St Lucia to Grenada · 7 nights · Rodney Bay or Marigot Bay, St Lucia to St George's, Grenada

A week in the Grenadines: St Lucia to 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.

Planned by the Ahoy Club charter team and reshaped for every yacht and every group we send here.

Best months
December - April
How long
8 Days / 7 Nights
Start and finish
Rodney Bay or Marigot Bay, St Lucia to St George's, Grenada
The pace
8 days, 7 stops
Suits
Family & friends
1

St Lucia

St Lucia, Windward Islands · 16 nm · 1.5 h · Board, then the Pitons by sunset

Day 1, St Lucia

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.

  • The Pitons from the water
  • Sulphur springs and the drive-in volcano
  • First night under Petit Piton
2

Bequia

Bequia, the Grenadines · 56 nm · 5.5 h · The one long leg

Day 2, Bequia

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.

  • A sea day past St Vincent's volcano
  • Admiralty Bay and Port Elizabeth
  • Sundowners at Jack's Beach Bar
3

Mustique

Mustique, the Grenadines · 9 nm · 1 h · Macaroni Beach and Basil's

Day 3, Mustique

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.

  • Macaroni Beach by island mule
  • Lunch at the Cotton House
  • Basil's Bar at sunset
4

Tobago Cays

Tobago Cays, the Grenadines · 19 nm · 2 h · Lunch at Canouan, then the best water in the Windwards

Day 4, Tobago Cays

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.

  • Swim with the turtles at Baradal
  • Horseshoe Reef snorkelling
  • Lobster barbecue on the beach
5

Mayreau

Mayreau, the Grenadines · 3 nm · 20 min · A second day in the Cays, then Saltwhistle Bay

Day 5, Mayreau

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.

  • Saltwhistle Bay
  • The walk to Mayreau's hilltop church
  • A beach day with the toys
6

Petit St Vincent or Carriacou

Petit St Vincent and Carriacou, the Grenadines · 8 to 12 nm · 1 h · The resort, or the quiet

Day 6, Petit St Vincent or Carriacou

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.

  • Petit St Vincent's beach bar
  • Sandy Island off Carriacou
  • Clear into Grenada
7

Grenada

Grenada, Windward Islands · 35 to 39 nm · 4 h · Grand Anse, then the Carenage

Day 7, Grenada

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.

  • Grand Anse beach
  • St George's and the Carenage
  • Farewell dinner on the Spice Island
8

St George's

Grenada, Windward Islands · Alongside · Disembark

Day 8, St George's

Alongside at Port Louis Marina. The airport is twenty minutes away, with direct flights to London and the US.

  • Port Louis Marina
  • Twenty minutes to the airport

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.

  • Sailing
  • Nature
  • Couples
  • Family & friends

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 works

Also on this coast

Everything we know about Caribbean: when to go, where the fleet is and the other weeks we have planned.

Open Caribbean

Woven into the week

What the crew arrange along the way

The parts of the week that need a phone call before you arrive: tables, guides, instructors and the toys on deck.

Diving and snorkelling

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 picnic

The beach picnic

The 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.

The toys, every day

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 lobster barbecue in the Cays

The Tobago Cays boatmen grill lobster on the beach at Petit Bateau at sunset. The crew set the table; the boatmen do the rest.

Guests arriving late or leaving early

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.

  • St Barths, Anguilla, Nevis and Antigua all have strips
  • Virgin Gorda and Beef Island in the BVI
  • Bequia, Canouan and Union Island in the Grenadines

St Vincent's volcano

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.

  • Adds one night
  • Guide and transfers arranged
  • For the fit and the early risers

