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Kai Marks Dasent off Bequia on his way from Kingstown to Union Island on Saturday, May 24, 2025.
Kai Marks Dasent off Bequia on his way from Kingstown to Union Island on Saturday, May 24, 2025.

14-y-o sails from St. Vincent to Union to raise funds for students, club

On Saturday, 14-year-old Vincentian sailor Kai Marks Dasent completed an impressive solo sail from St. Vincent to Union Island, covering 38.1 nautical miles (42.8 miles) in 6 hours and 3 minutes, with an average speed of 6.3…

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Joan Simmons, left, presents the Sailor of the Year Award to Kai Marks-Dasent in Bequia on Dec. 14, 2024.
Joan Simmons, left, presents the Sailor of the Year Award to Kai Marks-Dasent in Bequia on Dec. 14, 2024.

Kai Marks-Dasent is Sylvester Simmons Foundation youth sailor 2024

Kai Marks-Dasent, 14, of the Vincy Sailing Club is the Sylvester Ambrose Simmons Memorial Foundation’s youth sailor of the year 2024. Marks-Dasent, a student at St Joseph’s Convent Marriaqua, exemplifies…

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