How brilliant that Red Funnel facilitated this for you. Great for them and great for the channel. So envious you got to go everywhere I'd love to. Looking forward to the sea trial and the next commercial vessel. Thanks Nick.
Yes, love it! More working boats please! Fire boats! Tug boats! Coast Guard! You always do such a good job on the uninterrupted walk through. Well done.
About this time 11 years ago I was on holiday in Gurnard (where my mum was from) and she was taken very ill and rushed to intensive care and the Red Jet meant I got to spend maximum time with her before she died. Love that boat (not so much when it’s ploughing toward me at 35 knots and the Solent is busy mind you 😂)
A full tour on a cruise ship.... when you see what spaces there are that the passengers will never see, you immediately have videos for a whole year, Nick! But the fact remains that every ship, private or commercial, is always interesting. They all remain unique copies and you make it understandable for everyone.
My wife teaches art on cruise ships. She’s about to go on her fifth cruise this year (only been home for 6 weeks since 1/1). She could show Nick around 😂
Thanks for a comprehensive educational tour. The 16,000 hour refurbishment schedule is interesting, especially the access points. The safety measures and duplicate controls are reassuring. Red Funnel Ferries should be rightfully proud of their fleet.
Absolutely agree Sean. I've used these more times than I can care to remember and it's always been a pleasure travelling on these. Smooth running and very well priced for travelling over from the island and back especially with a car aswell. I will always use red funnel over wightlink as their services are all over the place either late cancelled or departs earlier than schedule.
I commute on these to Southampton from my home on the Isle of Wight! I feel like seeing a tour of a vessel I've actually been on somehow makes me a qualified Aquaholic fan now :)
@@markshutt1476 Mark, looking on the Red Funnel web page foot passenger ferry is under 30 mins, car ferry 60 mins. I guess weather conditions have a bearing too.
Wow, the average tourist punter is paying 150 quid round trip.....I imagine you are getting a serious discount to that being a commuter.....still, you must have a serious good job to do that as the weekly fare would probably be more than the weekly wage of quite a few.....Kudo's to you and well done.
Why not, a verity of all things that float would be a welcome sight for me. A cruise ship would be amazing and a very long video for sure. Very well done Nick!
Holy simoleons! Thrusters that will hold her in position in 45 knot crosswinds? Insane. I've spent a bit of time riding SF Bay Area high speed ferries. And diplomatically quizzing crew on technical details. As we know....curiosity is appreciated by crew...but often impedes their ability to get the job done and run a safe vessel. Mucho appreciado Nick. This project must have consumed a ton of time and the fact that you got this "get" is testament to your breadth of skills. Dealmaker....Cap'n....and appreciator of tech, power, and SPEED. 👋 Thank you!
Tours of commercial and research boats would be great. When a boat has a particular purpose it can really impact the build - with your detailed full tours you would be able to highlight plenty of those sorts of details. Thanks for your hard work!
For many years we lived on UES in Manhattan (far E 85th). Much of my work was down on Wall St. Not until 2018 did they start the East River ferry. My attitude getting to the office on water was 1000% better than taking the subway.
I enjoyed this more than the super yachts - reminds me of what The Discovery channel used to be like in the 90s, which, is a good thing. Really well done for both parties arranging this tour - really interesting and you're right, good to see the areas the general public never see. Also, a little nice thing was to see my brother in law's firm represented on the life rafts - Survitec
I like the fact that it is all on one level being as I am stuck in a wheelchair. I wonder if anyone has converted something like this into a 40 meter super yacht, you certainly have the deck space to have amazing berthing and crew cabins and all the extra spaces for distance cruising, derate the engines, reduce by 2, who needs a 40 knot super yacht. I imagine properly configured you could get 3000 Nm range, we are seeing a lot of older hulls revamped and in some cases lengthened, sounds like a fun project.
As always, an absolutely fascinating tour Nick. I really enjoyed that. Not too often we see a "working" boat on your channel. A worthwhile "variation on the theme". Once again, thanks.
You should travel to Denmark and make a tour on one of Molslinjen express cats. One of the biggest in the world and fastest, 109meter and 48knots . 49 000 horsepower.
