Haiti

As writers and publishers of sailing guides to the Caribbean, it is always with particularly heavy hearts when we must report on a tragedy, especially one so robust as that which has beset Haiti. The number of fatalities is almost incomprehensible to the human heart, but the injuries, the loss, and the heartbreak are ongoing. We wanted to remind our readers of your many vacations and sailing trips in the islands, and encourage you to give back to the island community that hosted you in the past by participating in crisis relief efforts at Doctors Without Borders. For more information about Haiti from the perspective of Bruce Van Sant, author of Gentleman's Guide to Passages South and Tricks of the Trades, please visit his site, Thornless Path. Thank you.