The section of island chain we’re exploring continues to involve short, comfortable sails from one island to the next. It was just a few hours to sail from Nevis to Montserrat.
Many of the islands are volcanic in origin and distinctive on the horizon but none as distinctive as Montserrat. It’s the one that continues to emit steam, ash and sulfurous gas. Montserrat is the only one that has huge areas of land that are off limits to humans and a large area of coastline under a maritime exclusion zone. The maritime zone extends two miles from shore along the southern half of the island and is due to possibility of pyroclastic flows and falling ash.
