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Sailing Catalpa, adventures of an old sea Dog, Sailing Nutshell, Tula's endless Summer and BoatworksToday.
 
This list leaves out the dozen or so sailing/cruising Vlogs we watch, but here are the general boating and powerboat channels we frequent.

BoatTEST.com
Trying Not To Sink
Boatwork Today
Cruising Sea Venture
JeffHK
MV Freedom
Pacific Yacht Systems
Technomadia
Sampson Boat Co.
Searching For C-Shels
Super Yacht Captain

Bonus: How To Drink

EDIT (adding sailing channels anyway):
Cruising Off Duty
Gone With The Wynns
Jetty The Gypsy
Lady K Sailing
MJ Sailing
Nick O'Kelly
RAN Sailing
Rigging Doctor
Sailboat Story
Sailing Project Atticus
Sailing Satori
Sailing Soulianis
SV Delos
Sailing Uma
Sailing Yacht Ruby Rose
See Little Things
Shaun & Julia Sailing
Tula's Endlass Summer
Wicked Salty

Bonus: This Old Tony
 
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Project Atticus and SV Adventurer.
 
https://mvdirona.com/

Nordhavn 52 owner midway through a circumnavigation who is uber-techie. Also has a YouTube channel, but best material are blogs on their website.

https://www.kensblog.com/

Ken has been blogging for a very long time, first on a N62, then a N64, and is now having a GB 60-something built. He's amazingly prolific and candid about his decisions, mistakes, etc. Not a YouTube channel, but really good content.
 
I forgot to mention MJ sailing, Bums on a boat, sailing solianis, and Lady I sailing.

We passed Lady K sailing on the ICW on our way down from Connecticut
 
Boatworks Today, ( How to repair fiberglass)

Fleming Yachts ( very good for cruising the Inside Passage, SE Alaska)

Adventure Adrift ( couple rebuilding a sail boat)

Odd Life Crafting ( couple rebuilding a sail boat)

Parlay Revival ( Rebuilding a hurricane damaged sail boat)

Salt and Tar ( couple building a wooden sail boat )
 
Most of the ones I follow are already listed. Ruby Rose, Gone with the Wynns, Project Atticus, Uma, Soulianis, etc... Sampson Boat Co is also excellent.

One that isn’t listed that I really love is Sailing Bora Bora. A really lovely British couple sailing around the Atlantic with an interesting older boat, and a modest budget.
 
Once again, another great thread for us all...There was an older version but there is always new content out there.

Most of mine are already here, with the exception of Onboard Lifestyle:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxPH3YeAw7J-fOmScQuJ2A

This couple has refurbished a 43 ft sailing catamaran while living on it in Lake Union in Seattle, but most of the videos are Teal showing his skill and OCD in the many refit projects he's done on the boat. A lot of great ideas for anyone looking at updates on their older boat. The videos culminate with them just setting sail this summer - they are headed south down the west coast this fall.
 
fractalphreak said:
Once again, another great thread for us all...There was an older version but there is always new content out there.

Most of mine are already here, with the exception of Onboard Lifestyle:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxPH3YeAw7J-fOmScQuJ2A

This couple has refurbished a 43 ft sailing catamaran while living on it in Lake Union in Seattle, but most of the videos are Teal showing his skill and OCD in the many refit projects he's done on the boat. A lot of great ideas for anyone looking at updates on their older boat. The videos culminate with them just setting sail this summer - they are headed south down the west coast this fall.
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Yes this is a favorite of mine as well! Nice family! Now that they are moving, I’m watching and learning the pros and cons of the stops they make along the Washington coast.
 
One of my favorites lately is Sailing Florence. Young British couple sailing around the world. Well done, practical, well paced.
 
Sailing GBU (good bad and ugly)and Barefoot Sailing Adventures
I would watch these two youtubers even if they didn't have a boat.
 
