Hi Folks,
The plan is to, using your very highly technical term
"DVD-ise" the videos very soon.
All five of the Rick White cat sailing videos will soon be available on separate dvds. To refresh your memory, those titles are:
1) Total Boat Handling
2) Upwind Sailing and the Complete Catamaran Rolltack
3) Great Starts and Finishes
4) Great Mark Roundings
5) Downwind Sailing
When we release these videos on DVD, we want to make sure that every last one of you who orders a copy will be able to play them back -- anywhere in the world.
In order to do that, they have to be
replicated which is different than burning. Many of you are probably accustomed to burning a dvd on your home computer. DVD
replication is 99% compatible with all the various types of DVD players that are out there; in contrast, DVD
burning is about 80% compatible.
Where the rubber meets the road, is that producing a product that's compatible to the masses is relatively expensive, and has to be done in much higher quantities to make it economical for us, and for you.
My point is that that's why we haven't released the videos on DVD as quickly as we would like to.
Right now we are very close to running out of VHS copies of the series, so again, expect the first DVD titles to come out soon, hopefully all of them within the year, and some within the next few months.
I would expect that
Total Boat Handling will be released on DVD first, as it is by far our most popular video.
In the meantime, you can purchase
Sailboat Racing, a video about Laser and dinghy sailing on DVD right now! I'm sure some of you are laughing at me right now, but the fact is, that if you learn to sail a Laser better, you
will become a better cat sailor!!!
Sail Fast,
Tim Johnson
Executive Producer, Rick White's Video Sailing Seminars
