He has also written many books and articles on sailing and is known worldwide as an innovator in sailing and sailing instruction. Now, for the first time, we have an opportunity to come on board and see Steve actually give a complete Sailing course for beginning and intermediate students. 

His students for this DVD are well-known actress Audrey Landers and actor Sam Jones. This 106-minute DVD will enable you to set sail and handle a boat with a level of knowledge that many sailing buffs never achieve, and is available for only 

A. the Soling sloop (history, development)

B. dimensions of a boat (LOA, LWL, Beam, Draft)

C. Sail dimensions (high & low aspect rigs)

D. Boarding the boat safely

A. Port & Starboard 

B. Windward & Leeward

C. Centerline

A. Spars (mast & boom)

B. Steering (tiller & rudder)
C. standing rigging 

1. shrouds & stays
2. shrouds (upper & lower), spreaders
3. winches (safe operation of)
4. lines, camcleats & fairleads
5. running rigging: (halyards & sheets) cunningham, boom vang, outhaul, main sheet, jib sheet

A. Head, Tack, Clew (three corners of sail)

B. Foot, Luff, Leach, Battens, Roach
C. Sailing Knots (Line handling)

1.Coiling
2. figure eight 
3. stopper knot
4. bowline

A. Beam Reach, Port Tack, Starboard Tack, Close Reach, Broad Reach, Run

B. Close Hauled (trimming with the helm)

C. Coming up, Falling off

D. Changing tack (Jibe & Coming About), Tacking, Beating

A. Hanking the Jib (shackle, jib stay, jib halyard)

B. the Mainsail (gooseneck, shackle, battens, outhaul)

C. Raising the sails: Mainsail first, then Jib

A. "Backing the Sail"

B. Practice runs: tacking, getting out of "irons, " coming about, commands

A. Lowering the sails (jib first, then mainsail)

B. Loosen the sheets, vang, cunningham & halyard

C. Removing the sails and properly folding and rolling them

D. Remove halyards, raise boom off the deck, coil the lines

A. The Airfoil (Bernoulli effect)

B. The Slot Effect (interaction between Jib & Mainsail) [luff, backwind]

C. Sail Construction (Luff Round, Broadseaming, Draft, Cloth types, fill, warp)

D. Cunningham use to move (maintain) the sail draft forward

E. Jib Telltales: using them to best advantage

F. Sail Reduction: Reefing the Mainsail

A. Veering (clockwise windshift) & Backing (counter-clockwise windshift)

B. Headers (towards the bow) & Lifters (towards the stern)

C. True Wind -vs- Apparent Wind

A. Weather Helm & Lee Helm

B. Center of Lateral Resistance, Center of Effort

C. Hull Speed, Bow Wave, Stern Wave, Surfing

A. Stand-On & Give-Way Vessels

B. Sailboat Rules: Same Tack, Opposite Tack, Overtaking