Ep042 A Dream Come True...Sailing into NYC!!

[@edwardwerthner7717]

Enjoy New York , greatest place in the world. You’ve earned it .

[@markduncan6690]

I just thrills me the way you two conduct your daily business! Always light hearted!

[@bluewaterpines8323]

Go up into Cape Cod and her islands.Nantucket,Martha's Vineyard,Edgartown,Oak Bluffs,Cuttyhunk,then up to the main Cape...you will be rusty scuffers!!!

[@ianallan2337]

Such a lovely couple!

[@stuartmcmichael5250]

Great video of sailing in fog, dealing with the radar problem, anchoring. Even deafening poor Nicky who later on in the video never heard you say coffee 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛵️

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Beautiful video guys, I’m just catching up so a few more to go before I am up to date. Andy UK

[@srqlisa7881]

One at the helm and one at the bow that might have made the captains job less stressful. What a crazy cruise. : )peace

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

We were keeping a sharp lookout at all times except the 3 or 4 minutes with a camera in hand 😁

[@tartansailor]

I sailed from Montreal to NYC then to Europe in 2012. I came back in 2013 and on both occasions, I had the same sentiment as you had, that is I made my dream come true. I anchored one night beside the statue of Liberty and then at the 79' street marina on the Hudson. I congratulate you both for a trip of a lifetime. Cheers., Richard

[@caromarco6315]

Lovely to share your enjoyment of arriving in NYC!!

[@rogers53]

It's amazing anything survives in that area.

[@slimpickins3425]

Having lived here al my life, its so cool to see and feel your genuine excitement sailing under the Varazano Bridge into New York Harbor! The few times I have sailed into the harbor and through the City were amazing experiences for me, and they were only a day sail away. You two are a great team, and I truly enjoy watching your adventures. Thank you for producing top notch sailing videos!

[@brucethrash3278]

Awesome!!👏

[@shakyhandpictures2185]

Dreams come true, with effort! Congrats to you both.

[@chasfoster12]

Glad you guys visited Baltimore and were able to eat some Maryland blue crabs. It looked like you stayed at Anchorage Marina, our boat is a neighboring marina in Fells Point. Unfortunately you are spot on describing our water quality, too much trash and debris in the Inner Harbor and get worse after a heavy rainfall and i is always an eyesore when we have visitors on the boat.

[@mikecinde1]

My favorite video of yours so far! Loved it!

[@isnoo1]

I have been there ----- BUT not on a sailing boat!! LUCKY lucky you!

[@2cwaves432]

Brilliant Brilliant well done

[@mbuck1653]

Congratulations you two. What a great accomplishment. You have sailed a lot of miles to so many places cool places, but it has to be pretty incredible to sail up the Hudson past New York. I just love you two and your vids. I so look forward to every new KZbin and Instagram update. Cheers and Thanks

[@karenwaddell]

Bloody amazing. Well done Bora Bora 👍

[@bertmacdonald337]

Brilliant! Thank you so much!

[@antoineammoury5433]

Beautiful couple inside and from outside

[@Itsp3rsonal]

finished my 3 day binge @ 4:08 am Atlantic time cheers wonderful voyage thank you !!

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

😁

[@budgetpack]

Truly inspiring, very well done for making it to New York.

[@robertatkins154]

Really enjoy watching your videos , you guys are awesome ❤️👌

[@glennp5872]

Great episode

[@theodoretheelder6248]

Baltimore has the nastiest glassy black what I've ever seen.

[@jeroenschuurhuis1926]

What a thrill to get to NYC, iconic indeed! Enjoy your videos, keep it up!

[@akajbssmith7423]

Congratulations on this milestone

[@hellohellohello6847]

Lovely as always guys :) peace

[@silkyjones2626]

Congratulations guys! Point of information: Cape May was the primary wireless station communicating with the Titanic on that fateful night.

[@zofoblueszofoblues8339]

Wow that is an amazing bit of trivia. Ty for posting that. I found that very cool to gleam that little bit of knowledge. Ty

[@markturner4219]

Unfortunately you are misinformed. Titanic was communicating with the Marconi Station at Cape Race in Newfoundland, not Cape May.

[@stevelawrie9115]

Must be a bit of a thrill

[@mhazel4777]

never anything boring about your videos love them at one point when Ben was on the mast checking the radar I thought you said he was in his favorite place sexing the radar very funny

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

🤣🤣🤣 pretty much!!

