‘Nobody Told Us About the Pandemic’: Couple Traveling the World in a Yacht Had No Idea Coronavirus Had Swept the Globe

A couple who quit their jobs in 2017 and bought a boat to sail around the world were completely unaware of the Covid-19 pandemic – until they tried to dock in the Caribbean.

Elena Manighetti from Lombardy, Italy and Ryan Osborne from Manchester left the Canary Islands in late February to plan to travel to St Vincent – a distance of 3,000 miles. . .

However, when approaching the Caribbean, they were told that many of the islands had closed their borders to protect their populations from the Covid-19 virus.

The couple said when they left the Canary Islands they had been aware of a virus in China but did not think it could possibly affect their journey on the other side of the world.

After 25 days at sea – without access to news from the outside world as they had no mobile phone signal – they were told they were unable to dock at several ports because of the new lockdown restrictions. (Read more from “‘Nobody Told Us About the Pandemic’: Couple Traveling the World in a Yacht Had No Idea Coronavirus Had Swept the Globe” HERE)

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