Lin & Larry Pardey

Lin & Larry Pardey

Lin and Larry are among America's (and the world's) most knowledgeable and recognized cruising sailors. They are known as "America's first couple of cruising."

The Playlist will soon include all five of Lin and Larry Pardey's Offshore Sailing videos - a timeless, classic collection of films about the skills required to become a safe and confident blue water sailor. We will also be adding interviews with Lin & Larry, and other videos from their long and celebrated sailing career.

Together, the Pardeys have sailed over 200,000 miles, including two circumnavigations east to west and west to east aboard self-built, wooden, engine-free cutters under 30 feet. Author of a dozen books, countless magazine articles, and co-creators of five cruising documentaries, Lin and Larry have shared their sailing experiences with tens of thousands around the globe prompting many to take up the sport and live the dream of the cruising lifestyle. They have preached their motto of "Go simple, go modest, go small--just go".

SAILFLIX subscribers receive a 20% discount on Pardey Offshore Sailing DVDs through TheSailingChannel.TV. See the Private Forum for discount codes.

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  • Ep 2: The Boat - Making the Hard Decisions to Go Cruising

    Circumnavigator David Haigh introduces us to Suhula, his 39 foot steel cutter. He describes his decision-making process to select the boat and the features he wanted for a safe and comfortable passage on his 12-year around-the-world voyage.

  • Drones: Eric Epstein - Storytelling for Sailors

    Movie

    Lin Pardey introduces drones and drone expert, Eric Epstein. Eric discusses the use of drones to enhance video storytelling as part of Lin Pardey's Storytelling for Sailors series.

  • Video Production with Lin Pardey & Tory Salvia: Storytelling for Sailors

    Lin Pardey interviews Tory Salvia of TheSailingChannel.TV about video editing, cloud storage, and long-form video distribution for her Storytelling for Sailors seminar.

  • Introduction with Lin Pardey: Storytelling for Sailors

    Lin Pardey, along with several special
    guests, will share tips and ideas on
    what nautical readers and viewers
    want to know. You’ll learn ways to ensure your
    photos, diagrams and video footage add information to your
    stories and attract attention. For those interested in selling
    articles to print ...

  • Books with Lin Pardey: Storytelling for Sailors

    Movie

    Lin Pardey discusses storytelling for books, and her experience with traditional publishers and self-publishing.

  • Playlist: Making the Hard Decisions to go Cruising

    2 items

    A new series from Lin Pardey and TheSailingChannel.
    David Haigh, circumnavigator and Lin Pardey's sailing partner shares the lessons and accomplishments of his 12 year circumnavigation aboard.
    FOLLOW SUHULA AS DAVID AND LIN RETURN TO NEW ZEALAND FROM THEIR VOYAGE TO NEW CALEDONIA.
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  • TRAILER: Making the Hard Decisions to go Cruising

    A new series from Lin Pardey and TheSailingChannel.
    David Haigh, circumnavigator and Lin Pardey's sailing partner shares the lessons and accomplishments of his 12 year circumnavigation aboard
    "Sahula," his 39 foot steel cutter by E.G. Van de Stadt of Holland.

  • Magazine Editing: Storytelling for Sailors - Herb McCormick

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    Herb McCormick, long time editor for Cruising World Magazine and current freelancer, discusses the role of the magazine editor with Lin Pardey for her Storytelling for Sailors series.

  • Magazines with Lin Pardey: Storytelling for Sailors

    Movie

    Lin Pardey discusses writing articles for sailing magazines as part of her Storytelling for Sailors seminar.

  • Playlist: Storytelling for Sailors Seminar with Lin Pardey

    28 items

    Presented by Lin Pardey and Friends
    Running time: 9+ hours
    STORYTELLING FOR SAILORS:
    How to Make Money with YouTube, Blogs, Photos, Articles, Books, and Videos.
    The series includes everything from Lin's all-day Cruisers University seminar plus video interviews with several media experts. Special ...

