The Encyclopedia of Boating Tips

Rating:
Summary: Practical Information in an Easy to Use Format
Review: 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.

Rating:
Summary: Total Disappointment
Review: 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.