The GLY World Odyssey 500 yachts brought gifts, their own and gifts received from Byond Relief NZ & Rotary Russel island NZ in Opua to be transported to the 10 local communities visited in May 2023. In order to avoid problems, these 'small' gifts were only given after a public event was arranged with the local village leader so everything was done 'in the open' and shared fairly between the local people. To preserve their dignity, the sailors accepted the generous gifts of fresh fruits & local handicrafts given to them. A win-win situation as it should always be! Thanks also to our fund raising patrons who generously donated solar lights (seen in another video) to these communities. This 'mission' was born after the last 2 tropical cyclones and earthquake that hit Vanuatu in March 2023. Thankfully most communities are quite resilient but still need some help in the aftermath of previous cyclones where little help was received because of pandemic restrictions. Thanks to s/v Fou de Bassan for short video.

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The Storm Trysail Club hosts the 30th Anniversary this year out of a new location: the Waterfront Brewery. It's a staple on every serious sailor's calendar with big breeze, big seas and big fleets.

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This Rogue was built by a luthier as the "just-right" size amongst John Welsford's many capable camp cruising sailboat designs. Here it sails in Puget Sound with other participants in the 2019 Salish 100 Small Boat Cruise. Off Center Harbor is an online destination for great boats, stories, and boating skills: www.offcenterharbor.com/yt-1910/ The Rogue is 14'7" long with a 4'5" beam, rigged here as a yawl with a leeboard but capable of diverse rigging configurations. John Welsford Small Craft Design: http://www.jwboatdesigns.co.nz/ Welsford Rogue: http://www.jwboatdesigns.co.nz/plans/rogue/index.htm The first-ever SALISH 100 was a small-boat cruise in June 2019, running the length of Puget Sound--100 nautical miles from Olympia to Port Townsend, Washington, including more than 100 watercraft ranging from SUPs to kayaks, rowing boats to pocket-cruising sailboats, and about 15 larger support boats, otherwise known as Motherships. Planned overnight stops along the route included Hope Island Marine State Park, Penrose Point Marine State Park, Gig Harbor, Blake Island Marine State Park, the Port of Kingston, and Mats Mats Bay before reaching our final destination in Port Townsend. Salish 100: https://www.facebook.com/groups/285180382147515/ Port Townsend Pocket Yachters: https://www.pocketyachters.com/

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