The Wynns (S/V Curiosity) are stranded in Fiji

More details in their blog posting and YouTube video (below)
https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/stranded-fiji

Perhaps the best way to check for their latest news would be on their Twitter or Facebook page:

• https://twitter.com/the_wynns
• https://www.facebook.com/GoneWithTheWynns 

A good source for monitoring developments in Fiji

• https://twitter.com/FijiOneNews
• https://twitter.com/TourismFiji
• https://twitter.com/FBC_News 
• https://twitter.com/FijiAirways

This is my posting on LinkedIn (screen shot below, from 2020-03-30) - trying to leverage my international professional network of 2,620 connections to find someone in Fiji that might be able to help them.

While they are currently renting out an AirBnB - there is no way to know how long they may be stranded - so looking for possible local resources that might be able to offer them more affordable (free?) accommodations - should the port closures go far beyond what any of us may think likely...




2020-04-10 - Cyclone Harold hits Solomons, Vanauatu, Fiji, Tonga:

• "The most powerful storm to develop in the South Pacific basin in more than two years," 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Harold
• https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/powerful-cyclone-hits-solomons-vanuatu-fiji-tonga/
• https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/413890/close-to-70-percent-of-vanuatu-s-luganville-destroyed-by-cyclone-harold
• https://sailinganarchy.com/2020/04/09/flip-the-script/

    

Suggested Nautical-Themed Movies

Comedy:

Captain Ron

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103924/ 

Adventure/Dramatic

White Squall

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118158/

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311113/

Guns of the Black Witch

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055517/

Captain Jack

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163006/

Ulysses

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047630/

The Boat Builder

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3704854/
• https://www.amazon.com/Boat-Builder-Christopher-Lloyd/dp/B079G5PJWN/ 

Historical/Documentary

Admiral

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2544766/

Morning Light

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1198405/

Alone Against the Tasman

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1783238/
• https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/0MW3B1YN2JOFTEFJ4BNC47PAIZ/
• http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3446703/Rower-Shaun-Quincey-ends-epic-journey 
• https://www.celebrityspeakers.co.nz/speakers/shaun-quincey

The Last Adventure of the Gandul

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6394244/
• https://www.amazon.com/Last-Adventure-Gandul-Casa-Producciones/dp/B07T3J5RD5

Racing Around the World Alone

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825928/

Following Seas

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7320324/
• https://www.amazon.com/Following-Seas-Tyler-J-Kelley/dp/B075FX7MGD/

Barefoot across the Atlantic

• https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-across-Atlantic-Andre-Kurreck/dp/B06XKPH3TC/

More...

Additional movie suggestions on these sites:

• https://www.facebook.com/AmericanSailingAssoc/posts/10156828628308204
• https://asa.com/news/2020/03/26/the-best-sailing-movies/
• https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2020/03/23/best-movies-to-watch-during-quarantine/
• https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2020/03/24/more-movies-to-watch-during-quarantine/ 

Latitude38 Updates on Some Pacific Port Closures (#2)

Andy Turpin in today's Latitude38:
https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/2020/03/23/#this-is-not-the-year-to-sail-to-tahiti

"...an increase in COVID-19 cases on Tahiti has caused French Polynesian authorities to implement drastic policies toward both land-based and maritime visitors. And most other island nations in the region have closed their doors to visitors also until the COVID threat subsides."

Carol Hass - Legendary Sailmaker - 26 ft Nordic Folkboat

Latitides & Attitudes 2019-2020 Issues Free Online

https://latsatts.com/shelter-in-place-free-access-for-2019-20-issues-of-lats-atts/

In Stephen R. Donaldson's excellent set of trilogies for "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant", there is a character, "Saltheart Foamfollower" (one of the few remaining Giants in The Land - and who are a seafaring race, by the way) that introduces the phrase: "Joy is in the ears that hear" - meaning that the sharing of tales is a source of joy (even if the tales themselves may not all be happy ones).

In this time of woe - while you (or a friend or loved one) may be feeling isolated - and looking for something to read that might lift your spirits - the publisher, "Bob Bitchin", of the sailing magazine "Latitudes & Attitudes"- has made all of the 2019-2020 issues of their magazine free to read online. 

Pour yourself a cold frosty beverage, or a heart-warming hot one - and escape into the world of sailing adventures (and, misadventures). Perhaps one of the tales in those pages may stir your imagination and spark the desire to one day make your own voyage upon the oceans of the world to distant lands, islands, and ports.