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Can we generate a list of the best youtube channels on trawler life? Boat selection, voyages, navigation, etc?
 
I am working on a project boat.
So this guy "My First Boat" is one of my favourite channels. I have watched them all and wait with baited breath for the next release :)

Watching this guy slowly and lovingly rebuild this boat is a great inspiration to me.
"hey, if he can do it, so can I" :) :)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUsYuHgNS1aNglyj8-sInSw
 
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And of course, for marine electrical, I love these guys.
"Pacific Yacht Systems"

I especially like the detailed videos, (you will have to go back a few years in their video history some spanning several hours, from seminars they hold at boat shows.

Pacific Yacht Systems:
https://www.youtube.com/c/PacificYachtSystems
 
Tally Ho is really good, as is Sailing Magic Carpet. It's great to see young, very skilled a capable people, taking on and following through on big projects. They perhaps are not as entertaining as channels of clueless, giggling children walking in to walls, but much more informative and encouraging WRT the evolution of humanity.


Project Brupeg is pretty good too and I *think* they will get it done.


SV Seeker has some interesting stuff, but it's frustrating and annoying how dismissive the guy is with respect to marine-specific stuff that he just doesn't understand fully. As a result, I think the boat is pretty much a shite-show. The most recent I noticed was how he has all the exhaust pipes from machinery merging together into a single exhaust pipe. And lots of air-cooled engines in the boat. But hey, he knows better.
 
Here are mine...

https://www.youtube.com/c/SailingYachtZora
Irish guy successfully resurrects an old steel sailboat and recently sailed it to Spain and Portugal

https://www.youtube.com/c/svdelos
Sailing. Tech savy guy, wife, kid and some guests. Fun and well shot, but not for everyone

https://www.youtube.com/c/SVSeeker
As mentioned above. Great attitude and commitment, but somethings are a bit off

https://www.youtube.com/c/MVFreedom
Couple from Seattle on a Nordhaven. Nice, but a bit dry :)

https://www.youtube.com/c/ProjectBrupeg
Kiwis in NZ rebuilding a steel boat in Oz. Lots of insight and tech info. Great

https://www.youtube.com/c/AnAchievableDream
Also mentioned above. Great, but very few episodes

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUsYuHgNS1aNglyj8-sInSw
My First Boat. I also like this guy. He's crazy

https://www.youtube.com/c/gonewiththewynns
Sailing. Nice couple. Exotic locations. Interesting adventures

https://www.youtube.com/c/PacificYachtSystems
Sparky

https://www.youtube.com/c/DangarStu
Oz guy successfully rebuilt a steel boat and cruised up (and now down) the gold coast. My favorite, but not sure what new content will be

https://www.youtube.com/c/SailingUma
Sailing. A super nice (but sometimes annoying) couple on some amazing adventures. Best camera work. Beautiful to watch.

Winters in Russia are looooooong and dark :)
 
Below are mine:

https://www.youtube.com/c/samholmessailing
"Sam Holmes Sailing" Like that in covers maintenance, repairs, and upgrading as well as interesting travel.

https://www.youtube.com/c/WindHippieSailing
"Wind Hippie Sailing" Obvious she in having fun and enjoying what she is doing. Also like that she is committed to no in video advertisement. She does do PayPal and Pateron but not pushy. This is my wife's favorite and she now follows her on Instagram. Wife also is now more open to looking at sailboats as well as trawlers.

https://www.youtube.com/c/ParlayRevival
"Sailing Parlay Revival" Another one that includes lots of boat repair and upgrading. The folks are interesting and likeable. They bought a hurricane damaged 45' catamaran and have revolving crew (some which are viewers) coming to sail and do projects. The main guy is an engineer and a patient teacher of the new crew.
 
