I respect Shawn’s confidence at anchoring at the beginning. Elisabeth “verifying” his choice of spots and him sticking to his decision...😊 Team Work!

Can't say enough about a man that takes care of his gear. That boat is immaculate. Did you just add extra maple syrup to that dough?...My kind of chef. Lol

Wow, I thought I was compulsive! Sean redefines the term. Haha! You 2 are a blast to watch, though!

My husband’s family owned the yellow building with the red trim in the 1950’s. Their pharmacy was the ground floor and they lived above it. They sold it in 1960 and moved the pharmacy south to Main Street where they built a strip mall. We love taking our boat to the dock and going into town.

Shaun needs to come up with the reverse energy drink and get a patent, he is so laid back, tha nk you Shaun. and eliz is so uplifting with that gorgeous Smile... you guys Rock.

That red building! I remember when I was a kid I was there with some friends and they were jumping off the dock in the water.

Awesome video as always, Sean you'll never have to join a gym the way you work on your boat, you seem like a dedicated hands on captain and your boat is small enough to do all the maintenance yourself. When a boat gets too big it becomes overwhelming.

I run my N47 from the flybridge during daylight hours nearly every day out. With the bimini top it's shaded and quite comfortable on sunny days, and the visibility it affords for close-quarters maneuvering can't be beat. We've done legs of 8-10 hours running the boat from the fly. We had the same thoughts as you about how and whether'd we use it, and heard all the same advice, but we now cannot imagine not having it. It's also important to have enough electronics up there so you don't feel disconnected from the boat's systems while you are up there for long stretches of time.

Coupeville, Bless your hearts, thank you all.

I love your Q & A answer about fly-bridge, Thanks for the insight.

Great video and thanks for answering my questions! There is something to be said for minimalism, living on the water and living your life your way. Boater all my life and live aboard is the plan. Thanks guys and fair winds and following seas to you.

I really like seeing more of the actual boat life like you did in this one

A well-rounded video of some sailing to Coupeville, checking out Coupeville, and lastly your Q&A session. Plus the scenery is a bonus.

Always good to know that we’re not the only ones who go thru the “anchor anxiety” dance - picking “just the right spot” even if it means moving 3 feet in one direction, then 3 feet in another, then . . . Finally, finally, dropping anchor!

I really enjoy your maritime adventures.Its human with no special toys.You make a very nice couple and love dogs too! Enjoy your life.

I was born in Coupeville, but my family moved when I was too young to remember it. So cool to see what it looks like there!

Thanks for taking the question regarding longer travel plans. I would love to virtually travel the inside passage with you to Juneau/Sitka. Such a beautiful passage. Thank you for another excellent video.

Welcome to our beautiful island and town. Thanks for coming to visit. Next time you are in the area you will have to take a ride to the West end of Penn Cove and check out dinner at Captain Whidbey Inn.

Saw Lonian from our house! Incredible boat but Hodor is a BEAST of a vessel.

Another thoroughly enjoyable video your editing is terrific we totally enjoyed it thank you

Coupeville looks a lovely place to visit. Thanks for showing us

Lonian is 287ft and Hodor is it's support vessel at 216ft it carries all the toys for Lonian.

Another great Sunday episode... 👍👍 Thanks again for sharing. 😀

Shawn seemed a bit sus if Elizabeth was deliberating asking questions about her cooking , and he was trying evaluate if it’s a trick question to trip him up on. Always say “ yes dear, you love her cooking “, nice work Shawn

Loved the view of the other side of Mt Baker. We here in Vancouver BC see Mt Baker at a slightly different angle so it looks a different shape. Can't get too lost in this corner of the Pacific Northwest when you can see Mt Baker.

Good for you living aboard it!

Flantastic video! Interesting perspective regarding the flybridge, thank you. I see others have differing opinions, this is all very good information. See you guys next week!

Love your boat it's beautiful and thanks for sharing your expertise. I dream of owning a Nordhavn some day, they just speak to me every time I watch one it's just lovely.

Wonderful video enjoyed the Q & A especially your opinion regarding the flybridge. Stay well, be safe.

Loved the video, and loved the questions and answers ....I'm in Victoria BC

Watching you from the other end of the planet. Your videos are great.

Awesome Video, Love the Q & A's. Trevor, Australia

Ham hock, otherwise known as pork knuckle, delicious! Hammock in the east pronounced ha.muhk.🤔😁

Omg! I loved the B&B reference!! Really appreciate the care and maintenance you are very good at staying on top of! It's actually inspirational. My fiance and I just bought a Downeast in Mystic and have a 10 day adventure in the long Island sound area and thought I'd get in the mood with one last video prior to departure from Michigan tomorrow morning. Looking great guys!

Fabulous episode guys and a great Q&A with very detailed answers.