Add Acorn to Arabella. 2 young guys building a wooden sailboat from scratch. Cutting down the trees (on one guy's farm in NE USA), making lumber, forging fittings, etc. Well done videos too.

Ditto on Boatworks Today, Salt and Tar, and Sampson Boat Works (Talley Ho - rebuilding early 1900's English pilot cutter.
 
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Dangar Marine https://youtu.be/cWw4YaY5WSE
Is an Australian guy renovating a small steel trawler

Project Brupeg https://youtu.be/99eLYWWBFF0
Another Australian, a couple, rebuilding a sunken steel trawler

Others:
Winty
SV Seeker
Old Sea dog
Aquaholic is a guy showing boats, most aren’t the typical trawlers
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I don't know exactly why the Dangar Marine channel has kept my attention, but I do enjoy it. Maybe it is the DIY aspects of the steel medium he is working with, something I have only witnessed professionals messing about with. Or maybe it is the seeming naive dream he has about hunting and filming wrecks with this 30-foot utility vessel which he completely gutted including the old 4-cylinder Detroit propulsion motor for complete rebuild.
 
A good YouTube channel I haven’t seen mentioned is ‘Travels With Geordie’. About guy rebuilding an old wooden cruiser while living on it in Victoria BC.
 
In addition to the others mentioned I watch "Sailing Zatara" especially like one of the last videos where he discussed new boat warranties and described the problems that a couple in New Zealand are having with their brand new Leopard 50....the video got so much publicity that Yanmar and Leopard stepped up and are replacing both his engines.

Others that are entertaining are:
BOLTR - takes apart every brand of tool and goes over the weak points etc. very funny but don't watch if a little foul language offends ....

Andrew Camarata- A young guy that can literally do or fix anything.

The last two are not about sailing or boating but if you need more to watch they're entertaining.
 
Sailing Millennial Falcon
Geordie, The Witch and The Wench
 
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Lots of arm chair sailors out there

I'll mention a couple of my favourites.

One is Ran sailing, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLYd5EnTTwUKhouIkHoqzMw

This couple starting in the winter of 2016 in Sweden and sailed around the world. He even installed a water maker and rebuilt his diesel engine in his salon, well edited video.

Tom Cunliffe - Yachts and Yarns
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrgLfFlVsszE1JSzYCmj9Yg
Great perspective on boating from Tom

Ryan and Sophie Sailing
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeB8v6Yo60cTcmRUilSVZhA

Ryan gives an incredible description of lithium battery circutry, worth watching.
 
Southern Boater said:
Yes, agree with you here, Dangar Stu keeps it in a nutshell with just the right amount of humour, doesn't prattle on and on, lamely performing for the camera, like so many creators of other channels.
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Dangar is great and his boat is already in the water. I just wonder how many “you tube boat builders” will ever be splashing their boats.... I follow one that has been building for over 10 years, another has been building for over 8. Their youth and health is passing by, they keep talking about “go and explore the oceans” but I’m not sure if they ever will. They keep polishing and painting and fixing.... maybe this is all they really want? Just wondering.
 
What a great thread.

My favorite for years was Dashew's Set Sail. Definitely not a DIYer site though. As mentioned, m/v Dirona. The Hamiltons, like the Dashews really raised the bar for owner operated blue water cruisers throughout their well traveled boating careers.
 
Dan_can said:
Dangar is great and his boat is already in the water. I just wonder how many “you tube boat builders” will ever be splashing their boats.... I follow one that has been building for over 10 years, another has been building for over 8. Their youth and health is passing by, they keep talking about “go and explore the oceans” but I’m not sure if they ever will. They keep polishing and painting and fixing.... maybe this is all they really want? Just wondering.
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There definitely is a component of folks who just love to tinker about renovating boats rather than the practical usage, any marina will have them, enjoying the camaraderie of likeminded folk. Often the only time the boat leaves the berth/slip is to lift-out for more maintenance ;)
 
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