IMPORTANT: Are you in the vicinity of Fiji? Please support the relief effort.
Sea Mercy has mobilized for TC Winston Disaster Relief and Recovery Operations in Fiji.

http://www.seamercy.org/FijiRelief

Jonathan Robinson, Sea Mercy, s/v CHEZ NOUS

Vice Commodore, OCC 

Anyone in the vicinity that can help. Please do so. Every bit helps.We worked with Sea Mercy in 2015 in Vanuatu. A humbling and rewarding experience.
Brian and Sue S/V Darramy UK OCC

Just in from Jonathan Robinson, Sea Mercy:

I expect to have a Fiji relief effort info page up and running on the Sea Mercy website shortly, once we have verified reports to share.
Briefly, SM Fiji President Nigel Skeggs arrived in Suva Friday evening where he is collocated and working with NDMO and other aid organizations.

We have a first response fleet vessel already in The Lau group with more on the way. I expect our initial focus to be in N Lau.

I have been asked to coordinate our cruiser recovery operations.

To that end I am planning a Sea Mercy recovery mission to the remote islands once the cruising season opens in May.

Vice Commodore, OCC 

Bula everybody,

Please note that Sea Mercy is not seeking donations of "unsolicited aid" i.e. stuff people think might be useful or "come in handy". It clogs up the system and ends up sitting on a dock somewhere.

Our aim is to deliver targeted aid supplies so if people want to help, please ask them to fundraise.

Thanks,

Jonathan

Vice Commodore, OCC 

Here is an update from Sea Mercy via SAIL magazine:

http://www.sailmagazine.com/cruising/cruisers-help-r-fiji-cyclone/?utm_source=sail-enewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=textlink&utm_campaign=enewsletter

Vice Commodore, OCC