Haiti or Bust, Sea Hunter's Crew Keeps Eyes On Goal

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It's one of those images that stick with you forever.

Ten years ago, on the first of his many seagoing voyages to Haiti, Brian Ryder looked out at the approaching port city of Les Cayes.

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Haiti or Bust, Sea Hunter's Crew Keeps Eyes On Goal

Off in the distance at the end of a rickety dock stood a small boy, maybe 4 years old, staring intently back at Ryder.

"He was all stove up - had bloody knees and legs and he was sparsely clothed," recalled Ryder, a 48-year-old father of five from West Bath.

Asking around, Ryder later learned that the Haitian boy had no mother, no father, no family at all. Like a stray animal, he relied on the people who worked around the dock for his meager survival.

"It was a life-changing experience," recalled Ryder, who now serves as chi...

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