I smiled the whole way through this video. Such intimate family time. Thank you so much to the whole family for making themselves vulnerable and for sharing such a special time.
Jealous, I am. But I don't for one minute begrudge you the experience. You've been touring all these yachts imagining how lovely they would be and you've finally gotten to find out yourself. Memories, you're building fantastic memories.
I was just going to say the same thing myself, i genuinely enjoy his videos, so nice to see him finally having his own experience is great too. Well done and look forward to more of your videos!
Had a rough day; lost my job after a few years of stress - Aquaholic videos got me through some hard days letting me dream. Today I saw this trip for the first time and it had me feeling so genuinely happy watching you and family living your best life. Thanks for everything Nick and co! Looking forward to seeing the next trip!
Quite possibly one of the most inspiring REAL luxury yacht videos I've ever seen. You've made a lifelong unattainable dream seem ever so slightly closer to the average man with big ambitions.
Thank You Nick! This is the best 15 min of the day! Again thank you for bringing us along and allowing us to enjoy all the sights and sounds of the souls near and dear to You... I love their joyous laughter and play! Blessings to You All!
Your production and editing skills are fantastic my friend. You kept me so interested and engaged with this simply beautiful family vacation. You have inspired me that yacht chartering does not have to be solely for the wealthy but can be enjoyed by us regular folk. Happy family = Happy life!!!
Very kind of you to share a family break, and have been left speechless with the beauty of the location. Great to see you making memories, and that is what great holidays are all about!!!! Keep up th excellent videos! Best wishes, Allan
It's good to see how a boat is enjoyed. Despite your tours being great as they are, you don't get a lot of context until you see people using the boat as it should be. Thanks Nick. Glad you're enjoying yourself.
Part 2 online, yay! watching this brought a tear to my eye, it looks like you all have had a wonderful time onboard and made some fantastic memories together.
Nick, I don't know where to start. First and foremost, I'm so happy for you, your friends, and family. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. I watched this on a 10-foot diagonal home theater screen and it looked fantastic, the editing you did was great. I wonder if the youngest kid could truly appreciate where he was and what he was on. When the little guy drove the yacht, that was priceless. He was sitting and controlling some huge £££ . Alot people may never set foot on a yacht like that and he was driving. I loved it. What a great video Nick.
With your enthusiasm and sincerity, you could sell _anyone_ on boats and boat charters! I dunno what you do outside of TH-cam, but you could be filling calendars for yacht charters with videos like this! I'm totally sold; I don't know if I've ever had as much fun as you and your family have had on this trip you shared.
best quote ever "it will take a lot of this to upset me" haha, gives a good insight to what this type of holiday is about. if only we could all get 70ft + boats... dream time.
When I speak to my dad tonight might suggest he spends some of our inheritance. They might have a really good year, might as well spend it rather than let it be taxed, someones going to have to pay for the last year. This must have been a fantastic experience something you and your family will never forget, a memory to be remembered.
Most envious, but definitely can't be jealous as you are all such honest, lovely and deserving people. Thanks for allowing us to come along for the amazing ride.
This could well be one of my favourite ever videos on TH-cam. What a total joyfest! This has motivated me to get on the water and buy my first boat. Thank you Nick!
I was quiet disappointed when the video ended l would hate to know how sad you must have felt when your holiday ended. This has made me even more determined to save up for my family to have a holiday like this. Thoroughly enjoyed your video thanks for sharing.
The first 90 seconds of your second video, THAT IS JUST FANTASTIC !!! I just look at that 90 seconds AGAIN !!! and for the second time...I sit here, with happy tears in my eyes,what a romantic 90 seconds that is. I come from the country where Ingmar Bergman was born,but I don’t think that he could have done a better video then the one you just did. I hope from the bottom of my heart that you will give us more videos like this. All the best from me to all of you. Cheers.
Yeah still jealous. Brilliant to see you all enjoying your time together.Those memories are priceless and it's great to see charter yachts aren't all about the high end stuff and with a bit of thought and planning can possibly come into price range that at first glance people might not have thought. Thanks again for sharing.
I love the beginning of the video with the music, the editing, the views and everything. This is exactly, what I would do in the morning: Get up, get on deck and enjoy the silence and beauty of the sea and the sunrise. Again...thanks for sharing these moments!
