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