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What can a sea trial catch before it sinks you?A post-refit sinking that shows why a hard shakedown in real conditions is not optional.in Cruisers AcademyWhat does a rig check actually catch?Recommissioning a stored Catalina 30, and what the pre-splash inspection turned up.in Wicked SaltyCan a blown-out sail be saved?A mainsail written off as hopeless — recut with full-length battens and put back to work.in SEILmagasinet

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What critical fuel is unavailable on Svalbard's north coast, requiring sailors to be self-sufficient?

Shearwater under sail. The index is built by the same person who owns this boat.

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Why this exists.

I sail. Shearwater is my boat. I built this index because finding specific knowledge inside YouTube channels — a diesel fix, how a crew actually rode out heavy weather, what cruising really costs — meant scrubbing through hours of video and hoping.

“What do sailors actually cook and eat on a long passage?”

“Watch "keeldragger" repower his Valiant 40 — transmission trouble and an obsolete Volvo diesel.”

“What videos would be helpful for me to study ahead of taking the ASA 106 exam?”

The index is automated: software works through every channel daily, building a detailed picture of what each one is actually about. A small group of contributors who sail are being brought on gradually to curate and review channels. Their judgment makes it better than mine alone could.

If you sail and know a channel that belongs here, suggest it — every suggestion is reviewed by hand.

— tvg

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