APR 9, 2016
The yacht owners helping to rebuild cyclone-ravaged Fiji
As another tropical cyclone makes Fiji’s recovery even more difficult, yachties are working with the Fijian government to get aid where other vessels can’t.
SHELTERBOX
Sea Mercy volunteers deliver shelter kits to Fiji’s outer islands.
Wendy and Ian Shields were moored in the mangroves at Port Denarau when cyclone Winston smashed into Fiji on February 20. The category 5 storm hurtled through the Nadi marina just after midnight – after flattening many of the outlying islands during the day.
“The wind was screaming through the rigging,” Wendy tells The Saturday Paper from Savusavu on their yacht, Outsider.
The most brutal cyclone to make landfall in Fiji battered the island with hurricane-force winds, destroying almost 55,000 homes and killing 44 people.
The next day, yachties such as Wendy and Ian were asking what they could do to help. “There were a couple of us on yachts that said, ‘Gee, Fiji must be a mess. I wonder what we can do?’ ”
The Yacht Owners Helping Rebuild Cyclone Ravaged Fiji
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