What do you get when a handful of Miami natives crew on a legendary sailboat in the Gulf of Maine? A solid effort and a truly impactful experience.
Earlier this month, Blue Scholars partner Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean continued their remote island cleanups in the Gulf of Maine with a group of motivated crew members, including a small contingent from Miami. Under the leadership of Executive Director and former member of the 3-0-5 Ashley Sullivan, Rozalia Project welcomed aboard Adam Steckley of Blue Scholars, Manny Rionda of Fill A Bag, Quinn Noyes, and Piper & Thad Foote, who are also former Miami residents.
The week-long cleanup effort was part of a larger project in which Rozalia Project is targeting 14 remote islands, with a focus on lost, discarded and abandoned fishing gear. On this particular expedition, the crew sailed to Long Island, Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership, and Greens Island where their comprehensive removal efforts were conducted along the islands’ rocky shorelines. With help from Maine Coast Heritage Trust, boatloads of lobster traps, line, buoys, plastic bottles and bags of miscellaneous debris were tallied, documented and removed.
The result:
