Thanks everyone for your love, support and well wishes over the past few weeks. We don’t receive blog comments at sea but we had a total blast reading them all last night once we were connected to wifi.
Don’t miss the video at the bottom…. More footage to follow in the coming weeks.
Shower time for Sarah
Squalls rolling in
On shore for the first time in 19 days. Ben holding all the plastic from the trip.
Muffin madness… what happens when it takes 2 hrs to make 6 muffins
S & W
Ben
Captain and his boat. Nice job, girl!
Real B-day… gross chocolate brownies
Large wine servings at dinner
So excited
Will et Sarah
Fuzzy GPS coordinates
S&W
Majestic Nuku Hiva
Sarah and Will get in on the sat phone call
Squall coming up
Friendship bracelets
Departing Punta Mita… bye bye Mexico
Sunrise
Mita’z pizza in Punta Mita – night before we left
Gold coins to Netpure
So close
Ben and Katy… departure sunset
Sunset #4… or maybe #5 or #6
Katy cooking in the galley
Catching up on blog comments (we don’t get them at sea!)
Best pizza in Banderas Bay!
Champagne!
Equator proposal!!!
Finally… land on the chart plotter!
Pineapple upside down cake
So happy
Captain and Hydrovane
Can’t beat these smiles
Another Sunrise
Way too happy after finding fish in bed
Ben et Katy…
Land Ho!…. Morning of Day 19
More rain gear
Anchor down…. Beers!
Do you see the faces?
Navigating into the bay to join 20 other boats anchored… ALL European
Ben and a pig
Ben tethered in
Calling home post proposal
Captain crazy? Land Ho after 19 days at sea!
ITCZ reality – bikini and rain jacket
Another chick pea salad coming up
Tiki
Sunset and swim trunks
Curry boys
Look the equator!
Will sleeping
B & K on watch
Sweet camera. Thanks Mum & Dad!
Family shower time!
Easter loot
Katy
B & K again!
Our paradise for today. INCREDIBLE!!!
Bad Alfie
Saiing along. We saw approx 5 freighters in the first two days
Laundry Day
Sarah’s B-day… attempt #1
B & K
Sleeping under the dodger
Katy taking pic of flying fish that jumped down the hatch
Ben disposes of it
Refilling the fuel tank. Not a fun job
Group shot
The ring
Equator party
Sarah
FIRST STEPS BACK ON LAND FOR TEAM HYDROQUEST (low res due to wifi connection limitations…):
Sarah, thanks for sharing your pics and journey – looks like an amazing time. Sarah you are a wonderful writer – good style and voice. You have many followers who will miss the daily posts.
Thanks for keeping us all connected. Enjoy the rest of your trip. Hugs Jean (Katy’s Mom)
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Thanks Jean! The pictures make it look like so much fun…. which I guess some parts were 😉 At first I didn’t think daily posts would be a good idea but the reality was that it made us feel a bit more safe and secure to be ‘checking in’ with so many people each day. We are having a blast on Nuku Hiva now!!
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“GREAT PIC’s”…thanks for sharing!
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Thanks Jim, I’m glad we took enough pictures to really capture the adventure!
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Can someone bring me that cute little pig!!!! Xo
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I’ll bring you back a pig, a goat, and a little kitten!!! xox
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Thank you very much for your posts and allowing to come along with you on this adventure. Your writing and your pictures are a wonderful combination. My daughter and I met you both at the Seattle Boat Show. It’s nice to have a connection. My wife and I live aboard our boat and have been following your blog. Best of luck and congratulations!!
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Hi Greg,
Thanks for following; we really appreciate it. Best of luck with your new blog site as well… I never thought I’d be into it either but it gets addictive. Cheers!
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Glad you are safe on terra firma! Great pictures! Now for the really important stuff, we need better pictures of the ring, Katy.
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Awesome, guys!!!
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