How to: Have Fun Boating! 

Went sight seeing in Torquay yesterday, number 1 on the itinerary was getting a glimpse of Smuggler's Blues 2 moored up, which I did! Show's my degree in Geography wasn't a total waste of time 😉

Just the perfect series of fun on the sea with SB2! During the worst year in most of our living memories, you have bought rays of sunshine and fun into our screens and made things that little bit more bearable!!! Thank you! Looking forward to more tours and more fun over the coming weeks and years. If you want a change of pace when things improve, you’re welcome to fly with me in my PA 28 Arrow at 125kts around North London, Herts, Northants and across to Southend or down to the Isle of Wight.

I can just see you in a Princess 42 Smugglers blues 3 in that great lumpy weather and laying the throttle down yee ha.

This channel always makes me want to ride a boat 🇵🇭

Long time watcher, first time poster. Your videos bring back so many great memories of when my dad took me out to boat on freshwater dams with his friends. Obviously the boat was a lot smaller with a single outboard (I believe it was either a 40hp or 60hp mariner, was 30 years ago!). I remember we had to wash the boat after every outing, service the motor, mix the gasoline and oil etc etc. It was amazing. Thank you for all that you do. Also a small suggestion for future boat tours. Invest in a small drone and do some beauty shots (if the marina allows these things, i wouldnt know), it would add a value most certainly!

Hello from Brazil. You represent our Love of boating. Congratulations more videos like This. This is our passion, This is the way. The type or how many feets your boat has, doesn't metters

I think your one word near the end there sums it all up. Awesome

What an awesome way to spend the day... Good Friends, Good Dependable (and quick enough) Vessel and a Great Lady on your side... what a happy life you live. 👍 Thank you SO much for sharing it with the rest of us. 😁

Thank Maryanne and Nick... Stunning harbor and accompanying music.... great job editing!

Fun day, nice shot of the moon at the end!!!!

Excellent video 🤗 It always comes in handy when there are other boats around that can supply b roll footage of the own boat from a distance 😁 love your music selection!

What great fun Nick! You summed it up in one word “Awesome”. Great to see yourself, Marianne and your friends having such fun in a beautiful location with good weather. Goes to show you don’t need to be a multi millionaire to enjoy the 75% of our surface. Love all of the yachts/boats. If I ever have the good fortune to own one, I will have to pay you a visit and thank you in person for giving me a love of boating !

I love that Sue threw that tender on the back of her boat :-) . No nonsense practical approach

Wow what a beautiful day to be out Nick looks amazing and love your music keep on boating mate 👍🇨🇦

Always brightens my day to see your videos,keep it up👍👍👍

I think that what I envy the most is your location. You live in a lovely part of the world, with beautiful places on your doorstep. We live in the North East, which we love, but our weather is not as good as yours for most of the year.

I'm jealous of the wonderful trip. I would like to be with you. but instead I can enjoy this video. I've seen the video where they show the boat you're talking about. the newly built Spirit P 70 it's impressive, but also a bit old-fashioned in appearance. but hey, we all have different tastes. but nice, it certainly is. Nick. Thanks for some great videos with Smugglers Blues 2. I really enjoyed them.

What a great way to spend a day. Out and about with your friends. Cruising along eating and drinking your favorites. Hope you had a wonderful day Nick and Maryann. Love from Canada. Hope you get to come here soon to see our Vancover yachts.

Great video as always Nick,shows the real the pleasure of boating and sharing the experience with your friends. I was lucky enough to see that Spirit P70 on the Hamble yesterday. Pictures and videos, with all the best will in the world, just don't do her justice. Just a stunning craft I was soo pleased and grateful to see on the water in the flesh.

It was your walk through tours that hooked me on this channel Nick, but I never fail to enjoy every video you post. You and the Old Sea Dog are the best boating youtubers. Thank you for making us feel like we’re there with you.

What lucky people you are!!! Looks absolutely amazing. Nearest I can get is the local canal. Have a great day!

What a fun video. I felt I was onboard the boat enjoying this wonderful pastime

Hi Nick, Marianne and friends. Awesome trip, some slow-mo wave clips for future vids. Jack MBY did a tour Spirit 70, can't wait for yours. Calm seas never made a smooth sailor, the mooring was worth it. Great video thanks.

