Learn to Sail |  | Actors: Steve Colgate, Audrey Landers, Sam Jones
Studio: Bennett Marine Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  4 reviews
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 6 x 1
MPN: Y381DVD
UPC: 097278003819
EAN: 0097278003819
Theatrical Release Date: 1992
Release Date: January 1, 2007
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Product Description
Learn To Sail
Olympic sailor, noted author and founder of the world-renowned Off-Shore Sailing School, Steve Colgate takes TV and film stars Audrey Landers and Sam Jones through a complete basic-to-intermediate sailing course. Aboard a 27 foot Soling, they learn all of the language, tips and techniques that will make you a seasoned sailor in no time. An excellent program for the entire family. 100 min.
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Should Be Reshot November 2, 2008
MrTwistoff (Colorado, USA)
The instructor (Steve Colgate) is very thorough and clear, but the DVD does not do justice.
There's a LOT of vocabulary to cover. A new DVD might break out the detailed vocabulary first, then more conceptual items, and finally how it works/looks in practice. (A clearer categorization of these segments is what is needed here.)
The vocabulary could be done one on one.
Concepts require diagrams and theory to be grasped - a more graphical approach (some are presented, but more can be done with animation, etc).
Practice should be filmed better and up close, and probably not with students at the helm (watching someone else learning while underway I found to be confusing. A better technique would be to have the expert showing...this is a ... tack, notice the wind is... and now we will... instead of watching newbies trying to learn it in the middle of it - this could be fine as a bonus, but not as primary learning material). The authority, certainty of example could be a far clearer way to present this material.
I completely agree with the issues presented here on sound quality, viewing angles - particularly in the actual sailing session. This session is muddy, not up close enough to be of value. Drawing the connecting lines between concepts (i.e. present a diagram) then showing how it looks in practice (a segment that displays the concept) would be a great idea. Far too little time is provided in actual sailing - and conceptual comparison - to drive the points home. (I seemed to learn the concepts, but making the connection to what it looks like on the water didn't happen - my mind wasn't making the connections back to the diagrams. Editing could do this for the viewer and cement those connections.)
A modified producing of this material would make this very useful. Using a little educational knowledge, combined with technical capabilities (now available, but not previous on VHS) this could be an excellent DVD. In fact, it could easily be broken out into 3 lower priced DVDs and provide greater clarification as well as more in-depth understanding of how things actually look on the water.
This isn't a bad DVD, it's just that you'd have to watch it A LOT to be able to get any understanding of the theory you learn, and how that will look in practice. The way it's designed, you have to MASTER the vocabulary and conceptual material before the practice feels natural. Guide the viewer through this mastering...maybe the advanced DVD of the series could then be entirely in mastered vocabulary.
The DVD environment should provide enough familiarity so that a person feels at least some comfort with what to expect in action.
The instructor clearly has a lot to share, and can do so if the presentation is polished. This could become a very effective learning tool if the effort to improve it were undertaken.
 Sail Away, Far Away August 20, 2006
Traveller (High Mountains of Northern Arizona)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Steve Colgate is probably the best know sailing instructor in the US. This video let's him down.
The professional actors in the video are useless, other than the blonde adding a little color. Steve would have been better off standing there by himself, teaching the viewer. In parts of the video, there is clearly noisy shipyard work in the background. It's hard to hear Steve speak.
You may pick up some of the basic vocabulary, but that's it.
I highly recommend Bud Foulke's "Sailing With Confidence video." I bought both on Amazon.
I could pull a better DVD out of my... February 9, 2005
Mark
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I didn't get it. I want to learn but this only teaches the preliminary basics that I've read in books. I wanted a DVD so I could see "in action" how to sail. The dock portion (beginning) is ok. When they set sail, it's filmed from a powerboat that keeps a distance so that you can't see the details of what they're doing. The sound is terrible. The soundtrack is painful. I have seen better production from first year high schools. I could go on but I am trying to find a professional "How to Sail" DVD right now.
 A Must Have Video for New Sailors June 27, 2004
Lawrence Dexter (Minneapolis, MN USA)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Originally released on VHS tape in the early eighties, this presentation has probably been seen by more new sailors than any other. Condensed from a week long sailing course, renowned Olympic sailor Steve Colgate expertly instructs Audrey Landers (from TV's 'Dallas') and Sam Jones ('Flash Gordon, the Movie') on how to sail.All necessary topics are covered, including boarding the boat, terminology, setting the sails, a few knots, points of sail, maneuvers (i.e. tacking and gibing) and rescuing a crew member overboard -- to name but a few. The presentation is concise and easy to understand. The footage is culled from a week long course, so there are one or two scenes that touch from each principle area of Steve's instruction. The participants are clearly actually learning to sail. The errors they make are not edited out, so you can see the result of making them. Near the end, Steve states that the course MUST be taken while getting some practical experience as well. This is very important. View the presentation a few times prior to going out, then review it again between sails, and you'll get the maximum benefit. Repeat as needed. Drawbacks: The conversion to DVD apparently had a few minor problems -- i.e.: when the highlight is on 'PLAY' and you push your select button, the CHAPTER menu is presented. Conversely, if 'CHAPTER' is highlighted and you press select, the DVD plays from the beginning. If you use the CHAPTER menu, the very first chapter is not an available choice for some reason. If on the other hand you simply play the DVD, you will see the mysterious first chapter -- explaining a bit about the Soling. The program is also a bit dated. For example, if you were born after 1965, you won't recognize these actors; the term 'Man overboard' is used instead of the politically correct 'Crew Overboard'; and the music score is kind of hokey -- but the skills required for sailing haven't changed, so who cares? I don't... Overall I rate this 4-stars, since the required skills are covered well, and the drawbacks mentioned above are aesthetic or mechanical and do not affect the content. If you are a newbie sailor, and you are learning the sport on your own, this is a must have DVD.
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