St Lucia to Grenada · 7 nights · Rodney Bay or Marigot Bay, St Lucia to St George's, Grenada
The Windward Islands, St Lucia to Grenada one way: the Pitons, Bequia, Mustique, the Tobago Cays and the Spice Island. Greener, wilder and far less spoken about.
St Lucia, Windward Islands · 16 nm · 1.5 h · Board, then the Pitons by sunset
Board at Rodney Bay or Marigot Bay, both an hour from the international airport in the south, and run down the west coast to Soufrière, where the two Pitons rise straight out of the sea. Anchor beneath them for the first night. Dinner on board, with the biggest view of the week.
Bequia, the Grenadines · 56 nm · 5.5 h · The one long leg
Five and a half hours south past St Vincent, a sea day with breakfast under way and lunch on the move. Admiralty Bay at Bequia is the friendliest harbour in the chain: boat builders, a waterfront path, Jack's on Princess Margaret Beach for the evening, and a town that still turns out for the ferry.
Mustique, the Grenadines · 9 nm · 1 h · Macaroni Beach and Basil's
An hour to the private island. Britannia Bay for the anchorage, a mule to Macaroni Beach for the morning, lunch at the Cotton House or the Beach Café, and Basil's Bar on the water for the evening. Wednesday is jump-up night, if it falls right.
Tobago Cays, the Grenadines · 19 nm · 2 h · Lunch at Canouan, then the best water in the Windwards
South past Canouan, with lunch in its lagoon if the group wants the resort for an hour, then into the Tobago Cays: five uninhabited islands behind a horseshoe reef, turtles grazing under the boat, and the clearest water of the trip. Snorkel until the light goes. The crew arrange a lobster barbecue on Petit Bateau with the local boatmen.
Mayreau, the Grenadines · 3 nm · 20 min · A second day in the Cays, then Saltwhistle Bay
A second morning in the Cays for anyone who wants it, then twenty minutes round to Saltwhistle Bay on Mayreau, a perfect curve of sand with palms on a spit between two seas. Walk up to the village and the stone church for the view over the whole Grenadines.
Petit St Vincent and Carriacou, the Grenadines · 8 to 12 nm · 1 h · The resort, or the quiet
An hour south. Petit St Vincent for the private-island resort, its beach bar and a massage in the trees, or Carriacou for the quiet: Sandy Island, a sandbar with a few palms and a reef, and Paradise Beach for a rum punch at the Off the Hook bar. Clear into Grenada here.
Grenada, Windward Islands · 35 to 39 nm · 4 h · Grand Anse, then the Carenage
Four hours down the leeward side of Grenada with the island's green hills to port. Lunch at anchor off Grand Anse, two miles of beach, then into St George's, the prettiest harbour town in the Caribbean, with the Carenage curving round it. Farewell dinner ashore, nutmeg in everything.
Grenada, Windward Islands · Alongside · Disembark
Alongside at Port Louis Marina. The airport is twenty minutes away, with direct flights to London and the US.
The idea of the week
Greener, wilder and better sailing than the Leewards, and far less spoken about. Fly into St Lucia, board under the Pitons, and run south through the Grenadines one way to Grenada: Bequia for the harbour, Mustique for the names, the Tobago Cays for the water, Mayreau and Petit St Vincent for the beaches, and the Spice Island to finish. One longer leg on the second day, then everything is an hour or two.
This is the week for people who have done the Leewards or the Med and want the rustic Caribbean: tiny islands, beach shacks, locals you get to know, and anchorages where yours is the only boat. Legs are approximate, at a steady ten knots, and the captain adjusts them for the weather on the day.
What the week costs
The yacht's published weekly rate, plus an Advance Provisioning Allowance, customarily 30 percent, for fuel, food, drink and berths, plus local VAT where it applies. Every listing shows its rate.
How charter pricing worksAlso on this coast
Everything we know about Caribbean: when to go, where the fleet is and the other weeks we have planned.
Open CaribbeanWoven into the week
The parts of the week that need a phone call before you arrive: tables, guides, instructors and the toys on deck.
Reefs off almost every anchorage, a dive instructor on most yachts, and gear for everyone. The Tobago Cays, Anegada's Horseshoe Reef and the Indians in the BVI are the ones people talk about afterwards.
The beach picnicThe crew land a table, chairs, umbrellas and a kitchen on a beach with nobody else on it and cook lunch there. Anguilla is the best place in the Caribbean for one; the crew will find the others.
Seabobs, paddleboards, wakeboards, the slide if the yacht has one. In the Caribbean the water is the point, and the crew have them in by the time breakfast is cleared.
The Tobago Cays boatmen grill lobster on the beach at Petit Bateau at sunset. The crew set the table; the boatmen do the rest.
No problem. Most of the islands have a small airstrip and propeller planes run back to the gateway airport, so a mid-charter changeover is a short flight rather than the boat turning round.
A guided hike up La Soufrière on the way south, from the leeward side. Four hours up and down, and a crater lake at the top. Adds a night at Wallilabou or Cumberland Bay.
Yachts
Live from our charter list, in a different order every visit so you see the range. Every rate is the real weekly figure from the listing.
