Captain Gerrit Scheper has thrown out a lifeline to the victims of Hurricane Irma throughout the Caribbean. He was in the process of preparing SV Ruth, the first Schooner built in Barbados in approximately 100 years for a training program, when Irma left a path of destruction in some Caribbean islands.
Without hesitation, he assembled a crew of eight sailors and shipped hundreds of supplies for Anguillians.
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