Lovely to see Greg & Sally again, and great to see your friendship warming the trip, even if the boatride was a bit amputated 😃 Thank you for sharing 😊
It’s wonderful that you have such good friends with whom you can enjoy your boating adventures! Enjoy the summer boating season in health, happiness and great weather!
The comment at the end from Marianne had me laughing, that's my sense of humour to a tee. It goes to prove that it doesn't matter the size of the boat, it's all about having a boat. Just being on the water is what it's all about.
I think this video epitomises the very essence of boating especially in the UK. Having the freedom to go wherever you want whenever you feel like it. The sea was in a grumbly mood so head off upstream instead. Good company and not a lot else to do leads to laughter and a good time for all. Why else buy a hole in the water to throw your money into? I love watching your tour videos but seeing how it's done in real time is just as entertaining and educational. Thanks as always guys.
Fantastic! A highlight was the use of the word ‘libation’ which I’ve only ever heard my dad use when he’s cunningly suggesting a cheeky beverage or two. Marvellous !
I do so love SB2 uploads!!!! Thanks for taking us with you and a fantastic buoy pick up from Marianne!!! Great boat control from you Nick and great dry line detaching from buoy from Greg!!!! Have great weekends one and all!
Lovely video Lovely people video love the little jokes and the spirit All crew did a great job with the lines casting of/mooring and going alongside. brilliant maneuver going into the slip Nick . Keep them coming please
One of the movies made of an Agatha Christie book was filmed in her house and the boat house. Peter Ustinov played Hercule Poirot, Brilliant ! Neil from Thailand
Easter boating? Eggs Ackley says it's the thing to do - no matter the weather. I suppose when you shoved off it was a BOAT time. Punny, perhaps. Egg in my beer? Not unless its hard boiled. Thanks for the video easter eggs.
I do hope my fortunes favour me and I get to live the boating life. Until then I'll have to live them vicariously through you. All the best to you all.
There's nothing better than bouncing around on the swell nick but as you've only got a small boat it seems as though you are absorbing more of the waves than you would in a larger craft. Great video of the river and estuary nick on SB2 with your friends.
Another great Smugglers video. I noticed you were berthed bow in. Whereas you were always stern to in Torquay. Do you now vary it to always stem the tide? Or have you decided you prefer the privacy at the stern seating when bow in? Sorry the good old U.K. weather let you down. Sadly a frequent occurrence ! Good move to switch to the Dart to give you all year round boating and the sheltered waters on windy days. Always amazed so many sports boats are open. Lots of canvas but for the U.K. weather ( except last years very exceptional summer!) surely a proper covered helm and saloon with a patio door at the rear is an option more suitable for the U.K.? Especially if heated! Perhaps Smugglers Blues Three could be something like Jeanneau MF895 ( or bigger if budget permits) Offshore version with two engines ( allowing longer passages) Thanks again for including the berthing manoeuvre in you videos!
We had to go stern in at Torquay due to short finger and no spring cleats. Definitely don't want a Merry Fisher, we go boating to be outdoors rather than to stand inside a shed peering out through the windows. 🙂
I laughed my head off at the point you said now for lunch, we got a Big Mac advert and sachets of Whiskas! I wondered which you had? Funny things these cookies.
As you are now based on the Dart. Have you looked for any of the low tide wrecks along the river up towards Totness? Some really interesting ones including the hulk of the original Kingswear Castle. The second of which is now a pleasure cruiser out of Dartmouth with others visible as well. It's well worth a research into the wrecks of the Dart. Thekla, Broadmayne and by Old Mill Creek the wreck of the Mayfly from 1923.
Of course I'm a bit late commenting, but nothing better on a rainy day in Pennsylvania than watching my most favorite channel on RUclips, Madam Marianne and Sir Nick and SB2! Bless you all!!
