A Milestone Sailing

Last fall, long-time community member Mike Richardson, a professor at Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, sailed on his 30th annual voyage with SALTS! 29 of his voyages have been with the TREK/Quest program he founded at Columbia Bible College, and he also got to sail the first leg of an offshore voyage from Victoria to Honolulu. Since his first SALTS voyage in October '96, he has spent 170 days at sea and sailed an estimated 6456 nautical miles!

Mike with a group of Quest students after a SALTS trip

Mike having fun in the water
during his offshore voyage

When we spoke with Mike about his experiences with SALTS, he said:

“It's so much more than just a sailing experience. Sailing is actually the cherry on top…it's the experience, it's ship life that is the high value and getting to sail is actually a bonus. Because you can't control the weather, but you can impact the community.”

Mike, thank you for faithfully modelling what it looks like to impact a community for all these years. We are grateful to learn from your example. Congratulations on your 30th voyage!