[@annewinning5151]

Well done you two - hope you enjoyed NYC

[@williamlinden68]

That is awesome! quite an incredible trip so far, thanks for the videos

[@petertorrey236]

Very enjoyable to see you get about!

[@petergale9318]

Love your channel. Love your boat.

[@chrischart]

I've only just come across you guys, this is class! Nice to see some genuine people going on an adventure. I've just got into sailing myself, so look forward to following 🤙

[@willemduitemeijer1683]

I can understand; “New York, a dream came through” Congrats!

[@directorstu]

Nice one.

[@kees891]

Thank you! I like your style!

[@R.E.HILL_]

No more noisy autopilot... Don't fall asleep on watch... 😊 Looking forward to your next video..

[@SuperLittlewillies]

Congratulations on reaching another goal

[@joehammond2586]

Enjoy your stay!

[@johnmurphy1109]

Super episode .

[@SailingSteelSapphire]

Congratulations! Such an amazing feeling to sail into one of your bucket-list destinations. We were welling up on your behalf.

[@jwrappuhn71]

Great vid ya'll.

[@johnbrooks3750]

The best is yet to come! Long Island Sound is your gateway to New England, and after that the Canadian Maritimes! Delaware Bay and the Jersey Shore are not much fun - basically just to be endured to get to NY and east. Too bad that you didn't have time to see Cape May; it is a pretty special town to spend a day or two ashore. Two places you must absolutely stop at in southern New England are Mystic, CT (Fishers Island Sound) and Newport, RI (Narragansett Bay).

[@grahamwhite2263]

Arriving at New York, excellent achievement, great video again, enjoy 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@rickowens4397]

Well, congratulations for ticking-off another item on your bucket-list 👍 It is said, in the Tidewater Area of the Chesapeake Bay...You can pick and eat Blue Crabs...until you starve to death! 😁 Cheers and thanks for the trip-along.

[@jimalexander1896]

Ever thought of sailing the Great Lakes?...it is nice up here...good vid

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

We did seriously consider the Great Lakes last year!

[@2410jrod]

@@sailingsvborabora8712 What about Florida and Lower Alabama it would be a good adventure and there are some good people there.

[@6r4metroman]

I loved watching this episode... :-)

[@CheersWarren]

That was lovely to get to borrow a slip, actually Canton/fells point area which is much nicer than the inner Harbor marinas anyway and a much 'hipper' area. But looks like you may have missed 'Old Ironsides' the famous tall ship Constitution now stuck in Baltimore. Or maybe you did a drive by in Bora bora? Cheers Warren

[@robpenny47]

Annette is right excellent vidio I look forward to your videos I like the way Ben and y ourselfe just take things in your stride great video again take care Richard uk keep the flag flying lol

[@brianboys9015]

You guys do excellent videos

[@steve8421]

Nice to see you go through the Chesapeake - Delaware Bay canal under Delaware's Route 1 cable and Route 9 steel gable bridges into the Delaware river. I could have waved to you if I only knew the timing of your passage as I often fish near these bridges. Look forward to your future sailing adventures. If you ever return to the Delaware bay, may I suggest a stop at Lewes, Delaware opposite Cape May at the mouth of the Delaware bay. Really nice historical town with safe anchorage too.

[@782Rod]

Well done you two, Looked like an interesting trip, Glad you got there OK Enjoy NY... :)

[@NZL50505]

When’s your next video coming? You’re my fav sailing channel but it’s becoming so long between episodes I’m missing your stuff!

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

I was managing to get one episode out each week but having recently spent a while at sea sailing the second half of our Atlantic crossing (and as soon as we touched land I had to attend a family funeral) it's been a bit difficult lately. The next video is nearly done and will be out this week.

[@NZL50505]

Sailing SV Bora Bora Oh no! So sorry to hear that. Will keep an eye out for next episodes.

[@birddogmason9862]

I assume that Bora Bora is your first ocean going boat, would you care to elaborate on whether or not you would purchase it again, is it working for you as you expected. I like the layout.

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

Yes we would, she is a great ocean going boat!

[@dawnd6104]

You can go up hudson till about Albany. Or go the other way Also, long island sound and the new england coast.

[@bluewaterpines8323]

Yes,yes,yes!!!

