On Saturday, I spent a wonderful day taking part of the 10th annual Variety Boat for Hope event in False Creek, Vancouver. Variety puts on a wonderful and fun event where over 300 children who have special needs (and their caregivers) get to dress up as pirates and sail on a boat in search for treasure!

The kids are all suited up in their Mustang foam vests for their adventure. They encounter many, many pirates, get super soaked with water guns and seek for treasure! The crew from Mustang was all dressed up ready to surrender their treasure to the children. We had a couple inflatable boats and took turns giving out the portable coolers supplied by our customer Steveston Marine. We did a pretty good job protecting our vessel and none of us dropped one in the water!

It’s so rewarding seeing the smiles on the children’s faces, as we hand over our goodies and let them soak us with their hoses and water guns. I have to admit that 5 hours of water fighting with kids, co-workers and the whole boating community can be exhausting, but incredibly fun! I can’t wait to do this again next year!! Ahoy Matey’s!!!!

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