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