Magic Carpet’s first time in TIDE!! [S3E16]

[@yeseniafroml.a.8020]

You are poetry. My hubby and I enjoy your videos of your journey. Thank you ✨💫🌟

[@McDonoughKelly]

Really nice channel! Happy sailing from the Saginaw Bay, Michigan USA ✌⛵😊

[@floridasailor3732]

Your production values, including the music, are getting amazing. Beautifully done.

[@bowrudder899]

Holland has such a long, proud sailing tradition and culture.

[@jerrybailey3095]

Wonderful video, I like the way you explain your trip as you see it..lovely sunsets and the smell of the ocean, I could almost imagine being there. The food looked good too, take care and be safe.😎👍

[@irober02]

North Sea gulls crying, murmurations in the sky, failing light, autumn clothes, cosy cabin - all very nice.

[@midgoog2]

Maya, Pea soup YUMMM. I dice a carrot some onion and a rasher of bacon, saute in butter till onion is getting clear add chicken stock, and yellow split peas soaked overnight simmer for 45 mins or so, add salt and black pepper to taste. I like to serve with black rye bread topped with grilled parmigiana. However the atmosphere in the boat will be quite Dickensian for a while afterwards. 😁😁😁 Cheers Eric

[@JoanOfArgghh]

Wine bottle rolling pin for the win!

[@jeffvw1994]

Beautiful boat, beautiful location. Under cockpit auto pilot is the way to go and a wind vane for crossing oceans.

[@arthurcortright2186]

Heres my recipe for an all around spice from the restaurant. I call it magic spice. ( for magic carpet. Lol) 3scoops salt. 3 scoops black pepper. 3 scoops ground garlic. 2 scoops thyme. 2 scoops dry mustard. 2 scoops celery seed. 2scoops dill weed. 1 scoop crushed red pepper. A bigger scoop makes a bigger batch. Mix thoroughly and use to taste. Enjoy. Chef Scott Cortright. USA

[@StephenSmith-ju2tp]

It's Friday, it's magic carpet ,it's happy hour 🙏

[@thatguy2408]

Second this.

[@Johannesjanvandijk25]

To see your own country through the eyes of foreign people makes you realize again how beautiful your country is. And you guys visiting my native island of Texel makes that even better🙏🏼👊🏼enjoy it !!!!!!

[@danjensen6076]

One of your best videos ever. 👍

[@frankodenthal1010]

Wonderful episode, as ever. Thanks for sharing.

[@mrm4400]

Your videos are so special.....artistic, soothing, classy....... The last time I was in Holland was in 1980. It is truly wonderful to travel there again through your eyes and experiences. It is a very special country. Thank you very much for great entertainment. Best wishes from Cape Town, South Africa. Mariette Maddison 🍹💫💕

[@billb2176]

There is an artistry that compels :-))

[@Wedontwantnowarnomore]

You are two pretty people. So sweet to each other. Love it 😍

[@chrisscannell5635]

I get so annoyed when people put a 👎 to a wonderful vlog like this :- I can only assume they have issues with envy and need to go out and get themselves a life !..either way their negativity isn’t welcome and they should keep it wrapped up inside their own unhappiness. I thought it was as usual very entertaining and as welcome as a summer breeze. X♥️😇👍👍👍

[@juliesimpson3729]

Just wonderful as always and very well done!

[@nick.caffrey]

17:28 What beautiful cinematography! It feels as if I am there. Chapeau, les gars! Maya, you are a true artist. In so many ways.

[@mg062263]

We’ve watched off and on your episodes since your days in the Med and followed every episode North through the Continent. Your videos are sooo enjoyable, from the beautiful camera work, wonderful music selection (and playing) and descriptive narration, we look forward to watching your video uploads first before any others! Even before Delos and La Vagabond!! Keep doing what you do because it is so enjoyable. Mike & Janice Manitoba Sailors

[@JustMe-pp1mp]

Ditto

[@jimmcdiarmid7308]

Hello Manitoba

[@JustMe-pp1mp]

Hey Maya - remember beating yourself up a few videos back because you weren't happy with the work you were putting out? Based on the comments I read on subsequent videos and even here the crew of Magic Carpet, all two of them, are creating simply superb vignettes of your adventures and lifestyle. Don't ever change.

