One of the best videos ever. It says a lot about JMYS. Thanks.

It felt as if I was on the journey without the chop. Thanks for having me along.

A big thumbs up to your blue tape throughout the engine room with your checkpoints. Excellent learning tool for anybody else that is going to be on the boat with you. I am still watching the video I’ll keep adding comments LOL

These are the kind of videos I like to find on KZfaq. I am retired Coast Guard and was a qualified underway OOD on two different cutters. Doing the live-aboard scene fascinates the heck out of me but my landlubber wife would never go for it. One suggestion - try your temperature gun on the sea surface to get water temp for checking the Gulf Stream. I use my temperature gun on tree foliage to get ambient air temps and get temps from cloud bases to estimate cloud height (using standard lapse rate of around 3.5 degrees per thousand feet). They are amazingly useful devices.

Many aspects of this remind me of my flight training. Checklists, communication, even the dangers of sticking to a strict schedule. Don't want to rush and make mistakes, even out on the ocean. I'm 24 and some day I hope to own a Nordhavn! Better start saving!

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Huge thanks for posting this.

LOVE these videos. Learn so much from you. Great tips.

Great stuff Jeff! Keep ‘em coming.

Really great video Jeff, thanks.

Really enjoyed the video thanks for having us share your voyage.

One of the best videos informative videos I've seen in long while. Thank you!

This is one of the most informative videos I've seen in a long time. Thank-you!

Thanks Jeff for your training videos and expertise on the nordhavn's trawler yachts, a very informative voyage!

I really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for letting us join 👍

What a great informative video. I learned a lot in a short period of time. Thank you

Invaluable video for someone thinking about boat life.

Excellent and informative video, I learned a lot - please do more of these!

Excellent video and great boat! Reminded me of my engine room watch rounds on the Coast Guard Cutter years ago! Thank you for sharing this great resources!

Thanks for having me along. This video made me happy. 🇿🇦👍🏾

I always wanted to see a video like this almost felt like it was my first trip. Thanks

A truly outstanding video.

Fantastic video, Jeff. Very much enjoyed the checklist and engine room detail. Thank you very much!

Very informative I enjoyed and learned a lot would love to see more like this.

This is super helpful. I want to get to a point where I can run a boat this size and this sort of thing was EXACTLY what I was looking for as a briefing of things to know.

Love the "training wheels" analogy. When I first learned to sail, I always arranged for an experienced skipper to be onboard. Aside from correcting any newbie oversights and mistakes, it provided me with an add'l comfort level knowing there was an experienced hand onboard.

Great video congratulations 🍾 on your nordhavn guys great to have a salesman that looks out for his customers!

Great video guys look forward to more👍

Excellent video. Very informative and enjoyable. Very happy for that couple. Safe travels and enjoy every minute together.

Thank you for such a video. I've watched it about 7 times and each time it keeps entertaining me. I love this type of detailed videos on how to use, etc. It was great!

I'm in Wilmington next to Southport! Another great video with wonderful tips and advice! Thanks for sharing

Very good - Lots of useful tips and information. May the wind always be on your back - Happy travels.

One of the best and most informative videos in boating I've ever seen.. thank you for this..

Very enjoyable video. Well edited, but most importantly... very educational.

Thanks Jeff, that was one of the best videos I've seen on your site and on youtube! They are living my dream and I got to watch it right here!

Great info. Excellent video and best of luck with a beautiful boat.

This video answered a lot of questions about living on a yacht as far as maintenance, crew needed and training after purchase thanks for all the excellent information

Very good video. Thanks for putting it together. Important training for new owners.

Really enjoyed watching .. congratulations to you!

One of the best training delivery videos I've seen...Very informative! Great Job! Congrats on your new new boat! Best wishes!

Nice to see actual owners enjoy the fruits of their labors.

Brilliant video thanks for sharing this very informative.

Fantastic... many thanks to you and the owners... see you across the pacific!

Jeff, what a great informative video...I learned more, and got a better sense of the Trawler Lifestyle from this one video, than any other..I will be in touch...G

Hi guys from the Irish Republic. Great video presentation and that mini ship (Granuaile) is so beautiful! With all that's going on in the world i can't think of a better place to be. Will follow your blog with interest, take care! :)

I appreciate the professionalism. Good sailing is like good piloting.

Very cool video. Usually just boat tours boat an actual cruise was nice especially the first one. Good job.

THIS !! ...... is one of the best boating videos I've seen in Years !! Well done Jeff ...... Keep vids like this coming and if I ever get money I now know where to buy one ! (grin)

What a great couple Neil and Kathleen are, mellow, easy-going, fun. Nice boat too. They're not by any chance looking to adopt a 50 year old are they? I don't mind sleeping on the floor!

