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