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HARKEN Competitive Melges 24 Boathandling Video CD-Rom

North Sails has partnered with Harken and Musto to develop a Melges 24 Boathandling Video CD-Rom - a video catalog of techniques for crew choreography and communication.

Chapters include: Tacking, Gybing, Spinnaker sets, spinnaker douses and a special chapter on boat characteristics.

Author: Will Crump
Narrated by: Harry Melges

 

Here's what World Champion Harry Melges has to say about the Video-CD: “The Melges 24 Boathandling CD Rom video from Harken, North Sails, and Melges Performance Sailboats is the latest comprehensive video guide to better boathandling. Producer, Will Crump traveled all the way to Travemunde, Germany to capture the most realistic footage available, filming the majority of this great video during the Melges 24 World Championship. Will has once again outdone himself, producing the best video available for understanding better boathandling techniques. This video is comprehensive for the Melges 24, however, many of the same techniques apply to other sportboat and asymmetrical classes. If you are looking to improve your boathandling, boatspeed, and overall teamwork, this video is a must have for the entire crew. You just cannot cover this stuff in the class room!”

The CD-Rom is designed to run on Windows Media technology and Media Player 7. No special software or operating environment is necessary for this full-size video, which runs on a CD-ROM drive.

IMPORTANT: There may be compatibility issues with Windows 7.

This CD-ROM reviews every boat and sail handling situation with full-size video and text instruction in a versatile PC environment.

Minimum system requirements:

· Windows 98, ME, 2000, or XP
· XGA monitor of resolution 1024x768 or better
· Internet Explorer 5 or 6 as default browser
· Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 or higher (7.1 is provided with the CD for optional installation)
· At least 64MB of RAM (96MB+ preferred)
· Processor speed of at least 400Mhz and Pentium II class or better (600Mhz+ preferred)
· CD-ROM with rotation speed of at least 16x (24x preferred)