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Potential Projects:
Hopes, Dreams — and Lots of Networking
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The worldwide cruising community
— adventurous, thoughtful people who are already
lending a hand wherever they sail
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Every voyage, whether a personal journey
or a passage across an ocean, begins with hopes and dreams.
The first time we went long-distance sailing (15,000 miles
across the Pacific from 1986 to 1991) we questioned whether,
as a husband-and-wife team, we had the "right stuff"
for voyaging, whether we'd get along in the confines of a
boat, and whether traveling the world by sea was practical.
We discovered the answers to our questions was a resounding
"Yes!"
So now, with a larger, faster ocean-crossing vehicle from
which to implement our Hands Across the Sea goals, the challenge
will be putting ourselves in the right place at the right
time to maximize the help we can bring. The groundwork for
our effort will rely on networking — contacting and staying
in  touch
with local aid groups to see where and how we can help. Another
group we will be networking with is the worldwide community
of sailors on cruising boats, who are on the scene in many
remote areas and third-world countries. Many cruising sailors
have been helping local communities for years, raising money
for needy causes and pitching in to help local schools, clinics,
and aidgroups. Organizations such as Project MARC (http://www.project-marc.org),
Endangered Islands Expedition (http://www.eiexpedition.com/pages/1/index.htm),
Boaters for Books (http://www.boatersforbooks.org),
and Maritime Missions (http://www.maritimemissions.org),
are  reaching
out to help coastal and island communities.
If you are reading this and know of a local community that
Hands can help in some way, or if you'd like to lend your
hand to current or future Hands projects, please take the
next step and contact Hands
today!
network with Hands
If you have a project in which
Hands can help — or if you want to help with projects
near your location that we know about — contact
us!
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