Pardey Get Ready to Cross Oceans Video

Get Ready to Cross Oceans: Lin & Larry Pardey Ocean Sailing Tips Video

Lin & Larry Pardey’s Get Ready to Cross Oceans video demonstrates over two dozen ocean sailing tips onboard their 29 foot wooden cutter, Taleisin, the boat that was their home for over 25 years and 100,000 miles of ocean sailing. Get Ready to Cross Oceans with the Pardeys.

A film by Lin and Larry Pardey
Running time: 90 minutes

Get Ready to Cross Oceans includes tips on gear storage, dinghy choices, warping out a stern anchor, life-raft storage, storm trysails, sail repairs, and other tips to help you prepare for a long voyage or ocean crossing.

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Ocean Sailing Tips

Pardey Get Ready to Cross Oceans video includes tips on gear storage, dinghy choices, warping out a stern anchor, life-raft storage, storm trysails, sail repairs, and other tips to help you prepare for a long voyage or ocean crossing. Then sail along with the Pardeys on a classic trade-wind passage across the Indian Ocean toward Africa, with stops at Cocos (Keeling) Atoll, the quiet island of Rodriques, and the remote French colony at Réunion. During the voyage Lin and Larry cover weather planning, landfall considerations, windvanes, sail choices, crew comfort and much more.