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