What a fantastic beastie brilliant to see the otherwise unseen bits of a proper working vessel . Particularly the engine spaces I love a thoughtfully laid out getatable engine room and this baby did not fail to satisfy . Many thanks Nick you really do strive to bring us the best stuff keep it up that man .
Of course I had to look up how long a crossing takes, about 28 min. This is fascinating stuff. I'm joining the choir who wants to see more commercial boats.
It's surprisingly small! From the outside I expected floor after floor of tour, but really it's just two massive pushy bits with a bunch of seats stuck in-between them. Would love to see one converted it into a luxury yacht.
Love seeing Hamilton Jet! Their global headquarters and factory are only about 10 mins from my own home! New Zealand innovation and manufacturing rockstar!
I've been on the red jet 7 at cruising speed when a small fishing boat drifted onto our course. We immediately went into full reverse so we felt the immense power of the braking and it really did stop in its own length maybe even less!
Brill, Nick, thank you - a boat we can all use / experience. I haven't been on a Red Jet but have been on Red Funnels (same firm) and Wight Sun, etc - be good to see those one day. Welcome back to Hampshire, by the way. Cheers.
Fantastic! Great tour of a Remarkable vessel, they’ve certainly made it safe in every way possible. Looking forward to seeing the sea trials, from the Captains point of view. Great Tour Cheers Nick and Marrianne as always, thoroughly enjoyable.
Got to say these things go so fast through southampton waters and one minute we’re cruising with nothing in sight, next thing you know you have the red jet hurtling up behind you! Amazing tour as always though :)
I live on the IoW. It is very comfortable and it is like an aeroplane especially when drinks are served! The odd cancellation can be annoying especially when it’s last minute and for instance, the horn doesn’t work which is a safety issue which I totally understand
Thank you Nick, I really enjoyed this. I was in Sweden recently and used the hour long journey on the water ferries between Tappström and Klara Mälarstrand in Stockholm, a bit smaller and conventionally powered but you could sit outside if you wanted to (very steep stairs though). They also had bar/serveries for refreshments. All new to me and fun to ride, much better than a bus. If you want a fun "cruise ship" check out the Silja Line Ferries between Stockholm and Helsinki. They are full sized Cruise ships.
I'm old enough to remember the hydrofoils blasting past us as I sailed my little Laser off of Calshot, then my Saber as I would make my way out from Ashlett to wherever on a Friday. It's a shame the internet wasn't around then, I would have enjoyed seeing Nick crawl around one of those.
Very interesting tour. I have traveled on Red Jets many times and the predecessors the Shearwater hydrofoils so it was great to see the areas not usually seen by the passengers.
Absolutely fascinating. I used the think Nordhavns were the standard for redundancy but they have nothing on what you need for a successful commercial vehicle! Along with a lot of other people I would love it if you got to do more of this kind of thing occasionally along with the superyacht tours.
Fantastic Tour!, Thank you!, Been to the iow on holidays now for the past 10 years !, Staying on a campsite in East Cowes!, See these spectacular boats every day and always been fascinated by them !, Definitely doing a round trip on one next year!!👍👍
What an absolute delight 😊 😃 as much as I love your super yachts, this was a lovely surprise. I echo others comments, commercial and other watercraft very much appreciated. A navy patrol boat would be a dream. 🥰
Going over to Cowes one year (during Cowes week) I experienced the emergency stop, as a small boat wandered in front of us, we were quite a distance from it but I guess safety protocols warranted putting on the brakes , and wow yes it does stop incredibly quickly, had to grab onto the seat in front.
I really loved this video and would love to see more working boat tours! Please please get with Daemon to let you on their electric tugs and fancy crew transports! Coast guard SRVs would be awesome too, or fishing trawlers
Yet another great tour Nick, I love your infectious enthusiasm and knack of explaining details in laymen's terms. You could make a tour of a rowing boat interesting to watch. A tour of a naval vessel would be very interesting but I doubt it could be access all area's (secret systems and all that).