I really dooo love your videos with Smuglers Blues ❤ So inspiring ❤ I need to brag a little today 😊 I just passed skippers B-license - how on earth I don't know... Have a wonderful weekend ❤ Here on the Åland Islands we cekebrate Vakborg/Vappeb/Vapua together with Finland and Sweden
Nice one Nick for demonstrating that it's perfectly fine to turn back if the conditions aren't favourable, great advice. Let's keep our boating safe and fun folks 👍
The mouth of the Dart is so beautiful, I took a boat trip down the river once and it was stunning, especially going past the castle right on the water. Would a larger boat tempt you out into the bay, say a Princess V39 or Fairline Targa 38 GT, Smugglers Blues III? Both fast boats too, I'm sure Marianne would approve :).
If there was a flaw it would be at 2:17 - let’s hope the neighbors aren’t crazy enough to visit in this weather and go tripping over that haphazardly tossed off stern line. Though I think he made up for it keeping the mooring “line” dry. 😉
@@bugbirdhughes - again the dry mooring line made up for it, haha. I mean you wouldn’t want to be left behind on Easter… sitting on the dock awaiting their return like a Marina Worker to tie them back up! 😅😂🤣
I'm always happy to ride along on SB2! I have to say, you are hardy folk. I think I'd have been tempted to leave the canopies on, from the looks of things. But then, the majority of my boating has been involved with towed watersports, so I tend to have a fair weather perspective. I seem to recall you always docked stern-to before, Nick. Why the switch? Something to do with the river current?
Where I live you are required to have life jackets on board .You don't have to be wearing them. Are you required to were them at all times in a moving boat ln the U K?
Nick, please can i ask you if you would know if i have to pay import tax on a boat i've purchased from Ireland to the uk, 30' 1972. i'm really struggling to find an answer and wondered if you knew? Great video by the way!
Man so glad I don't live in England. Yeah our summers here in Tennessee are flat out miserable at times, but hell at least we get a damn good amount of sunshine 9-10 months of the year. I feel like England is like every day in January here in TN, aka perpetually cloudy, with a chance of rain. If a front moves through that drops the temps then yay snow(maybe ice) but for some reason after the snow there is usually blinding sunlight to melt off that 1-3" we usually get.
Do you have to get permission to park by one of those buoys or can you just turn up? Also all those other boats parked by them how do the people get to shore?
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Greg a superstar , love the friendship you both have with sally and Greg.
Can’t resist a pint in the Ferry Boat inn when passing Dittisham. The pink building.
Lovely to see Greg & Sally again, and great to see your friendship warming the trip, even if the boatride was a bit amputated 😃 Thank you for sharing 😊
We had a great day, thank you for your kind comment. 👍
Well that was a fun day out & i mean eating & chatting hope you had a good evening also.
Best way to spend a cooler day than hanging out with friends doing what you love. Enjoying a goid meal or two. Thank you all.
I watched this while I was having my lunch. I do enjoy your yacht tours but your adventures on Smugglers blues are truly amazing. 😊
It’s wonderful that you have such good friends with whom you can enjoy your boating adventures! Enjoy the summer boating season in health, happiness and great weather!
Great time was had by all. Fantastic to see you out and about. K
I love this people, just normal!!
I do enjoy the Smugglers videos. More please.
lovely to see lovely people having a lovely time. cheers. to you and yours.
The comment at the end from Marianne had me laughing, that's my sense of humour to a tee.
It goes to prove that it doesn't matter the size of the boat, it's all about having a boat.
Just being on the water is what it's all about.
Also very rude ! 😂😂😂😂😂
That was starting to look a bit haulover inlet. Wise decision turning around.
What a great way to spend the day
I think this video epitomises the very essence of boating especially in the UK. Having the freedom to go wherever you want whenever you feel like it. The sea was in a grumbly mood so head off upstream instead. Good company and not a lot else to do leads to laughter and a good time for all. Why else buy a hole in the water to throw your money into?
I love watching your tour videos but seeing how it's done in real time is just as entertaining and educational. Thanks as always guys.
You're welcome! 🙂
I’ll point out that the better maintained you keep her, the less nuisance & expense she’ll be. (Much like other parts of life, haha).
@Marianne … 🤐
LoLoL
Fantastic! A highlight was the use of the word ‘libation’ which I’ve only ever heard my dad use when he’s cunningly suggesting a cheeky beverage or two. Marvellous !