Jonny’s little face when he was driving was a picture, the vlog is so good it almost felt like I was there well done thanks for sharing your holiday Stu
The look on your , I think your grandson, face was the best part when driving the big Princess 72!!!!!!!The Aussie Captain looked a bit shifty but looks as though he put fuel in tanks ;)!!!!!.......
Thanks for these videos, I've been yearning for a yacht since I discovered your channel several months ago. No one else explains things on their yacht videos the way you do, and your the first I've found that shows us what the chartering experience is like. Thanks again.... now go make more videos!
What a lovely video of family having such a good time together in a magic place. Thank you for letting us in on your experiences in such a non scripted natural way. I love your videos and the way you comment on all of your yacht tours.
No matter what boat you have, if it's 25 feet or 80 feet, if it's a motor yacht or a sail yacht, if its your own ship or chatered, life at see, anchoring at a nice bay or being in a nice harbor is always my favorite way spending my holidays or enjoying my weekend.
By the way as a cameraman he is no mug either. Looks easy believe me it isn’t. Pulls you in and makes the whole experience very enjoyable. I hope people who employ such people Take note, he’s good.
Catching up on some older vids and ran across this series. Beautifully edited, great music, and what a fantastic family. Thank you for allowing us to join you. I’ve been subscribed for a little while and love your videos. Greetings from the USA.
Nick, I love all you do with Aquaholic, it really is a wonderful channel, and it was great to meet the family. It really does appear you and the family had a wonderful time, all the fun and smiles made me smile all the way through this adventure. Cheers from the US.
Simply terrific! What a great format to show off the boat, which is/was the reason so many came here initially. This series of videos have created a deeper respect for your analysis of the many fine boats you showcase, and i believe many have come away with a deeper respect for you as a presenter. Thank you for taking us away with you and giving a glimpse of the true purpose of owning or hiring one of these boats; lifetime enjoyment with those that you love. Bravo!
Turning into one of my favourite channels, you are one lucky person to have such fabulous people to share such a fabulous experience with (and ourselves) 👍
I was abit picky with your content when i first stumbled upon your channel but recently your videos are quality and your really getting the hang of this youtube stuff now, great work.
Absolutely loving watching your family vacation vlog ! Thank you for sharing it and letting us experience it with you ! Me and my husband are enjoying your content so much !
When I win tonight’s euro jackpot maybe you could advise me which boat to purchase and then spend a hour or two teaching me how to drive the bloody thing🤣🤣🤣. Great vid but runic cube magic freak me out a bit!!
Really nice to get of a taste what life on a boat you presented to us earlier really can be. Thanks to you and your lovely family ever so much for sharing this!
I couldn’t be more personally happy for an experience to happen to someone as fantastic and you Nick, not forgetting your wonderful family. T’was smiling all the way through at the thought of being in your shoes one day and experience the variety of things to do and enjoy on such a yacht. A total thrill to watch someone helping the rest of us dream and be inspired. I’m staying tuned for more, many thanks Nick 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
After watching most of your videos I finally, thanks to you, get to see how it is really to be on a boat with family for few days and what things can be done. I truly enjoyed watching and wish you all the best and keep them videos coming. Cheers
Oh my.. That 40(?) ft ketch (the double-master with the teak toe railing) that you tied up nearby so reminded me of my brother's 42' Cheoy-Lee ("Nordstar") that we did so much work on: re-caulking the work teak decking and replacing the bits that a good oiling could no longer save, oiling up said deck with 3X more oil than anticipated (that was some thirsty teak!), replacing the white vinyl header in the cabin with teak paneling and placing insulation between it and the fiberglass so it was warmer in winter and cooler in summer, replacing the tired old engine with a brand-new tiny little Volvo Penta under the floor decking inside the cabin (great fun that was.. not!), redoing all the brightwork from a decade of semi-neglect, and chopping out and replacing some rotten bits with an epoxy-wood slurry that smelled like Santan's armpits in the mainmast then sealing and repainting the whole main and mizzen (I was the only one who could spend a day in the bosun's chair at height) then brushing the green off the brass pulleys to shiny new lustre and blowing a couple