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While we can't cover every combination for you, there is more than enough information to give you a sense for how you can island hop, and how long it might take. here
See full version: Sailing Time Between All Caribbean Islands (Tables; Tips)
While we can't cover every combination for you, there is more than enough information to give you a sense for how you can island hop, and how long it might take. here
Statia's open roadstead anchorage can be uncomfortable in the wrong winds, so watch the weather. Nearby Saba isn't recommended as a strong wind anchorage, either. [links]
Although St. John's is a major port, it's not a small boat friendly harbor. Most sailing yachts come to Falmouth/English Harbour, though you can also clear in to Jolly Harbour, but there is not much of an anchorage. [links]
You will find a table for each major island or island group and distances to common passages from that island. The assumption is you are leaving from and heading to the closest major ports of entry on each island, your time sailing across the island or cruising from one end to the other isn't factored in. here
So why are we getting into this? To give you a sense of why and how you might plan your sailing itineraries. Most island hopping is in the Eastern Caribbean, in the Windward and Leeward Islands. That's where you find most of the small island nations and territories you can sail between in less than a day.
We're proud to unveil our Sailing Distance Calculator - helping to make passage planning for your sailing holiday so much easier! Want to find out how far it is to that little bay you've been recommended, or that must-see Taverna? The answers are right here! here
How does it work? [links]
Our Calculator makes planning your sailing holiday a little more 'Plain Sailing'. [links]
TOP TIP: If you’re after a leisurely sailing holiday (doing 4-5 hours of sailing a day), we’d recommend sailing around 20-25 nM a day. here
The winds around Antigua have been blowing reliable for centuries, if not longer – it’s the trade winds, which arrive in the Caribbean from right across the Atlantic Ocean, and are what bought the first European explorers, including Christopher Columbus himself, over to discover the Americas.
There's a fuelling berth in Jolly Harbour, so be sure to head there before returning your boat on the final day. here
We’re heading to the next bay down from Saint Johns, which is the sheltered Deep Bay. The beach here may well end up being your favourite beach of the holiday - it offers pristine palm-lined sands and a magnificent sunset – the only downside to it being a bit of a hidden gem is that there isn’t a beach bar here. here
Antigua is a superb place for a sailing holiday: super-reliable trade winds traverse the Atlantic Ocean to blow across the islands to offer exhilarating sailing conditions, it’s almost constantly sunny, and the seas are delightfully warm. Add in the vast range of anchorages, stunning beaches, superlative bars, tasty restaurants, some welcoming locals and outstanding rum, and you have yourself a thrilling holiday destination. here
Over six days, that’s an average of 14 nM of distance to cover a day, or 2-3 hours of meaningful sailing a day, which leaves plenty of time to explore your start or end points, spend time tinkering with the sails, or stopping-off for breaks at the beaches or towns along the way. It’s only a six-day itinerary because you won’t normally be able to board the boat until late on Saturday afternoon, and you have to return the boat to base on the Friday evening (but you can stay on-board in the marina for one last night), which means sailing from Sunday to Friday (or 6 glorious days).
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Sailing from BVI to St Maarten - Anegada Passage - April 27 2013
Hello Everyone,
The time arrived at the end of April to conclude our winter respite in the British Virgin Islands and begin the next leg of our voyage - heading south through the Caribbean island chain so that, come summertime which is hurricane season, we would be out of the hurricane belt.
Checking the weather forecast on WindGURU we saw light wind conditions predicted for Thursday April 25 and Friday April 26. On Friday, the wind was predicted to be slightly more ENE rather than E and since we were going to set sail from North Sound in Virgin Gorda at the most northern end of the BVI we would have not-bad angle on an ENE wind. If we left very early on Friday morning there was a good chance we'd be able to make the 12-hour passage under sail, at least for part of the day. (Of course you could skip St Maarten altogether and sail southeast to islands further down the chain to avoid a headwind bash but St Maarten is a great place to stock up on provisions, fuel, and chandlery items before sailing down-island so we really wanted to stop there.) here
The Cruising Guide to the BVI by Nancy and Simon Scott have a good section on options for sailing south from the BVI to the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean. here