Winter sun, sandbars and warm water
When the Mediterranean closes for winter, the Caribbean opens. St Barths, Anguilla and the Virgin Islands offer short sails, powder beaches and water warm enough to stay in all day.
Best months
Dark = best · light = good · grey = off season
December to April is the season, with Christmas and New Year the most in-demand weeks. Hurricane season runs June to November.
Sample route
St Barths, Anguilla and the BVI — 7 nights · St Martin to St Martin · approx. 180 NM
- Day 1St Martin to St Barths
Board in the afternoon, a short hop to Gustavia, dinner ashore.
- Day 2St Barths
Colombier and Gouverneur for swimming, Shell Beach for the evening.
- Day 3Anguilla
Sandy Island and Meads Bay, lunch with your feet in the sand.
- Day 4Crossing to the Virgins
A morning passage west to Virgin Gorda, arriving for sundowners.
- Day 5The Baths and North Sound
The granite pools at first light, then kite boards and tenders in the Sound.
- Day 6Jost Van Dyke and Norman Island
White Bay in the morning, snorkelling the caves in the afternoon.
- Day 7Back east
A last swim off Tintamarre before returning to St Martin for disembarkation.
Yachts that suit Caribbean
- Lady BrittMediterranean in summer, Caribbean in winter.
- CatamaransShallow draft for the best beaches and sandbars.
- Motor yachtsThe classic St Barths and Anguilla week.
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