Well.. You have certainly peaked the curiosity of a lot of your subscribers (me included) to the commercial aspect of a life on the ocean wave. I found it absolutely fascinating. Tell me have you ever toured any luxury yachts with the jet engines, I know they build them in New Zealand.
Brilliantly enjoyable tour Nick, thank you! Really good to see behind the scenes of something different. Never been in the RedJet, but did have to get out of the way of one once!
That was beautifull. If I ever get to the net worth bracket alowing purchase of personal yacht, i will want to get repurposed ferry - possibly even like Red Jet you showed us. It is safe, full of redudancies/backups, it has raw strenght of speed, and PLENTY of passanger space, to remodell into luxury suite, or into whatever the owner will pay for. Only problem might be max range on full fueltank, being not enough for ocean crossing, but that can be solved.
Great Boat Nick, would love to see some more commercial boats like this. After a few years of watching your channel we have finally go a boat ourselves!
Speedferries ran Dover to Boulogne about 30 years ago. Allegedly, they stopped because the other ferry companies undercut them. It was a very fast cat. Brilliant
Very interesting Nick, thanks for that. For a few years I used either the Hoverspeed Cats from Dover to Calais or the one to Boulogne every weekend to travel to Belgium before I moved here full time, great to see how their smaller sisters operate and what's under their skirts 😉 When those services were cancelled I went on to the Norfolk Line Dover to Dunkirk route and my little car stuck between all those HGVs great times! First time I took my wife to be to the UK was on the cat from Calais, Happy days :)
As a Sotonian ex pat it's great to see Southampton, in the rain of course, as per usual... QqTerrific to see the ins and outs of the ferry. We have very similar inter-island ferries here in the Canary Islands, also aluminium, made, if I'm not mistaken, in Australia of all places...
As a time served wooden Boatbuilder and a boat owner. Your channel was always going to be great to watch. However your channel is by far the best channel on TH-cam. I used to watch super yacht captain when they were on AWOL which you have far overtaken Tristen since then sorry super yacht captain LOL
Great tour! I hope there was more than that one toilet? Would be interesting to see a video where someone has taken a vehicle like this and refurbished for private usage. The manufacturer would do well if they had a base model which could be added to by a yacht refit company. Would make a great toy for someone rich.
Nick, I’ve just visited Brixham and a tour of the beam trawlers would be amazing. The kit these carry and the pure work horse of the vessels is outstanding. Neil Watson is a fantastic tour guide of the Brixham fish market also which would be great for people to see the they do once the fish is landed.
Well this was the epitome of ‘left field’ and a most pleasant surprise!! I reall like the idea of the equivalent of a hand brake return on the open water in a cat. I really enjoy these different films (can you please do ones on skyscraper cranes and also a super tanker). I much respect your memory of the layout of all the boats you look at and how you link it all together.
Well that was different Nick, Very interesting and as you said not something you would normally see. Looking forward to the next unusual tour. Thank you.
Thanks so much to Red Jet and to you mate for one of the best videos! More commercial water bourne craft including hovercrafts if you get the opportunity especially those in different countries! Cheers mate
Thanks Nick for making this video for us. I live around nothing but land in the United States and we don't have water around us to get to have a boat like that. If I had a older boat like that an I'd have all new engines put in, remove the 200 plus passenger seats then build cabins in that big open space the seats were at. I bet it would be awesome to have about 4 or 6 bedrooms or 8 to 12 total for family and staff if needed. Having a comphy salon with a big screen tv, and perfect country kitchen or called a galley on it. I wonder what the total distance would be if you only run the boat at 12 or 15 k. Turn a passenger boat into a full family boat. I mean each cabin would have big windows and not just a porthole to look out of. I bet it would be awesome. I seen people turn older cargo canal boats turned into their homes. An one guy went so far out of the box of normal and took an emergency rescue boat without a motor and built him a really nice tiny house on the water. Another Great video you made buddy. I could talk all night about boats, i love them.
I have t used the red jets for a few years, I’m normally on the Wightlink car ferry from Fishbourne to Portsmouth because of work. They red jets are impressive when at sea. Thanks Nick for doing a tour of something I see a lot of. A cruise ship tour would be very interesting as I we have done a lot of cruises. What about a lifeboat. You could try asking if you could look over a Type 45 destroyer, a carrier would need a long video.
