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