Comments Thread for Giu's Sailing Videos

[Giulietta]

Originally Posted by earl444

thanks, Giu, good job. also, nice town you live in, i visited it in the late sixties. i remember wondering why there were so many american cars there, and you have great coffee. thanks again, the video will be a great teaching tool, easy to understand, just enough info to comprehend without confusing, and good voice over. keep it up!

You have been to Estoril in the sixties?? The golden age...

Yes, there were many many American cars in Portugal, but since the early 70's they all disappeared.

I remember my Grandfather had a Panhard, and a Cadillac, all black with fins like a shark.

And and I recall him talikng of a Linclon Continental also, but I was too baby when he had that.

In the early 70's he bought a BMW 2002, and that was the end of the American car era. Never to be seen again...that was when American cars were better than European cars...altough I am not saying that our cars NOW are better...

[Giulietta]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

Giu-

When are you doing a video on the barberhauler.

Not yet SD...many videos before that one comes....I am going slowly thru the basics first.

[Giulietta]

Originally Posted by zz4gta

I can't seem to view any of these videos. What format are they in and how are they hosted? I don't have access to youtube.

Yes they are in you tube. I don't know any other place to put them, but if you tell me one I can load them there, ok?

Alex

[sailingdog]

Originally Posted by bestfriend

I don't know why, but I kinda like this one better.

Umm... so many things wrong with that video. First, why are the self tailers setup to dump the lines overboard, rather than into the cockpit???

Second, her winch line wrapping technique is an excellent one for you to lose fingers using... never have your fingers between the winch drum and the line... unless you want to lose a few.

Third, why leave the mainsail cover on when talking about the boom and mainsail?

Fourth, steering a boat is very different from steering a car. A boat pivots about the center of lateral resistance, and the bow and stern swing, rather than follow the wheels as on a car.

UGH..

BTW, the model's not that pretty IMHO.

[sailingdog]

ZZ-

Youtube.com and most of the other online video hosting services take video in a variety of formats, .dv, .avi, .mov, etc, and encode them into a Flash Video format file (.flv) and then stream the video to a Flash plugin on your computer. If you don't have the Macromedia/adobe Flash plugin, you can get it for various browsers at adobe.com

Originally Posted by zz4gta

I can't seem to view any of these videos. What format are they in and how are they hosted? I don't have access to youtube.

[Giulietta]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

ZZ-

Youtube.com and most of the other online video hosting services take video in a variety of formats, .dv, .avi, .mov, etc, and encode them into a Flash Video format file (.flv) and then stream the video to a Flash plugin on your computer. If you don't have the Macromedia/adobe Flash plugin, you can get it for various browsers at adobe.com

ahh yeah...sure...whatever he said....was that English??? geek.....

[sailingdog]

As my better half used to say... "They're speaking geek again..."

[DJEVANS]

Originally Posted by Giulietta

ahh yeah...sure...whatever he said....was that English??? geek.....

I thought it was Portuguese. Sheesh. I have a lot to learn.

[sailingdog]

Usually the case with women... {ducks and hides quickly}

Originally Posted by DJEVANS

Sheesh. I have a lot to learn.

[DJEVANS]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

Usually the case with women... {ducks and hides quickly}

Bad dog! Bad dog! Don't make me get out the rolled up newspaper!