Back to pickle in Amsterdam! 🇳🇱

[@richardboughton8338]

Discovered your Channel 2 years ago in Hospital after major surgery and as an old sea dog it really lifted my spirits and took me out of the pit of depression i was slipping into. Luckily, im ok now and still watch, thankful i discovered you Sir. Thankyou.

[@zanderboy]

its a great channel isn tit. i myself am an ex matelot and never did any sailing as such. just on ships. i think its done the same for me too. hope you are all well now shippers

[@richardboughton8338]

@@zanderboy Better than i thought i would be Cap'n. Thanks for your kind words.

[@jayjones3691]

📿

[@TheCrashedMind]

I love how raw and candid your videos are. I’ve been encountering boat problems and the best mindset is… “bummer, let’s fix what I need to, and get back out there”

[@silasmarner7586]

He doesn't get very rattled (UNLIKE ME!!!!) and I admire him for that.

[@jayjones3691]

Tru

[@shuffleman38]

I'm so glad you're back at the pickle. I've told so many friends and coworkers about your channel. Can't wait to see the adventures this season

[@samholmessailing]

Thank you so much!!

[@williamwhitlock9661]

Back to the PICKLED HERRING! It’s the U.S.S. Enterprise to me… Glad y’all two are back! Feels comforting

[@steffiestereo]

By the time you read this, our paths may already have crossed. Working as captain on a general cargo vessel in merchant navy. We were sailing through Biscaye and English channel last days, weather was a bummer... Now we are at the North Sea, I,ll keep an eye out for you. Fair seas and looking forward to your adventures

[@trailsandsails2722]

Sam...thanks very much for making me aware of the Calypso sonic anemometer. I'll look into getting one- wireless & self powered....Wow!. I retired as a research meteorologist with decades of experience with sonic anemometers so being able to bring this technology in a practical way to my boat is particularly significant to me! Dean

[@samholmessailing]

Seems like a great idea

[@simonpritchard6074]

Brilliant idea about the alternative wind vane...all these fantastic nav aids are so accessible now..Happy days!...Thanks Sam.

[@mattmeiners985]

I can only descibe you to my sailing friends as, "The most chill dude on the open sea"...... Very cool..... Thanks for the cool vibe.....

[@dan711g]

God bless you Sam! Stay safe have fun and keep smiling 😃🙏😁

[@thijsnaarden]

Hanging the flag upside down is (well, was) showing familiarity with the dutch farmers and fishermen, whose business are being shut down by government. You do well that way, as many of the dutch do. The light house is called "Paard van Marken" because it resembles a horse ("Paard"). Very, very nice to see the famous Sam Holmes cruising in my home area, I hope you enjoyed!

[@chuckrobinson599]

Your home area is really pretty. You're lucky to live there.

[@joebrown1382]

The Pickle is back woohoo!! That Yakker is really cool. Thanks for the tour looked cool.

[@samholmessailing]

You bet

[@grahamm2015]

If you get chance stop off and do some land sailing, and sail a 3x the speed of the wind. I can recommend going to De Panne in Belgium for this, you can pull into Niewpoort and get the tram down. The are other spots along the french channel coast also, but de panne might the best access on a boat

[@Heathaze813]

Great to see the Pickle again! Looking forward to your Mediterranean adventure! Marry that girl- she's a keeper!

[@TheMontecristo6]

Sam, I have no hesitation in saying you have the best videos on KZbin. I look forward to following your new adventures!

[@gregzeszotarski9927]

Good to see you back in Amsterdam Sam. Love the Netherlands.

[@danweyant4909]

Having windspeed data is nice at night. Sometimes you have the sail plan well balanced and it pipes up a bit - and in the dark you think it's doubled but the instrument can tell you, nope only 5 more kts

[@stevezelen4651]

Damn Sam, you are a stud!! Can’t wait to see your Europe trip this season.

[@jasmijndumont1215]

I now realize I might have seen you entering the marina in den helder when we were leaving the marina last Saturday around lunchtime. There was a small American boat coming in, but I wasn’t really paying attention. Such a bummer if we missed you

[@TheMontverdetilly]

Great to see you back on Pickle, look forward to watching your next sail. Stay safe & enjoy !!

[@bown_rw]

Welcome back to NL, Sam and Pickled Herring. Looking forward to getting out into the Ijsselmeer myself in a couple of weeks. And yeah blue is only on top if you're supporting the farmers - but they seem to have calmed down a bit now ;)

[@andyhitchins7255]

Must be very nice to be back with pickle. Like seeing an old friend for the first time in a while.

