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Golden Rule Arrived in Hawaii July Summer 2019 Golden Rule Peace in the Pacific voyage behind depleted uranium in the arrived in Hawaii July 31! With tensions running high between environment. the U.S. and North Korea and China, it’s important for Golden Rule to be in the The use of DU weapons in military Pacific to Challenge Nuclear Madness practice exposes both military and Militarism! personnel and the public to health risks. The goals of the voyage to Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, Guam, Okinawa, Koreaand Japan are to: Hawaiian Island schedule: Support the United Nations Treaty July 31 - Aug 29 Hilo (Big Island) Captain Milosz Kaczorowski (front) with on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; Sept 3 - 7 Kona (Big Island) crew Chris Mayer, Tom Rogers and Tate Support steps to avert the Sept 11 - 29 Maui Furr made the crossing from San Diego possibility of nuclear war; and Oct 1 - 8 Lanai to Hilo, Hawaii in only 20 days. Oct 10 - 17 Moloka’i Raise awareness of the dangers of Oct 20 - Dec 1 Oahu The trip went exceedingly well! Four all nuclear activities and militarism to Dec 1 - 12 Kaua’i sail boats from the TransPac race the environment and humanity. passed Golden Rule early in the transit. We’ll speak at church, civic, school, Challenging Nuclear Madness Japanese, Marshallese, Hawaiian and other groups. If you are a member of and Militarism begins in a group that might like to screen Hawai’i! “Making Waves: Rebirth of the Golden Rule” or have a presentation or other Hawaii is a prime target for nuclear event, please contact Helen Jaccard at missiles coming from Asia. The [email protected]. people became very aware of this possibility with the false alarm of a Golden Rule History nuclear attack last year. The islands In 1958 four Quaker activists sailed the are home to many military facilities, Golden Rule toward the Marshall Islands some of them huge. in an attempt to halt atmospheric nuclear weapons testing. The US Coast Guard Captain Milosz read “The Voyage of the The US military is planning Special boarded her in Honolulu and arrested her Golden Rule, An Experiment with Truth ” Operations missions all over the crew, causing a nationwide public outcry. by the first Golden Rule captain, Albert Hawaiian islands! According to West Bigelow after leaving San Diego. Hawaii Today, training would occur in Another sail boat, the Phoenix of Hiroshima, completed the journey and Milosz carefully studied the section on the near-shore waters, harbors, bays entered the atomic bomb test zone. twin head sails and decided to try the and land-based areas on Oahu, Hawaii concept at sea. As a result, they Island, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, and Lanai. As a result of public awareness of the sailed for over 1200 miles with a similar radiation dangers and demand to stop Near Mauna Kea County park, for sail configuration. these tests, President Kennedy signed the example, they plan to conduct “ special Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with the reconnaissance role-playing scenarios”. U.S.S.R and the U.K. in 1963. This amounts to practicing military After the Golden Rule sank in a gale in invasions all over the Hawaiian Islands, Humboldt Bay in Northern California, coming onto the beaches with troops Leroy Zerlang lent his boat yard to and military equipment. Veterans For Peace and dozens of volunteers for her restoration. She was U.S. Army tested a uranium-based Davy rebuilt from 2010 to 2015. Crockett nuclear weapons at Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island and at The Golden Rule now sails for a nuclear-free world and a peaceful, Tate Furr caught five fish along the Schofield Barracks on Oahu, leaving way. sustainable future No longer just a A Valiant Attempt New crew, new preparations Coastal Cruiser! In mid-June the crew that would take For over a year volunteers and crew Golden Rule to Hawaii arrived. After members worked to convert Golden Captain Milosz Kaczorowski did a full Rule from a coastal cruiser to a vessel inspection, the crew spent weeks capable of crossing the Pacific ocean. repairing and upgrading Golden Rule. The lifelines were starting to corrode at Sails: After four years of use, Golden the ends enough to be unsafe, so they Rule’s beautiful sails were not only were all replaced. faded but falling apart. It cost almost $8,000 but the new sails are beautiful! C Be, Tom Rogers, Captain Dan Lappala Captain Milosz and Jamie Skinner left San Diego May 1, went up the headed for Hawai’i. mast numerous times before On May 3, the they had to turn around leaving San when Captain Dan discovered that the Diego and once exhaust system had allowed water to while underway. enter