US Territory- Guam

Going Going ~~Gone~~ Guam...

We had a 4 day sail to Guam from Chuuk. We arrived on March 4, at that time there were no cases of Covid-19 (of course not test kits available either). Guam is a popular destination for Koreans, Japanese and Chinese tourists. Before we arrived the local government in Guam cancelled all incoming flights from these countries that had Covid-19 cases. We witnessed the downtown beach area full of designer stores and fancy restaurants that were empty at that time, a ghost town.

We had plans to stay in Guam for one week, those plans changed, they changed again, then they changed again, again, and again. We are now sitting tight, sheltering in place on anchor near shore. On March 20^th the local government required shutdown on all non-essential businesses (except Grocery, Drug Stores, Healthcare and Restaurant Take Out only). Our latest sail schedule including skipping our stops to Saipan & Japan. We will sail directly to Alaska from Guam, a lengthy, challenging and tough 6 week passage.

We are super thrilled to be fortunate to be in a US territory with plans to sail back to North America. We have friends who like us are sailing around the world. The Covid-19 pandemic has prevented them from sailing the next country and in several cases the country that they are in refuses to let them ashore (even for provisioning & fuel). Until our boat parts arrive we will sit here tight for the next 30 days.