I always wear the same expression when I'm mooring!
I will say that every venture out on the Smuggler's is an adventure, no matter the weather. Thank you! ❤ 🍷
Good to see you out together enjoying the sea
Here in the States we call that Necking lol !
I do so love SB2 uploads!!!! Thanks for taking us with you and a fantastic buoy pick up from Marianne!!! Great boat control from you Nick and great dry line detaching from buoy from Greg!!!! Have great weekends one and all!
Yep, wind against tide at the entrance sure does build those waves up a little. Nice day out even if it was a little cold. Thanks for the video Nick.
Lovely video
Lovely people video
love the little jokes and the spirit
All crew did a great job with the lines casting of/mooring and going alongside.
brilliant maneuver going into the slip Nick .
Keep them coming please
Hmmm you are 'All tied up ' , did not guess you were into bondage :-) Tee hee .
Glad you all had a good trip , could call it the Love Boat :-)
Despite the less than ideal conditions, a lovely day out. Once again, a lovely produced video. Thank you.
Nice one Nick!
I see that you still have years of tracks on the Raymarine.
I need to delete those!
Great episode! Stay safe and keep having fun on the water! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍
Thanks for watching! 🙂
@@AQUAHOLIC 👍👍
Nice! I love Agatha Christie! What a writer!
One of the movies made of an Agatha Christie book was filmed in her house and the boat house. Peter Ustinov played Hercule Poirot, Brilliant ! Neil from Thailand
I miss going boating, every weekend, with the family.
A beautiful way to spend the holiday.
Easter boating? Eggs Ackley says it's the thing to do - no matter the weather. I suppose when you shoved off it was a BOAT time. Punny, perhaps. Egg in my beer? Not unless its hard boiled. Thanks for the video easter eggs.
I do hope my fortunes favour me and I get to live the boating life.
Until then I'll have to live them vicariously through you.
All the best to you all.
Awesome, good luck! 🙂
Hi Nick Kilngate is worth an mention especially for the good people in 🇺🇸 interested in Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower!
This time next year Nick, they’ll be non of that messing about with the table on the Fairline 33
😄
Someone knows a thing the rest do not? 🤔
@@googlevoicer not really, but there was an excitement in his voice I’ve not noticed before, when he reviewed it.
How nice to have breakfast on the boat… fingers crossed for some better weather soon Nick! 🤞🏻😃
What a life, fantastic little boat !
It's always good to see you both out on the boat having fun and this time with friends too.
Oh! What a life!!
Good on you all👍
Did look a tad rollerey at the riverfmouth. Is that Spirit 70 motor yacht still moored nearby?
I've not seen it
Any day on the water is a great day 👍
Time to put a ring on that finger Nic!!!
Making the most of a marginal day!
I notice the Fleming from your marina is out of its berth.
Absolutely lovely! You’ll have me buying a boat if you don’t stop! 😆👍
Go for it! 😃
There's nothing better than bouncing around on the swell nick but as you've only got a small boat it seems as though you are absorbing more of the waves than you would in a larger craft. Great video of the river and estuary nick on SB2 with your friends.
Bet that Sea state was worse than it looked looking through a GoPro , Wishing for Summer to actually get here??
I started humming the theme song for Gilligans Isle while you were headed out to sea! "Just a three hour tour...." ( it was rough) 😂😂😂😂
Didn’t you fancy getting the dinghy out and popping in the Ferry Boat Inn?
Another great Smugglers video.
I noticed you were berthed bow in. Whereas you were always stern to in Torquay.
Do you now vary it to always stem the tide? Or have you decided you prefer the privacy at the stern seating when bow in?
Sorry the good old U.K. weather let you down. Sadly a frequent occurrence !
Good move to switch to the Dart to give you all year round boating and the sheltered waters on windy days.
Always amazed so many sports boats are open. Lots of canvas but for the U.K. weather ( except last years very exceptional summer!) surely a proper covered helm and saloon with a patio door at the rear is an option more suitable for the U.K.? Especially if heated!
