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