cans of silicone spray into and all over them. My brother was buying the beer so I said just tell me what bells you want me to be on duty! Alas, poor Nordstar ended up under 200 feet of water cracked clean in half stem to stern. The idiot lubber who bought her only had her a month with little to no experience when he tried to take her north in a storm at night in 10 ft seas and 50 knot gusts with the occaisional 65 knot squall. Instead of turning around and making for open ocean with the wind to stern, he tacked close to shore and then tried to sail her between Ano Nuevo Island and the mainland. That channel used to be a peninsula until 80 years ago, and the fool tried to sail a 9 ft draught through a 6 ft depth channel in stormy seas. You can guess what the outcome of that was... Unfortunately he survived while the boat most certainly did not. It was two more days before the weather abated sufficiently for our Coasties to pull the halves off the rock reef and let them go in deep water. That was 25 years ago and I am still sore about that. If you ever get the chance to sail or motor between Half Moon and Santa Cruz Harbors, as you pass Ano Nuevo Island (big wreck of a house with naught but 8-12' elephant seals living inside and sometimes marine researchers doing observations), look on the chart for the "Nordstar: Possible Hazard To Navigation" notation, and give it salute to the three years of happiness it provided my brother, his wife, and occasionally me. I lived across the street with my then-girlfriend-now-wife and would run out and tie on extra lines if we were going to have a bit of a blow, or if the Harbor Patrol needed to have someone move it to another slip and my brother was away. On the happy side, that morning shot reminded me off waking up with the rooster in Mexico (not bloody likely sleeping through that little bastard's rendition of Chicken Revele), sucking down a god-awful cup of instant Joe, and inhaling a papaya with lime juice all over it while waxing up my board for a sunrise surf in the gentle off-shores coming off the steep hills across the highway. Usually 0-3 people out with the same idea. By the time you lot were eating breakfast we were finishing our third hour and on the hunt for a big fried red snapper, french fries, a half-liter of coffee, split a dozen oysters, some honeyed fried bread, and 2-3 big glasses of orange juice. By that time the guys who stayed up all night drinking were just stumbling up and the off-shore breeze was already gone.
What a wonderful gift - I've wanted a yacht cruise for a while - now I've had one. Thank you so much for this. Your family is a blast and your wife is a keeper. I laughed so hard. Great FUN. Thank you for sharing... P.S. Want to know how to make the best yacht vacation videos ever? Give a boat loving cinematographer and his family 48 hours on board. That's how.
Love all of it especially Marian taking in the simple things in life rather than material wealth, she's feeling great about the small things often forgotten, love the videos!
6:52 Only a Brit would be wearing socks on a hot sunny day on a luxury yacht, rest of the Europeans will be soaking up the sun without socks. Great video though.
I would just like to thank you for allowing us to share this fantastic trip of a lifetime with you and your family! It really looked sensational! Not to mention the greatest advert for Yacht charters/ownership in general and for B4 in particular! You deserve to live the dream and enjoy it!
Like I said previously, I’m green 🤢 with envy 👍 What a fabulous time you all had, absolutely marvellous 👌 Watching you all having such a great time was almost as good as being there. I am so pleased 😀 for you and your family. What quality time that was, I’m sure it will remain with you for ever 🤩 But hey, let’s not forget the captain and first mate, they did such a great job 👏👏👏
Brilliant, 35 seconds to do a Rubix cube haha. Your face beamed all the way through and it was reflected in everyone elses, quality time with quality friends and pleasant crew. Memories forever. 🥰
By far the best boat videos on you tube, I've always wanted to see what its like from a passenger view rather than crew videos. excellent stuff, keep it going
I must say, I love being able to watch people enjoy other’s company, and the fact you and your family got to do that on a yacht is very envious! Would definitely love to see more videos like this 👍🏻
Well this pretty much seals the deal. Planning a trip similar to this!! Nick you and your family looked to be having the time of your lives. Memories were made. Maryann said it best at the end. Thank you for bringing us along. Cheers
You lucky , lucky people. What a lovely family too Nick. That’s what it’s all about. I smiled all the way through part 1& 2. Love it. Top man Mister. ;))
Totally well jell...In a year where the majority of us are staying at home for our annual leave, its just great to experience a lovely family holiday through your eyes.
