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Date:Sat, 15 Jun 2024 22:43:00 GMT

Starlink and Rum Ration


Status update

    Hi Ya'll, The last few weeks have been really busy and I apologize for missing a weekly update. However we are still here in Luperon and we now have Starlink!! So connectivity will be much better from now on.

    With regard to Rum Ration. They are still desparate and anything you can do to help them would be greatly appreciated. We have not gathered enough funds to start work on the engine yet and they are just hanging on day by day. We are providing them water, some food, and I know several of yall are also helping them. The current plan is to try to get the boat back to the states so they can get jobs and hopefully save the boat. Otherwise if they have to sell the boat just to get plane tickets to the states they will take a huge hit. Raymond has sold just about everything on the boat that is not connected and is currently selling spare sails. Sonya is still sick and they are trying to get into the Medical system here to get surgery but things are going slowly. We are, with others in the harbor like sv SoMuchMore trying to make sure they eat. To the folks helping, for privacy I'm not going to mention your names here but THANK YOU! both from us and from Raymond and Sonya.

    Here is a link to a video about their story with a link to make a donation via Pay Pal.
Date:Sat, 01 Jun 2024 13:35:00 GMT

Rum Ration


Please help them

    Hi all, We have a couple Cruisors in the harbor that need some help. We first met them in Georgetown when their engine died and they had to sail out of an inlet and anchor at Georgetown under sail in the Bahamas. This was quite a feat for only owning a boat for 3 months at the time. They eventually sailed engineless from the Bahamas to the Dominican Republic where they are now in Luperon with us.

    What makes their story more difficult is they had an Amazon Business that had been running for nearly a decade and a substantial savings account to live on. So they sold their house and cars and bought a boat. But while they were stuck in the anchorage with no motor their business partner died and his wife took their life savings. So Amazon shut down their business because they missed too many orders and with no money left (embezzeled) They sailed pennyless here to the Dominican Republic.

     During the sail they lost their steering. So while they were trying to figure out how to fix it They were drifting outside the Bahamas south of San Salvador with no engine and no steering. Talk about getting a sailing education the hard way! Anyway, they literally have no food and no water and they need to live day to day while they figure out how to rebuild the engine, fix the steering and perhaps sell the boat or start another business or find a job or whatever. But for the time being they are stuck without anything. We are, with others in the harbor like sv SoMuchMore trying to make sure they have at least food and water till they get things figured out.

    Here is a link to a video about their story with a link to make a donation via Pay Pal.




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