Yachts

Yachts available in Caribbean right now

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

CORAL OCEAN

Lürssen · 73m · 1994, refit 2026

12 guests | 6 cabins | 28 crew

€650k – 790k

The Peddler

The Peddler

Custom Line · 26m · 2019

8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew

$69k – 74k

MISS CHRISTINE

MISS CHRISTINE

Trinity Yachts · 48m · 2006, refit 2024

11 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew

$165k – 190k

Chakra

Chakra

Devonport · 86m · 1998, refit 2025

24 guests | 19 cabins | 30 crew

€495k

VAGATOR

VAGATOR

Fountaine Pajot · 20m · 2025

8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew

€38k – 57k

CROSSED SABRE

CROSSED SABRE

Burger · 44m · 2006, refit 2021

12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew

$175k – 195k

Southern Belle

Southern Belle

Johnson · 27m · 2006

8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew

$54k – 59k

Vivi

Vivi

Sunreef Yachts · 18m · 2024

8 guests | 3 crew

$53k – 58k

Ascension

Ascension

Lagoon · 19m · 2018, refit 2023

8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew

$38k – 44k

RAY

RAY

Sunreef Yachts · 22m · 2025

8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew

€70k – 77k

NEVER ENOUGH

NEVER ENOUGH

Feadship · 43m · 1992, refit 2019

10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew

$110k – 127k

IL MIO CANTO LIBERO

IL MIO CANTO LIBERO

Nautor's Swan · 32m · 2014, refit 2026

8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew

€85k – 102k

FRENCH WEST

FRENCH WEST

Lagoon · 24m · 2020

8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew

$55k – 72k

Lady Joy

Lady Joy

Christensen · 48m · 2007, refit 2025

12 guests | 6 cabins | 11 crew

$199k – 225k

SIETE MARES

SIETE MARES

Lagoon · 24m · 2025

8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew

€65k – 69k

ENCORE

ENCORE

Sunreef Yachts · 18m · 2026

8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew

$56k – 62k

ELVIS MAGIC

ELVIS MAGIC

Oyster Marine · 20m · 2003, refit 2025

6 guests | 3 cabins | 2 crew

$25k – 26k

LOOMA

LOOMA

Fountaine Pajot · 20m · 2023

8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew

$34k – 65k

YOLO

YOLO

Sunreef Yachts · 22m · 2022

8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew

€59k – 70k

REVA NUI

REVA NUI

Lagoon · 24m · 2025

8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew

€60k – 83k

ENTRE 4

ENTRE 4

Sunreef Yachts · 24m · 2024

8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew

$100k – 125k

QARA

QARA

Horizon · 25m · 2001, refit 2023

6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew

$37k – 42k

UTOPIA IV

UTOPIA IV

Rossinavi · 63m · 2018, refit 2022

12 guests | 6 cabins | 12 crew

$475k – 505k

SHADES OF GREY

SHADES OF GREY

Sunreef · 24m · 2024

9 guests | 4 cabins | 5 crew

€70k – 80k

Aurelius 111

Aurelius 111

DUTCH YACHT BUILDERS · 34m · 2011, refit 2023

6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew

Price on request

Just Enough

Just Enough

43m · 2012, refit 2024

11 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew

$119k – 139k

XENIA 74

XENIA 74

Alliaura Marine Group · 23m · 2012

8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew

$37k

SHADES OF GREY

SHADES OF GREY

Sunreef Yachts · 24m · 2024

9 guests | 4 cabins | 5 crew

€70k – 100k

HOUBARA

HOUBARA

Sunreef Yachts · 24m · 2012, refit 2026

7 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew

€34k – 45k

SEA BLISS

SEA BLISS

Sunreef Yachts · 23m · 2024

8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew

€63k – 70k

KASKAZI FOUR

KASKAZI FOUR

Lagoon · 19m · 2016, refit 2025

8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew

€23k – 30k

ALEXA OF LONDON

ALEXA OF LONDON

38m · 1992, refit 2025

9 guests | 4 cabins | 5 crew

€65k – 70k

MINE GAMES

MINE GAMES

Benetti · 50m · 2023

10 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew

$330k – 350k

VALINOR

VALINOR

Lagoon · 17m · 2023

8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew

€27k – 31k

SWEET CAROLINE II

SWEET CAROLINE II

Trinity Yachts · 50m · 2009, refit 2021

12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew

$19k – 230k

CALYPSO

CALYPSO

Feadship · 38m · 1978, refit 2025

11 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew

$120k – 135k

OCEAN CLUB

OCEAN CLUB

Trinity Yachts · 49m · 2009, refit 2025

12 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew

$195k – 250k

OKINAWA

OKINAWA

Fountaine Pajot · 18m · 2024

10 guests | 5 cabins | 3 crew

$29k – 63k

BELLA

BELLA

Feadship · 45m · 2008, refit 2014

12 guests | 6 cabins | 9 crew

€245k – 255k

ARKTOS

ARKTOS

Lagoon · 24m · 2026

9 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew

€70k – 96k

LE PONANT

LE PONANT

Société Française de Construction Navale (SFCN) · 84m · 1990, refit 2022

32 guests | 16 cabins | 34 crew

€540k

NORTHERN STAR

NORTHERN STAR

Hinckley · 23m · 1993, refit 2022

6 guests | 3 cabins | 3 crew

$52k – 60k

GRAND ILLUSION

GRAND ILLUSION

Palmer Johnson · 44m · 1994, refit 2017

10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew

$115k – 125k

REVE BLEU

REVE BLEU

Lagoon · 21m · 2023

8 guests | 4 cabins | 4 crew

€45k – 60k

TOP FIVE II

TOP FIVE II

Royal Hakvoort · 61m · 2021

12 guests | 7 cabins | 19 crew

$600k – 650k

WHISPER

WHISPER

Holland Jachtbouw · 35m · 2003, refit 2019

6 guests | 3 cabins | 5 crew

Price on request

46 yachts in rotation. The order changes with every visit so no boat is always last.

Make it two weeks

One more week, one more coast

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.

Back to Caribbean

The other weeks we have planned on this coast, and when to go.