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