Wow, looks amazing, really love that you've kept the hull its natural color.

O yeh! you look so at home, your new home looking very grand, lots of blessings on every trip you plan

You have a boat again!! Congratulations. Fill her up with food and GO. Happy sailing.

Magnificent time

conngradulations

First time I have ever seen a content provider with dock lines double back to the boat...no crew a leaping.

sexy boat!

такой противный голос у старушки

Beautiful boat! So excited for you!!!❤

Congratulations!!!! very beautiful!!!

Congratulations, so nice to see both of you so excited. It‘s been a while right? Thank you also for your kind invitation to visit the KM & Gebr. Enkhuizen open days - it was so nice to meet you in person albeit briefly. We could really sense the personal investment of the Gebroeders Enkhuizen team when we visited you. Wishing you successful sea trails and finally a fresh breeze of sea wind in your face!! Enjoy!!

Congratulations, I like your boat very much. The quality of your new boat is very high. The dutch people in Makkum knew how to build boats. Have fun….

Freue mich für Euch - liebe Grüße aus Österreich.

Why did you get so small a displays for the chart plotters on the helm and inside? Besides that I bet you are finally happy, nearly there till you can leave for warmer climates

What a beautiful boat … are you bringing it to ANNAPOLIS in October ?

Nice… although the name on the stern looks crooked to me.. 😢

A big congrats from the crew of Willow II. You both look so happy xx

I got emotional just by feeling your excitement.😢 What a joyous occasion!

So exciting to see both of you getting to sea trails . The boat fits you both well.

She is just beautiful. The Distance Shore little sister will be out there on her adventures before we know it.

Very cool to see how an aluminum boat is made

🧿👍

Looking forward to watching you two enjoy this fine boat!

Seemed effortless and problem-less. Congratulations. Good hull speed and engine/prop efficiency, it seems. Oh, "summer" on the calendar in the NL. Seasons typically follow the calendar by 1 month due to the influence of the North Sea on our climate (called moderate sea climate).

Congratz guys! The Dutch weather has been unusually wet/cloudy this past year. Only since a week or so, did the summer really come. PS: Embrace that North American/Canadian near singing-like outgoingness when speaking! In some regions in the Netherlands, it can be so chilly that we only start to warm up after a few beers. 😊

White knuckles say it all! Best wishes on your new boat, she is beautiful

Congratulations! Saw some white knuckles on the wheel at times! 😂

Spennende dager for dere! Hvor er der i denne stund - allerede på veg mot Norge?

First time out and on my birthday 😊

Weird that they did not change the language to English on the instruments. e.g. "Diepte" instead of "Depth" Having it in your own language is important in high stress situations. (That you hopefully never have) No need to add extra things for your brain to do if there is high stress. Changing that should not be a real issue.

Makes me proud too be Dutch.

The 3rd rutter seems like a brilliant idea. What is the HP of your engine?

You kept saying it was nice having the 3rd rudder but you never say how well it works and what the effect was on your steering with the engine running. How did the steering compare to your old boat? Very nice boat, I want one!

Love it, love it, love it! 🎉🎉🎉

Hi Paul, and Cheryl, congratulations on your first see Trolls the boat/yacht looks fantastic and you both are going to have saw jaws tomorrow from all the smiling you’ve done and I don’t blame you. Keep up the good work. Really appreciate your boat. , Cliff from Australia

Congratulations 👏 Thanks for sharing.

Why you did not buy this yacht ..please

To many skills required to sail these boats..where is the captain?

Can you take a look at the model, that would be great.

Where did you start from uk? To which French port to canal system

Sure looks great. It must feel good getting underway for sea trials and knowing it won't be long before you are underway for the further adventures of "Distant Shores". I am staying tuned. Yay!.

FANTASTIC!!! Thanks so much for this preview of the new boat's sea trials. I couldn't tell if Sheryl had a few tears or not because of the sunglasses, but Sally said I did. We are so excited for you and look forward to what's to come next.

Just found your channel by chance, good to see that you are still at it after all these years! Yassas apo LEROS! We remember your time here fondly. Christy & Michael s/y Pwyll and SMV Tricia.

By the way, older boats with Flybridge did have mechanicle controls with an "Differentialschaltung" and some times werry long control cables

Sorry but electronic controll for the engine ist big bullsh.. on a sailboat. With all the evc-bullsh.. ther ara so many problems that must be solved by specialists with the right software on a laptop. For a sailboat no comonrail diesel and no turbocharger. May be al bit more of fuel consumption and les power, but more safety. That is my opinion based of some experience with VOLVO-EVC.

Where did you enter to do the canals sailing from england

What are the conditions, prices, dates?

Counting on hydrogen facilities, 3 years later …not yet. Yamaha just built a project outboard but refueling remains a question. Also is a hydrogen maker at a small size possible?

Currently there are several cats being solely powered with solar. A change has come.

We sail maybe 70% at the beginning it was 90%… we sail with a 7,35 boat so sometimes we have a weather window that will close, and it safe then to just use the engine. Also, if we have straight upwind for 3 days, it’s sometimes not an option to stay somewhere for that time