French Caribbean Charter Itinerary

French Caribbean Itinerary

French Caribbean Yacht Charter
The French Caribbean keeps its own standards. Bread arrives daily by aircraft, the wine list is not an afterthought, and the beaches are managed with a certain indifference to what visitors might expect. St. Barths and St Martin anchor this route at either end.





Between them lie three islands that are not French at all ’ St Kitts, Nevis and Statia ’ volcanic, English or Dutch, and considerably wilder. The contrast is the reason to sail it rather than fly in and stay put.





Every route we shape is a starting point, not a fixed schedule. Stay a second day where the light is right, move with the weather, or follow a captain who knows the cove worth the detour. That freedom is the point of chartering. What follows is one considered way to read the French Caribbean; the rest we tailor to you.
Day 1

Gustavia, St. Barths

Gustavia is a Swedish-built harbour on a French island, which is the sort of thing that happens out here. Boutiques along the quay, superyachts stern-to, and a hill walk to Shell Beach behind. Anchor in St Jean for the afternoon, where the reef splits the bay and the water inside stays flat enough for a paddleboard.
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Day 2

Colombier

Colombier is reachable by tender or on foot and by nothing else, which keeps the bay quiet through the season. Snorkel the reef, take a picnic on the sand, then walk the coastal path over the headland to Flamands, where the swell arrives properly and the beach broadens. Back aboard for the evening.
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Day 3

St Kitts

St Kitts is volcanic and green to the summit. Mount Liamuiga has a crater a mile across, and the climb through rainforest to look into it takes the better part of a day. Brimstone Hill ’ the Gibraltar of the West Indies ’ is the finest fort in the Caribbean. Reefs and wrecks offshore for the divers.
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Day 4

Nevis

Two miles across the strait, and the pace drops again. Nevis is a single volcano wearing a permanent cap of cloud, ringed by beaches and old sugar estates now turned to inns. Nelson married here in 1787. Anchor off Pinney’s, and take afternoon tea somewhere with a lawn running down to the sea.
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Day 5

St Eustatius

Statia is eight square miles, Dutch, and was once the busiest trading port in the Americas ’ the first foreign territory to salute the American flag, for which the British sacked it. Now nothing much happens, which suits the diving: walls, reefs and eighteenth-century wrecks. Climb into The Quill, an extinct crater full of rainforest.
Day 6

St Martin

North again to St Martin, split between France and the Netherlands since 1648 by an agreement neither side has ever needed to enforce. Orient Bay for the beach, Marigot for the market and the patisserie. The French side eats better; the Dutch side stays up later. Both are twenty minutes apart.
Day 7

St Martin

A last morning on the water ’ snorkel, waterski, or simply take coffee on deck and watch the light come up over Anguilla across the channel. Then Marigot for whatever the week requires, and a final lunch in the shade. The French Caribbean does not hurry, and sees no reason why you should.

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