ʻO Antigua a me Barbuda, me kāna hoʻoilina ikaika o ka heihei yacht a me ka moniker ma ke ʻano he Sailing Capital o ka Caribbean, makemake mau i kahi huakaʻi moana maikaʻi. A me ka moʻolelo e kokoke ana e hana ʻia, ʻoi aku ka mākaukau o ka huakaʻi e ʻōwili i ke kaʻa ʻulaʻula e hoʻokipa i ka poʻe hoʻokele hoʻokele Atlantika "Team Antigua Island Girls", i ka wā e holo ai lākou i loko o ka Nelson's Dockyard kaulana a i loko o nā puke moʻolelo e like me ka mea mua loa- hui wahine ʻeleʻele ma ka honua e hoe aku ma ka moana ʻAkelanika, e hoʻopau ana i ka Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge i kēia Jan/Feb.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ka lālani paʻakikī loa o ka honua, ʻo ka Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge kahi ʻike holo moana mua e hoʻomaka ana ma La Gomera ma nā mokupuni ʻo Canary. Ma Kekemapa 12 2018, nā hui, he iwakāluakūmāwalu i ka huina, haʻalele i kā lākou huakaʻi wiwo ʻole i ka Moana ʻAkelanika, e hele ana i 3000 mau mile me ka ʻoi aku o 1.5 miliona oar strokes a me ka hiamoe liʻiliʻi, e kiʻi i ko lākou wahi i Antigua. ʻO ka hui mua i hoʻopau i ka Challenge, ʻo 'Dutch Atlantic Four' ua hoʻokipa ʻia i Antigua, me ka hauʻoli nui i ke ahiahi o Ianuali 15, ua hala nā lā he 34 i ka moana.
Ua manaʻo ʻia e hōʻea mai ka hui ʻo Antigua Island Girls: Elvira Bell, Christal Clashing, Samara Emanuel a me Kāpena Kevinia Francis ma hope o kēia mahina, kahi e ʻākoakoa ai ka ʻohana, nā hoaaloha a me ka lehulehu o ka poʻe aloha aloha ma ka Nelson's Dockyard, kahi UNESCO World Heritage Site. e hoʻohauʻoli iā lākou i ko lākou hoe ʻana a hoʻolauleʻa i ka hopena kūleʻa o kā lākou huakaʻi. ʻO Junella King, ka lālā ʻē aʻe a me ka ʻelima o nā Kaikamahine Hui Pū ʻIa Antigua Island, e hālāwai me kona mau hoa hui ma Antigua.
“ʻO ka hoʻoilina moana waiwai o Antigua a me Barbuda, a me ka hoʻonohonoho hoʻokūkū ʻole e hālāwai ai nā mea hoʻokūkū e holo ana i loko o ka Dockyard, e hoʻolilo iā Antigua a me Barbuda i wahi kūpono no kēia hanana. ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka poʻe hoe waʻa, ko lākou ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha i Antigua a me Barbuda no kēia ʻike, "wahi a Antigua a me Barbuda Kuhina no ka mākaʻikaʻi, The Hanohano Charles Fernandez.
"ʻOiai ʻo kēia ke kolu o ka manawa i komo ai kahi hui mai Antigua a me Barbuda i ka Challenge, haʻaheo maoli mākou ʻo ka hui wahine ʻeleʻele mua loa e hoe i ka ʻAkelanika he ʻehā wahine Antiguan wiwo ʻole. Ke aʻa nei ka lāhui holoʻokoʻa i kā mākou mau kaikamahine a ke nānā nui nei mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā lākou i ka home a me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka ikaika o nā wahine. He moʻolelo kēia i ka hana ʻana, a he manawa koʻikoʻi loa ia no Antigua a me Barbuda.
Ua ʻike nā kaikamahine ʻo Team Antigua Island Girls i ke aloha kūloko, ʻo Cottage of Hope ma ke ʻano he kumu nui no kā lākou lālani. ʻO ka Cottage of Hope kahi hui waiwai ʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2009 i nā hale a me / a lawelawe paha i nā kaikamahine i hōʻino ʻia, mālama ʻole ʻia a makua ʻole. ʻO ka hale o Hope me ke kōkua o ke kālā i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e nā Team Antigua Island Girls e hāʻawi aku i nā lawelawe i hoʻonui ʻia i nā wahine ʻōpio i hōʻea i ka makahiki e neʻe ana mai kahi home home i kahi noho i kā lākou iho. E hāʻawi manawaleʻa aku i ke aloha a no ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka hui ʻo Antigua Island Girls e hele i: https://www.antiguabarbudaislandgirls.com/donate/=
