Smugglers looking absolutely tiptop, the wax polish makes a massive difference it looks immaculate. Kudos to the yard crew who are laser-focused on the task at hand.
Nick, Please put a WARNING notice on the video! The shine on the hull was so bright I needed my sunglasses!! Seriously though, great to see someone take such care of their boats. You are an inspiration for all that has a more mature (Mind you I didn’t say older) boat that looks nearly brand new. I never tire of watching the launch of your boat and look forward to the upgrade video. The pump for the SUP is brilliant! Thanks as always for a great video and let’s get you to 500k!!
Smugglers Blues 2 looks absolutely brilliant! That first day on the water after a few months of winter are the BEST! Not even a little (ok, a lot) of rain can stop the mariners from making some early season waves! Safe boating this season! Blessings... 👍👍
It is incredibly refreshing and a pure joy to see someone wearing a life jacket in even the most mundane things like moving a boat around a marina from berth to berth. Wish more people did. Mine is like a second skin. Never on the water without it.
Smugglers looks brand new. You have spent a pretty penny and to think you were considering stopping. So pleased you’ve got a boat you love and look after. You’re an example to us all re looking after your possessions. Great video Nick. Looking forward to seeing you out and about. K
Thanks for sharing your joy with us! Highlights of my week: Seeing SB II launched, and the start of the U.S. baseball season! Also today I’m one year older and barely any wiser.
There is nothing to beat the beginning of a new season with everything newly polished, antifouled and ready to go. Great service from the boatyard. Enjoy the summer Nick. Best wishes. John
Well done. We look forward to your sharing further episodes of you and your boat; and thank you for all your videos since you last took her out of the water. Your charm and energy is fantastic.
Sir Nick, I'm late commenting because I worked today, but this is what we have been waiting for... true vibes going into spring and boating season and nothing better than you and "SB2". I have to say, she looks brand new, my friend!! Love it, love it, love it! Cheers!
SB2 looking terrific. Once again a load of extras too. I’m jealous lol. Mine is out getting serviced and maintained too. Can’t wait till next month to get the season going again. I look forward to the upgrade video. Thanks and all the best for the new season Nick 😀
That boatyard treats their customers like Gold! What a fantastic job (plus care and handling) of your boat. Smuggler's Blues 2 looks like brand new. The prop anti-fouling is interesting too. Glad to see you back on the water. Now it's time to plan a trip. Very nice to be along with you on the launch! Very Best Wishes, as always! 500,000 Almost!!!
She was looking like a new boat to me. Hats off to those who worked on her, and with that new equipment, it must have felt like a holiday seeing it all installed. Congratulations, Sir, well done😊😊😊😊😊
So good to see her back on the water again. Hats off to the gentlemen operating the crane. Look forward to seeing your adventures aboard Smugglers Blues 2 this year Nick.. oh like you new Garmin, great showing her name as it came on
Wow ! I looked at your 'Subs' and it's jumped 30k That quickly.Well done Sir Nick. I recently commented that I recalled about 47k when you walked the trails and shores during 'The syndrome' shut down. You've earned All of these and more. May the wind be always at your back, and the Seas calm.
Aloha; well done sir! Fantastic kit upgrade! And, if you'd believe it, RUclips added some dramatic tension to the video by - at least on my feed - a commercial JUST before you turned the key to the ignition all the way over. Mahalo
Good afternoon Nick. Hope you’re doing well. Really enjoy your videos. Thank you so much beautiful weather and a beautiful day. It’s great to see smuggle those blue2 ready to hit the water. She’s looking wonderful.