Thank's once more for a great video Jeff! And we still haven't given up the thought to do the same as Kathleen and Neil. And if so - we'll definately will come and realise it with your help. All the best to you and your family!!! Stay safe!

Jeff, your patience and attention to details were flabbergasting! The service you provided to the buyers are absolutely superb. Hope you sell a thousand boats a year because you definitely deserve it!

Well done Jeff, another great video. The 50 is my favorite boat, All the best from OZ. Noel...

Excellent video! I learned more about serious boating in the past 54 minutes than I have from hours and hours watching videos of floating gin palaces that rarely leave the marina!

Love this boat I actually have a photo of this boat when it anchored near us behind Dobbins Island on the Magothy Creek. Thanks for the video!

Really enjoyed this video. very imformative , Thanks for sharing .

Great video, special thanks to the new owners for sharing this.

Wow, great video. This is some of the most important, least sexy, parts of boating that no one really talks about. I think this is the only video I've seen where someone says "don't go outside unless the captain knows ...". I'm sending it to my kids because they think I made it up.

Excellent as always, and a real education! Thank you, Jeff, for posting this kind of informative video. Some of us intend to graduate from Armchair Academy one day.

Great video. Took me back to our days/night with you Jeff. Fingers crossed we will be back.

Very informative and interesting video. I have worked in the merchant marine mostly deck with limited watchkeeping and no offshore. It was great to see these new owners turning their vessel into a home with checklists becoming routines. Great to hear from JMYS with lots of informative advice and information and from a broker and previous owners with real interest in making this adventure a success.

Truly an enjoyable video. It's nice to see the Process. Training and being confident with the new trawlers is fantastic. I really think the service Jeff, and JMYS offers is fantastic.

The video is very educational for me since I have zero knowledge of boating, although I am very interested in this adventure since we are empty nesters now. Thank you for sharing.

I'm on the hunt for a good oceangoing passage maker hopefully to get by this Spring season. Have really enjoyed watching your videos! Thank you!

good video ! i grew up in South Florida and you guys were on one of my favorite Crossings , one of which i have personally done many times in Several Vessels nothing better than the Beautiful Water color in the Bahamas you are Definitely on a Beautiful boat capable of of being out there

My knowledge of boats and yachts is pretty limited so I found this absolutely fascinating. I like the well-defined checklists. Thank you for a genuinely well done and interesting video.

Enjoyed this video great job

And that's why you should buy a boat from Jeff! That was an Awesome video!!! Thanks so much for sharing Jeff! Congratulation to the new owners! 😎👍

Informative and very enjoyable. Thanks!

Congratulations to the new owners! You two are living the dream!

The most dangerous thing you can have on a boat is a schedule…outstanding advice and great vid!

Not only do I want an N63...but I want to buy it from you! GREAT video, GREAT JOB! You are so personal...like a lifelong friend...a calm voice...you exude confidence.

I appreciate this video-- very informative, great owners that want to learn.... awesome tutelage

Really great video! Very accurate - when sea state is rough in a monohull (motor or sailing,) it's not all pleasant and easy sailing. It can get pretty rough. But, you do get used to it in time just by knowing what to expect. Beautiful boat too.

Best Nordhavn video ever. A Nordhavn would be my dream boat, a dream I'm unlikely to realise, but seeing Kath and Neil realise theirs was great. I hope you have some epic adventures. Thanks very much

Awesome video!!

Great ship. Fine crew and a good teacher.

Such a great video.. Its amazing as big as this vessel looks just how small they really are when your out to sea. The first time I really went far out to sea was in the Marines and the aircraft carrier was tossing and turning all night long and it was right under 1000 feet lol. But I love being on the water and own a 46 foot boat and anytime I used it for travel I made sure I watched for weather that might even get close to being bad. Still to this day I have a weak stomach but just love the water,, great success with your boat. Life is way to short.

I loved it, thank you.

Native Irish (Gaelic) speaker here - it's actually Grawn-You-Ale. So envious - safe travels and keep the water outside!

2nd time watching this! Would love to see more training videos.

Excellent video..

Very well done Jeff!

How exiting for this couple! Living the dream for sure. 😂

Great video, thanks.

I had been admiring M/V Granuaile ( formerly M/V Tivoli ) from the 4th floor of a Grand Harbor condo balcony near by. Pleased to see her underway and looking very smart at sea. I will be keeping an eye out for your return. Wishing you fair winds and following seas on your journey.