These charter videos you did are great. They really helped me start to see why someone might spend millions of dollars on one of these boats. I’ve enjoyed watching your tours, but I often thought “even if I had a lot of money, I don’t know if I would spend a large chunk of it on a boat like this.“ But these charter videos showing your experiences has me reconsidering the appeal.
Gosh this looks amazing. You and your family seem such wonderful people and a privilege to partake in your adventure. I have to say the crew really work hard but it looks like they made it an epic time for you.
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I smiled the whole way through this video. Such intimate family time. Thank you so much to the whole family for making themselves vulnerable and for sharing such a special time.
@Greg Cromie My thoughts exactly, well put.
Yes, I feel like this set of videos is more photojournalism or documentary in nature than you may fine with some family/lifestyle vids.
vulnerable ?
@@Onlinesully Yes, because you see them act privately.
Jealous, I am. But I don't for one minute begrudge you the experience. You've been touring all these yachts imagining how lovely they would be and you've finally gotten to find out yourself. Memories, you're building fantastic memories.
I was just going to say the same thing myself, i genuinely enjoy his videos, so nice to see him finally having his own experience is great too. Well done and look forward to more of your videos!
Me too i believe Nick has worked so hard across multiple channels and videos. He deserves a vacation with family.
Totally agree! I’m so glad for him! I want one for him almost more than I want one myself :)
Exactly this. What a great video and couldn't happen for nicer people. :-)
I just wish he could spend longer on it! 48 hours seems painfully short.
Boat charter: £16000
Princess 72 £1.8M
Family time like that; priceless
Lovely
Boat charter? £16000
Princess 72? £1.8M
Hotel? Trivago
For how many days, sir?
kin martin campos 2
Mark Russell Approximately £2,000 per person, £4,000 per cabin.
That was better than 90% of things on TV. Thanks for sharing your dream trip with everyone.
All the best to you and your lovely family.
I have ZERO ideas at how you can go back to normal life after a holiday like that?!? Thanks for sharing!!
It's really hard...u will hate your office room...lol
Had a rough day; lost my job after a few years of stress - Aquaholic videos got me through some hard days letting me dream. Today I saw this trip for the first time and it had me feeling so genuinely happy watching you and family living your best life. Thanks for everything Nick and co! Looking forward to seeing the next trip!
Sorry to hear that
Hey, it's me, your long lost son. Dont forget to take me along next time!
Great camera work and editing!
hey dad! make sure to bring me out there
🤣😂😍
Something about this video just makes me smile. It's the genuine happiness and fun you guys so clearly had❤
I bet the crew also enjoyed having your family on board!
I agree totally! These crews will probably be used to rich snobs. Great to see a real, down to earth family enjoying it!
I would like to see the crew acomadations
@@theogdirkdiggler Search aquaholic's walkthrough of this boat.
This is exactly what I was thinking about. I love this family 😊
Quite possibly one of the most inspiring REAL luxury yacht videos I've ever seen. You've made a lifelong unattainable dream seem ever so slightly closer to the average man with big ambitions.
Thank You Nick!
This is the best 15 min of the day!
Again thank you for bringing us along and allowing us to enjoy all the sights and sounds of the souls near and dear to You... I love their joyous laughter and play!
Blessings to You All!
I can't stop smiling...person that working all day walking around yacht enjoying the yacht...it's beautiful...glad for u Nick..
The best bit - the smile on that boy's face when he was steering. :)
You have this natural capability to make a video like this and make us all feel welcome at the same time. Love your work.
What a nice couple who are looking after you all. Not jealous at all sat here in Middlesbrough lol.
Such a heartwarming video! So lovely to see you all enjoying yourselves and in such a stunning setting. Absolutely love it!
Your production and editing skills are fantastic my friend. You kept me so interested and engaged with this simply beautiful family vacation. You have inspired me that yacht chartering does not have to be solely for the wealthy but can be enjoyed by us regular folk. Happy family = Happy life!!!
Very kind of you to share a family break, and have been left speechless with the beauty of the location. Great to see you making memories, and that is what great holidays are all about!!!! Keep up th excellent videos!
