SY TRADER

You may have heard the news, but our time with TRADER has come to a close. Here is a note from Doug:

"Today brings a close to the TRADER chapter; from 2014-2024 this small scale veteran outreach sailing program has operated from Kewalo Harbor in Honolulu and has been a consistent sight around Hawaii and off Waikiki.

In her 430 days at sea, Skipper Doug & Admiral Karen have spent 15% of the last ten years sailing this boat, and averaged 52 sails per year serving the veteran sailing community.

TRADER has transited Hong Kong to Malaysia down and up the South China Sea and through the Straights of Singapore and Malacca - twice, and then Hong Kong to Hawaii (2016), Hawaii to California (2019 & 23), several Lanai, Maui & Molokai inter islands, and was sailed routinely during weekly training sails off Waikiki.

TRADER and her team received the “Pacific High Trophy” in TP19, and won the “Dillingham Trophy” in TRANSPAC 2019 & 2023 for the 1st Hawaii Boat.

TRADER has hosted admirals, generals, and a variety of military outreach events, and shared the camaraderie of sailing with more than 1200 veterans and veteran family guests.

TRADER has trained near 100 core crew and we are most proud of all our crew and what they have accomplished. We have marveled and watched crew advance on the sailing ladder, from zero experience to sailing instructors, open ocean racers, and around the world sailors. TRADER launched crews on their own boats like Maya, Angel Eyes, Annie Oakley, and Fisheye to name a few. And TRADER enabled eighteen veterans to race TRANSPAC as firsts. One dear friend would say TRADER saved his life.

Skipper Doug would say TRADER found him in Hong Kong and he never imagined what adventures this boat would bring. He married “The Admiral” Karen on her bow, racked twenty five thousand sea miles, and met friends that will last a lifetime.

It’s amazing how a boat can bring people together. We will always love our chapter with TRADER for doing just that.

Team TRADER wishes you sporty winds and following seas, and for TRADER to race on!"

When it's grey and cold but you have an awesome team + ramen! Make that lemonade… 🍋

More often than not we didn't have time to take our phones or cameras out, but our helmsman/photographer was able to put together this short video from some of the more docile moments of our trip. Wishing we were back out there!

https://vimeo.com/845397410?share=copy&fbclid=IwAR2jqlqIbSENvRSIHLZc8828DBOvFedxqiOzzUlslsEsxyDmUrk2i2G5Bxo

Across the Pacific // Transpac 2023 This is "Across the Pacific // Transpac 2023" by Andrew Rizer on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.