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