What do the Repair/Heal buttons do?
The repair/heal buttons are a shortcut to use your surgeons, carpenters and sailmakers. “H” stands for repair hull, “C” for heal crew and “S” for repair sails. If the buttons are greyed out, it means that you either don’t have the necessary crew member, or this crew member can’t heal any more this tick (embarked this tick, or already did his special action), or there is no work for him. This button always uses the highest skilled available crew member necessary for perfoming that action. If you have more and want to choose which is used, you have to click on the ship details and pick this crew member by hand.