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S/V PAVITI TERN is the sole surviving Casey-built, plank on frame sailing vessel of her unique design. Unfortunately, Casey Boatworks of Fairhaven, MA suffered two devastating fires that destroyed the company's buildings, drawings and records. I have located one other boat like her but it is in a body bag (encased in fiberglass).
S/V PAVITI TERN PRESERVATION Trust Inc., A Massachusetts Not for Profit Corporation, will, with help from your donations provide a platform free of charge to any honorably discharged veteran to share their documented, unedited, real life stories.
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"22 A Day"
The United States of America is the richest, most powerful country in the history of planet earth, yet we are unable to prevent twenty-two veterans from committing suicide every single day of the year. Since the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11, in excess of one hundred and forty thousand veterans have committed suicide with no end in sight. Why is it we are able to prepare these men and women for battle yet after they win the battle, we are unable to figure out why they take their own lives? Our goal as a non-profit is to devote all our resources in helping to stem the tide of suicide amongst our heroes.
22 Every Day Since 911
Twenty two a day is a small number easy to comprehend
On cold winter days, cod fishing out of Menemsha, MA on Martha's Vineyard, I would set 18 tubs of gear into a depth of 20 Fathoms in the ocean waters 17 Nautical Miles from the shore of No Mans Island.
The number 18 is a smaller number than 22 and very easy to comprehend but:
- each and every tub (18) held one skein of trawl line = 1800 feet = 300 fathoms = 6 feet per fathom
- with 1 circle hook hanging by 1/2 fathom snoods = 36"
- 1/2 fathom snood with baited hook at every 1 fathom = 6 feet of every trawl line = 1800 feet x 18 tubs = 5400 hooks hanging from 5400 snoods.
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OUR NON PROFIT MISSION
S/V PAVITI TERN PRESERVATION Trust Inc., A Massachusetts Not for Profit Corporation, will, with help from your donations provide a platform free of charge to any honorably discharged veteran to share their documented, unedited, real life stories.
HELP OUR VETERANS
"22 A Day"
Twenty two a day is a small number easy to comprehend
On cold winter days like this, cod fishing out of Menemsha, MA on Marthas Vineyard, I would set 18 tubs of gear into a depth of 20 Fathoms in the ocean waters 17 Nautical Miles from the shore of No Mans Island
The number 18 is a smaller number than 22 and very easy to comprehend but each and every tub (18) held one skein of trawl line = 1800 feet = 300 fathoms = 6 feet per fathom with 1 circle hook hanging by 1/2 fathom snoods = 36"= 1/2 fathom snood with baited hook at every 1 fathom = 6 feet of every trawl line = 1800 feet x 18 tubs = 5400 hooks hanging from 5400 snoods.
The One Baited Hook
Once the F/V LAURA shot those 18 skeins into the water we had 5400 hooks in the water stretching out 5400 fathoms = 6 feet more than three quarters of a nautical mile (1 NM=6000 feet) and more that one statue mile of hooks anchored to the bottom of the ocean in twenty Fathoms of water = one hundred and twenty Feet. One statue (land Mile) mile is 5280 feet. The number one most of you can comprehend. What you cannot comprehend is the 5 thousand two hundred and eighty feet that is enclosed in the number of one statue mile! Those 18 tubs of gear killed three to five thousand pounds and cod fish every time they were set from the deck of F/V LAURA on good days.
22 every day since 911
22 A DAY = ON HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DEAD VETERANS
The United States of America is the richest, most powerful country in the history of planet earth, yet we are unable to prevent twenty-two veterans from committing suicide every single day of the year. Since the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11, in excess of one hundred and forty thousand veterans have committed suicide with no end in sight. Why is it we are able to prepare these men and women for battle yet after they win the battle, we are unable to figure out why they take their own lives? Our goal as a non-profit is to devote all our resources in helping to stem the tide of suicide amongst our heroes.