I had been recommended in Rome to sail out to a volcanic island a little north of the Strait of Messina. The volcano is active and has regular eruptions. I had the consideration to sail out there - about 25-30 sm in the middle of nowhere. But there have been a lot of thunder the last few days I did not went there.. I was not comfortable sailing around out there. alone. Today I could just see the contours of the volcanic island. When I looked on the internet it turned out that there was a big outbreak on September 2 - that is 11 days ago - and it has not calmed down yet ...