[@ABeriault]

What a lovely clip! So much thoughts and poetry even in the basic everyday life images. Great rythm in the editing! Good show...cheers

[@djmydlack]

Perhaps one of the most moving cinematic moments I've experienced in your videos: around 9:36. I don't know why. Maybe it was the turn of the day, the exact pacing of the voice-over, the specific choice of words. I was moved almost to tears. The music. I had to find it so I had my phone recognize a snippet. "Aurelian" by Anders Schill Paulsen, S.A. Karl - I'm struck by how still the piece is and I'm struck by how sort of daring it was for you to weave that in with the montage of your footage at just that point. And how you inserted phrases of your voiceover between phrases in the music. The sequence begins with a question, an appeal to an extra-cinematic sensation Do you smell that? I smell it. Salt water…a little bit brine-y… And right there, the music creeps in, Karl’s slow wavering first notes and they lock into the shot you’ve placed, a slow pan left while the water slides by to the right. And with the next natural phrasing of them music, the cut to a sequence of three shots of a weathered steel fishing boat pushing by. In an instant as moment is created, the sentiment and the image. It’s good to appreciate how the music is so pretty and yet the fishing boat is not (outwardly.) I think that makes it especially good, though. And then in a lull in the musical phrasing: And so up ahead the channel is extremely well-marked, so it shouldn’t be a problem to follow that… I’m struck by how diligent you are to try to capture your concerns arising with conditions in the moment. Voice-over done after the fact never has the same immediacy or authenticity. And then slipping back into the warm bath of the music and water. An then as if you had swiveled in your chair to lean next to us, “Look at those pastel colors.” You are speaking right to us, the viewers. You break the fourth wall adressing us directly, …and I know you can’t actually smell it… And then cut to a map and a simple animated line: “…we decided then to actually go to the island of Texel…” And the most beautiful thing is the music is right there underneath it. So in less than a minute from a musical seascape to a request of the viewer to an in-the-moment change of plans, all while keeping the sentiment, the cinematic moment. And it almost felt like the simple decision was, well, inexplicably beautiful. “I din’t feel like visiting a city…” And this admission, a sort of negative emotion, came off as authentic and genuine. “…and we set our sites on Oudeschild…I’m not sure if I’m saying that right.” At times like these, your videos feel like very personal correspondences, not KZbin ‘content.’ How it must feel for you at times, to be subject and author of the art, the total immersion of sailing on a small boat, catching glimpses and snippits as you go, maybe visualizing your vulnerable figures in your mind's eye, other times forgetting the camera, maybe forgetting yourselves. There's so much 'self' in this project, eh. To make these is, alternating, a privilege, a burden, a curse, a crisis, catharsis, and a keepsake. Because, then, down the road, you are dragging clips onto a timeline and seeing there, your funny, imperfect, poignant selves, right there in the frame. And now wrestling words into descriptions, evocations of a moment, trying to say only enough and not more. And then the music of words and images and, well, music. Then it happens and a sort of moment is there. On the timeline. It's not exactly the 'original' moment. It is a sister of the original. I guess musicians sometimes can make the best documentarians. As long as they are doing it all (in front and behind the lens.) Because musicians know in their bones timing and rhythm, tone and tenor. Musicians are creatures of improvisational immersion.

[@albertvanderschans6835]

Glad to see that you went to Texel. I hope you rented bicycles to tour the island. I was born and raised in Oudeschild, but live now in Florida. Our sailboat is called 'Tessel' and my family name came from the fort 'De Schans' just SW of Oudeschild. Once a year we go back to Texel to visit family. Love your KZbin channel!

