SeaTV Ā· ABOUT Ā· 2026
The Story Behind SeaTV
"At sea to the wind we surrender, but when docking, we want to be fully in control."
Hello sailors. I'm Sigal Segev Kurtz ā founder of SeaTV, and the camera behind most of what you see on this site.
Photography came first. My whole working life I've been a photographer ā industrial, sports, and portrait. That was the craft, the lens, the rhythm.
Then 17 years ago I got my sailing licence and went out into the world with Amos, my partner. The camera came with me. Everywhere.
It came to the helm. To the foredeck. To the cockpit at first light, to the bow at anchor, to the rail when the wind picked up. The only time I put it down was when I went below to cook. Sailing through a lens became part of how I sail ā like a hand, like a foot, like the heart.
Why this exists
Entering an unfamiliar anchorage or marina can cause some tension on board. You're faced with limited space to manoeuvre, shifting winds, and a watching audience. That moment is what SeaTV was built for.
A short note from Sigal
ā How it started
For years I photographed sailing regattas in Greece. Hours behind the lens, watching crews, watching the wind, watching how people actually sail. That's where it hit me.
There was almost no visual content about the places I wanted to sail to. And almost nothing visual about how to actually sail them ā sail trimming, jib traveler, reefing in heavy wind, what to do when the bow falls off downwind, how to recover from a grounding. Plenty of words on every forum. Plenty of pilot books. Almost nothing you could just watch and absorb.
So I started filming what I knew. That became the Sailing Tips & Tricks series ā short, practical, sail-handling videos ā and that's where SeaTV actually began. It's still live, still where new sailors land.
Then the gap got bigger. Marinas. Anchorages. Approaches. Depths. Mooring methods. The hazards you only see after someone's already been there. That's when SeaTV became what it is today.
What we make
Visual pilot videos for marinas, bays and harbours ā built on the same idea I had at that first regatta. A sailor should be able to see a place before they arrive.
Visual layer
Aerial overviews, approach paths, marina layouts, anchorage maps, hazard zones. Drone, dock-level, water-level ā every angle filmed on location.
Information layer
Depths, recommended mooring method, wind and swell exposure, VHF channels, fuel and water access, fees in season. Numbers in metres, distances in NM, winds in knots.
Behind the scenes
Every spot you see on SeaTV ā we visited it physically. Tied up. Walked the docks. Talked to the marina office. The footage is real, the notes are real, the tips come from being there.
š Where we've filmed
Every pin on this map is a marina, bay or harbour we've already filmed for SeaTV. 30,000+ sailors are watching the channel on YouTube. Coverage so far: Greece (Ionian, Sporades, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Saronic Gulf, Athens & mainland), Italy (Sardinia, Corsica, Aeolian Islands, Ligurian Coast), Spain (Andalusia, Balearics, Canaries, Mediterranean West Coast), Portugal (Algarve, Azores), Turkey (Lycian Coast), Cyprus, Montenegro, Thailand (Andaman Coast & Eastern Gulf), Panama, New York.
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Where we're flying
SeaTV + AI: a custom visual pilot, on demand.
17 years of footage ā every approach, every angle, every depth note ā sitting in a structured cloud library, frame by frame.
The next layer is AI. A sailor opens SeaTV, types "I'm sailing the Sporades in June" ā and gets a custom visual pilot built from our footage. Only the relevant marinas, anchorages, hazards, season notes, and approach paths. Not generic. Theirs.
That's the gold. That's the speed. That's where we're flying.
Build with us
Run a sailing app, a charter company, or a training school? SeaTV's structured visual library is built for integration.
ā Get in touch
Got a marina we should film? A correction on a guide? A partnership idea? Drop a note below ā I read every message myself.
"Sailing through the lens ā that's how I sail. SeaTV is what happens when 17 years of that becomes a tool every sailor can use."
ā Sigal Segev Kurtz Ā· Founder, SeaTV