Fascinating very safety conscious, with all the systems on the bridge and engine room. Back up and more back ups with glimpse if familiar items such as blue battery boxes or Humphrey boat balancing system. But the best is Nicks reactions to the biggest engine room I've seen. Splash and dash to refuel - love it. a very impressive well planned room tgat meets the needs if the services. Shame you couldn't have a drive😂
How brilliant that Red Funnel facilitated this for you. Great for them and great for the channel.
So envious you got to go everywhere I'd love to.
Looking forward to the sea trial and the next commercial vessel. Thanks Nick.
Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Yes, love it! More working boats please! Fire boats! Tug boats! Coast Guard!
You always do such a good job on the uninterrupted walk through. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
How fast it can go
@@Navin-r5k40 knot.
Tours of more commercial boats would be great.
Yes, a tour of the SNP's Island
Ferries with the painted-on windows would be a great laugh
Especially when you can waterski behind a container ship
Yep, would love to see a tour of the larger class lifeboats and even tugs...
But please no cruise ships, Nick’s thoroughness and desire to see every cabin would result in a very long video!
150 people on a life raft tour
About this time 11 years ago I was on holiday in Gurnard (where my mum was from) and she was taken very ill and rushed to intensive care and the Red Jet meant I got to spend maximum time with her before she died. Love that boat (not so much when it’s ploughing toward me at 35 knots and the Solent is busy mind you 😂)
How fantastic is this, what a treat to be able to see the hidden bits of a commercial boat! Absolutely amazing thanks Nick, Lewis and Paul!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@AQUAHOLICI dont think the vast majority of your viewers like these video's. I know I dont.
@@dirkscholten168I have to disagree, I really enjoyed it and I suspect many others do to.
@@dirkscholten168 It's easy to see whether you're right, take a look at the rest of the comments. 🙂
A full tour on a cruise ship.... when you see what spaces there are that the passengers will never see, you immediately have videos for a whole year, Nick! But the fact remains that every ship, private or commercial, is always interesting. They all remain unique copies and you make it understandable for everyone.
My wife teaches art on cruise ships. She’s about to go on her fifth cruise this year (only been home for 6 weeks since 1/1). She could show Nick around 😂
@@beorhthere “part 15, during this hour long video we tour the mezzanine deck, next week, the first class cabin deck”.
I love looking at the working vessels, not just leisure boats. Thank you very much for getting us a look. I'm all for more of the like.
Our pleasure!
Thanks for a comprehensive educational tour. The 16,000 hour refurbishment schedule is interesting, especially the access points. The safety measures and duplicate controls are reassuring. Red Funnel Ferries should be rightfully proud of their fleet.
You're very welcome 🙂
Try living on the IOW and saying that. Unreliable, overpriced and regularly cancelled at short notice.
@@SJP7752 sorry to hear of your frustrations with your service. As a user you clearly have a local perspective.
Absolutely agree Sean. I've used these more times than I can care to remember and it's always been a pleasure travelling on these. Smooth running and very well priced for travelling over from the island and back especially with a car aswell. I will always use red funnel over wightlink as their services are all over the place either late cancelled or departs earlier than schedule.
Would love a tour of the Boeing Jetfoil in Hong Kong. They are awesome bits of kit.
I commute on these to Southampton from my home on the Isle of Wight! I feel like seeing a tour of a vessel I've actually been on somehow makes me a qualified Aquaholic fan now :)
How long is the trip?
Definitely! 😃
@@markshutt1476 Mark, looking on the Red Funnel web page foot passenger ferry is under 30 mins, car ferry 60 mins. I guess weather conditions have a bearing too.
Wow, the average tourist punter is paying 150 quid round trip.....I imagine you are getting a serious discount to that being a commuter.....still, you must have a serious good job to do that as the weekly fare would probably be more than the weekly wage of quite a few.....Kudo's to you and well done.
@@markshutt1476 It's 25-30 minutes usually, while the car ferry that follows a broadly similar route is an hour or so.
