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Blue Water Odyssey |  | Studio: CustomFlix
Category: DVD
Buy New: $19.95
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 27581
Format: NTSC
Region: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 883629052441
EAN: 0883629052441
ASIN: B000HD1PF4
Release Date: August 3, 2006
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| Editorial Reviews:
Blue Water Odyssey is a dvd which illuminates the beauty, adventure, and excitement of a world circumnavigation under sail. It chronicles an actual voyage, bringing to life the majesty of the ocean and the exotic places that such an endeavor touches.Bob, Sandra, sons Stephen and Dwayne, and daughter Susan departed San Diego, Ca. on their sailing ketch Sea Witch, stopping first in Hawaii. Their voyage continues through the tropical islands of the South Pacific, Australia, sailing the Torres Straits to Bali and across the Indian Ocean to Africa. They voyaged on across the South Atlantic stopping at St Helena and islands off the coast of Brazil before sailing on through the Caribbean, Panama Canal, and finally back to San Diego. The dvd depicts robust blue water sailing, secluded anchorages, and interesting native cultures encountered along the way. Blue Water Odyssey is an extremely well done video which leaves the viewer wanting to cast off and follow in their wake. This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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 Maybe early 70's November 14, 2009
Harrison A. Curtis (Colorado)
This appeared to me to be a very dated DVD about a family that went around the world. There is very little information about the sailing, just about the places they visited. If that is what you are interested in then there will be some fun watching it, but it will be very dated information. If you want to know about their sailing experiences, successes or problems with the boat, etc... look else where.
Not quite what I was looking for... May 28, 2009
William C. Hightower (Eastern US)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Why did I buy this? I have long desired to go on a family barefoot cruise where my family and I would take 6 months to cover multiple destinations. Although I have done considerable reading and research on doing so, my family has not. Yet they need to also get a vision for what it would be like. I bought this, as it is one of the only DVD's that seems to be focused upon this area.
What I liked about it? It showed some of the life on the water, but mostly showed the uniqueness of the many destinations. Since my family and I have lived overseas on a number of occasions, we really didn't need a cultural survey. I really needed more of daily life on a boat. Some of that is included, but only 30%. Most of that is only includes experiences on the boat, with minimal instruction [one exception was the part about how they educated thier kids while on the trip].
What I didn't like: I was much more intersted in it than my family. I could hardly get them to sit still long enough to watch it, as it was rather slow. The scenes were too long for the most part and the music played in the background, became repetitive. I found myself fast forwarding through the movie, and didn't miss much as a result. This is an old movie that was converted to a DVD. Don't expect current quality standards.
Am I glad I bought it? Yes, for the most part. It is not a compelling video, but it does put a deposit into the knowledge bank of me and my family of what it is like living on the water.
charming, more for those with families than Cruising Has no Limits April 25, 2009
offshore (Seattle, WA)
I liked the music, the family atmosphere, the fact that these folks really enjoyed their voyaging (and sailing). But as other reviews mentioned, there wasn't much variety in the sailing footage and the route was pretty predictable. That's why I think I preferred the Pardeys new DVD cruising Has no Limits. That one took me to places I dream of seeing some day. Glad I bought both of them.
 well done video March 23, 2009
serious sailor (Texas)
This video very handsomely portrays a family's around the world sailing voyage. I found it to be a well filmed adventure which effortlessly flowed from scene to scene using narration, music, and animated maps/charts. The places visited were quite interesting and some of the sailing scenes carried the audience away on a delightful trip.
I have now watched it several times and each time makes me want to cast off and follow in their wake. This dvd, in my opinion, is well worth the price.
 Entertaining video of an enviable voyage December 27, 2008
PJY (Cumming, Ga USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A 5-year sailing trip around the world is something many of us dream about. This family pulled it off. The ports of call were interesting as was the commentary. The film is done in the style of "The Endless Summer" with narration over a silent film with background music. The one things I thought was missing though was shots of them actually sailing. A 5 year voyage on the high seas and most the shots were of the ports of call. There wasn't a lot of video of the boat sailing at sea and based on the footage they didn't experience any hardships, broken rudders, torn sails or anything else that I am sure added some real drama to the voyage. While overall it is a nice video of a family vacation and it is well shot, I found it to be more a film of destinations rather than sailing.
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