That is one good looking boat!!! Wow. My launch day is technically tomorrow (sunday) since it is friday night after midnight. But today after I get out of bed I have one more day for some buffing. I had 3 cm high line of algea just above the antifouling on my gelcoat. removing it was very hard and after it was gone there was some braun staining that even oxalic acid did not get rid of (it did with the rest of the braun on the bow). So I taped of the antifouling and used my most course riwax bottle to cut a tiny layer off. The 3 cm band took some effort and from there went 40 cm up and that was just a more quick buffing. tomorrow will try to get the rest of the bow and sides done. and after will put the hard wax on. When it is in the water I will go for the deck and swim platform. Would have been more easy on the hard but the weather had been so bad the last few months that there was just no time since I also have to work and have other things that need attention like the family. This was the first winter since we bought the boat and did a lot of work on the inside while weather was bad out. new matrasses, usb chargers everywere, fridge cosmetics (design and 3d print a missing temp setting knob, repair some rusty bottom edge, marked the anchor chain every 5 meters, etc. etc. still busy with the helm bench. new foam must go in, need to change the sun damaged throughhulls in the side for stainless ones and much more. but those things are ore fun when weather is good instead of dark wet windy cold typical dutch "winter" weather. Looking forward to more of your video's. keep it up!!
The passion that you have for boating is such a joy and delight to watch. I stumbled upon your channel last year, never been boating, no real interest in it, but since then have binged all your old videos and never miss a single upload, it is such a pleasure to watch them and has completely changed how I feel about boating, so thank you.
Very nice indeed Nick, Smuggler's is looking very good for the coming season, well done to everyone involved. I myself have recently got a Garmin 95UHD plotter with sidescan sonar and a Standard Horizon VHF for my boat, Casper (The friendly Boat), fitting them is further down the line while we are renovating the lazarette and the cabin. Last week I cleaned and re-waterproofed the canopy and was thinking how nice the boat looked without the canopy up, so looking forward to finishing the work and better weather to get out and about.
I have regular trim tabs and added a Bennett Auto Trim Pro a few years ago. It's fantastic, no messing around adjusting the tabs, it just does it! You should have had Seakeeper contribute their Ride system!
My favourite RUclips channel by far because Nick's enthusiasm shines through, and I find it infectious. If I had a boat, I'd be just as excited as Nick.
She's stunning! Thank you for bringing us along on this exciting day ... just one complaint though, we really needed the 'Smuggler's Blues' soundtrack playing on your great new stereo as she hit the water and you zoomed off into the sunshine! (err... as you gently brought her back to her berth in the pouring rain...)
Great to see her back in the water. Its a lovely looking boat for sure and credit to you for looking after her so well. Looking forward to your videos this year and will be very interested to see the upgrade review video. Enjoy the summer!
Looks brand new.
Compliments to the boat yard crew, very professional friendly service.
Absolutely!
Was at Premier Marina Plymouth for 6 months - same professional and helpful attitude down there. Always with great service!
Smugglers looking absolutely tiptop, the wax polish makes a massive difference it looks immaculate. Kudos to the yard crew who are laser-focused on the task at hand.
Regardless of make, model and year of build, it's great to see an owner take such good care of his boat. Enjoy your time on your boat!
Thank you, I'll try!
@AQUAHOLIC And good luck in reaching 500,000 subscribers, that's some achievement!
Almost 500,000 subscribers - way to go Nick - well deserved, love your channel.
Thank you! 😃
She looks in fantastic condition. Happy boating. 🎉
Thats a proper little ship, sir!
I see what you did there 😊.
Nick, Please put a WARNING notice on the video! The shine on the hull was so bright I needed my sunglasses!! Seriously though, great to see someone take such care of their boats. You are an inspiration for all that has a more mature (Mind you I didn’t say older) boat that looks nearly brand new. I never tire of watching the launch of your boat and look forward to the upgrade video. The pump for the SUP is brilliant! Thanks as always for a great video and let’s get you to 500k!!
😎😎😎
That Smuggler looks magnificent 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
🦘🇦🇺 Great day, great yard, great boat & great people. Thanks Nick for taking us along for the ride. Hope you’re feeling OK. 🙏
Better now the boat is afloat again!
Your boat is absolutely beautiful! Perfect!
Thank you very much!
