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Going Aloft with Brion Toss
Movie
Total running time: 60 minutes
Want to learn how to climb your mast and work safely aloft? Legendary Rigger, Brion Toss gives a master class on the procedures and tools needed to climb your mast, and work safely and efficiently aloft. Using his friendly and engaging style, Brion explains how im...
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25 Basic Sailing Knots with Brion Toss Playlist
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Master Sailing Rigger, Brion Toss introduces his 25 Basic Sailing Knots, the rope material you can use to tie the knots, and the material you shouldn't use. Brion demonstrates the easiest way to tie each knot and situations each is used for.
Parts of a Rope
Figure 8
LOOP KNOTS:
Butterfly
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Derecktor Mega Sailing Yacht Shipyard - Fort Pierce, Florida
DERECKTOR Shipyards was founded in 1947 in Mamaroneck, New York by Bob Derecktor. It has a history of building prominent sailboats including America's Cup winner, Stars & Stripes. Derecktor has added a new yard in Fort Pierce, FL where we are hauling out some of the largest sailboats in the world...
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Ep 3: The Dinghy
Circumnavigator, David Haigh talks about his choice of an inflatable dinghy as a tender for his cruising yacht. Follow David's series: Making the Hard Decisions to go Cruising.
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Spending Time with Miss T - Film One
Movie
Miss T is a 29 ft sailboat, designed in 1969. "Spending time with Miss T" is the video project following her interior rebuild. The boat is entirely gutted at the moment, and the objective is to rebuild her interior, true to the original 1960's stylish, yet functional manner in which she was once ...
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Drones: Eric Epstein - Storytelling for Sailors
Movie
Lin Pardey introduces drones and drone expert, Eric Epstein. Eric discusses the use of drones to enhance video storytelling as part of Lin Pardey's Storytelling for Sailors series.
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Inspecting Your Rig with Brion Toss
Movie
Rigging can be "invisible" - the part of a sailing vessel that many sailors least understand and are least likely to maintain properly.
Unseen rigging problems can become costly and can certainly jeopardize safety at sea. In this video, master rigger Brion Toss of Port Townsend, Washington will ...
