Our mission is to transform elite and superyacht sails into shelter for humanitarian aid.

February 8, 2023

Aloha from Maui. Through a generous sail donation and a transportation grant provided by Matson and Ocean Voyages Institute we have moved more than 25,000 square feet of superyacht sails to the island.

We are proud to be collaborating with local architects, engineers and builders to help restore some sense of community to the families in Lahaina that lost everything on August 8. There are still thousands of families struggling to secure housing, which means they cannot begin to heal. We need your donations to make it possible.

Sail to Shelter is offering custom solutions designed to extend the vitality of the temporary housing communities currently being built around Maui. Designs include shade for everything from animal shelters, common areas, awnings and root-tops and lanais. These solutions allow for all kinds of outdoor living and gardening. Shade can even save energy costs. We have a prototype on the island that is showing at least 25% savings on air conditioning after installing our shade. .

These sails are massive and very heavy. They are used as an alternative building material which requires skilled labor that have tools and equipment required for construction. Hiring locally is a big part of how Sail to Shelter helps rebuild communities.

Don’t forget another massive benefit to supporting this cause: the impact we are having on the environment! We are doing so more than salvaging this material from landfill, we are maximizing the resources spent to create it in the first place, The second-use economy is here.

Sailors have been looking for an innovative and purposeful way to reuse sails for decades. This is it. Contact us today to donate your stash or let us know when you are scheduled for a refit. We can use these all over the world. They don’t need to be in Maui. Let us worry about where they are. We have partners to help. Please help us keep sails out of landfill and put them to very good use. Mahalo.

Welcome to Sail to Shelter, where we embark on a transformative journey that goes beyond the ordinary. This venture is fueled by a passion for sustainability and humanitarian aid. At Sail to Shelter, we’ve set our course to make a meaningful impact by giving a second life to superyacht sails. These once majestic behemoth sails, now retired, find new purpose as shade and shelter, becoming the fabric of hope in the face of humanitarian challenges. Join us in this voyage of purpose, where the elegance of yachting meets the resilience of aid, creating a story that sails beyond the horizon.

Why?

The material is too good to toss.

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How?

Sails are donated.
We deconstruct and transform.

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Where?

Wherever we can help restore community and hope in the aftermath of a disaster.

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When?

When everything is lost, we salvage some of the strongest, most durable material in the world to help communities rebuild.

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Sail to Shelter is a non-profit, tax-exempt charitable organization (tax identification number 88-2826788) under Section 501 (c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. © 2022 Sail to Shelter

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