While our
First Response Fleet is working hard to get desperately needed food and water
to the remote islands in Northen Lau, the second phase of Sea Mercy's response,
the Recovery Fleet, will begin operations at the end of cyclone season.
Our
experiences in Vanuatu last year after Cyclone PAM proved to us that small
teams of cruising boats, working together, can make a significant contribution
to the recovery of devastated remote islands.
The muster
port for New Zealand will be Opua (Bay of Islands). Briefings are planned to
commence there on 25 April, with a view to departing at the first suitable
weather window thereafter.
We have
several vessels north and east of Fiji in Tonga and The Marshall islands as
well as some in Savusavu, Fiji. A second rally point and tasking will be
determined for that group.
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