[@crimsonpride48]

Great vid guys keep them coming 👍😎

[@englishrose1122]

Just brilliant! You are very professional and one of the best on utube. You deserve many more followers and ......... YOU’RE BRITISH, fab xxxxx

[@englishrose1122]

No of course not, I was just saying as I am British. All a bit of fun don’t be too serious!

[@daveculver9299]

Save Yourculture yes Being British is very important and of course we are very very lucky being British, What’s your problem with that? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@otyrussmithiv]

@Save Yourculture Duh!

[@tommyjames7336]

How do you say ? They haven’t casted a sail yet .. I’m 13:53 in and NO SAILING

[@shanslam1970]

Love yyour channel but bit gutted there wasn't more footage of NYC visit

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

We only just arrived in this one....it's in the next video!

[@shanslam1970]

@@sailingsvborabora8712 oh brilliant I'll look forward to that x

[@MARTINA-gc3tq]

Go to the Ear Inn 326 Spring Street for a great beer and wonderful Mac n cheese.

[@juans3728]

Did you guys moor at the 79th street boat basin off the Hudson River ? That's my old neighborhood .

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

Yes we did! Excellent spot for NY and very reasonable $

[@tracybrennan8261]

Well done guys ! That was a hairy journey but ye made it ! Hope ye enjoyed New York 🍏

[@divedown100]

Well done . Consider going up the Hudson into the lakes . Love to buy you both dinner if your ever in Toronto

[@englishmaninfrance661]

Well done guys . Out of the 30+ sailing channels I follow, No-one has sailed past the S of L into NY Downwind girl, gotta stay out of the upwind world _ Billy Joel

[@susannnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

Where did you learn to sail I love your attitude to everything very professional but also right let’s get it done I haven’t a clue how much it all cost to go from uk to the other side of the world how big is your boat what sort of prices would be a normal boat and what size hope you can help thanks

[@legend343]

Great episode ⚓️👍⛵️ Warren s/y Legend

[@birddogmason9862]

Hey guys, looking for another video. You hooked me. Bora Bora is in NYC or near by isn’t it? Where to afterward? Find it hard to email so used this forum, sorry.

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

Next video will be up early next week! Sorry for delay, we were sailing across the second half of our Atlantic crossing and are now back in South West England! ( videos are a few weeks behind)

[@nick.caffrey]

At 15:03, you made a power station look romantic. "Good job!" :-)

[@michaelbundy3867]

Coffee, mocha, COFFEE, MOCHA. 😂

[@srqlisa7881]

Did that boat not see your lights? odd. do you not use your red light in the cockpit at night. I'm just asking. : )peace

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

You can't always tell where someone's anchor is lying by the position of the boat, and motor boats and sailing boats lie differently at anchor so don't usually have the same anchoring tactics. Yes we have a red light at night but it's not that bright in the cockpit!

[@glenn6229]

Really good to see you both back together on the water again. Baltimore Harbor is disgusting, their sewage plant is way under size for the city and all the "run off" goes right into the harbor. A larger sewage plant is under construction and should take care of much of the problem. Crime in the city is off the charts due to Liberal politicians. You would have enjoyed Cape May, very clean.

[@jeannea5959]

Congrats on making it to New York! I would love to travel there by boat one day. Have only been there by bus so far. Did you do any sight seeing while you were there? Enjoy and look forward to your videos as you guys are one of my favorites to follow. ⛵️

[@rogersnelson7078]

Number 1 😃

[@nigellucas560]

Well done. An amazing sight, will you sail Newport Sound?

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

Yes!

[@zacharyschweter6466]

when was this actually shot in nyc? (i live here - but on City Island in the Bronx...

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

About 8 weeks ago

[@brieneaton8578]

Nice one folks. Are you folks going to keep following Drake and Mo , and sail up here to Canada ?

[@shanevillis4079]

AIS is useless if the other boats are "receive"only or don't have it at all.

[@zofoblueszofoblues8339]

Silly question but when you Sailed from the Uk to the States did you adjust your clocks or did you just not worry with it till you arrived ? Is time change even a thing when sailing ? Ty

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

We didn't worry about it until we got there. Day light and darkness gave us the idea. Thanks for watching and fair winds to you.

[@regressmenot]

"The toxic chemical laden mud will dissolve your rope, please use chain"... Jeeeez, that's horrifying.

[@peterfarley2784]

#priceless ;)

[@tommyjames7336]

Wait you guys don’t sail Thou ?!

