Interesting BVI Sailing Story

[sailorgirl]

I also follow the BVI Travel Talk On Line forum. A very interesting story has been playing out over the last few weeks. Two BVI chater boat owners/captains went on a humnanitarian mission over Christmas to Haiti to deliver supplies sponsored by Michael Beans (a well known BVI personality) and the Tortola Rotary Club. On the trip back both ran into serious engine issues and a very bad storm.Long Story short, no motors shredded sails. They managed to limp back to Haiti and were there until just late last week when they were finally able to cobble togther engine and sail repairs. Capt Rick is expected to make Tortola tommorrow. The other Captain was heading for Jamacia I think because his boat needed more extensive repair
What I found particuallry inspiring was the generosity of people of this stunningly poor small island, Ils De Vache, who came to their aid and shared with them what little they had for themselves.

Like I said its worth a read.

[PA Girl]

I have also followed the story.

Things seemed to go very bad, very quickly. I guess it could have been much worse. It is a shame considering the charitable nature of the trip.

[Pia]

Do you have the link please ??

Pia

[PA Girl]

http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/ ... bvi&page=0

this is the link for the current thread. Within the first post, there is another link to take you back to the rest of the story.

[sailorgirl]

Thanks PAGirl, I'm computer inept and couldn't figure out how to post the link