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I sponsor Tula's Endless Summer through one of our brands, so we get a little preview from Billy and Sierra on upcoming projects. They are currently rebuilding a Defever, videos should be up in the next month or so when they catch up. Really nice young couple with good videos (and a fun dog). They started with a Marine Trader 34, sold it and switched to an older catamaran (sail), which they cruised deep into the Caribbean and then sold. They have a contract in on a new cat but it is super delayed, so they have been crossing the US in a truck camper. They bought the DeFever in San Francisco, it needs a lot of work. Should be a fun watch.



https://www.youtube.com/c/Tulasendlesssummer
 
There certainly a lot of arm chair sailors here

And I am one of them.

Some of my favourites have been mention I'll add a couple more.

https://www.youtube.com/c/RANSailing
RAN Sailing They have sailed from Sweden to Alaska to Mexico via the Panama canal and Hawaii. They have has just started a second tour with baby in tow.

https://www.youtube.com/c/TravelsWithGeordie
Travels with Gordie Based in Victoria, B.C. , He has taken a 1950's project boat and is transforming it into a wonderful liveaboard and cruiser.

https://www.youtube.com/c/RyanSophieSailing
Ryan and Sophie Sailing A sailing couple on a 40' Bennatau. He is very competent and explains technical stuff well.

The sailors on these boats are very competent and the jobs they tackle they do well.
 
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I've been getting a kick out of these guys lately. Not a flashy channel that films tap water running is slow motion, just a couple sharing about different aspects of cruising that have really done it. Sailors but the guy retired early and has been cruising for 20+ years so he has a been there done that perspective.
https://www.youtube.com/c/EmilyClarksAdventure

He's got some interesting builds with A/C and wind generation. Also some interesting ways of provisioning using carbon dioxide. His wife did a dinghy build that gave me some ideas on how to spruce up my next dinghy build with sea life art.
 
I just stumbled across this channel this evening. 2 young guys taking a Albin 38 trawler to Florida. When I saw episode 2, I thought to myself that they weren't even going to even get started but I was wrong! We started out cruising about 40 years too late...damn, they do more sightseeing in a single day than I do in a week!

 
boomerang said:
I just stumbled across this channel this evening. 2 young guys taking a Albin 38 trawler to Florida. When I saw episode 2, I thought to myself that they weren't even going to even get started but I was wrong! We started out cruising about 40 years too late...damn, they do more sightseeing in a single day than I do in a week!

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They are having a blast!
I can’t believe how they just motored off being beached - or how the 60kt winds bent their stainless cleat.
 
Scho and Jo .Young couple doing the loop
No Regrets Lifestyle .Looper and Liveaboard DIY
MV SKOOKUM1 .B.C. cruising on a Nordhavn
Cruising Sea Venture .Cruising PNW - PWS I think they are in California now.
Wandering Knapps . Family liveaboard
MV Intrigue Trawler .DYI
PacificNWboater .I especially appreciated the cruising guides with the drone
footage of entrances and approaches to different marinas in the
PNW
MVFreedom .PNW cruising and liveaboard Nordhavn

Knotty Deez - .good example of high expectations...
 
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The couple from Lazy Gecko's have certainly developed a unique business model. She now has an "Only Fans" site in addition to her xxx Patreon subscription service. "I'm Brittany! I'm a Mommy, Marine wife and a Sailor girl! Welcome to my little Nauti place on the web.

https://onlyfans.com/nautimate

Definitely puts the "Porn" in Boat Porn.

Peter
 
IronZebra said:
Below are mine:

https://www.youtube.com/c/samholmessailing
"Sam Holmes Sailing" Like that in covers maintenance, repairs, and upgrading as well as interesting travel.

https://www.youtube.com/c/WindHippieSailing
"Wind Hippie Sailing" Obvious she in having fun and enjoying what she is doing. Also like that she is committed to no in video advertisement. She does do PayPal and Pateron but not pushy. This is my wife's favorite and she now follows her on Instagram. Wife also is now more open to looking at sailboats as well as trawlers.