Great q&a! Nice to hear Freedom has some miles under her keel. I think more cruisers will be thinking of doing what you are in the near future. Keep up the great episodes!

At least he's never board, if he always fines something to clean. I'm sure on a boat that size there's always something to do IF you want to. I'm personally I'm to old and tired to fuss with the small stuff, UNTIL the small stuff becomes the big stuff... LOL

I remember the red building when we spent the night there. Good clam chowder in the bar/restaurant

You guys are awesome. Thank you for sharing your adventures and insights.

Thanks for sharing another great video. Love exploring new places with you.

It makes him happy Elizabeth! :-)

Nice lifestyle you guys have! How about showing us more you to operate the boat in certain situations such as docking?

I was in Coupeville last year. Except I called ahead and had dock space. Nice little town.

Hey , I live in Nantucket. Watching you from ACK.

Just discovered your videos a couple days ago. Been bing watching your videos ever since! I live in the Seattle area as well and never seen this side of it. I dream of one day owning a boat to explore some of these amazing places you two go to. I'm minutes away from the marina in Des Moines and never realized just how much beauty lies beyond the horizon I can see from my place!

Hey guys, just wanted to say i really enjoyed watching and also found the video very informative. Thanks and keep doing what your doing!

Coupeville is great! Langley is even better!! You have to go there if you haven’t, you went right by it.

My flybridge has a windshield and canvas enclosure. I drive the boat up there 95% of the time.

Beautiful videos, places, great information about Nordhavn. Thank you.

We were on our boat at Catalina Island in So Cal over 4th weekend and Lonian was there with her toy hauler. We were thinking it would be a nice yacht to own but then realized it would take a lot of work to wash and wax.

Love the Q&A. Great questions and answers

I think that’s so cool, Shawn wants to keep it shining.

Hey Sean and Elizabeth! (oh, and Mr. Sully too)! It was great meeting you at Shilshole Marina as we crossed each other's path a couple of weeks ago! I just watched this video, and it was amazing! I can't wait to watch more, and then meetup again when you finish your current adventure!

Look forward to you videos every Sunday. Interesting comments about flybridges. My boat, 391 Meridian, only has a flybridge. I thought I'd like to have a lower helm, but they are rare in this boat and most people I spoke with here in Florida that have both lower and upper say they rarely use the lower. We don't do much foul weather boating here, so the upper works out great. Visibility for docking and traffic on the ICW up high is great. Much easier to see the dolphins!! Give Sully an ear scratch for me.

hi there,just started watching the channel.Great stuff.My son is in Seattle working on a super yatch.He has been telling me how good the cruising is around there,watching you vids now shows me.Thanks.i fly a drone and when i watch your drone shots i dont see who is flying.good trick that and that is a great perpective.Looking forward to more,Greg in OZ.

Hi you three, Another Great video. You guys got me hooked,wait with baited breath for your upcoming vids. Like always, put me in a good mood. Miss home. But! in a good way. FTI> My first job was at Bayside Marina, Just off of Schuster Parkway in Tacoma, many moons ago, and that's where I got my first boat.

Lovely boat in lovely views

Another great day

We are big supporters and familiar with almost all the places you go since we had lived there for so many years. It brings a smile to our face when you go to these places. Would like to know a little about the boat when you purchased it. Shawn does such a good job of keeping it so nice. What kind of shape was the boat in when you purchased it and what are some of the detail things you have done other than waxing the boat? We appreciate how it looks and how well it is taken care of. Your engine looks like it was new and many pictures of other Nordhavn engines show wear and rust in places. Did you touch it up? Bob

Colonite metal wax works wonders by the way or 3m metal polish and coat with ceramic coating, you will have years before you have to do it again.

Sean, a friend of mine has very similar to yours what I call a " cleaning disorder " 😊. You guys are very nice. Like your videos a lot!

I use the fly bridge on my Fleming constantly.i have a nice soft top for the shade

Just stumbled on this channel and love it. You guys rock

We never made it to Coupeville either....wish we had. Thanks for the tour!! ☺☺

"HamACK" is the way i say it. Have not heard it called "HaMOCK" before .. goes to show you there's more than one way to say something 🤣 PS - The Cornholio reference made my day 🤣 .

Into my 10th beer tonight, hence the comments. Great Q & A.

Question for next Q&A. Elizabeth, are you at all concerned about taking the helm alone during overnight cruises while the Captain gets his sleep?

How’s the engine noise when you are underway in various areas of the boat? Whoever gets the pleasure of owning Freedom next will have a hard time keeping her as spotless as you two! Regards, Joe from Illinois.

I love the ferries so much!