Hello Neil & Kathleen, I'm Antonio from Phoenix, Arizona, sitting at home. it's April 10th 2022, watching youtube come across this awesome video of Granuaile. What a wonderful yacht, congratulations, guys. What an epic journey this whole experience must have been for the two of you. I often watch youtube videos about yachts. But the one thing I've never seen is this experience of ownership and having someone like Jeff show you everything you need to know on your maiden voyage. This was diffantly an eye opening video to watch and see all the details of what goes on behind the scenes. Like you Kathleen I often wondered what it's like to sale at night in the vast open sea and thought to myself how scary that must be. But glad to see your adventure end with a happy ending and I'll be following your guy's adventures. I'm 53 and trying to convince my wife to do exactly what you guys have done sale everything and go live life.! Congratulations again guys looking forward to seeing other videos 👋👋

Living the dream as a Blue Nomad, love the lifestyle waving hello from Australia.

Congratulations on your purchase. This will change your life forever. I love to see that you are sharing the same home waters as myself. We are a little bit past Annapolis or closer to the key bridge not the Bay bridge. I know you had to love that feeling when you went offshore. There's nothing else like it. Most of the time you will not see another single boat around you. Night time on my Lord The sky is unbelievable when you don't have light pollution. Sometimes when we are coming back from Florida we will travel about 50-60 miles off of the coast coming back up to Maryland. Only time we would head close to land was the fuel up again. With something like you have you don't have to worry about filling up as much as I do. Most of the time both of our generators are on and of course both of our engines. As much as I love having friends and family on board with us a lot of times I love just having my wife and myself. Make sure you have enough tools on board to fix little things that happen when you're out. Just like when you were talking about your AC. You should get yourself some fuel filters some extra belts and some new propellers for your intake of water. Sometimes those things just go out at the most inconvenient time. It's the small rubber one and that rubber gets very hard and dry rots. I'm glad to see you bought a used boat. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that as long as you have a good copy of the records for the maintenance. Our first couple boats were used until we moved up to bigger ones. Now every two years we trade in our old boat and pick up a new one. That way we don't take a horrible kick in the pans on the depreciation of value. I still take a hit but it is not as bad as if I would have ran up the hours and held on to it longer. One other piece of advice is to make sure you have a lot of safety equipment on board. Remember every couple years you must get new flares always keep the old ones even though they are out of date. Also I would invest in its a little hard to describe it but basically you slip your hand in a loop and then the rest of the rope is in a nylon bag that you throw in the line comes out behind it and someone can grab the other end and you can pull them back aboard. You also want to get yourself a couple of small strobe lights and attach them to your life preserver. You would not believe the difference that makes finding someone in the dark. You can order them on the internet or like I do you can pick them up from a good scuba shop. Just about all scuba divers who dive at night and put one of the strobes on their tanks. Again congratulations and perhaps next summer we will see you on the water.

I know I'm a few years behind this maiden voyage... Congrats to Neil and Kathleen! There is nothing like the "Love of the Sea". I watch these kind of videos because of my own "love". To me, the Sea is the only way to actually experience "freedom". Way back when... I use to be a "salty dog". For some reason... I have turned into a landlubber... ugh. Well, such is life. Maybe one day, I'll make it back.

Very helpfull, to get an idea of cruising and it s work need to be done! Thanks!

Jeff…this is the 4th time I’m watching this…I have it saved. The last time, I strategically watched it while sitting next to my bride and ensured her natural “curiosity” (re: NOSEY) got the best of her…again. Safe to say that at 04:00…she is NOT sitting here now. I’m still working on her regularly though and hope is not lost. This video will make my day! And really, I just want to say that if that time ever does come…YOU will be the ONLY individual I will deal with. Hell…I’d shine your shoes just to spend a day with you!

Great video, I know nothing about boats. A lot is what I expected but also learned a lot. I’d probably enjoy doing the engine checks. Now I just need to win the lottery.

My SECOND boat had an aft cabin master just for the reasons you've mentioned. Nothing worse than taking the night watch without good sleep beforehand.

Great job everyone !

dang they work well together! good stuff!

Nice video but i would have liked to have seen the paper charts mentioned earlier, you learn after 50 years at sea if there is a calamity and you need to prove your actions in admiralty court you can not bring your electronic chart plotter the first thing that will be seized by the captain are the log book and the paper chart in use, i may just be an old sea dog but i like paper charts and old log books that get sealed with string and wax seal. but i liked your trip, you worked safely and you are to be commended for that, never ever bypass safety. enjoy your new boat for many years. May you always have fair winds and following seas.

I would buy a boat from you , very Honest and I actually learned something, Thank You.

Makes me want to buy a boat! What a lovely couple and you did a great job, Jeff. I get pretty seasick but it's not a problem unless the drugs don't work.

Very good video thank you very much

Great video,get you about 2 rolls(300 ft. Each)of parachute cord (real stuff) for securing odds and ends.Really comes in handy and is very strong.Smooth Sailing!!

For real video... very refreshing.. I always thought if I have the money and time I could be on the water too...but I failed to make the third counsideration happen.... if your spouse does not want to be a first mate, it will not work out.