Owing to fortuitous developments, much hard work, and generosity, it's now much more likely that the Barrouallie Whalers can participate in June. Funding remains critically short, so we still need additional support to make this work. If you can refer any funding opportunities to this effort, please do!

This is very exciting news for us, and especially for the Whalers, who enjoy the opportunity to take part in this event, which represents a reprise of first international excursion they made in 2001. These men have worked much of their lives simply as subsistence farmers and fishermen, and their annual incomes don't exceed a few thousand US dollars. Yet, the wealth of lore and personal experience they have to share with the World -- and particularly with maritime heritage enthusiasts -- is priceless.