  • Bob Bitchin interviews Lin and Larry Pardey

    In 2008, Bob Bitchin interviews sailors, Lin and Larry Pardey about their sailing career at their home on Kauwa Island, New Zealand.

  • Pardey: Storing Supplies On Board

    1990s. Lin prepares for another long bluewater passage. She explains.how she organizes and stores supplies aboard Taleisin. Tips on what supplies to warehouse aboard, protecting canned goods from damage, and preventing moisture from ruining supplies.

  • SCT Ep. 101: Cruising Has NO LIMITS

    World-renowned cruising couple Lin and Larry Pardey take viewers on adventures to southern Africa, Brazil, and western Ireland.

  • LATV 5:56, New Zealand Part 4

    The amazing New Zealand Share the Sail adventure concludes, starting with a tour of Mansion House Bay. Then it’s on to the highlight of the trip – a barbecue for the entire flotilla hosted at their home by Lin and Larry Pardey. The trip ends with wet and wild motorsail into 30-knot winds, and a g...

  • Lin Pardey - Kawau Island Story

    New Zealand television profiles sailor-author-filmmaker, Lin Pardey at her home on Kawau Island.

    Lin and Larry Pardey are among America's (and the world's) most knowledgeable and recognized cruising sailors. Known as "America's first couple of cruising," they have sailed over 200,000 miles, in...

  • Practicing Heaving To with Larry Pardey

    In this segment from Storm Tactics: Cape Horn Tested, Larry Pardey explains how to practice heaving to at the dock so you can check out your gear and learn how to deploy it.

    Storm Tactics delivers the skills you need to weather storms with confidence. It's the next best thing to having Lin and...

  • Lin & Larry Pardey CCA Far Horizons Award

    In 2009, at the New York Yacht Club, the Cruising Club of America awarded sailing couple, Lin & Larry Pardey the prestigious Far Horizons Award. TheSailingChannel.TV interviewed Lin & Larry about the honor in front of the NYYC in New York City. The award reads...

    "For their world wide cruisin...

  • "As Long As It's Fun" Pardey Biography

    In this exclusive interview with TheSailingChannel.TV, Cruising World Senior Editor, Herb McCormick describes his new biography about Lin and Larry Pardey, "As Long as It's Fun: The Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey".

    The Pardeys are renowned cruising sailors who be...

  • Lin & Larry Pardey on the Hiscocks

    Lin and Larry Pardey remember Eric and Susan Hiscock, British sailors who pioneered making ocean passages in a small sailboat. As young sailors, the Hiscocks became mentors for Lin & Larry as they began their cruising career. The Hiscock film, Beyond the West Horizon documents the couple's circum...

  • Pardey - Squall Line

    Larry Pardey stows the headsail as Taleisin, their 29.5 foot engineless cutter heads into a squall.

    Lin and Larry Pardey deliver the skills you need to weather storms with confidence. It's the next best thing to having Lin and Larry onboard, coaching you on storm tactics as the seas build and ...

  • Lin & Larry Pardey at the 2011 U.S. Sailboat Show

    TheSailingChannel interviews Lin & Larry Pardey at the 2011 U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland.

    This was the first time the Pardey's had returned to the show in 7 years. It was part of an U.S. East Coast tour that included a sail on their first self-built sailboat, Seraffyn, a 25 foot ...

  • Irish Interlude with Lin & Larry Pardey

    Join Lin and Larry as they race classic Galway Bay Hookers during a summer on Ireland's west coast.

    For the full Irish story, see the Pardey full documentary, Cruising Has No Limits that includes segments in New Zealand, southern Africa, Brazil and Ireland.

  • General Thoughts with Lin Pardey: Storytelling for Sailors

    Movie + 1 extra

    Lin gives some general thoughts about media creation for her Storytelling for Sailors seminar. Download the Extra: STS Seminar Syllabus.

  • Video Production with Lin Pardey & Tory Salvia: Storytelling for Sailors

    Movie

    Lin Pardey interviews Tory Salvia of TheSailingChannel.TV about video production, cloud storage, and long-form video distribution for her Storytelling for Sailors seminar.