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