After completing our Atlantic crossing and making landfall in Falmouth, this is the last episode from us as we sail the final leg of our journey to our home port of Topsham, back to where our adventure first began 4 years previously. We also have an up to date announcement to make! It's been an incredible few years living aboard SV Bora Bora and travelling to places we wouldn't have otherwise afforded to go. We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout our journey, and made this amazing part of our lives possible....family, friends, people we've met along the way and last but not least some very generous people who have supported us through Patreon. It's goodbye from us for now....maybe see you out there on The Big Blue again one day. Fair winds Nicki and Ben

We leave the beautiful island of Faial in the Azores, heading NE towards the homeland! 9 days at sea brings changeable weather (and increasing rain as we get closer to Blighty!) and a jury rig repair when the end of our boom breaks halfway home... Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Ikson - Cloudy Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/nShjioDGnFE Adam Yoo - My My -On My Way Home https://soundcloud.com/adamyoo_music NOWË - Burning (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/AWv6Cr-RJaM Mysteries - Dan Lebowitz https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music SKANDR - Happy Ending (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/fMIJpO9Z-I0

We make landfall in Horta, Azores after 14 days at sea! Faial is a truly stunning volcanic island covered in blue hydrangeas, with many wild flowers and we spend a couple of weeks exploring the island before a last minute decision to push off for our last Atlantic leg back to Falmouth in the UK. **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvbor... Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_bor... Music: Ikson - Cloudy Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/nShjioDGnFE Hiiltop - YouTube Audio Library Yard Sale by Silent Partner YouTube Audio Library

Join us at Day 3, after a rough start in Part 1 (watch here https://youtu.be/9TgVJMx7dlE) as we continue our Atlantic Crossing from Newport, RI to the Azores. **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Hooky with Sloane by Bird Creek https://youtu.be/-WQgteQ6NAQ Acoustic guitar arrangement for song by TRow https://soundcloud.com/megatrev Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported- CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/VxhdAV9PomQ SERENITY by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported- CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/serenity-jason-shaw Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/nR_NqJ0leyc Stones by Heuse Ft. Chris Linton and Emma Sameth https://soundcloud.com/heuse

With our departure to the Azores imminent we get our last preparations done in Newport, RI...provisioning, packing grab bags, fitting an AIS MOB alarm and filling the tanks with fuel and water. We then have a rough couple of days in weather much worse than forecast as we beat south to avoid a low pressure... **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvbor... Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_bor... Music: ON AND ON by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported- CC BY 3.0

After arriving in Newport, RI we continue with the seemingly endless list of jobs to get done before our imminent Atlantic crossing. It seemed like all work and no play for far too long, so we escaped to the Islands for some much needed R'n'R.... **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Adventures by A Himitsu https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFw... Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported- CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music released by Argofox https://youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 Ehrling - With You Ft. NEW$HOES (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/r7Tsqi8d0_Y TipToes - Myuu YouTube Audio Library NOWË - Under The Sun (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/MRMyXNJoi2g

In this episode we sail all the way through Long Island Sound from New York to Newport, RI. Along the way we have a close call with a channel marker, share the waters with submarines and accidentally sail through a torpedo range! Never a dull moment and some fantastic sailing with it. **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Löwentanz - Suntimes (Feat. SaxoBen) https://soundcloud.com/loewentanz Dj Quads - Little Dream (Vlog Music No Copyright) Music promoted by Vlog Music No Copyright. Video Link: https://youtu.be/_fap5XNIDvA Campfire Song - Chris Haugen https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music Mysteries - Dan Lebowitz https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music Fredji ft. Arcade - Ocean (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/5JpC2-8ZqUg

Join us as we spend time in Baltimore before making our way down the Delaware Bay to Cape May in thick fog, and lose both our foghorn and radar, before making our way up to New York and can't quite believe it as we sail into this iconic City. **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Wishful Thinking - Dan Lebowitz https://bit.ly/2HHnHaV Campfire Song - Chris Haugen https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music A New Beginning by Hyde https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic

We arrive back to the boat after being away for 9 months whilst we worked to top up the cruising kitty. It takes us nearly a month in the boatyard as we work hard to get her seaworthy again...the reality of cruising long term and having an old boat :) **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Tobu - Candyland https://soundcloud.com/7obu Acoustic guitar arrangement for song by TRow https://soundcloud.com/megatrev Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported- CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/VxhdAV9PomQ Ehrling - Dance With Me (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/Zs5eA-rvCdE Stones by Heuse Ft. Chris Linton and Emma Sameth https://soundcloud.com/heuse

Join Ben as he crews aboard SV Scehawk with Evelien, Thomas and Martijn, sailing the North Atlantic passage from New York to Ireland, July 2018. After waiting for a hurricane to pass they leave for 3000 miles and 20+ days at sea. Music: High Rule - Control (Instrumental) (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/YdOVfRQ0MLQ NOWË - Heart Of Gold (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/EALgD9ZjFyo Ehrling - Palm Trees (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/zeIC8i_w1hQ Fredji ft. Arcade - Ocean (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/5JpC2-8ZqUg

