09 ¼ 25.95 N
078 ¼ 31.43
W
October 15, 2002 |
Dear Innova,
We
are sailing around the world in our Bowman 49 Ketch, Kastaway. We use the
Helios 380 to explore the more remote islands of the South Pacific, and the
world. The Helios is stored below in our sailboat when not in use. It packs
down to a small size and it is easy to inflate.
 We love to observe nature in its natural state without the noise of
a dingy’s engine. The helios is perfect.
Two photographs were taken
on the Island Tigre - Mamartupu in the San Blas Islands; one is of the Kona
Indians gathering firewood from their dugout, called an Ulas; ...
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 ... the other is of Ralph Kast
and our Helios 380 next to a Kuna sailing dugout, called an Ulus.
The
village on the Island of Tigre - Mamartupu does not look its best from the
water due to many mildewing concrete houses along the waterfront.
Once
you enter between the huts the island transforms itself into a little paradise.
At shore you will find a Kuna handicraft store carrying Molas, wood carvings
and good models of their dugouts or Ulas in the Kuna Language. Kuna people sail
their dugouts daily as we drive cars.
We sailed from New York through
the Caribbean to Trinidad and Cartagena Colombia. Then we sailed through the
San Blas Islands and through the Panama canal to the Galapagos. From the
Galapagos we sailed to the Tua Motus, Tahiti and the Society Islands, the Cook
Islands, Tonga and now Fiji. Our next stop will be New Zealand. Our Helios has
been with us the entire 10,000 mile voyage and we are looking forward to some
good paddling in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
We really love the
idea of exploring in silence without the sound of an outboard engine. Thank you
for letting us get a closer look at nature in our Innova Helios 380.
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| Ralph and Sharon Kast aboard Kastaway in
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