Fascinating insight and also great PR for Red Jet. It’s important that passengers see how professional the crew are as well as how well maintained and seaworthy their vessels are. 👏👏👏
Aloha; BRILLIANT again! Thanks to Red Jet for agreeing to feature their operation and you for taking them up on their offer to bring us all "into" the operation! Mahalo!
Aquaholic boat tours are legendary, but usually on empty boats. For the crew to do this live, in a commercial (passenger) environment is awesome. Much kudos to the crew, they're at 100%+ work, and still time to let us see behind the scenes. Awesome. Thank you.
FANTASTIC! Thanks, Nick for bringing us with you. You didn't mention, but you could see from the stern views that the Red Jets don't kick up much wake so can zip past pleasure boats without upsetting crews.
Brilliant Video Nick! Letting all of us know the ins and outs of a daily Ferry Operation. Now, this is not just any ferry operation! It's the Red Jet ! Super Awesome for bringing this to us. For those of us on the 'left' coast of America, a huge thank you for showing this. You British have the commercial/ferry/maritime transportation angle figured out. Here in California, unfortunately, we do not. Regulations, speed restrictions, (which make operating a motor vehicle, car, better than using the ferry systems here in the Bay Area. (San Francisco Bay Area of California) ... these all combine to make it easier to 'drive your car' than using maritime transport in an area that is primarily water. What a shame on us. All the same ! Love this video ! It's nice to see an AQUAHOLIC VIDEO where transportation is shown correctly ! Love to you and M from Kalifornia !
Incredible machine. It doesn't mess about about picking up the speed. Thank you Nick for showing us this video. Hopefully we will get more like this in the future
Thanks for letting us come along for the ride! It reminds me a lot of the SeaCat. We used that several times from Ostend to Dover back in the days (1990's) . They were really nice inside, some even had a shop onboard as well.
Thanks to the crew, John, Fabio & Paul’s narrative on the ins and outs of operating a passenger vessel. Red Jet does a very good job at safety too! Great tour Nick
This is like a boating version of a Tom Scott video (that's a complement). Thanks for bringing us things we'd otherwise never get to see... I'm in Kansas City, the smack dab middle of the U.S. and it's wonderful to have channels like yours bring us this content!
Yes a beautiful reminder of the time I used to live in Southampton, as it was rotating i saw the dock when I parked my car and just looked at the ferry docking in and out, and as QE II was docked i took a ride to the Isle and back just to see this amazing Massive cruise ship looking up to it, beautiful scenery at the time, thanks for sharing.
I could do that all day and not get bored . I have a Captain friend who used to drive a Cat Ferry in Sydney Harbour and I loved going around with him for as many hours as I was allowed to. Thanks for the video.
I do like big cats Nick! It is quite amazing old Sir Bill Hamilton's clever invention to allow a small boat to blast at high speed up and down shallow, shingle rivers in NZ, planing and having very little draft and being able to swerve at high speed to dodge a rock or sandbank is now widely used around the World including 40m commuter cats! Makes you proud to be a Kiwi! Every Kiwi knows what a jetboat is. They bring a smile! If you haven't already, it is something to have on your bucket list, a wild adrenaline-rush jetboat ride up a narrow, winding river. Apparently if you aim the nose at a rock wall at 40 knots and swerve 5m away, the water pressure bouncing keeps you from hitting the rocks, you just get wet and your underwear is challenged! And at the end, they'll do a 360 or two! These jetboats can turn in their own length! All good fun.
Thanks for showing us the operating of the ferries, and thanks to Red Jet for allowing it. Never been on the passenger service but have gone over a few times with the car for work.
Hi Nick, And thank you for this nice sea trail of this Red Jet 7 and that go fast and you are right on the bridge deck it looks not that fast but on the way back when you hear those MTU engines fire up for speed great sound and you see the red Jet go away like arrow leaving his bow you see the trug speed Thanks again Nick thats is a super speed show ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I was surprised by how small the wake was when this ship was at full cruising speed. I guess that's that catamaran hull coupled with jet propulsion really reducing it. Great treat for us that Nick, thank you!
as someone who this service all the time to go visit family and sail, you have definitely showed how amazing they all are! I've met all the crew from this video and thank you for thevideo
What an incredibly interesting video Nick - thank you. A huge thanks from all of us to Red Jet too for inviting you, to allow us to see behind the scenes.