https://www.youtube.com/c/ParlayRevival
"Sailing Parlay Revival" Another one that includes lots of boat repair and upgrading. The folks are interesting and likeable. They bought a hurricane damaged 45' catamaran and have revolving crew (some which are viewers) coming to sail and do projects. The main guy is an engineer and a patient teacher of the new crew.
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I just found Wind Hippie sailing. This girl is nuts.... in a really cool way. She's single handing a 27ft sailboat (that I wouldn't want to take to Block Island) around the world. She's already crossed the pacific to Fiji. Talk about a bare bones adventure. Her chart plotter is an ipad and her AP is a windvane. I don't think she has any sat coms. All she's got is an in reach. And the boat looks pretty sparse. I hope she doesn't die but she seems to be a very competent sailor. And she's got a great attitude. No whining even when its really rough or she's beating to weather for days on end. Reminds me of Tania Aebi if she'd had a gopro. Very cool..
 
I’m looking for a channel of cruising the Caribbean in a trawler. I’ll I seem to find is Doodles, Monster, and Knapps. Any suggestions?
 
Lots of great content on YT. I also follow Tulas Endless Summer. Two young people that have an extensive sailing background, but recently restored an old Defever and then drove it up coast to BC from SF. They recently sold it to a family with young kids so the boat has been given another life and will make lots of memories for them.

They did a breakdown of their costs for the rehab. If they add in their labor, they said they could have made more working at MCDonalds. But that is not why they do it. For their channel/views, and they truly love boats.
 
Check out Dawn Hunters. They have a cool steel motorsailer that they rebuilt over 5 years and now cruising Bahama/Caribbean.
 
Just discovered a new one…Expedition Sea Nest. A mature couple (he’s a professional nature photographer/filmmaker) purchase a Ranger Tug and document their experiences on the beautifully scenic Georgian Bay, then trailer down to Florida where they cross the Gulf Stream to Bimini. Lots of good natural scenes…no drama or playing to the camera/audience. Check them out!
 
nwboater said:
Just discovered a new one…Expedition Sea Nest. A mature couple (he’s a professional nature photographer/filmmaker) purchase a Ranger Tug and document their experiences on the beautifully scenic Georgian Bay, then trailer down to Florida where they cross the Gulf Stream to Bimini. Lots of good natural scenes…no drama or playing to the camera/audience. Check them out!
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Really? I just looked up their channel and the title of their latest episode is "LOST AT SEA ! Struggles of Living on a boat in a Remote Location in the Bahamas- Ep 21". Just sounds like more of the same that I gave up on years ago. Hard pass.
 
boomerang said:
I just stumbled across this channel this evening. 2 young guys taking a Albin 38 trawler to Florida. When I saw episode 2, I thought to myself that they weren't even going to even get started but I was wrong! We started out cruising about 40 years too late...damn, they do more sightseeing in a single day than I do in a week!

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I was a bit skeptical of this channel at first, I suspected he was biting off more than he could chew but Gus appears to be quite competent and resourceful.

What I find particularly interesting is comparing his exploits to the couple on "Trying Not To Sink", both channels are cruising on Hatteras Motor Yachts.
 
Gdavid said:
I was a bit skeptical of this channel at first, I suspected he was biting off more than he could chew but Gus appears to be quite competent and resourceful.

What I find particularly interesting is comparing his exploits to the couple on "Trying Not To Sink", both channels are cruising on Hatteras Motor Yachts.
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Gus is impressive, and gets done in a day what takes me a week. Aah, to be young again.


"Trying Not to Sink" is more about bar-hopping your way up and down the ICW. I'm sure that's the goal for some, but not for me.
 
boomerang said:
I just stumbled across this channel this evening. 2 young guys taking a Albin 38 trawler to Florida. When I saw episode 2, I thought to myself that they weren't even going to even get started but I was wrong! We started out cruising about 40 years too late...damn, they do more sightseeing in a single day than I do in a week!

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Gus is an amazing young man, his vids should be a mandatory watch for young kids in High School, one motivated individual.
 
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