The world's largest transocean event

Join the crews of the ARC and experience the rally with them as they prepare for the start in Las Palmas to the finish in St Lucia. Particular emphasis is placed on safety aspects, how the ARC boats are equipped and prepared for the crossing. The lessons learnt should appeal to anyone intending to make an offshore passage.

Approx. running time: 45 minutes.

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

The story of Michael Blackburn's record crossing of the Bass Strait; one of the most feared waterways in the world - on a Laser Dinghy. They said he was crazy but he raced across in a record 13.01 hours.

Watch the planning, training, waiting for the weather, launching in the dark, managing fatigue and sailing fast.

DVD Extras....
Extra sailing footage
Mast cam in 30knts
Training drills

Sail the lonely fjords and islands off Norway where sea eagles fly over sparkling glaciers and coastal fishing villages. Then on to the Arctic Circle.

60 mins.

This documentary offers an insight to the artist who painted all 21 covers for Patriick O'Briens Aubrey Maturin novels. This documentary will thrill O'Brien readers, but will also appeal to lovers of art, history and the literature of the Age of Sail and the Napoleonic wars.

60 mins.

Tristan was a sailor, adventurer and successful author. Here, Tristan talks of his writing and his incredible adventures from the Amazon to the Arctic. This rare film contains unique adventures, yarns and humour.

60 mins.

Tristan was an immensely inspiring author and speaker. Here, he speaks at the New York Open Centre about his voyage down the Rhine and Danube Rivers at the time of the Iron Curtain in East Europe. Tristan, having had one leg amputated, undertook the voyage partly to inspire other disabled people. Tristan saw the vulnerability of communism during the voyage and experienced some of the dangers of sailing in East Europe at that time.

50 minutes

Sequel to 'Beyond the Arctic Circle'. On return from the Arctic, the crew explore the North Atlantic Islands - the Faroes with high cliffs and quiet fishing villages and Kilda with a strange past. Beautiful photography!
A rough crossing to Stornoway in the outer Hebrides is followed by a smooth passage to St Kilda, Britains most remote island group.

55 mins.

Follow Alex Dorsey as he drops everything to live the dream - from his search for the perfect boat, refitting it and then join him on his sail from Connecticut to Cartagena, Colombia.

The refit of his 28 foot Westsail takes place during the harsh North American winter, he encounters Hurricane Isabel early on and then you can join him motoring down the Intra-Coastal Waterway, spearfishing in the Bahamas, coconut hunting in Jamaica and walking the beautiful old streets of Cartagena.

Running time: 1hr 15mins, NTSC format.

Make Offshore Cruising a Reality.

Filmed on location in the South Pacific and New Zealand. Cruisers and marine professionals discuss the many aspects of offshore cruising. -
Covers - Choosing the right hull, rig, sail inventory, crusing systems, vessel's eco system, safety, launching the liferaft, helicopter rescue.
Includes Southern Ocean storm footage.

87 minutes

Venture across the frigid Barients Sea to the mountains of Spitzbergen where few yachts venture. You will be thrilled by the beauty of nature and amazed at the life in these high latitudes. The high Arctic wilderness is teaming with wildlife from birds to dolphins, walruses and seals.

53 mins.