Brilliant Nick, yet again!! I have to admit I'm not a boating person but I love your channel. These 2 Red jet videos have taken it to another level. Total respect that Red Jet invited you to access all areas and film on the bridge during a passenger service as well. Great to see the tour and to travel with you on a full service. Well done. Top marks. 🙂
If you are in Greece you should see if you can get a tour of the Worldchampion Jet -- same sort of water jet powered cat, but 50 knotts and 1,300 passengers. I was lucky enough to travel on her a year or so ago and it was just unreal!
That ship is faster than your boat, amazing! Maybe it's time to get one of those MGU engines as the next upgrade for Smuggler's Blues 2? ;-) Thanks for the experience as always, Mr. Burnham!
As a tech doing the navigation and GMDSS on vessels like this I would just like to compliment the crew on a beautiful and clean bridge with the surveys I did had a bridge like that well done
Wow thanks alot for that one nick that was awesome !! And what a fab company they must be to allow this film to happen 😊 enjoyed this with a nice after work pint 👍
Thanks Nick, I found your videos on red funnel fascinating, would be amazing to see what a cross-channel ferry looks behind the scenes and/or a cruise ship! Loving the variety you’ve introduced in recent times! I keep coming back for the super yachts and smugglers blues 2, but then often find myself re-watching some of the much smaller boats you’ve featured and now seeing things like this commercial passenger service is fascinating, there are a few cargo ship videos on RUclips, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this on a passenger ferry/boat! Thanks for the brilliant content, and by the way after watching your revisit of the princess 72 earlier today I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting your earlier videos from when you chartered the boat, great times! Thanks again 👍
The wash from the jets at speed doesn't seem too disruptive to other vessels. Cats are definitely the way to go for stability. Great report Nick, very informative.
What an amazing vessel. I'm moving to IoW soon, so expect to be a regular user of RedJet services and looking really forward to it. Big thanks to both you and RedJet
Thanks for this one. I have often wondered about these when siting on a cruise ship waiting to depart. Spinning on the spot is quite the trick. Even more so when you are QMII and she uses her pods and bow thrusters to do the same. A very responsible job and no blinking required. Great vid,
Can someone show this to the SNP so they can see what a working ferry looks like? Excellent video nick, only one thing missing, the engine room at full power. lol Thanks for this, most enjoyable.
Thanks for an amazing insight to the operation of this amazing craft. I worked for Sealink in the 80"s and have been on the bridge of Hoverspeed Great Britain nothing like what ive just watched.
Something else and very interesting. The power is great to see and how smooth it rides, catamaran of course. Actually quite logic using such technique but still I expected a steering wheel.
Thanks to Red Jet for the tour and thanks to Aquaholic for bringing it to us. Of the last 8 boats shown you've done from an under 40 foot run about to a 40 meter ferry a few power yachts and a sailboat. Thank you Nick.
We’ve just come back from the Isle of White crossing with Red Funnel on the slow ferry as we took the car. A very well run operation on both legs. The area has so much to see on the Southampton to Cowes route.
We have a similar ferry from Seattle to Victoria BC. It's a much longer ride on a ferry, and they need to be mindful of major shipping, cruise ship, and car ferries heading to the many a mall islands in the area. These are amazing ships to watch operate! Thank you so much for showing us what happens on the bridge.
including a cabin clean -bins emptied, restock the loo rolls, quick zap round with a couple of cordless hoovers, sanitary squirts here and there job done
Someone has really thought about the engineering and making the perfect high speed sea bus. Set up for manoeuvring easily and realised for a short journey the acceleration is as important as the maximum speed. That is a very impressive machine.
Massive thanks to the guys at Red Jet for letting us see this fantastic vessel at work. Superb footage!
I'm amazed at how astonishingly calm and quiet it is. It's almost as if you're not moving, yet it's clocking along. Fantastic!
Firstly, thank you Aquaholic for this , and Red Funnel for letting us see into the Captain's quarters, and as an local, we love this service ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a beautiful passenger vessel, that speed, across the solent, was amazing. What a great service, it offers. Great video. 35Knots & it’s so quiet.
Thanks for that and a big thank you to Red Funnel. It's a totally different experience from being a passenger.
What a privilege - you said it several times throughout - FANTASTIC!
Fascinating insight and also great PR for Red Jet. It’s important that passengers see how professional the crew are as well as how well maintained and seaworthy their vessels are. 👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it!
