The Rebuilding of Southern Wind

2009-2010

When We Started, We Knew The Rebuild Would Be A Challenge

So We Started Working Immediately

For 11 Months We Worked Every Day

Record Floods Did Not Stop Us

We Looked After Each Other When We Got Hurt…

We Lived and Laughed Together…

When We Didn’t Know How To Do Something, We Learned Together

And We Became First a Crew, Then a Family

Sunrise On The Solstice Good Times In The Engine Room

Our Four-Legged CrewFirst Thanksgiving Onboard

And So We Turned an Empty Aft Space Into Six Cabins, a Head and Storage…

Aft Head

Aft Double Cabin

Aft Single Cabin

Aft Hallway

Our Main Salon Became A Usable Living and Working Space…

We Rebuilt The Bridge and All Its Systems…

Sky and Noah Building the Forward Cabin Spaces…

We Built An Office and Communications Center…

We Re-Fiberglassed and Re-Painted Southern Wind…

We Re-sewed the Sails And Put In New Rigging…

Replaced Our Generator and Rebuilt The Galley…

Out With The Old… In With The New

Sky Laid Out The Galley

We Organized And Re-Packed 6 Tons Of Relief Supplies…

Loaded 8,000 pounds of Lumber and Building Materials and Secured Our

Cargo In Our Holds And On Deck

No Challenge Was Insurmountable

Because These And So Many Other People Put Their Hands Under Our Project

And Kept Us Afloat…It Was Very Hard To Say Farewell To All Our New Friends.

Without all Your Love, Support and Encouragement This Would Never

Have Been Possible!

Thank You Everyone For Helping Us Make Our Dream Come True…We Will Carry Your Goodwill To People On The

Shores Of Distant Seas. Next Stop, Haiti!

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