[@jeanbaardsen2863]

It was lovely, the way the video showed you cooking in the galley. Such a homey atmosphere.

[@clayfarnet970]

By far, the best channel on KZbin.

[@gratefulot360]

Absolutely lovely. Thank you for your beautiful video.

[@Hairnicks]

You two adorable people put the Magic in Magic Carpet, your film production is of such high quality, it is an absolute pleasure to follow your adventure. Bless you both.

[@davidpearson8954]

great photo of the moon in the mast. jsp. just simply perfect. :)

[@hansvanderbent5574]

pea soup, have split peas (soak them for 8-24 hours) and dried whole peas, put some carrot, potato, smoked sausage (rookworst) and bacon (spek) in, you might want to use a strong stock for taste,and grind some pepper, and for topping some maggi leaves. (there are more ingredients ,but I dont know all names in English)

[@joem3556]

You choose just the right words to draw me in ... Best wishes

[@rickstevens1479]

Really its better than my favorite travel show. I could smell the sea . Lovely to travel with such nice people....

[@camielkotte]

Nice footage. Beautiful colors

[@paulelgersma3971]

Every episode typifies the joys of sailing. Thank you.

[@pentaman24]

That was very calming. Your videos are so artistic and beautiful. Thanks!

[@aaronsgunsmithing]

Maya, you are correct about the lovely smell of the salty sea air. There is no smell that compares & it's my most favorite smell.

[@fonhollohan2908]

I love pea soup with chunks of salt pork and dumplings. My mom use to cook that while we were growing up! and I haven't made it in quite sometime. Its a popular newfoundland dish so be really for a nap afterwards it makes you sleepy. but I must admit it surely does taste good. Yeah you have to soak the pea's over night or be prepared to cook them for quite a long time.

[@abelarellano2048]

Last night I was watching a video of the 40 most popular sailing you tubers, and sailing magic carpet appears to be number 26. I don’t know why or how but to me is for much the number one and almost the only one. Keep it up folks you are the best and once again the waiting for Friday was worth.

[@JustMe-pp1mp]

It would be interesting to watch that video. Can you post a link to it? Thanks

[@edwardparkhurst9804]

Great video to start the weekend. Outstanding balance of water and sky to bring another Friday's joy watching your life and times..

[@garrymccoy4053]

I think the photography and colors on this episode by far surpass all that i have seen. I do look forward to you videos, and live vicariously through them. I also love haw tender you both are to each other, do not loose that, it what makes your channel that much better.

[@bethlef5168]

Always great video! Love to watch the cooking!

[@ffiori-uw5rz]

Very Good! Congratulations! Thank's! 💪🙏⚘

[@riverbendtube]

Lovely, as always...

[@pauljones5066]

I watch your videos every Friday, without fail. Many thanks indeed, inspiring.

[@waynerudiger1756]

I'm so glad you decided to linger in the Netherlands rather than pushing north. It's such a great country and I'm really enjoyed getting to know more of it through your travels.

[@Subcleff]

Pretty sure the tall ship you saw (11:44) is the Danish school ship called Skoleskibet Danmark.

[@gerrit555]

One of the most beautiful videos from you ever! Maybe because it remembers me to my childhood. I was born and grown up at the german northseacoast and learned sailing in the early age of 5 years there in the „Wattenmeer“. This is now 55 years ago. It touches me deeply! I will go to friesland with my boat hopefully next year, but for now I have to stay another year here at the Lake Thun.....

[@brianrgreen45]

Spiders love boats...Collect horse chestnuts (conquers) in autumn and leave them in clusters around the boat to discourage spiders. It works to a degree.

[@jean-pierredeclemy7032]

I will try that, thanks for the tip.

[@henkvanhaarlem612]

A perfect day indeed. Thanks for sharing!

