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