Mission Navigation

03/09/2022

What a beautiful boat!
Hope for Haiti sea trials!

Sea trials of the 34' cargo vessel Hope for Haiti, built by volunteers at Mission Navigation.

03/04/2022

Scrubbing a boat was never so much fun!

An amusing, yet instructive, video about the wash down and getting the name painted on Hope for Haiti.

02/13/2022

We are scheduled to be loaded onto a cargo ship next month!
Check out the video!

The story of the vessel Hope for Haiti. A work boat built by volunteers with Mission Navigation (missionnav.org) for missionaries in Haiti.

12/05/2020

The keel/grounding shoe is installed!
Had a number of volunteers helping today.
Thank you Glen (welder), Terry, Jay (frequent helper), and Morgan.
Since I’m severely restricted with a back injury, it was awesome having all the extra help. I could literally only mix epoxy and supervise.

10/11/2020

Slow on the updates. But we are getting things done.

Once again I find I am way behind on updates to the website and blog. Since the beginning of the Covid shutdown, outside contact has been strictly limited. As things have tentatively opened up we are wrapping up the last few projects. The biggest hurdle was to get a survey for insurance purposes. A

09/11/2020

Thank you, Blue Water, for highlighting our work.

05/09/2020

Stormy sunrise over Hope for Haiti.

03/18/2020

What makes this cotter pin and washer so special?
It is THE LAST PART of the build!
WooHoo!
Still have to install batteries, but that happens just before we go into the water.

03/03/2020

One more thing. I’ve been looking for a 1-1/16” wrench for the filler cap on the gearbox.
One of our mechanics had a spare! And he donated it to the boat’s tool box!
Shout out to Derek for the advice and the wrench.

03/03/2020

A little Monday evening project.
Thank you to Drew and Tristan! These guys sanded, cleaned, primed, and painted the prop coating like true pros!

03/03/2020

All 3 lines have been rigged with a thimble on the anchor end and an eye splice on the bitter end.
Shout out to Lee! Thank you, these look amazing!

02/29/2020

Hope for Haiti
All but water ready!

- Still looking for a volunteer who would love to hand letter/paint the name and boat numbers.