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