Thank you for sharing this ferry yacht/boat.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
@@AQUAHOLIC 😂 Hahaha. You are welcome.
17:15 The final backup "Operate solenoids using small screwdriver" hahah love it
Why not, a verity of all things that float would be a welcome sight for me. A cruise ship would be amazing and a very long video for sure. Very well done Nick!
Great idea 🙂
More of this would be a great addition to the channel.
So this is the "special catamaran" you told me about? Amazing, great job as always sir!
Thanks to Red Funnel and you for sharing such an awesome boat! ❤😊
Our pleasure!
Holy simoleons! Thrusters that will hold her in position in 45 knot crosswinds? Insane.
I've spent a bit of time riding SF Bay Area high speed ferries. And diplomatically quizzing crew on technical details. As we know....curiosity is appreciated by crew...but often impedes their ability to get the job done and run a safe vessel.
Mucho appreciado Nick. This project must have consumed a ton of time and the fact that you got this "get" is testament to your breadth of skills. Dealmaker....Cap'n....and appreciator of tech, power, and SPEED. 👋
Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Tours of commercial and research boats would be great. When a boat has a particular purpose it can really impact the build - with your detailed full tours you would be able to highlight plenty of those sorts of details.
Thanks for your hard work!
You're very welcome!
For many years we lived on UES in Manhattan (far E 85th). Much of my work was down on Wall St. Not until 2018 did they start the East River ferry. My attitude getting to the office on water was 1000% better than taking the subway.
I enjoyed this more than the super yachts - reminds me of what The Discovery channel used to be like in the 90s, which, is a good thing.
Really well done for both parties arranging this tour - really interesting and you're right, good to see the areas the general public never see.
Also, a little nice thing was to see my brother in law's firm represented on the life rafts - Survitec
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Thanks Paul and Lewis for giving Nick the full tour and Nick great job passing along to us! Sea trial soon! HYPE! :)
Friday!!
@@AQUAHOLIC sweet!! 👍👍
I like the fact that it is all on one level being as I am stuck in a wheelchair. I wonder if anyone has converted something like this into a 40 meter super yacht, you certainly have the deck space to have amazing berthing and crew cabins and all the extra spaces for distance cruising, derate the engines, reduce by 2, who needs a 40 knot super yacht. I imagine properly configured you could get 3000 Nm range, we are seeing a lot of older hulls revamped and in some cases lengthened, sounds like a fun project.
Thank you for the tour Nick. Very interesting. It's definitely something most of us haven't seen before in detail.
My pleasure!
Wow, this is exciting! Thank you, Nick, for keeping all of us entertained.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
As always, an absolutely fascinating tour Nick. I really enjoyed that. Not too often we see a "working" boat on your channel. A worthwhile "variation on the theme". Once again, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
You should travel to Denmark and make a tour on one of Molslinjen express cats. One of the biggest in the world and fastest, 109meter and 48knots .
49 000 horsepower.
Wow! loved that Nick, don't get me wrong, love your regular yacht tours but this was amazing! definitely want more like this...... and bigger! 🤩🤩🤩
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
@@AQUAHOLIC I remember the days of the Hydrofoil's West Cowes-Southampton
What a fantastic beastie brilliant to see the otherwise unseen bits of a proper working vessel . Particularly the engine spaces I love a thoughtfully laid out getatable engine room and this baby did not fail to satisfy . Many thanks Nick you really do strive to bring us the best stuff keep it up that man .
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Of course I had to look up how long a crossing takes, about 28 min. This is fascinating stuff. I'm joining the choir who wants to see more commercial boats.
It's surprisingly small! From the outside I expected floor after floor of tour, but really it's just two massive pushy bits with a bunch of seats stuck in-between them.
Would love to see one converted it into a luxury yacht.
Love seeing Hamilton Jet! Their global headquarters and factory are only about 10 mins from my own home! New Zealand innovation and manufacturing rockstar!
"It won't kill people..... and that's generally considered a good thing..."
Classic understatement that made me laugh out loud!
😄
Thanks Nick, great to see, I’ve been lucky enough to go up on the bridge of a Red Jet when I worked for them.
Very cool!