[@jfdbcpv1983]

Sailing in the Wadden Zee was one of the best things i did, 2 years ago. But going around the narrow routes (especially in busy August) can be daunting, trying to avoid all the shallows and massive amounts of traffic at the same time - at least back in 2019, now it might be a bit emptier due to the pandemic. The islands are also amazing, especially Ameland and Terschelling. Beautiful nature and great people, can't wait to go back one day. I also found that sometimes to go between the islands it's better to just take the North Sea route instead of having to battle strong currents and the risk of running aground if going through the Wadden Zee in the eastern islands up to Schiermonnikoog and Borkum in Germany - especially since Navionics charts are usually outdated in a matter of months due to the shifting sand banks. I actually hit bottom at 6 knots because of a wrong chart, which stated there would be 3+ meters depth, but a sand bank must have acccumulated and popped out of nowhere. Fortunately it was soft sand or mud and didn't damage the boat. Keep up with the great channel, been following you since the beginning, but now you're sailing in places i know! You should try to go to Portugal when you sail south again, the Algarve is a really good cruising ground!

[@ByMyRecords]

Intro Music I fantastic, I love it!

[@ElGringoLoco]

Wonderful video and great, soothing content. I hope the dumplings were as good as they looked.

[@Kevin-of5mw]

I agree. Soothing. Just lovely.

[@jpdj2715]

Poetic. Nothing much happened and yet that was the impression. Well done.

[@jesperfredborg9809]

Great episode🎶🙂🤙🏻👍🏻

[@leoniewellesley6684]

Another magical video! Thanks for sharing!!😊

[@tonycollins7965]

Another exquisite film, you really are talented Maya. I had forgotten that as Mediterranean sailors you would not have experience much in the way of tides for many years. By the way European spiders are your friends.

[@jean-pierredeclemy7032]

But watch out for the False Widow spiders at Chatham on the River Medway because their bite can be nasty. The one that bit me delayed our departure for several days.

[@harveymushman2219]

The memories you two are creating are really going to be fantastic...but remember to forgive and forget....

[@kevinreed8041]

Awesome video. One of the best that anyone has created lately!

[@gus2747]

Your videos are great!!!!!! Intelligent, eloquent and soothing.

[@MM-ih4rj]

Wow guys... sailing to Texel is quite an adventure. The tides currents and banks everywhere is quite daunting! Did u get run over by the fishing boats? I really hope you pass some seals when you leave later! Realize that the Wadden islands have very a rich nautical history. Long time ago the fishermen from those island would hunt wales up along the Norwegian coast. Now you are enjoying the beautiful nature its has to offer. You both became some what part of the history of the Wadden! (ps Oudeschilld translate roughly to “Old shield” and is pronounced somewhat along the lines of “owdenskild” with the Dutch G for CH”). Safe travels! You are true Skippers!

[@adventuretimelouishorts]

Love the music in this one! So calming! 😌

[@captainandthelady]

This has to be your best video yet. Yes, this a keeper and will be played many times. Thank you.

[@Pozer714]

Wonderful editing and photography. What a life!

[@Oyster37]

The tall ship looks like the Oosterschelde, I love sailing in the Netherlands, its amazing.

[@hwood9783]

@Christian Jorge You are correct ..... nobody gives a damn.

[@dominicbuckley8309]

She's the Norwegian barque Statsraad Lehmkuhl.

[@shirleyboy8859]

A simple yet delightful look into life onboard a small boat... :-))) xxx

[@haydnjones2232]

Absolutely exquisite.

[@frankd2301]

Very mellow episode

[@ghrey8282]

Always so beautiful. I wish I could watch more often.

[@keebearfull]

Your delicious photography/videography and splendid editing makes me deeply happy to have found you two! The scenes from the harbour entry during golden/mauve hour were stunning!

[@johnwedler7374]

Absolutely Beautiful Video.

[@bevtrue6937]

Beautiful as usual.