[@otyrussmithiv]

Please, can y'all ADD ANOTHER VIDEO ALREADY!

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

New one will be up early next week....sorry for delay! We have been at sea (second half of Atlantic crossing) and had a family funeral to attend as soon as we touched land, but next vid is nearly done so will be available shortly.

[@juans3728]

It will contaminate . I hate industrial waste and any other waste that will or has contaminated our waters and beaches.

[@ABeriault]

Well done....but good sound still an issue Cheers

[@tommyjames7336]

I’m from NY my dream is to sail Where your from

[@tommyjames7336]

I’m half way in and seems like they use the motor the whole time that’s bullshit

[@georgehockaday1889]

Yes, I heard they have to replace all wooden docks completely every other year because they get dissolved in the water. Come on, you don't really believe your anchor rope will dissolve. Did not watch the hole video to see.

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

It was in the pilot book and was the mud bottom consisting of industrial waste build up they were referring to...which sounded extreme hence why we mentioned it! Didn't take it as fact...however, here is an extract from an article brought up on a quick Google search...."The sediment that sits along the harbor floor also contains cancer-causing compounds like PCBs and hexavalent chromium. The contaminants are left over from the days when Baltimore's industrial manufacturers used the harbor water to flush away unwanted waste, chemicals and heavy metals. Several experts including Volpitta told The Sun there is an unofficial rule among local members of the scientific community not to disturb the silt along the harbor floor for fear of mobilizing the hazardous toxins and heavy metals." 🤷‍♀️

[@markturner4219]

@@sailingsvborabora8712 There is a tar like 'scum' on the top of the harbor in the upper reaches, especially in the Inner Harbor area. There is a designated anchoring area in the Inner Harbor, which is a very nice development with Aquarium, Museums, Restaurants and shops and the old frigate Constellation. It is a shame as it leaves a sticky black residue along your water line which is a pain to get off. The main reason I would use chain rather than rope is because chain doesn't absorb the muck like rope does. However, most of the boats I see on the Bay that are local use rope and I have never heard of any well found rope rode failing due to pickling in the harbor ;-)

[@masterful7574]

Don't rely on AIS. AIS positioning is very unreliable. Why were you proceeding inbound at Ambrose Channel on the outbound side?

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

We never 'rely' on AIS but it is a very useful addition especially in reduced visibility or busy traffic areas. We weren't inside the channel when approaching New York, if that's where you mean, we were outside of it.

[@masterful7574]

Sailing SV Bora Bora How can AIS be useful in reduced visibility when its positioning is questionable? You would be making decisions based upon poor information. Why would you proceed just outside the channel on the wrong side when just a little more than 2000 feet north you would be outside the channel but on the inbound side? What you did shows poor judgement and inexperience.

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

@@masterful7574 we've always found AIS positioning to be fairly accurate actually, but you should never rely 100% on one thing, especially electronics which can fail, which is why it's a 'useful addition' along side standard navigation tools. The reason we were outside the channel is because there is no need for small vessels to be inside a channel designed for large vessels to navigate safely into a busy port, in these circumstances smaller vessels would merely get in the way, so whether we were on the 'wrong side' of the outside of the channel makes no difference whatsoever. Contrary to this being "poor judgement and inexperience" it's actually common practice by experienced sailors.

[@masterful7574]

Sailing SV Bora Bora My unlimited tonnage master and first class pilot license leads me to believe otherwise.

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

@@masterful7574 😂 this is pointless as i can't see what point you're trying to make, but we were outside of the channel therefore in open water, every other vessel was doing the same, in all directions! It is a large area of open water, no one was inside the channel except large cargo vessels etc because that's what the channel is designed for. Anyway, thanks for watching.

[@petefoti1041]

It's Baltimore-Not a safe place for anything!!!

[@zofoblueszofoblues8339]

I agree. Could be a wonderful city but not a safe place at all.

[@kz4506]

Yourll be for ever painting the cabin top with thoes brushed good following you guys and I think the rope story is a blonde joke maybe

[@bertoverweel6588]

No paintrollers on board ?

[@anniehubbard5315]

You have heard that old joke?..."I asked my boyfriend to kiss me where it smells, so he took me to Baltimore."

[@bluewaterpines8323]

Oh i am disgusted looking at the waters in Baltimore.

[@alanlovesmusic6442]

...and here we're trying to get OUT of New York...yikes!