Happy Easter it was so nice to see you with a big smile.😊
😊 thank you
Smugglers Blues 2 looks absolutely brilliant! That first day on the water after a few months of winter are the BEST! Not even a little (ok, a lot) of rain can stop the mariners from making some early season waves! Safe boating this season! Blessings... 👍👍
Nice to see you back on the water Nick. Enjoy.
Thank you! 🙂
She's looking brilliant nick
Thank you! 🙂
What a very professional looking operation. Hope you have a very happy Spring and Summer's boating, Nick
Thank you! 🙂
Smugglers looking amazing looking forward to catching all your new adventures 😀👍🏻
Thank you! 🙂
It is incredibly refreshing and a pure joy to see someone wearing a life jacket in even the most mundane things like moving a boat around a marina from berth to berth.
Wish more people did.
Mine is like a second skin. Never on the water without it.
That's often the time you're most likely to need it! 🙂
Smugglers looks brand new. You have spent a pretty penny and to think you were considering stopping. So pleased you’ve got a boat you love and look after. You’re an example to us all re looking after your possessions. Great video Nick. Looking forward to seeing you out and about. K
Thank you 🙂
Thanks for sharing your joy with us! Highlights of my week: Seeing SB II launched, and the start of the U.S. baseball season! Also today I’m one year older and barely any wiser.
Happy birthday! 🎂
Wow looks like a brand-new boat, well done the boatyard!
Thank you! 🙂
Good luck with your 2024 season !!
Thank you! 🙂
I love how large boats look out of the water and how they shrink in water.
It even works with huge ships, battleships Texas and New Jersey look positively *enormous* in dry dock
Your enthusiasm, Nick, is infectious. Keep enjoying it.
Thank you 🙂
Loving the personalised home-screen on the new Garmin!
Cool huh?
EXCELLENT. Many days of joy ahead under your well deserved feet!
Thank you! 🙂
Big thumbs up !
Great to see how all that is accomplished
Welcome back Smugglers Blues! Have a beautiful and Safe season! Take care of Nick!
Thank you! 🙂
Great Vid Nick, Smugglers Blues looking very schmick, great boat yard crew, looking forward to the sea trial, fair winds.
Thank you! 🙂
Looking forward to understanding more about your new upgrades and trips you have planned.
There is nothing to beat the beginning of a new season with everything newly polished, antifouled and ready to go. Great service from the boatyard. Enjoy the summer Nick. Best wishes. John
Thank you! 🙂
Beautiful! I'm looking forward to seeing your summer adventures.
It is sooo nice to see her back on the water again. I have missed you boating trips. :)
Thank you! 🙂
Smuggler's is looking absolutely fabulous, Nick! Looking forward to the upgrades video on all the new kit. Have a great start to the boating season!
Thank you! 🙂
Well done. We look forward to your sharing further episodes of you and your boat; and thank you for all your videos since you last took her out of the water. Your charm and energy is fantastic.
Thank you 🙂
Sir Nick, I'm late commenting because I worked today, but this is what we have been waiting for... true vibes going into spring and boating season and nothing better than you and "SB2". I have to say, she looks brand new, my friend!! Love it, love it, love it! Cheers!
Thank you very much! 🙂
She looks brand fire new. Great to see the boat again.
Thank you! 🙂
Well done.
Nothing says "I love boating" more than launching your boat in the rain on a day not meant for boating.
Quite!! 😄
Nick, your enthusiasm is contagious. We still have another month to go before launch, can’t wait!!! Happy boating season and all the best. Cheers
Best of luck with it! 😃
Congrats on a new exciting season!
Thank you! 🙂
Very happy for you Nick!
Much respect to the yard crew, they did an excellent job!
Have a Safe and Happy season!👍🏾🛥
Thank you! 🙂
Looks lovely Nick it looks brand new
She is looking like a different boat! Looking fantastic and that should add a few knots-ish.
Thank you! 🙂
SB2 looking terrific. Once again a load of extras too. I’m jealous lol. Mine is out getting serviced and maintained too. Can’t wait till next month to get the season going again. I look forward to the upgrade video. Thanks and all the best for the new season Nick 😀
You too! 😃
Summers coming, looking good nick the boat that is !
