OBB West End Relief Effort *Updated 10 Nov*

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Currently OBB is running daily flights through ICC out of Melbourne International Airport directly into the West End airport and will continue as needed. They are taking over donated supplies to those in need in the West End Village. Please donate supplies or you can donate to the gofundme account listed below.

If you have supplies and can not get to a drop of zone, contact me directly (321-537-80two8) to make arrangements for pick up. Thanks again as this will be a long road to recovery for the residents across all of Grand Bahamas.

Below is from OBB website:



We want to Thank YOU for the flood of messages of our friends and families of Old Bahama Bay / West End that have wanted to help in anyway possible. I am happy to say that that first plane landed at our private West End Airport this morning (October 8) with supplies. If you are coming by boat the marina is available. We have planes and boats lined up to take the much needed supplies. We have also started a campaign to raise funds to help the community.

Here is the direct link: https://www.gofundme.com/OldBahamaBay

There has been some confusion on aircraft clearance for the relief efforts and landing at our private airport / West End. All pilots please call Beth Watson (954-763-6382) with your tail numbers and we will get your clearance with government.


Our President of Old Bahama Bay has also set up a drop zone for donated supplies in the northern area of Florida and will arrange transport to the people in need.

Drop Off:
Monday - Thursday / 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

EMS / World Headquarters
7705 Progress Circle
Melbourne, FL 32904

Other Drop Zones:

KMC Marine
3000 Federal Highway
Lighthouse Point, FL

North Palm Beach Marina
1037 Marina Drive
North Palm Beach, FL

The Ways Boatyard
2180 Idlewild road,
Palm Beach Gardens, FL

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Todays flight to West End


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Here are some pictures from yesterdays flight and walk thru of the Village and OBB. Incredible that the building in OBB are all still standing and where not impacted with any water intrusion or storm surge. More and more supplies are making it in everyday so thanks to everyone for there help. Right now we are focusing on immediate needs of the people like food, meds, water, generators and chain saws. Next focus will be building supplies and we have secured two 40' containers to ship over. So if you boarded up for the hurricane with plywood please donate that plywood versus throwing it out. We can ship in the containers to those who can use it to rebuild.

Here are pics from yesterday:

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Pics from the Village:

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Friday we executed 6 round trip flights from Melbourne International Airport to West End through ICC (Island Coastal Charters). We initially planned 4 trips on this day but after a surge in donations, we loaded up two more planes at 3:45pm and made a final push. We have flights scheduled for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday next week and we are accepting donations at the following locations:

EMS / World Headquarters
7705 Progress Circle
Melbourne, FL 32904

Other Drop Zones:

KMC Marine
3000 Federal Highway
Lighthouse Point, FL

North Palm Beach Marina
1037 Marina Drive
North Palm Beach, FL

The Ways Boatyard
2180 Idlewild road,
Palm Beach Gardens, FL



I spent some time on the ground this trip and walked the OBB grounds and drove through the village with Jackie. I was overwhelmed with the damage, the good spirits of the residents and the massive support of the the relief efforts up and down the East coast. Planes where flying in every 30 minutes then returning to reload and come back. I met Justin Reiger and some other great people form the Stuart relief effort as everyone helped unload the constant flow of planes and supplies. Many supplies we delivered were marked for individuals and we where able to match up donors with named recipients. We did this by prearrangement and staged the deliveries at OBB Aqua room. If you have anything that you want to get to a specific person on the island call me directly and I can help arrange it.

Here are some pics from Friday:





Sunrise at 8000' heading East on first of 6 trips





West End Approach



West End Fly Over






The Crew at Ground Zero



This plan was fun to watch take off and land with his steep ascends, I think he is one the sky diving pilots out of Stuart, cool guy.



The biggest plane of the day was flown in by a young female pilot to drop off of a family to check on there parents that live on the island and supplies.




This guy gets the cool plane award, twin diesels and he has been flying multiple daily trips









Here are the two ICC planes









Harold Always finds a reason to smile



Teasers Down



On this day of Sporty Seas, this was the only vessel that made the crossing.

The OBB Marina is intact however there is no power and fuel is reserved for the village residents generators and cars only. If you cross by vessel please be sure you have your own fuel.



ICC Planes loaded for the final trip of the day



Come on man, we can get 1 more box in here!



Who sees a problem with this picture? If you look beyond the power pole down, notice the Hurricane Resistant Power poles are still standing, they have power lines run, yet they have never been powered up. They where installed after 2004 under the Ginn Project and run from Freeport to West End and Settlement Point. Instead of replacing the current damaged poles, lets turn these ones on. The quicker West End gets power the quicker the rebuilding of homes and lives can begin.

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Plywood Needed.

If you boarded up for Matthew please donate your used wood the relief efforts.

We have two 40' shipping containers that we want to fill up with building supplies and send over in the next couple weeks.

Thank you for your donations!

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West end approach and drive the village


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Relief efforts are still going on and not forgotten. We are still doing daily flights to the West End with donated supplies and we have two large 40' containers that will be shipped over with larger items. Please continue to drop off supplies at the locations below:


Food rations, water, dry goods, paper goods, dog and cat food, batteries, generators and other relief items can be delivered to three drop-off locations for delivery to the island.

North Palm Beach Marina

1037 Marina Drive

North Palm Beach, Florida 33408

(386) 589-9893



Four Fish Inn & Marina
2225 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach, FL 34957
(t) 772-334-0936

Pompano Beach Marine Center
Attn: John or Jill
Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, FL 33062
(t) 954-946-1450

Environmental Management Solutions
7705 Progress Circle, Melbourne, Florida 32904
(t) 800-510-8812

Please coordinate any supply contributions with Beth Watson at 888-983-6188 or 954-763-6382.

Cash donations can be sent to:
•The “Go Fund Me” account established by Old Bahama Bay at https://www.gofundme.com/OldBahamaBay
•The Kohn Foundation at www.kohnfoundation.org

Please contact Allen G. Ten Broek at [email protected] for additional information as needed.


Bayshore Rd, West End | Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas | Phone: 242.350.6500