Whilst in the boatyard Ben changed two of the large gate valve seacocks with ball valve composite replacements. **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Longing by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/wSL0sGLTgLQ

Join Ben as he prepares the boat for a cold winter in the yard then joins SV Scehawk for 4th of July celebrations in NYC as they prepare to leave for their Atlantic Crossing! **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Acoustic guitar arrangement for song by TRow https://soundcloud.com/megatrev Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported- CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/VxhdAV9PomQ Distance- Instrumental Artist unknown Livin Up Otis McDonald - YouTube Audio Library https://goo.gl/12MpXk https://goo.gl/q340To https://goo.gl/a4m7fA

After arriving in Annapolis we spend our last few days with friends before Ben continues on up the bay solo.... **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Disclosure - Latch (Ehrling Remix) https://soundcloud.com/ehrling http://soundcloud.com/disclosuremusic Dreams by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported- CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/VF9_dCo6JT4 Dj Quads - Downtown Funk (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/5EcWyYxlqDI Ben guitar piece 1 Ben guitar piece 2

In this episode we sail from Portsmouth in the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, up to Annapolis with a few nice little anchor spots along the way, experiencing all sorts of weather from glassy calms, through thunderstorms and finally gale force conditions all within a couple of days. **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Adam Yoo - My My https://soundcloud.com/adamyoo_music Dreams by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported- CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/VF9_dCo6JT4 ON AND ON by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported- CC BY 3.0

As we continue our journey North up the ICW we have an eventful 48 hours...we make a mistake entering a lock which sees us get our rig tangled in the trees, then run aground, and finally our engine overheats! Its never dull when living aboard. **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: A New Beginning by Hyde https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic NOWË - Under The Sun (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/MRMyXNJoi2g

Join us as we head north transiting the Intercoastal waterway from the Neuse River to Elizabeth city. We encounter massive biting flies, get a crab pot wrapped in our prop and get caught in a gnarly storm! **If you are looking for a boat to buy please check out SV Scehawk (as seen in this video) she is for sale and is a fantastic boat! Click the link below for details** https://this-side-up.blog/for-sale/ **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Sunday Plans - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/b4SJD6RIfVI Löwentanz - Suntimes (Feat. SaxoBen) https://soundcloud.com/loewentanz LiQWYD - Love Life (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/c8ecNldefGU

Join us as we arrive in Beaufort, NC. We spend a few days in this lovely little town, catching up with some chores and boat jobs as always, but also sampling some delicious local seafood and enjoying some great music at Beaufort Music Festival with friends. We then head up the ICW towards Oriental. **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Divine - Adam Yoo https://soundcloud.com/adamyoo_music Wishful Thinking - Dan Lebowitz YouTube Audio Library

Join us as we make landfall after our passage from the Bahamas, in Charlston, USA! We explore this fantastic city, feeling the warmth of the Southern hospitality, before sailing North to Beaufort, NC. **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: Adventures by A Himitsu https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFw... Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported- CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music released by Argofox https://youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 Cha Cappella - Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions https://youtu.be/5gj2WkkEcIE A Dusty Road - Dan Lebowitz | No Copyright Music YouTube - Free Audio Library NOWË - Burning (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/AWv6Cr-RJaM Longing by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/wSL0sGLTgLQ ON AND ON by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported- CC BY 3.0

We leave the Bahamas for a 400nm passage to Charleston, SC using the Gulf Stream to whip us north at 11 kts before the wind turns against us. After a rough start the previous episode we find our headsail is torn, then during this passage one of the chain plates pops out of the deck! More things to add to the list, oh well that's #boatlife but we're super excited to have sailed to the States all the way from little old Devon, UK..... **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: They Say by WowaMusik https://soundcloud.com/wowamusik Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported- CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/E6LCO7SH8kA NOWË - Under The Sun (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/MRMyXNJoi2g LiQWYD - Love Life (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/c8ecNldefGU

In this episode we sail to Nassau to attend our US Visa appointment. We have a few days at anchor waiting for our application to be approved and as the wind picks up we spend most of the day stopping other boats hitting into us. After escaping the city atmosphere to Rose Island with our friends our Visas are finally approved and we set sail for the States! But with strong winds and big swell we have a rough 24 hours, then with a hugely inaccurate forecast we end up having to anchor and wait for more favourable winds. **PATREON** https://www.patreon.com/svborabora If you would like to support the making of our videos and help worthwhile causes at the same time, click the link above to become a Patron. We give 50% of our earnings to animal, environmental and humanitarian charities and projects. Check out our blog for more information on what it's really like to live on a boat, great anchorages we've found, Alternative Living tips, recipes from the Galley and more... https://sailingsvborabora.wordpress.com/ Also find us on: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sailingsvborabora/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailing_borabora/ Music: NOWË - Heart Of Gold (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/EALgD9ZjFyo Fredji ft. Arcade - Ocean (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/5JpC2-8ZqUg Adam Yoo - I Won't Be here https://soundcloud.com/adamyoo_music