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Haiti (Shortened Article)

In February 2008, we embarked on an adventure of a lifetime from our home of nearly two years on the island of St. Martin in the French West Indies. We had spent those two years restoring a gaff-rigged ketch that would not only carry us to the four corners of the world, but also provide [...]

Haiti (Full Article)

In the growing morning light we could finally start to delineate, through the marine haze, the profile of the island that we knew had been there all night, but whose presence had been eerily absent on the horizon. Though we could see the landmass on the chart plotter, there had been none of the city [...]

Ile a Vache – Photos

Haiti – Video

Film of the Students of Ile A Vache who we are trying to help.
Produced by Kai Ohana.
Edited by Sara Bach.
Music by The Primitive Christian Church of Solette Choir.

St. Thomas, USVI to Ile A Vache, Haiti: May 10-19, 2008

5/10/08 Saturday We left St. Thomas for Ile A Vache at 1:00pm after lunch at the fuel dock with our friends, Tom and Christie from s/v Ashlana. The wind was blowing out of the Southeast at 14 to 17 knots as we left Long Bay under a full main and the staysail. As we left [...]