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