Aloha; BRILLIANT again! Thanks to Red Jet for agreeing to feature their operation and you for taking them up on their offer to bring us all "into" the operation! Mahalo!
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Wow, what an incredible sea trial, Nick! Your passion for yacht tours is truly inspiring. Thanks a bunch for this fantastic video!🚀
You're very welcome!! 😃
Aquaholic boat tours are legendary, but usually on empty boats. For the crew to do this live, in a commercial (passenger) environment is awesome. Much kudos to the crew, they're at 100%+ work, and still time to let us see behind the scenes. Awesome. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
FANTASTIC!
Thanks, Nick for bringing us with you.
You didn't mention, but you could see from the stern views that the Red Jets don't kick up much wake so can zip past pleasure boats without upsetting crews.
they are pretty efficient. that boat is designed and built well
Brilliant Video Nick! Letting all of us know the ins and outs of a daily Ferry Operation.
Now, this is not just any ferry operation! It's the Red Jet !
Super Awesome for bringing this to us. For those of us on the 'left' coast of America, a huge thank you for showing this.
You British have the commercial/ferry/maritime transportation angle figured out.
Here in California, unfortunately, we do not. Regulations, speed restrictions, (which make operating a motor vehicle, car, better than using the ferry systems here in the Bay Area. (San Francisco Bay Area of California) ... these all combine to make it easier to 'drive your car' than using maritime transport in an area that is primarily water. What a shame on us.
All the same ! Love this video ! It's nice to see an AQUAHOLIC VIDEO where transportation is shown correctly !
Love to you and M from Kalifornia !
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Every action of the captains are so serious seen alot of sea trials but this crew was on another level on professionality.
Incredible machine. It doesn't mess about about picking up the speed. Thank you Nick for showing us this video. Hopefully we will get more like this in the future
Hope so!
Thanks for letting us come along for the ride!
It reminds me a lot of the SeaCat. We used that several times from Ostend to Dover back in the days (1990's) . They were really nice inside, some even had a shop onboard as well.
It just warms my ❤ to see 😄 people. Thank you so very much!
You're very welcome!
Thanks to the crew, John, Fabio & Paul’s narrative on the ins and outs of operating a passenger vessel. Red Jet does a very good job at safety too!
Great tour Nick
Glad you enjoyed it!
I liked your delivery - succinct, entertaining, lack of waffle.Nicely done, sir.
Thank you kindly!
This is like a boating version of a Tom Scott video (that's a complement). Thanks for bringing us things we'd otherwise never get to see... I'm in Kansas City, the smack dab middle of the U.S. and it's wonderful to have channels like yours bring us this content!
Our pleasure!
What an epic trip. Thanks to Red Jet for the great access and to you Nick for filming it for us
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Yes a beautiful reminder of the time I used to live in Southampton, as it was rotating i saw the dock when I parked my car and just looked at the ferry docking in and out, and as QE II was docked i took a ride to the Isle and back just to see this amazing Massive cruise ship looking up to it, beautiful scenery at the time, thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
I could do that all day and not get bored . I have a Captain friend who used to drive a Cat Ferry in Sydney Harbour and I loved going around with him for as many hours as I was allowed to. Thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
How cool, much thanks to Nick and Red Jet for this. It amazes me how little wake there is at 35 knots. Imagine a monohull at the same speed.
Our pleasure!
I do like big cats Nick!
It is quite amazing old Sir Bill Hamilton's clever invention to allow a small boat to blast at high speed up and down shallow, shingle rivers in NZ, planing and having very little draft and being able to swerve at high speed to dodge a rock or sandbank is now widely used around the World including 40m commuter cats!
Makes you proud to be a Kiwi!
Every Kiwi knows what a jetboat is. They bring a smile!
If you haven't already, it is something to have on your bucket list, a wild adrenaline-rush jetboat ride up a narrow, winding river. Apparently if you aim the nose at a rock wall at 40 knots and swerve 5m away, the water pressure bouncing keeps you from hitting the rocks, you just get wet and your underwear is challenged! And at the end, they'll do a 360 or two! These jetboats can turn in their own length! All good fun.
That sounds fun..! 😲
It’s amazing that a vessel that large pits down relatively no sizable wake to speak of. What a brilliant machine!! 👍🏻😎👍🏻
Brilliant review on Red Jet Nick. Thanks Red Jet for giving everyone a look into your ship and services.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
That was wicked fun! Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for coming along!
Wow Nick, i wasnt expecting this one after your all-areas tour a couple of days ago. Massive thanks to Red Funnel for letting you do this.