Perhaps Smugglers Blues Three could be something like Jeanneau MF895 ( or bigger if budget permits) Offshore version with two engines ( allowing longer passages)
Thanks again for including the berthing manoeuvre in you videos!
We had to go stern in at Torquay due to short finger and no spring cleats. Definitely don't want a Merry Fisher, we go boating to be outdoors rather than to stand inside a shed peering out through the windows. 🙂
@@AQUAHOLIC it was only a thought Nick no need to be rude about the boat I love. Each to their own.
@@johnpenson8801 Didn't mean to be rude, each to their own indeed! I'm glad you enjoy it, but it's definitely not for me.
Aloha! Fun day! Mahalo
Love your boat. You guys have so much fun.
Your wife seems like a crazy nutcase ! But I mean that in a great way ! She looks like great fun. Superb video. ❤
I'll pass on your regards! 😄
Nice. I spent a fortune on a mooring on the Beaulieu River for some years, for exactly the same reason as you :)
I laughed my head off at the point you said now for lunch, we got a Big Mac advert and sachets of Whiskas! I wondered which you had? Funny things these cookies.
🤔
As you are now based on the Dart. Have you looked for any of the low tide wrecks along the river up towards Totness? Some really interesting ones including the hulk of the original Kingswear Castle. The second of which is now a pleasure cruiser out of Dartmouth with others visible as well. It's well worth a research into the wrecks of the Dart. Thekla, Broadmayne and by Old Mill Creek the wreck of the Mayfly from 1923.
@MarianneThe Incredible Historic Shipwrecks Still Lying in British Rivers, This worth a look. Dr. Sam Willis on his paddle board up The Dart.
What a lovely day out and good video nick 🛥🚤⛵️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you!
Despite the iffy weather, it looks to me as if you had a lovely day on the water.
Sure was
Of course I'm a bit late commenting, but nothing better on a rainy day in Pennsylvania than watching my most favorite channel on RUclips, Madam Marianne and Sir Nick and SB2! Bless you all!!
You're very kind! 🙂
Thank you for your Videos! I really love to watch your walk throughs and also your vlogs. Greetings from Switzerland
Hey there Switzerland! 😃
Loved this. Would also love you it if you got ‘access all areas’ to the 1950/60’s boat. Looks a dream. Keep up the good work.
I really dooo love your videos with Smuglers Blues ❤ So inspiring ❤
I need to brag a little today 😊 I just passed skippers B-license - how on earth I don't know...
Have a wonderful weekend ❤
Here on the Åland Islands we cekebrate Vakborg/Vappeb/Vapua together with Finland and Sweden
It should say Valborg, Vappen and Vapua.. Nevertheless have a nice weekend ❤
AWESOME!! Well done!
Nick, love these episodes where you show real boating life. It's these episodes which are persuading my wife that getting a boat is a good idea!
Awesome, go for it! 😃
Wow …. Looks like the British version of Haulover inlet in Miami …. 😮🤦♂️🤦♂️😂🤣🚤🚤
Nick and Marianne doing a Haulover style u-turn 😲
😅😂🤣 … not THAT bad quite - though it would be fun to sea! (See* what I did there, haha)
Nice one Nick for demonstrating that it's perfectly fine to turn back if the conditions aren't favourable, great advice. Let's keep our boating safe and fun folks 👍
Absolutely. We go boating for fun, not as an endurance test.
I know you’ve mentioned this but I love love love those wood pieces on the transom and gunrail… please show me or tell me where to get them
They're part of the boat when it's built. 🙂
Really enjoyed it… But what is the beeping noise… I nearly changed my batteries in my smoke alarms 🤣🤣🤣
It's a neutral beep. Lets you know you're in neutral without having to visually check.
It’s not a “Windy” I’m sure it’s a
”Jeanneau”😂😂😂
Looked a great day but choppy out at sea
É muito bom ver vocês curtindo!
The mouth of the Dart is so beautiful, I took a boat trip down the river once and it was stunning, especially going past the castle right on the water. Would a larger boat tempt you out into the bay, say a Princess V39 or Fairline Targa 38 GT, Smugglers Blues III? Both fast boats too, I'm sure Marianne would approve :).
