Tours of more commercial boats would be great.

@robertcook2572

10 ай бұрын

Yes, a tour of the SNP's Island Ferries with the painted-on windows would be a great laugh

@kkjrees

10 ай бұрын

Especially when you can waterski behind a container ship

@rogermerritt4485

10 ай бұрын

Yep, would love to see a tour of the larger class lifeboats and even tugs...

@99dndd

10 ай бұрын

But please no cruise ships, Nick’s thoroughness and desire to see every cabin would result in a very long video!

@WarrenAAndrews

9 ай бұрын

150 people on a life raft tour

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.

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

@user-yt5yv7cz7k

3 ай бұрын

How fast it can go

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.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

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.

@keithlivingstone2525

10 ай бұрын

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 😂

@simulacrae

10 ай бұрын

@@beorhthere “part 15, during this hour long video we tour the mezzanine deck, next week, the first class cabin deck”.

17:15 The final backup "Operate solenoids using small screwdriver" hahah love it

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

10 ай бұрын

How long is the trip?

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Definitely! 😃

@douglasthompson296

10 ай бұрын

@@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.

@Ulbre

10 ай бұрын

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.

@NYL478

10 ай бұрын

​@@markshutt1476 It's 25-30 minutes usually, while the car ferry that follows a broadly similar route is an hour or so.

"It won't kill people..... and that's generally considered a good thing..." Classic understatement that made me laugh out loud!

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

😄

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!

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@dirkscholten168

10 ай бұрын

​@@AQUAHOLICI dont think the vast majority of your viewers like these video's. I know I dont.

@ianyoung9837

10 ай бұрын

​@@dirkscholten168I have to disagree, I really enjoyed it and I suspect many others do to.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

@@dirkscholten168 It's easy to see whether you're right, take a look at the rest of the comments. 🙂

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.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome 🙂

@SJP7752

10 ай бұрын

Try living on the IOW and saying that. Unreliable, overpriced and regularly cancelled at short notice.

@seantwomey396

10 ай бұрын

@@SJP7752 sorry to hear of your frustrations with your service. As a user you clearly have a local perspective.

@russjam121

10 ай бұрын

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 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.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

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!

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Great idea 🙂

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

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

So this is the "special catamaran" you told me about? Amazing, great job as always sir!

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! 🤩🤩🤩

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

@terrysilver8463

9 ай бұрын

​@@AQUAHOLIC I remember the days of the Hydrofoil's West Cowes-Southampton

More of this would be a great addition to the channel.

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!

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

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! :)

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Friday!!

@ThoughtfulWander

10 ай бұрын

@@AQUAHOLIC sweet!! 👍👍

I sincerely hope that the sea trial will involve one of those mind bending emergency stops.

Wonderful tour and definitely something different. This also might be the first time we've seen Nick doing a tour in shoes :-).

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

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.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Very cool!

That's the kind of video I want to watch on a Sunday afternoon. Brilliant tour, thank you so much!! 😊

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

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.

Could you get onto one of these overhaul trips where they test the boats to the limit?! That would be an amazing sea trial!

a cruise ship sounds great! Although that video would probably be a few hours long although more aquaholic is never a bad thing.

Thanks to Red Funnel and you for sharing such an awesome boat! ❤😊

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

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 .

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

Tremendous amount of fun Especially the bridge and the engine room

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

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.

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.

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!

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

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!

Love how the last backup is to take to it with a screwdriver!

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.

Behind the scenes with Nick and Jack the Sack. Thank you thusly! 🤣

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

You're extraordinarily welcome! 😄

Hi Nick, Now Nick this is something diffrent this time a high speed bus/train on the water with a lot of people onboard a show what we not see every day great this Red Jet 7 a High speed Ferry a very nice show Nick thank you there for I can hardly wait for the sea trail ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Friday! 🙂

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

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

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.

Super interesting. Thanks to Red Funnel for letting you access all areas for us.

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!!👍👍

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

New drinking game. Every time Nick says "backups" 😂

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Hic!

Would love a tour of the Boeing Jetfoil in Hong Kong. They are awesome bits of kit.

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.

A special one! So special, the Master of GMT was invited to tag along! :) Thanks again, Nick

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

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.

Thanks for that used to work on these when I was an apprentice electrician for Austral Boats ..

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.

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

Its like an airplane. Looks like it would be a comfortable way to travel. Thank you Nick.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

@joannadavis487

10 ай бұрын

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.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Love seeing Hamilton Jet! Their global headquarters and factory are only about 10 mins from my own home! New Zealand innovation and manufacturing rockstar!