Best wishes,
Allan
It's good to see how a boat is enjoyed. Despite your tours being great as they are, you don't get a lot of context until you see people using the boat as it should be. Thanks Nick. Glad you're enjoying yourself.
Part 2 online, yay! watching this brought a tear to my eye, it looks like you all have had a wonderful time onboard and made some fantastic memories together.
Making memories that’s what it’s about Nick. Looked fantastic short break and a well made video. Well done 👍
Think I'll get an extra lottery ticket tonight !
Break a leg🍀🌹❤
15:30 onwards just brought a tear to my eye, so glad for you and your friends and family!
Nick, I don't know where to start. First and foremost, I'm so happy for you, your friends, and family. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. I watched this on a 10-foot diagonal home theater screen and it looked fantastic, the editing you did was great. I wonder if the youngest kid could truly appreciate where he was and what he was on. When the little guy drove the yacht, that was priceless. He was sitting and controlling some huge £££ . Alot people may never set foot on a yacht like that and he was driving. I loved it. What a great video Nick.
With your enthusiasm and sincerity, you could sell _anyone_ on boats and boat charters! I dunno what you do outside of TH-cam, but you could be filling calendars for yacht charters with videos like this! I'm totally sold; I don't know if I've ever had as much fun as you and your family have had on this trip you shared.
best quote ever "it will take a lot of this to upset me" haha, gives a good insight to what this type of holiday is about. if only we could all get 70ft + boats... dream time.
When I speak to my dad tonight might suggest he spends some of our inheritance. They might have a really good year, might as well spend it rather than let it be taxed, someones going to have to pay for the last year. This must have been a fantastic experience something you and your family will never forget, a memory to be remembered.
Most envious, but definitely can't be jealous as you are all such honest, lovely and deserving people.
Thanks for allowing us to come along for the amazing ride.
Thanks for joining us :)
The Rubix cube trick was awesome 👌
Ikr
This could well be one of my favourite ever videos on TH-cam. What a total joyfest! This has motivated me to get on the water and buy my first boat. Thank you Nick!
Awesome, go for it! 😃
What an exceptional couple of videos. Thank you they were enlightening.
You're very welcome, thanks for watching! :)
It makes me happy to see you and your family enjoying one of these large yachts you review so ecstatically. Cheers!
I was quiet disappointed when the video ended l would hate to know how sad you must have felt when your holiday ended. This has made me even more determined to save up for my family to have a holiday like this. Thoroughly enjoyed your video thanks for sharing.
YOu're very welcome, thanks for watching. We were sad to leave, but happy to have lifelong memories. :)
@@AQUAHOLIC what would life be without our happy memories
The first 90 seconds of your second video, THAT IS JUST FANTASTIC !!!
I just look at that 90 seconds AGAIN !!! and for the second time...I sit here, with happy tears in my eyes,what a romantic 90 seconds that is.
I come from the country where Ingmar Bergman was born,but I don’t think that he could have done a better video then the one you just did. I hope from the bottom of my heart that you will give us more videos like this. All the best from me to all of you. Cheers.
Thank you, that's really nice to hear. :)
That's the yacht life my friend and glad to see you shared it with your family awesome
The shots of the sun coming up sat on the boat...were just magical ✨😍😌💕
Yeah still jealous. Brilliant to see you all enjoying your time together.Those memories are priceless and it's great to see
charter yachts aren't all about the high end stuff and with a bit of thought and planning can possibly come into price range
that at first glance people might not have thought. Thanks again for sharing.
I love the beginning of the video with the music, the editing, the views and everything.
This is exactly, what I would do in the morning: Get up, get on deck and enjoy the silence and beauty of the sea and the sunrise.
Again...thanks for sharing these moments!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Jonny’s little face when he was driving was a picture, the vlog is so good it almost felt like I was there well done thanks for sharing your holiday Stu
The look on your , I think your grandson, face was the best part when driving the big Princess 72!!!!!!!The Aussie Captain looked a bit shifty but looks as though he put fuel in tanks ;)!!!!!.......
Marianne summed it up, when she said it's perfect, those are the kind of memories that'll make you smile on your worst days.
