Donna's Repairs & Panama Canal trip

Donna Lange is a humanitarian, an RN, a musician, and a master Sailor, a mother and grandmother. Donna is the most grateful person most of us have ever known. Donna is a “giver” and has given of her time and energy to those in crushingly poor situations. She lives her life helping others.  Donna is also a founding member of OceansWatch, a charitable trust created by sailors to protect the oceans and to help sustain the livelihood of Islanders whose homes and reefs the sailors visited. Donna is always involved in helping others and protecting our world's oceans.

Donna Lange has been sailing Solo Circumnavigating the World's oceans in her 28' Southern Cross Sailboat, INSPIRED INSANITY,  non stop since July of 2015!

Her sail is from Rhode Island back to Rhode Island. The voyage was to take approximately 9 months! The trip would bring Donna around both great capes, the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) and Cape Horn (southern tip of South America).

In mid-February, Donna was 1,200 miles from Cape Horn and six and a half months into the voyage.   She was knocked over twice, meaning knocked over so her mast was dragging in the sea.  These knockdowns damaged her tiny 28' Southern Cross sailboat and rigging.   This forced Donna to make a decision.  She decided to change her plan of sailing around Cape Horn, and rerouted to travel through the Panama Canal and so she headed north up the west side of South America toward Panama.

Donna has spent the last 6 weeks sailing to Panama, and she arrived this past Monday.

That brings us to today. Transiting up and over the Panama Canal and the unexpected Repairs to INSPIRED INSANITY will cost over $7,000. These costs are unexpected expenses.

We have all dreamed of doing something "crazy." An adventure so grand most people can't even comprehend where you could come up with such an idea. Then you wonder how you could accomplish this dream? How could you pay for it? 

Donna Lange dreamed big and all planning for the 9 month Solo Circumnavigation were set.   But after INSPIRED INSANITY and DONNA were knocked over twice near Cape Horn, Donna lost many systems on her sailboat, and all but a minor communication ability. 

Donna's family and friends have been asking how can we help Donna get through the Panama Canal and get her back on course?

So Bob, and other friends have opened a GOFUNDME for Donna Lange.

Your donations will help provide Donna the money needed to fund her Up and Over the Panama Canal and help with the much needed Repairs for her INSPIRED INSANITY.

Help Donna's Dream to be YOUR DREAM. How many of us have dreamed this big?   Very few of us.

Let's help Donna complete her Solo Circumnavigation around the world and back home.

Any donation will be appreciated by Donna and all her family and friends.  And every dollar will go to the Panama Canal crossing and the necessary repairs to INSPIRED INSANITY.

We want to see Donna safe and sound and on her way back to Rhode Island.   Please help us raise the monies needed to help make this happen in a timely manner.

Thank you all so very much!  In all Gratitude, always.