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