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YachtAid Global, also known by the acronym YAG, is a registered non-profit organization that orchestrates the delivery of humanitarian, development and conservation aid to coastal communities worldwide.

Founded in 2006, the organization utilizes a network of volunteers to coordinate logistics, patrons to sponsor supplies and yacht owners and crew to help transport them. YachtAid Global's vision and slogan is: “Changing the world without changing course.”

YachtAid Global is the non-profit arm of C2C, a San Diego-based company that provides a broad spectrum of solutions to luxury yachts worldwide.

HISTORY

YachtAid Global was founded in 2006 as a charitable offshoot of Drewelow’s company, C2C, Inc., a firm based in San Diego that provides a broad spectrum of solutions to Superyachts. C2C is considered the authority on how to successfully cruise the Panama to Alaska waters on any size Superyacht. Through C2C and interacting with owners, captains and crew, he saw how receptive they were when presented with the YAG concept and objectives. As more and more owners and crew enlisted their support, admired by the ease of execution, YachtAid Global was born.

As of October 2012, Drewelow and YachtAid Global had coordinated over 75 charitable deliveries of supplies by megayachts to remote locations, including Haiti, Belize, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, French Polynesia, Indonesia, and more.

OPERATIONS

The process from getting aid on a yacht to the benefiting organization is coordinated in advance by YachtAid Global. YAG Ambassadors select and pre-screen locations to receive aid. Yachts delivering supplies work with the local YAG Ambassadors who are currently operational in places such as Easter Island, Belize City, Panama, Alaska, Mexico and Indonesia. The YAG Ambassador acts as the interface between the yacht and the facility ashore. Over time, YachtAid Global has refined its operations and developed varying levels of involvement for owners, guests, captains and crew, while staying true to its tagline.

MISSIONS

• PANAMA, 2006-present - YAG's inaugural mission enlisted the help of 147-foot sailing yacht Timoneer to deliver $500 worth of school supplies to a Kuna Indian reservation in San Blas Island, Panama. Timoneer has subsequently gone on to make multiple return trips and deliveries to the same reservation in the months and years that followed.

• INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES/SOUTHEAST ASIA, ?-present - 88-foot megayacht Vivid

• BELIZE, February 2009 - after two years of planning, YachtAid Global and a partnering megayacht successfully facilitated the delivery of more than $16,000 worth of donated medical supplies to the Belize Emergency Response Team (BART).

• MEXICO/FIJI/FRENCH POLYNESIA, 2009-present - Motoryacht Slojo has raised over $70,000 in donations and made multiple aid deliveries worldwide in collaboration with YAG. In December 2012, Slojo set out to deliver supplies from San Diego to French Polynesia, and embarked on a 13-day competition during which 15 crew members competed in swimming, running, and biking (primarily on exercise machines) to raise donations during their journey. The mission was titled the "Slojo Transpacific Triathlon YachtAid Global Challenge, and raised over $53,000 for YAG missions.

• JAMAICA, January 2012 - Motoryacht Steadfast delivers YAG aid to Jamaica

REFERENCES

1 - YAG site 2 - C2C site