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.
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 to 40 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
HOLDIN' MY OWN
Turquoise · 55m · 2011, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 13 crew
€350k – 390k
HEMISPHERE
Pendennis · 44m · 2011, refit 2023
12 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
US$260k – 280k
KOJU
Benetti · 37m · 2022
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$160k – 175k
SEVEN SINS
Sanlorenzo · 52m · 2017
10 guests | 5 cabins | 11 crew
US$300k – 315k
REMEMBER WHEN
Christensen · 49m · 2011, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 10 crew
US$230k – 260k
SLIPSTREAM
CMN · 60m · 2009
12 guests | 6 cabins | 15 crew
€350k – 455k
SIREN
Nobiskrug · 74m · 2008, refit 2018
12 guests | 6 cabins | 18 crew
€500k – 580k
NORTH STAR
Sunrise Yachts · 63m · 2019, refit 2021
12 guests | 6 cabins | 16 crew
€430k
CARPE DIEM
Trinity Yachts · 58m · 2011, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 11 crew
€294k – 375k
AKULA
Baglietto · 52m · 2024
10 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
US$325k – 350k
SPIRIT
Amels · 54m · 2011, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 14 crew
€295k – 325k
SURINA
Trident · 45m · 2000, refit 2022
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$148k – 168k
MOUSEA
Sunseeker · 40m · 2016, refit 2026
10 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
€169k – 187k
SYCARA V
Nobiskrug · 68m · 2010, refit 2024
12 guests | 7 cabins | 16 crew
US$650k
DIRT POOR
Trinity Yachts · 49m · 2007, refit 2026
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$195k – 225k
NEFESH
Lagoon · 23m · 2022
6 guests | 3 cabins | 4 crew
€49k – 69k
OCULUS
Numarine · 37m · 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 7 crew
US$180k – 210k
LAUREL
Delta Marine · 73m · 2006, refit 2014
12 guests | 7 cabins | 24 crew
€525k
ADASTRA
Moonen · 37m · 2025
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$168k – 182k
CynderElla
Hargrave · 35m · 2022
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
US$125k – 145k
JODI ANN
Benetti · 43m · 2019, refit 2025
10 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$199k – 228k
ODESSA
Christensen · 49m · 2009, refit 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 9 crew
US$250k – 275k
LES CINQ
Feadship · 76m · 2025
12 guests | 6 cabins | 21 crew
€825k – 930k
ILLUSION
Heesen · 65m · 2013, refit 2019
12 guests | 6 cabins | 15 crew
Price on request
ALTA
Palmer Johnson · 44m · 2004, refit 2024
11 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
€185k – 220k
ARTHURS WAY
Benetti · 44m · 2007, refit 2025
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$150k – 165k
BLU
Breaux Bay · 38m · 1979, refit 2025
8 guests | 4 cabins | 6 crew
US$95k – 115k
VICTORIA DEL MAR
Delta Marine · 50m · 2006, refit 2026
12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew
€245k – 270k
NORMA JEAN
Palmer Johnson · 46m · 2009, refit 2024
10 guests | 5 cabins | 8 crew
US$160k – 180k
AWAY
Sanlorenzo · 37m · 2009, refit 2023
10 guests | 5 cabins | 7 crew
US$120k – 145k
TITANIA
Lurssen · 73m · 2006, refit 2018
12 guests | 7 cabins | 21 crew
€660k – 760k
SEA CLASS
Christensen · 47m · 1997, refit 2024
12 guests | 6 cabins | 10 crew
US$190k – 230k
LA LA LAND
Sanlorenzo · 44m · 2023
12 guests | 5 cabins | 10 crew
€325k – 390k
LAURENTIA
Heesen · 55m · 2017
12 guests | 6 cabins | 13 crew
Price on request
NAILED IT
Viking Yachts · 25m · 2017, refit 2026
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
US$55k
MUCHOS MAS
Crescent Yachts · 44m · 2016, refit 2025
11 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$198k – 238k
BATON ROUGE
Icon · 63m · 2010, refit 2026
12 guests | 7 cabins | 18 crew
€455k – 500k
Katana
Westport · 26m · 2012
8 guests | 4 cabins | 3 crew
US$48k – 54k
ATLAS
Lurssen · 74m · 2007, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 19 crew
US$950k
DEJA TOO
Amels · 52m · 2003, refit 2025
11 guests | 6 cabins | 13 crew
€259k – 280k
BATELLO
Oceanco · 80m · 2007, refit 2025
12 guests | 9 cabins | 26 crew
€735k – 850k
JOY
Feadship · 70m · 2016
12 guests | 7 cabins | 19 crew
€650k – 780k
SYNTHESIS
Amels · 74m · 2021, refit 2026
12 guests | 6 cabins | 19 crew
US$830k – 930k
MAVERICK
Mangusta (Overmarine) · 50m · 2022
12 guests | 6 cabins | 11 crew
US$295k – 320k
BARBARA
Oceanco · 89m · 2017
12 guests | 8 cabins | 27 crew
Price on request
AVALON
Delta Marine · 46m · 2009, refit 2024
12 guests | 5 cabins | 9 crew
US$185k – 230k
AS YOU WISH
Westport · 50m · 2011, refit 2026
12 guests | 7 cabins | 11 crew
US$252k – 277k
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.