What a day boy! Being in quarantine here in Mexico and watching you enjoying your day is absolutely fantastic! This is what life is about: Just moments. Some day and somehow I will post something like this video... meanwhile, have fun!

We Victorians have been in lock down for 2 months, with another 6 weeks to go here in Australia. Watch this video and “the mind is free to go wherever it wants and certainly not locked down”. Awesome and made my curfewed day Nick !!! All the very best to more of these!!

The wooden boat you saw was the Spirit P70. I believe it is British built and is absolutely fantastic with a price to match!! It's previewed on youtube.

Brilliant to see you all having fun. Thanks for sharing 😎

Enjoyed your film my dad as a 27ft yacht Called Merlin been with him this year. Based at Glasson Sailing club and we Sailed to Piel Island near Barrow in Furness then up to Whitehaven for a few days then to Ravenglass for a few days then back to Glasson. Was a brilliant holiday xx but enjoying your Adventures

I'm enjoying your boating videos. Thanks Nick.

those added wood sections look so good on your boat, a really good addition

If you’re floating, you’re boating! Just being out there is fun! Great job, as always nick!

Another fun packed boating video.. Thoroughly enjoyed it Nick.. Wish our boat was moored up down south, we spent last week wombling around Torbay in the camper, what an amazing place.. :-)

What a lovely day's boating. My favourite river.

Great video as always! And 25 minutes holiday with you....

Nice & the song pick at the end speaks volumes!

One day it will be interesting to see you cook on the boat Nick, excellent video, the boat you said it is beautiful, Jack done a walk through and it is an amazing boat

You guys had an amazing day, conditions were awesome for you,and fish n chips at the end of day,amazing, Stay safe,

Brilliant!watching your adventures, making me want to take my boat out to sea ,but for now stay on the Norfolk broads, keep smiling and happy boating 🤠

Just watched the tour of the Spirit P70 and it is an amazing yacht!

Hi ,it,s been on YT by MBY I think ? another fine trip for the flotilla of boats and friends ,waves sun and sea and lunch,what more could you want .a relaxing trip ,thanks to all .

Thank you,to you and your friends,for sharing such a wonderful day with us.

what a great video, fantastic scenery, chilled me out just watching, thanks for taking us along for the ride. cheers!

Thanks for sharing such a fantastic day on board Smuggler's Blues 2. I really look forward to all your videos but especially enjoy the ones when you are at sea or doing a walking tour of your home area. Of course I also really like the boat tours too. It is so nice especially this year to have positive happy videos to watch.

Just loved that video Nick. The last time we entered the dart was 11.45 pm after leaving Weymouth in choppy seas. It took a loooooong time to get there. Since then I have had non stop work, and I can say I’m fe pd up already. The need to go boating is strong. One more week of slogging it out then a long weekend.

Untying the Boat helps I find!!!!!! Classic Nick😜 Love this video 💙💙💙

What a lovely day you had 🛥🛥🛥🛥👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Just watched a tour of the Spirit P70 recently... Beauty to behold.

Aw man what an amazing day you guys had. From beginning to end. Beautiful. Thanks for taking us along to enjoy it too.

Just beautiful, how nice to sail as a flotilla.

Great video Nick....what a life boating is 👍

Awesome video once again, per usual can’t wait to watch. Thank you aqua. Breakfast looks good also 👍.

Another wonderful video Nick with a fantastic cast!! Thank you for giving us this uplifting content during some not so uplifting times! CHEERS from Prince Edward Island, Canada!

Another awesome video, I allready convinced the missus to buy a yacht, with the help of your videos. Now only the money part 😂

Beautiful! Such a lovely day!

Once again thank you very much for sharing your life with us on the water Nick! - so relaxing and fun!

"Perfect way to end a day, a view like this with fish&chips" -I prefer my view "Of your wife?" -No, of my beer :D

Wonderful people enjoying mostly wonderful weather in wonderful locations. Wonderful!

What an end to a beautiful day's boating, relaxing in a beautiful little harbour with fish & chips and a glass of wine watching the sun going down, perfect!

Hey Nick and Marrianne another great video i really didn't want it to end it almost felt like we were right there with you, Please keep making videos of days out and of the boats, houses and anything else you want because they are a treat to watch. PS I love the edit when Smugglers Blues zooms by at sea

Great video as usual, love your style of video making. Now I just need to get myself a boat for adventures like this, thanks for sharing, I love your super yacht tours but these show the true fun of boating.

