Members’ Logbook

Owner of Star of the Sea

Length: 34m

Year: 1983

Location: Bequia

You’ve been assisting after the La Soufrière eruption on St Vincent. How did you first become aware of it?

The sheer size of the ash cloud and height of it was daunting, following live news reports of the evacuation of the northern part of St Vincent, while calls from our hotel staff to assist with housing and support of their family members made it clear it was serious

Could you see the ash cloud from Bequia?

Yes, reaching an estimated height of 15,000 metres, despite us being 40 kilometres to the volcano, it was very used its fire pumps to wash off the entire yacht after its various trips to St Lucia, where it had to pass close to the erupting volcano. There was minimum visibility in dark grey dust, and all the doors and windows had to be closed and sealed