I've been on the red jet 7 at cruising speed when a small fishing boat drifted onto our course. We immediately went into full reverse so we felt the immense power of the braking and it really did stop in its own length maybe even less!
Thanks for that used to work on these when I was an apprentice electrician for Austral Boats ..
Excellent footage, after the run out I watched yesterday I was looking for this one! Nice going Nick. 👍
Thank you! 🙂
the mods on the Solent Ships channel have just posted links to your vids after I mentioned them this morning! Maybe get more subscribers matey.
@@MegaDeano72 Awesome, thanks! 🙂
@@AQUAHOLIC no probs mate, I watch all your footage, some of those super yachts are incredible!
Thanks Nick, fantastic tour of a vessel I've been on many times. Very impressed by how much safety gear is built in, so many back-ups.😍
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Nick, I find working boats so interesting. You can see all the working parts where on a yacht they are mostly concealed for aesthetics.
A special one! So special, the Master of GMT was invited to tag along! :)
Thanks again, Nick
My pleasure!
Super interesting. Thanks to Red Funnel for letting you access all areas for us.
Very interesting tour, I can’t help but think the ship would be a great basis for a super yacht conversion.
Brill, Nick, thank you - a boat we can all use / experience. I haven't been on a Red Jet but have been on Red Funnels (same firm) and Wight Sun, etc - be good to see those one day. Welcome back to Hampshire, by the way. Cheers.
Fantastic! Great tour of a Remarkable vessel, they’ve certainly made it safe in every way possible.
Looking forward to seeing the sea trials, from the Captains point of view.
Great Tour Cheers Nick and Marrianne as always, thoroughly enjoyable.
Many thanks!
Got to say these things go so fast through southampton waters and one minute we’re cruising with nothing in sight, next thing you know you have the red jet hurtling up behind you! Amazing tour as always though :)
Love how the last backup is to take to it with a screwdriver!
Tremendous amount of fun Especially the bridge and the engine room
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Its like an airplane. Looks like it would be a comfortable way to travel. Thank you Nick.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
I live on the IoW. It is very comfortable and it is like an aeroplane especially when drinks are served! The odd cancellation can be annoying especially when it’s last minute and for instance, the horn doesn’t work which is a safety issue which I totally understand
Absolutely fantastic tour Nick, keep up the good work. Always enjoy your videos.
Thanks, will do!
Thank you Nick, I really enjoyed this. I was in Sweden recently and used the hour long journey on the water ferries between Tappström and Klara Mälarstrand in Stockholm, a bit smaller and conventionally powered but you could sit outside if you wanted to (very steep stairs though). They also had bar/serveries for refreshments. All new to me and fun to ride, much better than a bus.
If you want a fun "cruise ship" check out the Silja Line Ferries between Stockholm and Helsinki. They are full sized Cruise ships.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
I'm old enough to remember the hydrofoils blasting past us as I sailed my little Laser off of Calshot, then my Saber as I would make my way out from Ashlett to wherever on a Friday. It's a shame the internet wasn't around then, I would have enjoyed seeing Nick crawl around one of those.
Super impressive to see commercial vessels like that. Would love to see more.
Cheers Nick, Nick.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
What an interesting boat, it would make a great live aboard, with all that space, not sure about the range, but plenty of speed.
Absolutely fantastic Nick, many thanks for your efforts to bring something- different to Aquaholic. Thanks also to Red Funnel or their co-operation.
Glad you enjoyed it!
a cruise ship sounds great! Although that video would probably be a few hours long although more aquaholic is never a bad thing.
Very interesting tour. I have traveled on Red Jets many times and the predecessors the Shearwater hydrofoils so it was great to see the areas not usually seen by the passengers.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Absolutely fascinating. I used the think Nordhavns were the standard for redundancy but they have nothing on what you need for a successful commercial vehicle!
Along with a lot of other people I would love it if you got to do more of this kind of thing occasionally along with the superyacht tours.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Fantastic Tour!, Thank you!, Been to the iow on holidays now for the past 10 years !, Staying on a campsite in East Cowes!, See these spectacular boats every day and always been fascinated by them !, Definitely doing a round trip on one next year!!👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Fantastic tour! Would be incredible to see behind the big cruise ships
I agree!