[@samholmessailing]

It was! Reunited again

[@erikjh]

Awesome to see you back here in my hometown! Looking forward to your videos of crossing the Bay of Biscay. Een hele goede reis!

[@bake162]

Thanks for the update, I’m envious

[@j.roberthard7146]

Hi Sam and glad your back on the Pickle. You left FL just in time; they are flooding in S Florida and 2' of rain. Ug. Travel safe and watch your mainsail. Yup! Glad your lady is on board.

[@samholmessailing]

Oh wow!

[@eugenio1542]

I love Holland, language, people etc. I like your unpretentious attitude and style. Thanks.☝️❤️✌️🌍🙏

[@sailingloveworkx]

Hi Sam. Good to see you in the Netherlands. My boat is in Marina Muiderzand - Almere. Have a great time!

[@spencer6145]

My boy and I will be in Oriental North Carolina sailing for 3 days at the end of the month. You always get me fired up to go!

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Love it Sam that you can join the boat in Dam and head to Espania for the good weather...Love it ❤

[@paulchristensen7709]

Thanks!

[@chrisincalifornia]

Hop in, wipe off the mold and let ‘er rip! Lol! I’m a plan ahead guy who obsesses over details; I admire (and sometimes get a bit nervous about) your carefree ways. Have a great trip!

[@robm5091]

Care free ways? More like borderline dangerous and foolish. But I love the channel! Seriously. Watching him do what he does is very entertaining. Rock on Sam!

[@sailingslapshot]

Hi Sam, I'm a big fan from eastern PA. That amount of mold is frightening to me. I could see it later in the video under the edges of things, and behind where the radio mic was. Very bad for your respiratory system, eyes, etc. I hope you can find the sources of the water and then keep it ventilated so it doesn't return. Stay safe. -Jim

[@hughburgess4168]

Love you getting in a pickle Sam. Interesting video. Holland looks great! ⛵️

[@notsalmonpack]

haha love that you think anemometers are lame and pointless. I operate tower cranes for work and feel the same way. Can tell you the windspeed of a gust based on how it sounds/feels no problem. Thanks for another great video!

[@jamessandman3708]

Ahoy!! Welcome home to the Pickled Herring!!! I have some serious Samis envy right now!!

[@MarcoYolo420]

Wow, you left from my place, and I didn't see you ! Bummer, the chance to finally meet a KZbinr I follow... Have a great trip ! Love it ❤

[@samholmessailing]

Next time!

[@MarcoYolo420]

@@samholmessailing 👍🏽⛵

[@EuroThrashDude]

The Calypso Ultrasonic wind sensor is a cool bit of kit! I've been thinking about adding one to my little 14ft Weta to add data to tracks... still learning to get a feel for the wind so the electronics can wait...

[@Tonecaster]

Thanks Sam! I enjoy the videos. I bought a T shirt. Enjoy the summer and safe travels!

[@samholmessailing]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@redwood1957]

Good to see you back on the pickle. Please give us links and updates on the wind and wireless ais. Thank you

[@christip20]

I noticed that you usually have a book you’re reading, you would probably enjoy the one I’m reading now. It’s “Skipjack” by Christopher White and it’s-The Story of America’s Last Sailing Oystermen- it’s so good & has so much information that I want to slow down , but on the other hand it’s a great story that won’t let me put it down. (I also had no idea about Sailboats having anything to do with Oysters ever!)

[@samholmessailing]

Thanks for the recommendation !

[@lacfilms8345]

Watermen & Skipjacks along the Chesapeake Bay matter. It is sorta true that world is running out of fish and seafood in some places. Modern technology and sport fishing against old school working waterman. With China's commercial fishing fleet of some odd 200+ boats guarded by a "Coast Guard" cutter or two can and has intimidated some nation's fishing fleets on occasion. See west coast of South America- Ecuador, Chile & Peru. China can't feed its population- so international waters or in your coastal waters don't really matter to them. Unless you have a big enough naval presence to push them out they're gonna stay there until they have fished the place out thoroughly that leaves nothing for that nation's fisherman to claim. Keep an eye on China's commercial fishing fleet operations if they just happen to show up off your coastline in the future.

[@danoalex2977]

Thanks for posting another great video, I am glad you are back out on pickled herring and excited about seeing the upcoming adventures sailing 😁🌊🌬️⛵️

[@jacoblee4873]

Just found your channel love the footage. For the mold try and get DampRid it helps pull the moisture out and into the damprid I use in the camper when we store it should help you out when storing the boat just put in cabin

[@nslouka90]

Loved seeing the pickle again, it was already 99 degrees here in Arizona the other day and I wish I could be in the Netherlands.