Happy for you Nick👍
Can’t wait to watch the adventures you’ll be sharing with us.
That boatyard treats their customers like Gold! What a fantastic job (plus care and handling) of your boat. Smuggler's Blues 2 looks like brand new. The prop anti-fouling is interesting too. Glad to see you back on the water. Now it's time to plan a trip. Very nice to be along with you on the launch! Very Best Wishes, as always! 500,000 Almost!!!
Thank you! 🙂
what an upgrade,
so excited and happy to see it on the water again
Congrats!
Don’t forget the upgrade video please Nick to see the new gizmos 😊😊😊😊
Of course!
How did you come up with the channels Names Nick
@@timotheosgodbold5841 It just seemed to sum me up 😄
@@AQUAHOLIC excellent name and great job on the logo
Get some cards printed hand them out at shows, berths get more subscribers
Wow she looks brand new, wishing you a great boating season and finger's crossed for a fine summer.
Thank you! 🙂
She was looking like a new boat to me. Hats off to those who worked on her, and with that new equipment, it must have felt like a holiday seeing it all installed. Congratulations, Sir, well done😊😊😊😊😊
Wow, she looks fantastic! They’ve all done a great job.
Thank you! 🙂
So good to see her back on the water again. Hats off to the gentlemen operating the crane. Look forward to seeing your adventures aboard Smugglers Blues 2 this year Nick.. oh like you new Garmin, great showing her name as it came on
Wow ! I looked at your 'Subs' and it's jumped 30k That quickly.Well done Sir Nick. I recently commented that I recalled about 47k when you walked the trails and shores during 'The syndrome' shut down. You've earned All of these and more. May the wind be always at your back, and the Seas calm.
Thank you! 🙂
It's like watching a kid in a sweet shop, so excited with returning to the water.
Hi mate,
You seem a bit more cheery now. Getting your boat in the water. Good to see.
You take care.
Cheers mate.
great to see mate, love your enthusiasm even when its wet and miserable
Very nice work and service in your yard. Looking forward to fun videos of Smuggler's Blues in action when the weather improves.
She’s looking right sharpish. Like the upgrades. 👍👍
Great to see SB2 back in the water Nick. Smooth seas 👍👍
Thank you! 🙂
Absolutely love your boat. Please don’t stop making content with it.
Thank you! 🙂
Wow Nick looks fantastic. Great to see how a boat can be revitalised. Have fun!
Thank you! 🙂
Aloha; well done sir! Fantastic kit upgrade! And, if you'd believe it, RUclips added some dramatic tension to the video by - at least on my feed - a commercial JUST before you turned the key to the ignition all the way over. Mahalo
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Good afternoon Nick. Hope you’re doing well. Really enjoy your videos. Thank you so much beautiful weather and a beautiful day. It’s great to see smuggle those blue2 ready to hit the water. She’s looking wonderful.
Thank you!
Great to see your boat 🛥️ back in the water.
Thanks 👍
Great to see SB2 back in the water! With some nice new gadgets too! Have a great season with her Nick!
I'll try!!
That is one good looking boat!!! Wow. My launch day is technically tomorrow (sunday) since it is friday night after midnight. But today after I get out of bed I have one more day for some buffing. I had 3 cm high line of algea just above the antifouling on my gelcoat. removing it was very hard and after it was gone there was some braun staining that even oxalic acid did not get rid of (it did with the rest of the braun on the bow). So I taped of the antifouling and used my most course riwax bottle to cut a tiny layer off. The 3 cm band took some effort and from there went 40 cm up and that was just a more quick buffing. tomorrow will try to get the rest of the bow and sides done. and after will put the hard wax on. When it is in the water I will go for the deck and swim platform. Would have been more easy on the hard but the weather had been so bad the last few months that there was just no time since I also have to work and have other things that need attention like the family. This was the first winter since we bought the boat and did a lot of work on the inside while weather was bad out. new matrasses, usb chargers everywere, fridge cosmetics (design and 3d print a missing temp setting knob, repair some rusty bottom edge, marked the anchor chain every 5 meters, etc. etc. still busy with the helm bench. new foam must go in, need to change the sun damaged throughhulls in the side for stainless ones and much more. but those things are ore fun when weather is good instead of dark wet windy cold typical dutch "winter" weather. Looking forward to more of your video's. keep it up!!