Thanks for these videos, I've been yearning for a yacht since I discovered your channel several months ago. No one else explains things on their yacht videos the way you do, and your the first I've found that shows us what the chartering experience is like. Thanks again.... now go make more videos!
I'm on it! :D
I think Victoria deserves double pay for being both deckie and cook/stew! Thanks for the beautiful look at life on charter. With love, Ken
Your significant other describing the last scene was perfect. People seldom take a minute to appreciate their surroundings like that.
What a lovely video of family having such a good time together in a magic place. Thank you for letting us in on your experiences in such a non scripted natural way. I love your videos and the way you comment on all of your yacht tours.
Thanks LD! :)
No matter what boat you have, if it's 25 feet or 80 feet, if it's a motor yacht or a sail yacht, if its your own ship or chatered, life at see, anchoring at a nice bay or being in a nice harbor is always my favorite way spending my holidays or enjoying my weekend.
Honestly, one of the most uplifting life-affirming videos I have ever had the privilege of watching. So happy for you all bless you.
Wonderfully cheerful video, brilliantly edited, great composition, and so nice to see you express your love openly....
Thanks
Mike, Nottingham UK
Glad you enjoyed it
@@AQUAHOLIC I certainly did, thank you, lovely to get a reply 👍🏻👌🏻
You guys are too cute! Thanks for letting us be part of it. AQUAHOLIC.. Not just a boat review, a way of life ❤️
What a nice guy and a nice family. What a great advert for the company the crew are, you get the idea that the whole family and crew had a great time.
By the way as a cameraman he is no mug either. Looks easy believe me it isn’t. Pulls you in and makes the whole experience very enjoyable. I hope people who employ such people Take note, he’s good.
Catching up on some older vids and ran across this series. Beautifully edited, great music, and what a fantastic family. Thank you for allowing us to join you. I’ve been subscribed for a little while and love your videos. Greetings from the USA.
Nick, I love all you do with Aquaholic, it really is a wonderful channel, and it was great to meet the family. It really does appear you and the family had a wonderful time, all the fun and smiles made me smile all the way through this adventure. Cheers from the US.
I could watch a hundred videos of you enjoying this charter. I wish you more success and more boating.
Just beautiful to watch. Thank you for taking us along with you and your family
You're very welcome :)
*Thank you to having us with your family through the TH-cam* 💝💝💝💝
Simply terrific! What a great format to show off the boat, which is/was the reason so many came here initially. This series of videos have created a deeper respect for your analysis of the many fine boats you showcase, and i believe many have come away with a deeper respect for you as a presenter. Thank you for taking us away with you and giving a glimpse of the true purpose of owning or hiring one of these boats; lifetime enjoyment with those that you love. Bravo!
Thank you! :)
Quite possibly the best video on your channel. Love to see how you are when the boat is not the center of attention. Well done.
I love your videos at the best of times, but seeing you have this much fun with your family made me genuinely happy. Thanks for the ride.
Thanks for coming along! :)
Turning into one of my favourite channels, you are one lucky person to have such fabulous people to share such a fabulous experience with (and ourselves) 👍
How nice to meet your family. Your so down to earth I am just the US version of you. Please take more vacations, felt like I was there.
I was abit picky with your content when i first stumbled upon your channel but recently your videos are quality and your really getting the hang of this youtube stuff now, great work.
I think this is the best TH-cam video I’ve ever seen. So nice to see such a lovely family having a great time. Thanks for sharing 👍
You are very kind :)
Absolutely loving watching your family vacation vlog ! Thank you for sharing it and letting us experience it with you ! Me and my husband are enjoying your content so much !
You are so welcome!
LOL the shot of all the family jumping into the water "Epic"... very nice video guys... love the family...
Another dose of this is just what I needed during these trying times - stay safe!
Really great to see a boat in use. Have watched lots of your other videos, but this takes the experience to a new level.
When I win tonight’s euro jackpot maybe you could advise me which boat to purchase and then spend a hour or two teaching me how to drive the bloody thing🤣🤣🤣. Great vid but runic cube magic freak me out a bit!!
Really nice to get of a taste what life on a boat you presented to us earlier really can be. Thanks to you and your lovely family ever so much for sharing this!