[@jocky2]

Boy, you are liviing life to the full, great to see.

[@56Moto]

Welcome back to Amsterdam Sam, hope you have a great time here. Today I 'saild' for the first time ever 😅

[@bendunselman]

Marken island lighthouse is nicknamed 'Het Paard' (the horse). Have a nice stay in Nederland.

[@dnarowdy]

Hey! I'm a duchy! Nice to see the lakes and villages from your perspective :)

[@ElaynasBobs]

Love some new tech! I'm not even a boat guy and I'm pumped on your new gadgets

[@richleyden6839]

I said it before but I will repeat. I love your minimal format of not explaining your guests or blow-by-blow events, just this happened and that happened. Fill in the dots, or not,

[@samholmessailing]

Thanks

[@michaelhano8701]

Beautiful companion.

[@samuelmalerbederam3609]

Great video again, I’ve really enjoyed following you trips. If you come by the french coast of brittany you should look into stopping by, there are some really beautiful coasts and islands (even though the currents and tides are get tricky). I actually work in this sailing school (les Glénans) in a town called Paimpol and we spend a lot of time around this great piece of coastline. It would be awsome to cross paths with Pickled Herring and his captain 😊. Safe travels !

[@rivernet62]

Pickle! Oh how we missed you!

[@jerryjohns7358]

I like the new look Sam!

[@cactusrose55]

Me too. Very handsome fellow.

[@sailingalabanda8516]

How cool to watch you sailing in the Netherlands. Marken! pretty much the same place you moored pickled herring is where I bought my boat :)

[@BigVine-m5i]

You don't need to haul out to put in a new depth transducer. Put one inside in a bed of wax and it will work just fine, with no danger of holes in the hull.

[@roadboat9216]

Hey, glad youre back! I have left fuel in my tanks for over a year and that was in the tropics. The main thing in any fuel or gas tank is to store them as full as you can. To keep air out.

[@samholmessailing]

The fuel seems to have held up much better than last year. Maybe the tanks were fuller when I left it.

[@SailingMarieholmIF]

Welcome back Enjoy sailing and The Netherlands

[@bishopdredd5349]

Pretty dope down to earth video

[@littlebustersoysters9229]

Another great video, Sam. So enjoy following along from the oyster and kelp farm in Maine. Have fun and be safe!

[@samholmessailing]

Thanks so much!

[@randomtraveler3363]

two very cool and useful gadgets. proof you don't need a fancy and expensive all in once system

[@richardstuivenberg4618]

My sailboat is just around the corner of the marken island light house. I sail there all the time. 😄

[@goodyjoe1492]

Great to see the Pickle again!

[@jonkneeland]

Hey Sam great to see you out sailing on pickle again! I wanted to ask if you had any plans to the 2nd part on that "learning to sail" series you did last season, for some of the more intermediate demonstrations? Smooth sailing! ⛵

[@samholmessailing]

Yeah ive got a bunch if ideas but I really need a second person and some good weather to film it. Hopefully I will get another episode or two this year.

[@jonkneeland]

@@samholmessailing Heck yeah Sam! I’m up in northern Maine, I’ve been told it’s a beautiful place for sailing and have been looking for a cape dory typhoon sr. or a 22 model to start. I’ve got some experience but the learning to sail series was a great refresher.

[@allenbuck5589]

Good to see you back on board. Thanks from Sc

[@samholmessailing]

Much appreciated

[@bmunday]

i love that windsensor. Ive never seen a solar version thats incredible. puting boatyard dogs out of work!

[@rockydog523]

Looking dashingly handsome and happy. So does the pickle. Onward across the deep!

[@SailingIntoOblivion]

Great video Sam, enjoy the summer. Sparrow and I are about to head out and test all the repairs on a trip around Bermuda. Take care my friend.

[@samholmessailing]

Thanks. Sounds great! Fair seas!

[@Ulversial]

re gadgets, fairly simple to throw together a nmea to wifi bridge using an esp32. you can wire up a whole bunch of devices and simply multiplex the messages to the other wires as well as wifi/udp. if bending the rules a bit and going ttl rather than rs 422, not much is needed in terms of components either. testing soon with vhf, ais, plotter and depth sounder all wired via one of these. the nmea messages over wifi can either be picked up by some compatible app, but also something like signalk/opencp running on a raspberry pi for instance

[@samholmessailing]

Sounds like a foreign language to me

[@craignattress7161]

Great videos...even better adventures. Wanted to ask you what you think of that wifi/solar wind indicator. ??

[@allmomomosthomebus3895]

Those sunsets! I enjoyed the Netherlands when I was there... But seeing the country by boat is another perspective entirely. I'm curious how well the solid state anemometer will work out.