That was very interesting to watch.
Thanks to all for a great video.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Thank you for sharing this beautiful yacht.
Thanks for watching!
@@AQUAHOLIC You are welcome..
Thanks Nick, fantastic stuff and thanks to Red Funnel too
Bahamas Ferries needs to order one of these.
Thanks for showing us the operating of the ferries, and thanks to Red Jet for allowing it. Never been on the passenger service but have gone over a few times with the car for work.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
These two videos are without a doubt my absolute favorites!
Glad you enjoyed them 🙂
Wow. These vessels are amazing. Very interesting to watch
Nice!
I'd love to see some more videos of working boats!
Hi Nick, And thank you for this nice sea trail of this Red Jet 7 and that go fast and you are right on the bridge deck it looks not that fast but on the way back when you hear those MTU engines fire up for speed great sound and you see the red Jet go away like arrow leaving his bow you see the trug speed Thanks again Nick thats is a super speed show ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Fascinating indeed. Love seeing the snippets of other countries.
I was surprised by how small the wake was when this ship was at full cruising speed. I guess that's that catamaran hull coupled with jet propulsion really reducing it. Great treat for us that Nick, thank you!
I'm glad that you enjoyed it 🙂
Very cool. An excellent solution to a unique need. Move them people!
Great follow-up video. Our family has a long history of Hamiton jet boats and can't recommend them enough.
I live on the IOW so I'm frequently using the Red Jet's. Lovely to see what goes on behind the scenes, thanks Nick
My pleasure!
as someone who this service all the time to go visit family and sail, you have definitely showed how amazing they all are! I've met all the crew from this video and thank you for thevideo
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
What an incredibly interesting video Nick - thank you. A huge thanks from all of us to Red Jet too for inviting you, to allow us to see behind the scenes.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant Nick, yet again!!
I have to admit I'm not a boating person but I love your channel. These 2 Red jet videos have taken it to another level. Total respect that Red Jet invited you to access all areas and film on the bridge during a passenger service as well. Great to see the tour and to travel with you on a full service. Well done. Top marks. 🙂
Wow, thanks!
I´m totally impressed by the quietness of the ride at 35 kts. Incredible
I was grinning too! I've been on several ferries but nothing like this and not sitting in the bridge, what a special treat for you and all of us!
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Nick, i wish i was with you on this vessel. Absolutely magnificent...
How much fun!!! I’m such a boy, that this was really something!
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Epic mate! More sea trips! Thanks again to this company for showing us their operations. Cheers
Glad you enjoyed it
Some of the best 25 minutes of watching. Could feel the excitement from my armchair. Some people just have the best jobs of work.
Absolutely fantastic and really amazing to see the bridge. Brilliant video, thanks!
Our pleasure!
Great sea trial a truly fantastic piece of kit
Cheers Nick great video
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
If you are in Greece you should see if you can get a tour of the Worldchampion Jet -- same sort of water jet powered cat, but 50 knotts and 1,300 passengers. I was lucky enough to travel on her a year or so ago and it was just unreal!
That ship is faster than your boat, amazing! Maybe it's time to get one of those MGU engines as the next upgrade for Smuggler's Blues 2? ;-) Thanks for the experience as always, Mr. Burnham!
Awesome. such power, speed and precision docking etc. Great vid.
That was one very happy Mr Burnham, fascinating tour, done the car one many times but not this one.
Thank you
If you told me it wasn't even running I'd believe you, all the footage from the bridge looks uncannily smooth
As a tech doing the navigation and GMDSS on vessels like this I would just like to compliment the crew on a beautiful and clean bridge with the surveys I did had a bridge like that well done
Fascinating as usual , never ceases to amaze by the quality of the videos. Many thanks Nick .
My pleasure!
Wow thanks alot for that one nick that was awesome !! And what a fab company they must be to allow this film to happen 😊 enjoyed this with a nice after work pint 👍
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
That's a fast transport. Looks like it was good water conditions and a smooth ride.
Thanks Nick, I found your videos on red funnel fascinating, would be amazing to see what a cross-channel ferry looks behind the scenes and/or a cruise ship! Loving the variety you’ve introduced in recent times! I keep coming back for the super yachts and smugglers blues 2, but then often find myself re-watching some of the much smaller boats you’ve featured and now seeing things like this commercial passenger service is fascinating, there are a few cargo ship videos on RUclips, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this on a passenger ferry/boat! Thanks for the brilliant content, and by the way after watching your revisit of the princess 72 earlier today I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting your earlier videos from when you chartered the boat, great times! Thanks again 👍
Great fun - thanks to Paul , John and Crew - fascinating touring working boats - next stop RNLI 😃
Would love to but they're not interested.