It would have been doable, but uncomfortable, in those size boats too
Great fun 👍 🎉🍻
What a lovely video to watch thank you 👍👍👍
The subtitles at the end 🤣
>hi
Where's the crew cabin?? 😆
The boat is so quiet. Really impressed. Do you have special engine compartment isolation, or is it just the basic set-up that makes it so?
It's completely standard. But yes, it's pretty good. 🙂
If there was a flaw it would be at 2:17 - let’s hope the neighbors aren’t crazy enough to visit in this weather and go tripping over that haphazardly tossed off stern line. Though I think he made up for it keeping the mooring “line” dry. 😉
I had to get onboard quickly! Oops
@@bugbirdhughes - again the dry mooring line made up for it, haha. I mean you wouldn’t want to be left behind on Easter… sitting on the dock awaiting their return like a Marina Worker to tie them back up! 😅😂🤣
Brits know how to relax...across the pond here on the East Coast, relax is watching others relax on RUclips😂😂
What no Marmite for breakfast or lunch🤠
@Marianne crikey, that’s drastic!
Yep, a few white horses out there.
I'm always happy to ride along on SB2! I have to say, you are hardy folk. I think I'd have been tempted to leave the canopies on, from the looks of things. But then, the majority of my boating has been involved with towed watersports, so I tend to have a fair weather perspective.
I seem to recall you always docked stern-to before, Nick. Why the switch? Something to do with the river current?
We switched to get better shelter from the wind (it was blowing upriver) and a better view out across the water instead of the pontoon.
Where I live you are required to have life jackets on board .You don't have to be wearing them. Are you required to were them at all times in a moving boat ln the U K?
No not at all but little point in having them if you don't.
Well who knew Marianne is clearly more up for adventure than you Nick, just as we were all down for a little bit of fun, you turned it around! 😂
I knew! 😄
@@AQUAHOLIC got to up your game now, can’t go back! 😜😎
i love this content
Nick, please can i ask you if you would know if i have to pay import tax on a boat i've purchased from Ireland to the uk, 30' 1972. i'm really struggling to find an answer and wondered if you knew? Great video by the way!
Hi there, having been looking at a boat in Ireland I can confirm you have to pay UK vat on importing it. Makes it a bit more expensive.
@@bugbirdhughes Thanks for that... Nick's too much of a superstar now to be bothered to reply.
What’s the beeping noise I can hear every now and again. It sounds like every time you engage the engine /clutch? Thanks
It's a neutral beep. It confirms you have selected neutral without needing to visually check.
@@AQUAHOLIC Ah, I was close but not close enough. Many thanks.
Man so glad I don't live in England. Yeah our summers here in Tennessee are flat out miserable at times, but hell at least we get a damn good amount of sunshine 9-10 months of the year. I feel like England is like every day in January here in TN, aka perpetually cloudy, with a chance of rain. If a front moves through that drops the temps then yay snow(maybe ice) but for some reason after the snow there is usually blinding sunlight to melt off that 1-3" we usually get.
Why are all the boat docked bow in?
It's easier, and the view out from the cockpit is across the water, not the dock.
Hi both. Can I ask where you got your line covers from.
rosemaca.com
I would not like boating if I had to be bundled up because it was cold. I don't think I would like boating in GB.
With you Marianne - just one more minute out the heads!!!!
Do you have to get permission to park by one of those buoys or can you just turn up? Also all those other boats parked by them how do the people get to shore?
They are 'first come, first served', you just turn up and take a vacant one. Most people have a tender for getting ashore.
@@AQUAHOLIC thanks for the explanation! Always wondered how it worked.
Number 58 to start
Poor Sally. I’m not sure she enjoyed the outing all that much.
first you teach me tickity boo, now piddle around, i love English.
We aim to please! 😄
Nick when are you doing a finger tip tour of a sargo 45?
Indept tour world be grand thank you
Soon as I get the chance!
@@AQUAHOLIC thanks Nick and thank you for the wisdom 🙂