Fascinating, thanks for bringing us something different Nick. Having been on these its wonderful to see all the areas I would otherwise never see.
Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
What an absolute delight 😊 😃 as much as I love your super yachts, this was a lovely surprise. I echo others comments, commercial and other watercraft very much appreciated. A navy patrol boat would be a dream. 🥰
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Could you get onto one of these overhaul trips where they test the boats to the limit?!
That would be an amazing sea trial!
Nick you just keep amazing us with the scope of your exploring 👍
That looks fantastic love the channel and vids keep it up, mate 👍😉
Thanks, will do!
Absolutely cool Nick thanks to you and Marie Anne for all the work to keep us entertained 👍😀
Our pleasure!
This is an interesting and welcome departure from your normal content. Well done!
Thank you! 🙂
Going over to Cowes one year (during Cowes week) I experienced the emergency stop, as a small boat wandered in front of us, we were quite a distance from it but I guess safety protocols warranted putting on the brakes , and wow yes it does stop incredibly quickly, had to grab onto the seat in front.
Did people just hit the seat in front of them and then fall down?
I really loved this video and would love to see more working boat tours! Please please get with Daemon to let you on their electric tugs and fancy crew transports! Coast guard SRVs would be awesome too, or fishing trawlers
Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Yet another great tour Nick, I love your infectious enthusiasm and knack of explaining details in laymen's terms. You could make a tour of a rowing boat interesting to watch. A tour of a naval vessel would be very interesting but I doubt it could be access all area's (secret systems and all that).
They might not be keen on my showing the Warp Drive! 😄
It would be lovely to see a tour of the big red funnel car ferries. Like the one next to this one
Well.. You have certainly peaked the curiosity of a lot of your subscribers (me included) to the commercial aspect of a life on the ocean wave. I found it absolutely fascinating. Tell me have you ever toured any luxury yachts with the jet engines, I know they build them in New Zealand.
Sure have: th-cam.com/video/RfmVokDcVPQ/w-d-xo.html
Brilliantly enjoyable tour Nick, thank you!
Really good to see behind the scenes of something different. Never been in the RedJet, but did have to get out of the way of one once!
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Wonderful tour and definitely something different. This also might be the first time we've seen Nick doing a tour in shoes :-).
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Great tour and very cool with the variation in type of Wessels
Coolest thing ever. We Murcans don't have such ferry lines but if I were buying a supayacht, I'd go for 1 of these instead....
That's a pretty serious people mover right there. It's wild that there's that much back n forth traffic
That was beautifull. If I ever get to the net worth bracket alowing purchase of personal yacht, i will want to get repurposed ferry - possibly even like Red Jet you showed us. It is safe, full of redudancies/backups, it has raw strenght of speed, and PLENTY of passanger space, to remodell into luxury suite, or into whatever the owner will pay for. Only problem might be max range on full fueltank, being not enough for ocean crossing, but that can be solved.
Great Boat Nick, would love to see some more commercial boats like this. After a few years of watching your channel we have finally go a boat ourselves!
AWESOME!!! Enjoy! 😃
Good description of the jet buckets!...there is some good vids on here of jet boat "crash stops"
Speedferries ran Dover to Boulogne about 30 years ago. Allegedly, they stopped because the other ferry companies undercut them. It was a very fast cat. Brilliant
Very interesting Nick, thanks for that.
For a few years I used either the Hoverspeed Cats from Dover to Calais or the one to Boulogne every weekend to travel to Belgium before I moved here full time, great to see how their smaller sisters operate and what's under their skirts 😉 When those services were cancelled I went on to the Norfolk Line Dover to Dunkirk route and my little car stuck between all those HGVs great times!
First time I took my wife to be to the UK was on the cat from Calais, Happy days :)
Thanks Nick, really enjoyable tour and fascinating, more please
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
As a Sotonian ex pat it's great to see Southampton, in the rain of course, as per usual... QqTerrific to see the ins and outs of the ferry. We have very similar inter-island ferries here in the Canary Islands, also aluminium, made, if I'm not mistaken, in Australia of all places...