The wash from the jets at speed doesn't seem too disruptive to other vessels.
Cats are definitely the way to go for stability.
Great report Nick, very informative.
Thanks!
Unfortunately the wake from these is quite large and disruptive in my experience, still awesome cats
Looks like driving a jet plane on water. Definitely impressive.
What an amazing vessel. I'm moving to IoW soon, so expect to be a regular user of RedJet services and looking really forward to it. Big thanks to both you and RedJet
Thanks for this one. I have often wondered about these when siting on a cruise ship waiting to depart. Spinning on the spot is quite the trick. Even more so when you are QMII and she uses her pods and bow thrusters to do the same. A very responsible job and no blinking required. Great vid,
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Wow🎉 we are proud of you Johnpaul😊
Nice, Red Jet 4 just seen there at the start of the video, I was involved in the building of that vessel :-)
Cool!
That was excellent. Well done all. Imagine one of those ferries converted into a super yacht 😎
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Thank you Nick for the follow up video. Wow, it's amazing something this large can maneuver so easily & move with such authority. Very cool.
My pleasure!
Can someone show this to the SNP so they can see what a working ferry looks like? Excellent video nick, only one thing missing, the engine room at full power. lol Thanks for this, most enjoyable.
Sensational to see such an awesome operation - fantastic!
Thanks!
Brilliant Nick, been on there many times and the discount will come in handy!
Thanks for an amazing insight to the operation of this amazing craft. I worked for Sealink in the 80"s and have been on the bridge of Hoverspeed Great Britain nothing like what ive just watched.
Thank you for this trip Nick.
Very enjoyable 👊😎
Excellent video nick.what a fantastic machine, thank you.
My pleasure!
What a cool vid, Paul was giving me some Peter Bonnington vibes which was fitting for such a high performance boat
Didn't see that one coming! SPLENDID!!!
great stuff. thank red funnel and thank you for this presentation.
You're very welcome!
This seems like such an efficient mode of transport. No wonder local people love it.
That was fascinating to watch! Thanks!
Our pleasure!
Great episode! Finally got to watch this! Thanks for sharing, Nick and Aquaholic team! Thanks to Red Jet for allowing this episode! 👍👍
Thanks for watching! 🙂
@@AQUAHOLIC 👍👍
Commuting on the water is a great way to start and end the workday!
What a brilliant boat and interesting video nick 🚤🛥⛵️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you! 🙂
Something else and very interesting. The power is great to see and how smooth it rides, catamaran of course. Actually quite logic using such technique but still I expected a steering wheel.
Awesome Nick. So we’ll organised. These guys have it down to a tee. Interesting to see how things would change in foggy conditions. Many thanks. 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Thanks to Red Jet for the tour and thanks to Aquaholic for bringing it to us. Of the last 8 boats shown you've done from an under 40 foot run about to a 40 meter ferry a few power yachts and a sailboat. Thank you Nick.
My pleasure!
Thank you!❤️
We’ve just come back from the Isle of White crossing with Red Funnel on the slow ferry as we took the car. A very well run operation on both legs. The area has so much to see on the Southampton to Cowes route.
We have a similar ferry from Seattle to Victoria BC. It's a much longer ride on a ferry, and they need to be mindful of major shipping, cruise ship, and car ferries heading to the many a mall islands in the area. These are amazing ships to watch operate! Thank you so much for showing us what happens on the bridge.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
7 minute turnaround speaks of a very well-oiled operation indeed. Rather tempting to shoot over to the IoW soon!
including a cabin clean -bins emptied, restock the loo rolls, quick zap round with a couple of cordless hoovers, sanitary squirts here and there job done
Loving this type of content. 👏
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Loved that, thank you, Nick.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Hi Nick. Very nice boat the last time i went to iow was1962 & it took a while to get there.
Good to see the new development.
I watch these and the ferries on Solent Ships channel, excellent footage!
Unique and extraordinary 👍
Someone has really thought about the engineering and making the perfect high speed sea bus.
Set up for manoeuvring easily and realised for a short journey the acceleration is as important as the maximum speed.
That is a very impressive machine.