Another enjoyable video. Thanks. we always you three but ,I wonder, do you ever have visitors comming out with you? I am very jellouse of you having a boat and being able to go out nearly every weekend. If I get all the number on the lottery I would love tour the west coast of Scotland closely followed by the Norwegian coast. I live on hope!!! By the way I live near Edinburgh Scotland.

Right by my home port in Oak Harbor! Would have been great to have seen you guys out there! I'm out almost every weekend sailing around there!

Good morning from Cincinnati! Hope your staying safe !

Very Nice!!!

Really nice videos. Enjoy watching from Denmark.

I love going along with you two.

Another great video guys!

!!! From Oak Harbour!!! I miss Whidbey Island!!!!

I've always heard hammock with the o sounding like an i, I've never heard hammOck

You guys keep teasing about the 'Big Trip' when are you going to let us know more? From Will on the Isle of Wight England. If you make it this far I will gladly take you round our little island.

I live in Oak Harbor. Welcome to our island.

Try Mermaids Inflatable Boat Cleaner. Available at fisheries. Wet down boat, spray on, sit 5 min, scrub if needed, rinse.

The boat is obviously well maintained, Good Captains are always maintenance duty, Shawn is a Great Captain. GOOD LUCK GUYS, ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS‼️👍⛴. Vinny 🇺🇸

I love these vids, here in England.

Good vid guys.

Great foresight and decision to move full time onto Freedom. So with your great mental gymnastics I have to ask do you prefer gold or silver as your investment choice right now😂 Shaun is always cleaning, but many small tasks over time seems smart. What do you guys think about the New Nordhavn 41 ?

You can anchor out infront of cama beach. Camano.

I don't have a boat but yours is always so clean. Could you cover in a video how often and when you fill/empty tanks, where do you put your garbage when you fill a trash bag, how you dispose of trash, does your mooring fee grant you benefits and services in other marinas or is everything pay-as-you-go. You had a video weeks ago during the start of Covid where you got threats from small islands where they did not want any visitors. Is that still an issue? Love the channel!

Ham-mick!🤣😉

love the Q & A!

I would have to say I would love to spend a week using all the toys on that support vessel and sleeping on Then”mother ship”

Hammik...

Question: Did you look at other boats than Nordhaven? What Makes, and what swung your decision to the Nordhaven?

Lonian is currently in Juneau!!

Always enjoy your videos. This may have been asked but have you considered doing the Great Loop? My wife and I have talked about it but it is quite the time commitment!

Good Q&A, Was wondering why you didn't have a flybridge.

Holding Tanks: I'm not sure if this topic has been discussed in the past much. Curious about the length of time that showers, dishwashing and facilities can be used without filling up the holding tanks during a long cruise to Alaska or Hawaii etc? This is a topic that few people I know or have noticed discuss, either regarding a marine vessel or a land based RV.

Good Vid as usual... Interesting to hear about the cruise history of Freedom... Originally from Portland so enjoy seeing you all cruise the Great NW... In Florida almost 50 years... run a 42 ft Invincelible... go fast fish boat. Boating in Florida is awesome... do a canal trip and drop in and see us... Knot So Fast! Home Port: Ft Pierce and Orlando.

nice vlog 👍🏼⚓️⭐️⭐️ keeeeep it going on and up guys ⚓️⭐️👍🏼 watching you from kuwait 😃😃

Another video watched on a Sunday, another Sunday ritual written off, and as always enjoyable. Whenever I look at the like and not like column there seems to be a persistent two who give you a thumbs down. I think you both need to tell your "ex's" to stop watching the videos.... lol. Flybridges is an interesting topic, almost as good as anchor talk. Boats are tools and as such some tools are better for a job than others. Open console, center console and bow rider boats are great for Florida and California but not as useful up here in God's country of PNW & coastal BC. Think rain, snow, wind and cold. After sailing for many years, in one torrential downpour while I was at the helm I asked myself - why am I doing this - thus the birth of a new power boater. A flybridge is really not much different than a sailboat cockpit, crewing in the open in great and not so great conditions. As alluded to in the video, a flybridge adds weight up high raising the center of gravity, in a blow and rougher water conditions - not so great. I've had friends in longer trawlers than Freedom afraid to go out into the Strait of Georgia because their boat was swinging from side to side so much. The second aspect of a flybridge is an increased beam wind footprint, more boat above means more sensitivity to the wind, again adding to the side to side motion - rolling - of a boat. So add increased weight and increased side wind profile and a boat that looks like it should have great sea legs doesn't always respond well in a bit of a blow & water chop. Thirdly, no flybridge increases territory for solar panels. Solar panels are definitely becoming more predominant for cruisers in our neck of the woods and many a trawler owner with a flybridge often has difficulty finding real estate for the panels.

If you do come to Hawaii I would like to meet you two and have a nice dinner and you can show me around on your boat.