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The Off Center Crew
How to Sail: The Basics, Part 6 – First Sail: Enjoy Part 6 of the best how-to-sail video series on the planet/web. “First Sail – Two Handed” provides a...
The Off Center Crew
How to Sail: The Basics, Part 5 – Know Your Boat: Enjoy Part 5 of the best how-to-sail video series on the planet/web. “Know Your Boat And Knots” provides a b...
The Off Center Crew
How to Sail: The Basics, Part 4 – Environment and Safety: Enjoy Part 4 of the best how-to-sail video series on the planet/web. “Your Sailing Environment – Safety and...
The Off Center Crew
How to Sail: The Basics, Part 3 – Rigging and Reefing: Enjoy Part 3 of the best how-to-sail video series on the planet/web. “Rigging and Reefing” provides a quick...
The Off Center Crew
How to Sail: The Basics, Part 2 – Essential Skills: Enjoy Part 2 of the best how-to-sail video series on the planet/web. “Essential Skills” provides a very succ...
The Off Center Crew
How to Sail: The Basics, Part 1 – Points of Sail: Enjoy Part 1 of the best how-to-sail video series on the planet/web. “Points of Sail” provides a basic under...
Steve Stone
Roger Barnes: Wild Camping in a Cruising Dinghy Aboard Avel Dro: If you’re a devotee of the Church of Wilderness and Simplicity, here’s a wonderful gospel video with Roger B...
Steve Stone
Roger Barnes: A Rogue Mariner on the upper Thames Aboard Avel Dro: We sure love the way Roger Barnes brings us aboard, with such grace and humility, letting us in on the world of dinghy c...
Steve Stone
Live From the Heart, Be Who You Are: Wish I would have seen this when I was 16 years old. Just sent it to my daughter, Stella…...
Steve Stone
Slomo Describes the Neurology of OCHD!: If you think you may have OCHD, you’ll definitely want to check out this video from the New York Times. Slomo̵...
Dustin Urban
Heavy Weather Sailing – Using Storm Sails and Reefing: Here we have the first lesson presented in Yachting World’s Storm Sailing with Skip Novak series. Skip Novak Storm...

 

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