Sailing Montserrat.
20 mai 2026 · 1h 27m · 68 vues · Little Bay, Montserrat
Sailboat approaches Montserrat as volcano plume rises distant
Ce que couvre cette vidéo
Reality sails from Antigua to Montserrat, a passage of roughly four and a half to five hours.1:26 The crew clears into customs at Little Bay for a 72-hour stay, then clears out before departing.2:10 Little Bay is the island's active port, with a new pier under construction to accommodate small cruise ships; the old pier at Plymouth is no longer in use.3:39
A hired minivan tour guide takes the crew around the island.2:17 The southern exclusion zone around the Soufrière Hills volcano — last significantly active on 10 March 2010 — covers the former capital Plymouth, which lies buried under volcanic ash up to two floors deep.37:17 Pyroclastic flows added hundreds of meters of new land into the sea.21:41 The guide shows the crew St George's Hill for an overview of the devastation, the ash-buried ruins of Plymouth including a bakery, a museum, a former hotel at Old Town Bluff Drive, and a sugar plantation windmill.47:52 Roads into the worst-affected areas require low-range 2WD and slow progress.50:25 The guide charges $150 USD for the full tour.43:10 The anchorage at Little Bay holds six boats on anchor during the visit.3:03 The island is nicknamed the Emerald Island for its dense vegetation, and the University of the West Indies maintains a campus there.1:21:06
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