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Tune into John Kretschmer's Captains Hour to Hear What Gear Works and Doesn't after 220k miles!
December 28, 2025 · 2 min · 6K views · New Zealand
What this video covers
John Kretschmer's monthly Captain's Hour session, priced at $25 per session or $200 annually, will cover the current refit of his boat Quetzal in New Zealand — specifically what gear and installations worked and what failed.1:18 Kretschmer and Taji launched their sail training operation in 2003 and have completed 200 training missions; Kretschmer has logged over 220,000 nautical miles on sail training passages alone, with nearly 200,000 miles accumulated beforehand.0:44 The session marks both the 200th training mission and the 220,000-mile milestone.1:59 Topics will include heavy-weather sailing, open-ocean passage-making, and lessons drawn from equipping and operating a bluewater sail training vessel over decades. James, the Triteia channel host, describes attending multiple previous Captain's Hours and recommends this one specifically for its gear-evaluation content drawn from real offshore miles.1:36 Session details and registration links are in the video description and on Kretschmer's website.2:21
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