I couldn’t be more personally happy for an experience to happen to someone as fantastic and you Nick, not forgetting your wonderful family. T’was smiling all the way through at the thought of being in your shoes one day and experience the variety of things to do and enjoy on such a yacht. A total thrill to watch someone helping the rest of us dream and be inspired. I’m staying tuned for more, many thanks Nick 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
That's really kind, thank you :)
👍🏼
After watching most of your videos I finally, thanks to you, get to see how it is really to be on a boat with family for few days and what things can be done. I truly enjoyed watching and wish you all the best and keep them videos coming. Cheers
Thank you :)
Yes!! I was so hoping for a pt. 2 - glad you enjoyed it guys, it was very much deserved!
Oh my.. That 40(?) ft ketch (the double-master with the teak toe railing) that you tied up nearby so reminded me of my brother's 42' Cheoy-Lee ("Nordstar") that we did so much work on: re-caulking the work teak decking and replacing the bits that a good oiling could no longer save, oiling up said deck with 3X more oil than anticipated (that was some thirsty teak!), replacing the white vinyl header in the cabin with teak paneling and placing insulation between it and the fiberglass so it was warmer in winter and cooler in summer, replacing the tired old engine with a brand-new tiny little Volvo Penta under the floor decking inside the cabin (great fun that was.. not!), redoing all the brightwork from a decade of semi-neglect, and chopping out and replacing some rotten bits with an epoxy-wood slurry that smelled like Santan's armpits in the mainmast then sealing and repainting the whole main and mizzen (I was the only one who could spend a day in the bosun's chair at height) then brushing the green off the brass pulleys to shiny new lustre and blowing a couple cans of silicone spray into and all over them. My brother was buying the beer so I said just tell me what bells you want me to be on duty!
Alas, poor Nordstar ended up under 200 feet of water cracked clean in half stem to stern. The idiot lubber who bought her only had her a month with little to no experience when he tried to take her north in a storm at night in 10 ft seas and 50 knot gusts with the occaisional 65 knot squall. Instead of turning around and making for open ocean with the wind to stern, he tacked close to shore and then tried to sail her between Ano Nuevo Island and the mainland. That channel used to be a peninsula until 80 years ago, and the fool tried to sail a 9 ft draught through a 6 ft depth channel in stormy seas. You can guess what the outcome of that was... Unfortunately he survived while the boat most certainly did not. It was two more days before the weather abated sufficiently for our Coasties to pull the halves off the rock reef and let them go in deep water.
That was 25 years ago and I am still sore about that. If you ever get the chance to sail or motor between Half Moon and Santa Cruz Harbors, as you pass Ano Nuevo Island (big wreck of a house with naught but 8-12' elephant seals living inside and sometimes marine researchers doing observations), look on the chart for the "Nordstar: Possible Hazard To Navigation" notation, and give it salute to the three years of happiness it provided my brother, his wife, and occasionally me. I lived across the street with my then-girlfriend-now-wife and would run out and tie on extra lines if we were going to have a bit of a blow, or if the Harbor Patrol needed to have someone move it to another slip and my brother was away.
On the happy side, that morning shot reminded me off waking up with the rooster in Mexico (not bloody likely sleeping through that little bastard's rendition of Chicken Revele), sucking down a god-awful cup of instant Joe, and inhaling a papaya with lime juice all over it while waxing up my board for a sunrise surf in the gentle off-shores coming off the steep hills across the highway. Usually 0-3 people out with the same idea. By the time you lot were eating breakfast we were finishing our third hour and on the hunt for a big fried red snapper, french fries, a half-liter of coffee, split a dozen oysters, some honeyed fried bread, and 2-3 big glasses of orange juice. By that time the guys who stayed up all night drinking were just stumbling up and the off-shore breeze was already gone.
Loved it - heartfelt family moments. Gave me the shivers - well done
What a wonderful gift - I've wanted a yacht cruise for a while - now I've had one. Thank you so much for this. Your family is a blast and your wife is a keeper. I laughed so hard. Great FUN.
Thank you for sharing...
P.S. Want to know how to make the best yacht vacation videos ever? Give a boat loving cinematographer and his family 48 hours on board. That's how.