CORAL OCEAN
Lürssen · 73m · 1994, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 28 crew
€650k – 790k
SLEEPOVER
Westport · 34m · 2008, refit 2021
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
$65k – 75k
QARA
Horizon · 25m · 2001, refit 2023
6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
$37k – 42k
FRIENDSHIP
Oceanco · 53m · 2000, refit 2022
12 guests | 6 cabins | 12 crew
€245k – 265k
OKINAWA
Fountaine Pajot · 18m · 2024
10 guests | 5 cabins | 3 crew
$47k – 63k
Q
Alloy Yachts · 52m · 2008, refit 2024
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
€255k
CROSSED SABRE
Burger · 44m · 2006, refit 2021
12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew
$175k – 195k
ONYX
Nautor's Swan · 30m · 2005, refit 2021
6 guests | 3 cabins | 4 crew
Price on request
ARAOK
Fountaine Pajot · 18m · 2018, refit 2024
6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
€25k – 29k
PARSIFAL III
Perini Navi · 54m · 2005, refit 2024
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
€245k
SUNMOON
Fountaine Pajot · 20m · 2024
10 guests | 5 cabins | 3 crew
€42k – 65k
CHRISTINA O
Canadian Vickers · 99m · 1943, refit 2022
34 guests | 17 cabins | 40 crew
€700k – 740k
SEA BLISS
Sunreef Yachts · 23m · 2024
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
€63k – 70k
Just Enough
43m · 2012, refit 2024
11 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
$119k – 139k
The Peddler
Custom Line · 26m · 2019
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
$69k – 74k
ENCORE
Sunreef Yachts · 18m · 2026
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
$56k – 62k
ST DAVID
Benetti · 60m · 2008, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 15 crew
€340k – 360k
HUNTRESS
Lurssen · 76m · 2009, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 22 crew
$695k – 775k
WHISPER
Holland Jachtbouw · 35m · 2003, refit 2019
6 guests | 3 cabins | 5 crew
Price on request
ELVIS MAGIC
Oyster Marine · 20m · 2003, refit 2025
6 guests | 3 cabins | 2 crew
$25k – 288k
LE PONANT
Société Française de Construction Navale (SFCN) · 84m · 1990, refit 2022
32 guests | 16 cabins | 34 crew
€540k
BELLA
Feadship · 45m · 2008, refit 2014
12 guests | 6 cabins | 9 crew
€245k – 255k
Avanti
Privilege · 22m · 2005, refit 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
$51k – 55k
Chakra
Devonport · 86m · 1998, refit 2025
24 guests | 19 cabins | 30 crew
€495k
REVERIE
Feadship · 50m · 2000, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 12 crew
$255k – 295k
ALFA G
Oceanco · 60m · 2004, refit 2024
12 guests | 7 cabins | 17 crew
€400k – 440k
GRAND ILLUSION
Palmer Johnson · 44m · 1994, refit 2017
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
$115k – 125k
ALEXA OF LONDON
38m · 1992, refit 2025
9 guests | 4 cabins | 5 crew
€65k – 70k
SWEET CAROLINE II
Trinity Yachts · 50m · 2009, refit 2021
12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew
$199k – 230k
SHADES OF GREY
Sunreef Yachts · 24m · 2024
9 guests | 4 cabins | 5 crew
€70k – 80k
NO SURRENDER
Custom Line · 37m · 2022
11 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
$140k – 155k
YOLO
Sunreef Yachts · 22m · 2022
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
€59k – 70k
WONDERFUL
Gunboat · 22m · 2023
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
€55k – 69k
Louder
Horizon · 27m · 2020, refit 2026
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
$85k – 95k
HOUBARA
Sunreef Yachts · 24m · 2012, refit 2026
7 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
€34k – 45k
LUCKY LADY
Oceanco · 63m · 2002, refit 2025
10 guests | 5 cabins | 15 crew
€310k – 355k
Lady Joy
Christensen · 48m · 2007, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 11 crew
$199k – 225k
NORTHERN STAR
Hinckley · 23m · 1993, refit 2022
6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew
$52k – 60k
CALYPSO
Feadship · 38m · 1978, refit 2025
11 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
$120k – 135k
LOOMA
Fountaine Pajot · 20m · 2023
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
$48k – 65k
YKNOT NOW
YYachts · 23m · 2020
6 guests | 3 cabins | 2 crew
€24k – 38k
SOVEREIGN
Burger · 30m · 1966, refit 2020
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
$48k – 50k
REVE BLEU
Lagoon · 21m · 2023
8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew
$55k – 72k
MISS CHRISTINE
Trinity Yachts · 48m · 2006, refit 2024
11 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
$165k – 190k
FRENCH WEST
Lagoon · 24m · 2020
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
$55k – 72k
SPIRIT OF THE C'S
Perini Navi · 64m · 2003, refit 2023
12 guests | 5 cabins | 13 crew
€210k – 230k
OCEAN CLUB
Trinity Yachts · 49m · 2009, refit 2025
12 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
$195k – 250k
NEVER ENOUGH
Feadship · 43m · 1992, refit 2019
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
$110k – 127k
48 yachts in rotation. The order changes with every visit so no boat is always last.
Make it two weeks
A week is one country. Two weeks reaches the neighbour across the water, and the crossing is part of the trip. Each of these joins onto this week; choose one and we send both weeks, day by day, as one plan.
The other weeks we have planned on this coast, and when to go.