[@aspasiabibas1819]

Must comment on the ending of this episode which to me was superbly done specifically soon after Aladino says the word Home. You guys are pros!

[@lentongrovetrust5201]

Always a great show, thank you

[@floriskruisselbrink6006]

The current across the harbour entrance to Oudeschild Texel is sometimes a bit notorious indeed! 3 or 4 knots of current is not unheard of, depending on where in the tidal scheme you try to enter!

[@shaswatidas8552]

I really wait for your video every Saturday ( because I stay in India🇮🇳) Your presentations are amazing and I really love to travel with you ( virtually though). Eagerly waiting for next video on Friday or Saturday morning🌞. Stay blessed and happy always. Bye. Take care.

[@BillChild2njoy]

I could smell the aroma of the briny sea from your lovely descriptions alone.

[@ОлегБ-ь6т]

You love each other, and l love both of you! Best wishes from Russia!

[@38below39]

Great day on the boat for sure //////

[@junk_rig_81]

I love your channel. Though I find it funny you guys wear ear phones all the time (more or less). I love music also, but can't enjoy it if it locks me away from the one I love. If I need to, I listen to my own mind. But then, I"m not your age. Nice to see you enjoying your life. Keep on, you're doing fine!

[@geoffpm]

Loved seeing the flour on Maya’s fingernails while you were docking. Another fun video. Congrats

[@carpor911]

Love to see the two of you sailing around my own country. You make some awesome video's. Looking forward to the next video.

[@RobertoMarassi0]

dumplings seem excellent... and the wine too!

[@rickdaniel8478]

Great video ! Thanks for sharing 😆 Sail on mates !

[@SailingMarieholmIF]

Great again. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[@travelradiocoza]

Dammit .... I can only press the like button once! What a great day out on the water.

[@tymeryder7264]

I enjoy the simplicity you live. As I have said before, a meditation.

[@jamelweatherspoon363]

Crazy beautiful!

[@jeroensmaal]

Texel is a wonderful island, many good memories of visiting with our family. Thanks a lot for your atmospheric video! If you love salt water and currents, you should really also visit the Southern part of the Netherlands, especially the Zeeland Delta area, if you have time. It's where we keep our sailboat and it has many nice little towns, great sailing both sheltered and more adventurous, great marinas and of course seals and porpoises. Also, we've found that spiders love our boat too ;-)

[@tonydebruyne257]

Visit Terneuzen, the town is my birth place.

[@rebekkad.2092]

I also don't like spiders so I feel your panic, Maya.

[@mikewillis2934]

The approach to Texel is really beautiful! Thanks for sharing Mike

[@lorenzogiannantonio9288]

Wonderful

[@HeidiandFranny]

That was just gorgeous :)

[@blackseasailing8672]

Amazing! Thank you for your videos so much!

[@rolyoly100]

Such a beautiful video this week, has renewed my passionate desire to go sailing! May or may not have anything to do with me taking my first sailing class yesterday 😁😍

[@BenTheThird]

Excellent video

[@SailingChannels]

Oudeschild looks wonderful! Looking forward to seeing you explore it a bit. Also, I think we need a compilation video of you swatting spiders. lol.

[@smokedoliver1]

I have to congratulate Mia on her perfect diction . I have never heard anyone speak so clearly and sharply as she. What a joy she is to listen to.

[@mg062263]

Yes her voice is I very soothing. She could be an ASMR artist but I prefer her narrating these videos instead! They are a really nice couple.

[@emilybh6255]

Do you mean Magic Carpet has only sailed in fresh or brackish water since her rebuild (no salt water/bays/ocean)? I'm impressed! You made dumplings from scratch in a micro-galley on your sailboat? Not many would even think to try to attempt it.

[@madridpunch]

Did you notice the enormous number of spiders in Stavoren? We've been in the Buitenhaven for the last 6 months and I've never had so many spiders on the boat...

[@geraldinepluyms5935]

Beautiful once again!