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.
Ben and a pig
ITCZ reality – bikini and rain jacket
Look the equator!
Land Ho!…. Morning of Day 19
Squalls rolling in
Ben
Ben disposes of it
Sarah
Ben tethered in
Large wine servings at dinner
Katy cooking in the galley
Tiki
So close
More rain gear
Refilling the fuel tank. Not a fun job
The ring
Equator proposal!!!
Will sleeping
Family shower time!
Fuzzy GPS coordinates
Shower time for Sarah
Pineapple upside down cake
Departing Punta Mita… bye bye Mexico
Catching up on blog comments (we don’t get them at sea!)
Saiing along. We saw approx 5 freighters in the first two days
Katy taking pic of flying fish that jumped down the hatch
Ben and Katy… departure sunset
Real B-day… gross chocolate brownies
Sunset #4… or maybe #5 or #6
Mita’z pizza in Punta Mita – night before we left
Squall coming up
Another chick pea salad coming up
Muffin madness… what happens when it takes 2 hrs to make 6 muffins
So happy
Another Sunrise
S&W
Finally… land on the chart plotter!
Majestic Nuku Hiva
Laundry Day
Anchor down…. Beers!
Can’t beat these smiles
Ben et Katy…
Gold coins to Netpure
Do you see the faces?
Navigating into the bay to join 20 other boats anchored… ALL European
Katy
Sarah and Will get in on the sat phone call
B & K again!
Equator party
Curry boys
Sweet camera. Thanks Mum & Dad!
Sunrise
Champagne!
Easter loot
Captain and Hydrovane
On shore for the first time in 19 days. Ben holding all the plastic from the trip.
So excited
Best pizza in Banderas Bay!
Our paradise for today. INCREDIBLE!!!
Captain crazy? Land Ho after 19 days at sea!
Sunset and swim trunks
S & W
Group shot
Will et Sarah
Sleeping under the dodger
Sarah’s B-day… attempt #1
B & K
Way too happy after finding fish in bed
Friendship bracelets
B & K on watch
Calling home post proposal
Bad Alfie
Captain and his boat. Nice job, girl!
FIRST STEPS BACK ON LAND FOR TEAM HYDROQUEST (low res due to wifi connection limitations…):
svkaiquest.com 
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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