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