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.

@simulacrae

10 ай бұрын

Did people just hit the seat in front of them and then fall down?

What an interesting boat, it would make a great live aboard, with all that space, not sure about the range, but plenty of speed.

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.

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

Sure have: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJqhuNGkdMa8gLQ.html

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 :)

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!

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

Acuaholic the movie is the big thing for the future. Huge tour of a 300+meter cruiseship, a great tour of every inch. 😅

Thank you for sharing this ferry yacht/boat.

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

@LMays-cu2hp

9 ай бұрын

@@AQUAHOLIC 😂 Hahaha. You are welcome.

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.😍

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

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

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

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.

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

We need this sort of engineering on the Calmac fleet!

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.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Wonderful tour with nice views ! Please more high speed crafts :)

Fantastic tour! Would be incredible to see behind the big cruise ships

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

I agree!

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.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

I think there are two. No one is on the boat for very long.

@pistonburner6448

10 ай бұрын

Just avoid Taco Tuesday and you'll be fine.

Good description of the jet buckets!...there is some good vids on here of jet boat "crash stops"

On you tube I watch boats, boats and more boats. 😂😂 thanks for feeding my addiction Nick ❤

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Any time! 😄

Thank you for the tour Nick. Very interesting. It's definitely something most of us haven't seen before in detail.

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

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....

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. 🥰

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

Thanks Nick, really enjoyable tour and fascinating, more please

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

Fascinating! Thanks for the tour.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

This is an interesting and welcome departure from your normal content. Well done!

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🙂

Fascinating, thanks for bringing us something different Nick. Having been on these its wonderful to see all the areas I would otherwise never see.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

No Wave? I wonder how easily something like this could be built into a pleasure craft. The performance specs are certainly amazing, and the levels of redundancy are so very reassuring!

Super impressive to see commercial vessels like that. Would love to see more. Cheers Nick, Nick.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

This was awesome Nick! Love seeing the different boats and all the behind the scenes stuff!

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

Amazing comprehensive and technical commentary Nick…impressive yet again!

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

that's amazing! What a fantastic boat. I'd like to convert that to a live aboard :)

That's a pretty serious people mover right there. It's wild that there's that much back n forth traffic

Great tour!! See if you can provide a tour of a Coast Guard vessel and bring it full circle the viewers.

A classic line, “these won’t kill people who are in that space, which is generally regarded as a good thing” love the subtle humour in your vids, class….. 😂

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

🙂

Really enjoyed that tour thanks,

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😂

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Stay tuned..! 🙂

thank you for the tour. great boat.

Epic tour Nick………. fascinating craft, love the latticework of aluminium extrusions……. Can’t begin to imagine what those pairs of V10’s sound like, under load at full chat 🥳 The only step further that I would love to see is the Boeing 929 Jetfoil…… 1970’s oddity, still in use in the far East ?? 40 to 45 knots from two Rolls Royce Allison Gas Turbine/Jet engines…….. they need to be seen to be believed 🎉 - Nick - our man in Hong Kong 😊 …….and, whilst we’re on extremes, the huge Escort tugs in the North of Scotland, 360’ bridge……. “AQUAHOLIC - Commercial” it could catch on……. 🙂

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

Absolutely fantastic Nick, many thanks for your efforts to bring something- different to Aquaholic. Thanks also to Red Funnel or their co-operation.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great tour and very cool with the variation in type of Wessels

Really nice! thanks for sharing

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙂

Fascinating tour.

It would be lovely to see a tour of the big red funnel car ferries. Like the one next to this one

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.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

Nick can you please try and do an access all areas on a lifeboat?! Preferably the Shannon class or Severn! They are amazing pieces of kit and well worthy of an in depth video. A great promotion of the charity🙋🏼‍♂️

@AQUAHOLIC

9 ай бұрын

Totally agree, but the RNLI were not interested when we asked them about this unfortunately.

Absolutely cool Nick thanks to you and Marie Anne for all the work to keep us entertained 👍😀

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

Absolutely fascinating, love it, thank you.

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

Redundancy is the word used instead of backup onboard commercial vessels. Great video. 👍

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Well, they do literally have 'backup' written on them, so... 🤔

@olavvalsvik

10 ай бұрын

@@AQUAHOLIC Just referring to what we use in daily terms when delivering equipment onboard.

Hi Nick, absolutely great alternative posting. 5⭐ Cheers DougT

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

Nick you just keep amazing us with the scope of your exploring 👍

Brilliant video! Great idea to do a tour of commercial ships! More of this please

@AQUAHOLIC

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will try!

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 :)