the engine - there was so much water in the oil that the engine was Mauna Kea Telescope Protest hard to start. Kettenhoffen Marine, who made the sails, gave us a big discount on the sail cradles and donated the graphics - thank you Bob Kettenhoffen! Bon Voyage and Welcome Native Hawaiians and allies are uprising Home to Hawai’I against the thirty meter telescope planned for the top of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, saying it is PacWest Marine removed and “One too big, one too many” evaluated the engine and determined Scientists, corporations and that there was too much damage to government agencies are using the save it. There was sea water mountain for telescopes are not everywhere corroding the engine and a consulting Native Hawaiians about piston rod was bent. their sacred mountain and are breaking By the time we paid for the engine kit, environmental laws and agreements. labor and repair dock, the cost was This protest is about more than nearly $18,000! Of course, that indigenous rights just as the Standing included a new exhaust system that Puna Kalama Dawson visited San Diego Rock protest. Telescopes can do now prevents water from entering the more than look for stars and planets - and welcomed us to "come Home" to engine. Hawaii. Puna is a Hawaiian elder, they can also be used for military keeper of knowledge and hula Supporters contributed up to $1000 purposes. Similar to Standing Rock, instructor. each, including Helen Jaccard, Gerry thousands are blocking the road in Condon, Chuck DeWitt, Nelson Camp, nonviolent protest. She came from Kauai bringing a Leroy Zerlang, Ann Wright, VFP Chapter Gerry Condon and Ann Wright message of Welcome and Aloha to the 56 (Humboldt Bay), Peter Aronson, Jim presented a VFP flag and message of Golden Rule and Project! & Barb Truitt, Dave Robson, Jan Passion, solidarity to the elders. Steve Morehouse and Maggie & Charlie Herbelin. The insurance company paid $5,000. Vfpgoldenrule.org Veterans For Peace Golden Rule Project 206-992-6364 Facebook/GoldenRulePeaceBoat PO Box 87 Samoa, CA 95567 Golden Rule and Phoenix Volunteer Golden Rule Store together again We got to Hawai’i badly in need of The National Office of VFP is taking varnish, so if you are here and can help, over management of the Golden Rule we could sure use it. The crew has store. Thank you! gone home, and as usual we will have a Many thanks to Vic White of San Diego rotating crew in and around Hawaii. VFP for helping for the past year! You can apply at www.vfpgoldenrule.org/crew-applicati You can place an order at On June 30 Jessica Reynolds Renshaw on. With luck, Milosz will resume the vfpgoldenrule.org/store. visited the Golden Rule. helm when we arrive in Honolulu. We have Golden Rule t-shirts, hoodies, Jessica and her family sailed the We also need authors, speakers, event blankets, shopping bags, books and Phoenix of Hiroshima into Honolulu organizers, artists, musicians, calendars. Please contact us at onto the same dock as Golden Rule in hospitality, docks, photographers and [email protected] if you 1958. The Reynolds family took the videographers, especially in Hawaii. would like to order multiple items at a baton and finished the voyage to the discount. Please let us know how you can help by Marshall Islands while the crew of the filling out our new form at Golden Rule were detained and unable www.vfpgoldenrule.org/volunteer. to proceed. They represented both boats in 1958 in the attempt to stop If you know people in Hawaii, please let nuclear bomb tests. them know about the project and ask them to contact us. Thank you! Both boats sank in 2010, and although Veterans For Peace and Quakers and other old wooden boat lovers managed Celebrate this Historic Voyage to restore Golden Rule, Phoenix of with a Timely Donation Hiroshima remains at the bottom of the Mokolumne River (Sacramento Expenses are greater now because River Delta). The Reynolds family and 2019 - 21 will be a continuous voyage the Phoenix's Board of Directors spent instead of a three to four month sailing years trying to get the boat raised so season like we have done on the West she could be restored, but she is too far coast. gone. With sadness, they had to give up on the dream of the two boats We've purchased new sails, a gimbaled sailing together to the Marshall Islands propane cooktop, a new engine, and a and Japan next year. lot of communication and safety equipment including personal AIS units The Phoenix Board of Directors for each life jacket in case the boat donated $11,000 to help the Golden needs to find a crew overboard. Rule and Jessica brought a nicely mounted piece of the Phoenix for the Please donate generously to keep the Golden Rule to carry.
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