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