Great tour!! See if you can provide a tour of a Coast Guard vessel and bring it full circle the viewers.
Another excellent video somewhat different than normal huge thanks to Red funnel for asking you to do this one. Thanks for posting Nick
Our pleasure!
As a time served wooden Boatbuilder and a boat owner. Your channel was always going to be great to watch. However your channel is by far the best channel on TH-cam. I used to watch super yacht captain when they were on AWOL which you have far overtaken Tristen since then sorry super yacht captain LOL
@@bruceroaf5750 You're very kind. 🙂
Great tour! I hope there was more than that one toilet?
Would be interesting to see a video where someone has taken a vehicle like this and refurbished for private usage. The manufacturer would do well if they had a base model which could be added to by a yacht refit company. Would make a great toy for someone rich.
I think there are two. No one is on the boat for very long.
Just avoid Taco Tuesday and you'll be fine.
Brilliant video! Great idea to do a tour of commercial ships! More of this please
Thank you! Will try!
Nick, I’ve just visited Brixham and a tour of the beam trawlers would be amazing. The kit these carry and the pure work horse of the vessels is outstanding. Neil Watson is a fantastic tour guide of the Brixham fish market also which would be great for people to see the they do once the fish is landed.
that's amazing! What a fantastic boat. I'd like to convert that to a live aboard :)
That was so interesting!
The only thing missing was a map of the route, I love having the visuals.
Well this was the epitome of ‘left field’ and a most pleasant surprise!!
I reall like the idea of the equivalent of a hand brake return on the open water in a cat.
I really enjoy these different films (can you please do ones on skyscraper cranes and also a super tanker).
I much respect your memory of the layout of all the boats you look at and how you link it all together.
Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Well that was different Nick, Very interesting and as you said not something you would normally see. Looking forward to the next unusual tour. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Thanks so much to Red Jet and to you mate for one of the best videos! More commercial water bourne craft including hovercrafts if you get the opportunity especially those in different countries! Cheers mate
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
I sincerely hope that the sea trial will involve one of those mind bending emergency stops.
This was awesome Nick! Love seeing the different boats and all the behind the scenes stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Thanks Nick for making this video for us. I live around nothing but land in the United States and we don't have water around us to get to have a boat like that. If I had a older boat like that an I'd have all new engines put in, remove the 200 plus passenger seats then build cabins in that big open space the seats were at. I bet it would be awesome to have about 4 or 6 bedrooms or 8 to 12 total for family and staff if needed. Having a comphy salon with a big screen tv, and perfect country kitchen or called a galley on it. I wonder what the total distance would be if you only run the boat at 12 or 15 k. Turn a passenger boat into a full family boat. I mean each cabin would have big windows and not just a porthole to look out of. I bet it would be awesome. I seen people turn older cargo canal boats turned into their homes. An one guy went so far out of the box of normal and took an emergency rescue boat without a motor and built him a really nice tiny house on the water. Another Great video you made buddy. I could talk all night about boats, i love them.
We need this sort of engineering on the Calmac fleet!
I have t used the red jets for a few years, I’m normally on the Wightlink car ferry from Fishbourne to Portsmouth because of work. They red jets are impressive when at sea.
Thanks Nick for doing a tour of something I see a lot of.
A cruise ship tour would be very interesting as I we have done a lot of cruises. What about a lifeboat. You could try asking if you could look over a Type 45 destroyer, a carrier would need a long video.
Great suggestions!
Fascinating very safety conscious, with all the systems on the bridge and engine room. Back up and more back ups with glimpse if familiar items such as blue battery boxes or Humphrey boat balancing system. But the best is Nicks reactions to the biggest engine room I've seen. Splash and dash to refuel - love it. a very impressive well planned room tgat meets the needs if the services. Shame you couldn't have a drive😂
Stay tuned..! 🙂
Acuaholic the movie is the big thing for the future. Huge tour of a 300+meter cruiseship, a great tour of every inch. 😅
Kudos to Red Funnel for enabling this fascinating tour. Onwards to a Million Subscribers and a Tour of HMY Britannia!
I did contact them once. No reply.