You're very kind, thank you :)
Love all of it especially Marian taking in the simple things in life rather than material wealth, she's feeling great about the small things often forgotten, love the videos!
Another great family day one the water.
Your video editing skills are really coming along. This almost looked like a well directed advertisement.
6:52 Only a Brit would be wearing socks on a hot sunny day on a luxury yacht, rest of the Europeans will be soaking up the sun without socks. Great video though.
And only a Brit could stay that pure white in Mallorca😉 Anyway, you're an excellent filmmaker!
I would just like to thank you for allowing us to share this fantastic trip of a lifetime with you and your family! It really looked sensational! Not to mention the greatest advert for Yacht charters/ownership in general and for B4 in particular! You deserve to live the dream and enjoy it!
Thank you, and you're very welcome :)
So happy you got to enjoy the experience and thanks for sharing it with us.
Like I said previously, I’m green 🤢 with envy 👍 What a fabulous time you all had, absolutely marvellous 👌 Watching you all having such a great time was almost as good as being there. I am so pleased 😀 for you and your family. What quality time that was, I’m sure it will remain with you for ever 🤩 But hey, let’s not forget the captain and first mate, they did such a great job 👏👏👏
Thanks once again for sharing the cherished memories you and your family created together. Hope the return home wasn’t too painful 😉
It refreshing to see people having genuine fun! Really enjoyed your vid mate and you are very blessed to have a family
You are so kind
Brilliant, 35 seconds to do a Rubix cube haha. Your face beamed all the way through and it was reflected in everyone elses, quality time with quality friends and pleasant crew. Memories forever. 🥰
He's broken the 30 second barrier on other (many many many) attempts.
@Marianne McHugh It must be smouldering! :D
Noticed one thing missing in the video, ME.
@@craiggreenhalgh3 I KNEW there was something..! :D
By far the best boat videos on you tube, I've always wanted to see what its like from a passenger view rather than crew videos. excellent stuff, keep it going
Thank you. Will do! :)
What more can I say , You the BEST yacht reviewer to date , so much joy watching You guys , a eye opener what is yachting all about
Epic family holiday mate.
I must say, I love being able to watch people enjoy other’s company, and the fact you and your family got to do that on a yacht is very envious!
Would definitely love to see more videos like this 👍🏻
Would definitely like to do them! :)
Glad you all enjoyed it ❤️🍻
Well this pretty much seals the deal. Planning a trip similar to this!! Nick you and your family looked to be having the time of your lives. Memories were made. Maryann said it best at the end. Thank you for bringing us along. Cheers
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
You lucky , lucky people. What a lovely family too Nick. That’s what it’s all about. I smiled all the way through part 1& 2. Love it. Top man Mister. ;))
'Having a real-hands on episode of yachting life ... Brilliant!
Wonderful journey. nice family.excellent crew. God bless yours
Totally well jell...In a year where the majority of us are staying at home for our annual leave, its just great to experience a lovely family holiday through your eyes.
The saddest part was the notification, "TO BE CONTINUED". I wanted to see more so that is what I call a well done video. Thank you for sharing.
Nice to know :)
I thought this was going to be a two part video so I was surprised and excited to see “To Be Continued” Can’t wait 😊
@@brianb4942 Yes, three part. Last part up tomorrow.
Better to make 3 videos. More ad revenue! So he can take us along on more awesome trips like this !!
These charter videos you did are great. They really helped me start to see why someone might spend millions of dollars on one of these boats. I’ve enjoyed watching your tours, but I often thought “even if I had a lot of money, I don’t know if I would spend a large chunk of it on a boat like this.“ But these charter videos showing your experiences has me reconsidering the appeal.
Glad you like them!
Great insight to life on board a charter and fantastic to see the boat lit up at night , fingers crossed for tonight’s lotto !!!!
Gosh this looks amazing. You and your family seem such wonderful people and a privilege to partake in your adventure. I have to say the crew really work hard but it looks like they made it an epic time for you.
This is one of those once in a lifetime trips and fully worth the price imo, £1000 per day per person is not bad to get a yacht all to yourself.
What fun! Loved watching such a fun time, family time!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for bringing us along with you, smiled from ear-to-ear on both videos.
Brilliant.
You're very welcome. One more to go! :)