In Memory of Alex Milski
"It was on the first night of last year’s Banderas Bay Blast that we learned of the death of our daughter Alex in Costa Rica," write Jim and Kent Milski of the Colorado-based Schionning 49 Sea Level. "An avid outdoorswoman, she had an accident while hiking down a river alone.
"As we rushed to catch the first flight to Costa Rica, fellow cruisers collected a rather large sum of money to help with our expenses. We want to thank them all, and let them know how much we appreciate this.
"While headed south through Banderas Bay earlier this year, the money donated to us was donated, in Alex’s name, to La Posada de los Ninos del Orfanato en Bucerias. Lupe Dipp, of the Catana 47 Moon & Stars, used the funds to purchase computers for the kids. We believe Alex would have approved.
"We are enjoying our journey down the coast of Oz toward Sydney, and have scheduled a bottom job at Port Stephens. We are excited that our daughter Samar, now an officer aboard the ship Soderman in Guam, and our son Evan, will join us in mid-December for the passage to Tasmania, then to New Zealand.
"We wish we could see the other cats such as Cat Cat, RotKat, and Profligate in the Blast again this year, but we shall return."