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Andy Schell and August Sandberg run through Christmas gift ideas for sailors in a conversational Quarterdeck podcast episode recorded as a live YouTube test.1:10 Suggestions range from practical to novelty: a sailor's knife, used sailing books (including *The Finely Fitted Yacht*, volumes one and two), hats, thermal mugs, a Garmin smartwatch that controls an autopilot, a GoPro action camera, Canon smart binoculars that tag a target and guide the next viewer to it with an arrow, a keychain-sized inflatable life jacket that deploys in water, a desktop globe, and Lego sets — including a Shackleton-themed set and a discussion of classic Lego pirate ships as collector's items.3:19 Schell recounts receiving a Lego pirate ship as a child during a nine-month Bahamas cruise aboard a 36-foot ketch, and notes that 59 North buys used sailing books for all staff each year.41:02 The episode also touches on audiobooks versus physical reading, the Garmin 360 action camera (discontinued), and a clock and barometer Schell received as wedding gifts that now live aboard Spica.13:57 The session doubled as a first test of new live-recording software.0:09

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