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