My American buddy Shawn Payment has been been working with the Lowcountry Maritime Society, local organisation that uses boat-building as a means of teach grade-school students maths and technology through hands-on learning. The projects have included coaching a group of 6th-8th graders at Simmons-Pinckney Middle School through building four 12ft Bevin’s Skiffs.
Right this minute, half a dozen of the adults involved in the programme are sailing those little 12ft boats about 60 miles from Charleston to Georgetown South Carolina, just in time for the Georgetown Wooden Boat Festival (warning – turn your speakers down a bit or you could be in for an surprise).
Why? To bring attention to the programme and perhaps raise a few dollars to keep the boatbuilding programme going in the future.
Shawn’s carrying a SPOT satellite tracker, so if you would like to follow his progress up the coast, click here.
Each skipper is trying to raise as much as possible, including Shawn. He asks that you go to PayPal and send a donation to spayment800@gmail.com. All proceeds will be forwarded to the Lowcountry Maritime Society.