the Channel using more traditional navigation skills - for safety it is necessary to have a basic understanding as a back up to GPS. A basic knowledge of charts, tidal streams and heights is assumed.

Passage Planning, Course Shaping, Dealing with Errors, Shipping Lanes, Making Landfall. The popular Solent to Cherbourg route is used, but the basic techniques have general relevance.

Amberley Marine

Based on the RYA Practical Syllabus, comprehensively covers the sailing basics allowing you to become a competent crew member, or skipper a cruising yacht on a short passage in daylight and decent weather.

Setting sails, winches & cleats, basic sailing, leaving a mooring under sail, starting an engine, handling under power, coming alongside - a crews job, anchoring, man overboard, reefing, rules & regulations.

By T. Cunliffe
2004
Instruction for Yachtmasters and Dayskippers, de-mystifies electronic navigation under sail and power. Seamless save-all techniques for when the electronics fail. Guidance on choosing a plotter. Electronics in an integrated navigation plan, position, datums and plotting with confidence, electronic tidal heights, using GPS to offset tidal streams, safe use of waypoints and routes, and much more.

A US produced film with hundreds of tips from the team of experts. Includes a 30 minute sailing cruise packed with practical tips.
Topics covered include rules of the road, docking, electrolysis and current flow, emergencies, lightning protection, plumbing, radareven fishing.

Over 3 hours film

Lin and Larry Pardey

Shot in the Pittwater (north of Sydney) and at Freemantle as well as at their home in New Zealand, this DVD incorporates the best ideas from their highly praised videos 'Cruising with Lin and Larry Pardy' and 'Care and Feeding of Sailing Crew'. Re-edited, re-mastered and supplemented with new information. They share ideas and hints to make your boat safer, easier to handle and more enjoyable to use.

US DVD

Lin and Larry Pardy

So you feel confident with cruising local waters - before crossing oceans, join Lin and Larry on board Taleisin as they show you how to prepare for offshore voyaging. Then join them on a classic trade wind passage across the Indian Ocean.
This DVD incorporates the best ideas from their videos 'Voyaging, Hints for Upgrading Your Cruising Boat' and 'Cruising Coral Seas'.Re-edited, re-mastered and supplemented with more material.

US DVD

Garmin eTrex and eTrex Summit

This step by step DVD takes you from an introduction to GPS right through all the features of your Garmin eTrex and eTrex summit, including advanced features and functions.

We can supply a very wide range of GPS instruction DVDs that are specific to the GPS model that you may have. Maunfacturers covered include Apelco, Eagle, Furuno, Garmin, Lowrance, Magellan and Northstar.

These DVDs take you right through from a basic introduction to GPS, right through the features of the model including advanced features. Please order here and email 'sales@sailingbooks.co.uk' to specify the maunfacturer and model required. Please allow 10 days for delivery.

We are able to supply instruction DVDs for a wide range of Radars. Manufacturers covered include Furuno, Koden, Raymarine and SI-Tex. All features and functions from basic to advanced are covered. Please order here and email 'sales@sailingbooks.co.uk' the specific model and manufacturer required. Please allow 10 days for delivery.

We can supply instruction DVDs for a wide range of Plotters from Furuno, Garmin, Lowrance, SI-Tex, and Standard Horizon. All features and functions are covered from basic to advanced. Please order here and confirm the specific model and manufacturer required. Please allow 10 days for delivery.

We are able to supply a wide range of instruction DVDs for Fishfinders. Manufacturers covered include Apelco, Furuno, Garmin, Hummingbird, Interphase, Lowrance, Raymarine, SI-Tex, Simrad and Cobra. All features from the basic to advanced are covered. Please order here and email 'sales@sailingbooks.co.uk' confirm the model and manufacturer required.

Contents include: Triage (What to do first) - Airway / Breathing / Circulation checks - Resuscitation - Shock - Hypothermia (Cold) - Hyperthermia (Hot) - Bleeding - Broken Bones - Burns (Including Chemical) - Head & Face injuries - Serious Illness - Seeking Help - First Aid Kit contents.

Produced using a combination of live action and stunning electronic graphics the viewer is guided effortlessly through all the procedures.

Taking the test for the International Certificate of Competence - Motorboat.
This film follows an actual test, the practical exercises, discussion with the examiner and questions/answers.
Made with the Plymouth Sailing and Power School

Taking the test for the International Certificate of Competence - Sail

Made with the Plymouth Sailing School

The film follows an actual test and gives the viewer a chance to see exactly what the test involves. It follows the practical exercises, the discussion with the examiner and the questions and answer section to allow you to see whether you could pass the test.

Amberley Marine

Learn to predict the weather - energy transfer, gas law, sea breezes, fronts, depressions, convergence/divergence, global winds etc. Excellent self-tuition tool.

by The Academy of Maritime Training

This DVD examines some 30 different types of knots, bends and splices, and covers braided as well as three-strand rope, plus splicing to wire and splicing to chain.

Clear explanations and step-by-step footage make mastering each knot, bend or splice easy, while examples of common applications aboard your boat will show both novices and the experienced alike how to get the most out of their new-found skills.

Made in association with the RNLI's Sea Safety Initiative, in an attempt to reduce the 1500 odd lifeboat launches annually in aid of yachts suffering mechanical problems. Contents include first principles, basic checks and maintenance, controls, lubrication, fuel and cooling systems, air, exhausts, electrics, turbos, gearboxes, couplings and spare parts.
42 minutes.

by Amberley Marine

This DVD covers all the basics you will need to be a competent crew member, or to skipper a motorboat on short passages in daylight and in decent weather.
Based on the RYA practical syllabus.

60 minutes running time, PAL colour format.

An excellent film intended to help your outboard live up to expectations by helping you to understand how it works and how to look after it.

Covers: The Basic Engine - The Two-stroke cycle - The Four-stroke cycle - Valves - The Fuel System - The Ignition System - Kill and Stop switches - The Cooling System - Lubrication - Starters & Electrics - Transmission - Undrowning.

45 minutes

Practical Boat Owner DVD
Improve your Practical Cruising Skills
This DVD includes tips and techniques that are not commonly taught at sailing schools. Topics include - Get the best from your headsail, The Jester Story (about the boat that did so much for short-handed sailing), Safety Checks, Simple solutions with springs to get in and out of a berth, How to set up your rig, how to lift and shift weights with minimal physical effort.

Navigation Made Simple - John Goode's Masterclass

Essential viewing for those taking the RYA Coastal Skipper, YAchtmaster or Instructor exams.
The skill of skippering a boat in confined waters.

RYA approve instuctors demonstrate best practice. Tom Cunliffe shows what the practical course afloat is really like. Aboard a 40 foot yacht you join a group of students as they go through a one week practical course.