Have a safe blessed day! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Such a nice and relaxing start of a sunday, thanks for all the grat content. Cheers!

Nick driving a 30 k pound boat saying "SIMPLE PLEASURES" , yes I knew what you meant Nick, it is so much fun driving around on the water ,exploring places with a few friends. I should never have sold my boat, oh well.

Wow, what a refreshing, calming, relaxing way🌞🌊 to start my Sunday morning here in Illinois (USA) watching this wonderful video!!💙I love watching your tours. What city is that? It's gorgeous!! I hope to visit there one day on a boat!⛵⚓ You & your wife are so very blessed! Thank you!! In a world like it is today, this is sooo REFRESHING!!!⛵🌊🌊🌊I really loved that last song played, "Better late than never". Just perfect.💙

Amazing video love the boating videos stay safe and strong

Simple pleasures are the best ones.

I like the music too. Dude you need to take up those walks. Up the Mountain down the Mountain.

10 small boats racing thought the chop !! Wow fantastic abit like riding a jetski 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I love each and every one of your videos - but the ones on your own boat really make my day - brilliant stuff!

Another great video, okay it's 12:02 but I'm sure it's going to be! I'm assuming Southampton county council are off your Christmas card list😖

What a nice day for England. Didn't expect it to be sunny ever.

Fantastic! Great music selection as well!

Great Sting Ray run. A bunch of lovley people having a awesome time

Just moved to Brixham, and will certainly be giving the Breakwater breakfast a go! Unfortunately I will be sitting on the beach, not a boat! Awesome to see my local area from the sea rather than from shore!

Well, your conclusion says it all: Awesome! Best video so far, anyone claiming they're not up for boating after this is probably dead. Such beauty in the river Dart! Housings, environment, boats... so much to look at. Wonder what's behind the next bend? And the next? If you'd feel like doing a longer run up the river, I'm here for it.

As a liveaboard on a trawler, this makes me want to get a second boat for the days I just want some ‘go fast’ boating! Great job Nick and Marianne!

Great episode 👏

Hello Nick, thanks for all the great videos. Always looking forward to seeing something new and interesting. So... now we've seen the old steam boat a few times in the background. How about a full tour of that? Engine room and all! :)

Kingswear Caslte coal fired paddle wheeler. Very reasonable fares... What a piece of history. Engines from 1904ish...

Another fantastic adventure Nick!

Thx for taking me along on your epic trip!

Looks like a perfect day! Happy with you! Thanks :o)

These boating videos on the channel are the best and most satisfying videos on youtube. Cant imagine how you could make them better. And “how cool is that“ we can see these fantastic experience and fun you have on the water. PERFECT!

Absolutely fantastic. Looks so relaxing.

Tell you what Nick, that is some cup holder on the dash of your boat. That Costa cup didnt move once, even in the seas you were in 😂😂

I can’t help myself from smiling every time i hear him talk i love these videos they have inspired me to buy my first bost

That breakfast calls for cardiovascular issues 🤣🤣🤣

Another great video Nick keep up the great content.

wow , that was brilliant , i felt like i was on the boat with you , you two always seem to have such fun , i'm so jealous lol . 🛥

Nice vid m8!

Thrill of the chase!

what more could you want, good boats good company.YES YES YES

What do you think of Arla's Dairy ANCHOR butter from Newberry Wiltshire Farms? When I was filming for a Celtic Cooking show we went to a dairy farm and filmed several parts of the process of butter and cheese making. The same woman has owned the farm for over 40 years and still milks her cows! It was a great tour of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland!!! Lovely people!!! Thanks for an awesome video!!!

You must do a tour of that house on the Dart would be a great place to stay for a week

Thank you for such an awesome, relaxed, and fun video. Such a joy to watch!!

You should run a competition 👍 1st prize a trip on your boat 😂....... I’ll have a couple of tickets please .

Have a good week guys

the devon tourist board should be definitely one of your sponsors, too, since you are presenting your paradise spots in an excellent way for free until now! Greetings from Lake Lucerne, Switzerland!

Lovely, living the dream !

Nuther lovley one, am certain you enjoyed more than myself, although only just. The fish and chips must be good, am jealous now ! Thanks :)