[@OurCabinInThewoods]

Glad to see you back on the boat.

[@triggerfish999]

Hi Sam, I’ve been enviously watching your winter activities in Florida. Now you is back in Europe. Yay. Not sure when you filmed this (last week?) but we’ve just had a huge violent storm in the UK come up from the west /11th/12th April and cross to Holland (huge seas etc). Interested to see how you fare with that in the next vid.

[@cyrielgaemers]

Awesome that you went to Amsterdam. 🎉

[@Ivartshiva]

4:56 He had vodka with a twist and the surf n turf with asparagus, potatoes and a pickle; she, sensible fish and chips with a salad and avocado, enjoyed with a fine mineral water or a crafty lager.

[@mvlas4385]

Had a big smile on my face when you turned the Dutch flag into the farmers protest flag LOL

[@williamtownsend3279]

Right on! It's not even my boat and I missed it. 🙂

[@marcodrost7640]

You are totally in sync with the farmers in the Netherlands they protest by puting the flags upside down ;-)

[@hmspain52]

From cheese doodles to that dinner! Quite the upgrade! :-)

[@rivermagic]

I've got one of those calypso's as well, great little tool - need to get it mounted up the mast though as some point For the AIS on Navionics, it does take a while for the MMSI to change to actual ship names but will come through eventually

[@mrclutch1653]

One new vid of pickle on this dudes channel makes my whole year

[@pattiNBerkeley]

Sam, you look beautiful! I love how you do a new hairstyle for every vid!!!!

[@RaphaelOertel]

Welcome back in the 🇳🇱. Fun fact: Our flag upside down used to mean a ship is in trouble ⚠️

[@larswetterstrom7209]

Good to see you on Pickle again and with a lady I dont think I have seen before. Good luck whatever you do. Try some oysters when you get down to Brittany! Why not in L´Aber Rach!

[@atomisum6445]

It's always nice to see Sam sailing with a gal pal

[@andrewdiekmann943]

Are you going to the Scilly Islands off of Cornwall on your way down?

[@mcouture8169]

Your U.S. flag above your solar panels is likely to be greatly reducing your solar charge. Great video as always, Sam!

[@usspaul9422]

Great vid. Tyvm.

[@philgray3443]

This looks like a top location for a tour.

[@samsails9820]

Thats an awesome wind instrument, the paddle type do get broken after a few years and changing them is a usually a top mast job to replace. Lucky the rat didnt start on the wiring. Good to see you back on P. Herring 👌

[@samholmessailing]

Very lucky indeed

[@tomweinstein]

It's neat, but I'm not sure it's $800 neat.

[@antonioarroyas7662]

Loved those birds in the harbour

[@samholmessailing]

They were funny ones

[@antonioarroyas7662]

@@samholmessailing Hey Sam, this is kind of random but I really like the way you edit your stuff. How did you come up with your style?

[@SunshineSailing84]

They're called Fuut's :) When they have younglings they become even more awesome, as they travel with their little ones on their back. Of course they fall of sometimes, and they trying to get back on their mum's back never gets boring, I can watch that game for hours.

[@SailingEagleWings]

nice to see you back in Europe, If you pass Oostende Belgium in the near future, let me know I can show you my old trimaran (sincs you are looking for one)

[@samholmessailing]

Im in zeebrugge rbsc now. Not sure if ill stop in oostende also though.

[@SailingEagleWings]

How long do you Stay in Zeebrugge?

[@jeffp2142]

Great to see you back on Pickle!

[@samholmessailing]

More to come!

[@alexd7466]

might wanna check out Vlieland. The harbor is a bit tricky, but it certainly the most special island in the Waddensea (no cars)

[@RichardChambers]

On AIS names are transmitted less often than position data so if you leave it running for a while you will see the mmsi numbers replaced by names gradually.

[@samholmessailing]

Ah that makes sense

[@guywatkins6033]

Cabeza de Vaca’s adventure is the craziest story ever. Sticks with you.

[@samholmessailing]

I couldn’t imagine trying to cross that part of America on foot back then

[@sailingeden9866]

Great video.

[@stephenkillick5812]

Great to see you back with Pickle! I have to admit to being somewhat jealous of you and the freedom you obviously enjoy!

[@barendgarvelink]

When you go through the Channel, see if you can visit Sark. It’s a wonderfully quaint little island, more British than Britain itself.

[@jasonsovick7481]

Awesome video. Thanks so much

[@gmsaintsfan]

The adventure continues......

[@yippycoyote6957]

Always really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work!