Best of luck with the launch!
Up, up and away, Nick! The boat looks fantastic, here's to a wonderful 2024 season.
Thanks!
Your boat looking fantastic Nick 🛥⛵️🚤👍👍👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👏👏👏👏
Thank you 🙂
Happy boating Nick.
Yay.....happy days, its great to see Smuggler's Blues back in the water for the new season, looking forward to some great videos. Take care Nick 😊
Nice to see her back in the water and see more videos of her.
Great to see Nick!!
Fantastic to see you back !😀
Thank you 🙂
The passion that you have for boating is such a joy and delight to watch. I stumbled upon your channel last year, never been boating, no real interest in it, but since then have binged all your old videos and never miss a single upload, it is such a pleasure to watch them and has completely changed how I feel about boating, so thank you.
Awesome, great to hear! 🙂
Very nice indeed Nick, Smuggler's is looking very good for the coming season, well done to everyone involved.
I myself have recently got a Garmin 95UHD plotter with sidescan sonar and a Standard Horizon VHF for my boat, Casper (The friendly Boat), fitting them is further down the line while we are renovating the lazarette and the cabin. Last week I cleaned and re-waterproofed the canopy and was thinking how nice the boat looked without the canopy up, so looking forward to finishing the work and better weather to get out and about.
Welcome back in the water. Fair winds and following seas, my friend.
Thank you kindly
Boat looks brand new ✨great boat yard crew 👌
Happy days Nick, have a cracking season.. ❤
Thank you 🙂
I have regular trim tabs and added a Bennett Auto Trim Pro a few years ago. It's fantastic, no messing around adjusting the tabs, it just does it! You should have had Seakeeper contribute their Ride system!
My favourite RUclips channel by far because Nick's enthusiasm shines through, and I find it infectious. If I had a boat, I'd be just as excited as Nick.
You're very kind 🙂
She's stunning! Thank you for bringing us along on this exciting day ... just one complaint though, we really needed the 'Smuggler's Blues' soundtrack playing on your great new stereo as she hit the water and you zoomed off into the sunshine!
(err... as you gently brought her back to her berth in the pouring rain...)
Maybe next time! 😄
Always great to see how excited you are about this day !!!!
Always!
Wow looks like a brand new boat !
Thank you 🙂
It's a great thing when you have a great Boatyard with good people.
Great to have you back captain! Can’t wait to go boating with you and Smuggler’s again very soon! 👨✈️ 🛥️
Us too!
Thanks for sharing this great day, Nick. Looking forward to the upgrade video.
Coming soon!
Great to see her back in the water. Its a lovely looking boat for sure and credit to you for looking after her so well. Looking forward to your videos this year and will be very interested to see the upgrade review video. Enjoy the summer!
Much appreciated! 🙂
She looks amazing, Nick. Best wishes for the start of the season and we are awaiting the update on all the cool stuff you installed. Enjoy!
Thank you! 🙂
Great video, hope you get a smashing seasson!
Thank you 🙂
Looking good Nick 👍
Thank you! 🙂
SO EXCITING!!
New boat mate!? Solid and elegant craft:)
Would you believe 2006?
@@AQUAHOLIC incredible! She's well maintained:)
These bloody years are flying. I can clearly remember the last launch eposode,feels like it wasn't that long ago. Looking really fresh👌
I know! 😣
Still below freezing at night here in ontario Canada. May launch for us. Hope you have a great season. Look forward to seeing your videos.
Thank you! 🙂
Thanks Nick! Anchors Aweigh Sir! Bon voyage for 2024 season!! 😊
Thank you!
Oh what a fun and exciting time sir.👍