St Lucia Charter, any must-sees....or must-avoids?!

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Hello all,
2 years previously I sought and received great tips for an upcoming charter to Antigua and had a very successful trip.
Off to St Lucia in January for a 7 day charter, 4 sailors, not afraid of some longer passages.
A (very) rough itinerary at the moment is to head South, overnighting on west coast of St Lucia on departure day then to Bequia for a night, a few nights in and around Tobago Cays then back north with perhaps 1 night in St Vincent.

Just curious if there are any must-sees or indeed must-avoids(!) along the way?
I have the Doyle cruising guide for the region to aid us.

Thanks,
Bob.
 
Many years ago we chartered out of Martinique and sailed to St Lucia and back. It was great. It took 10 days. You could do a lot worse than do this in reverse. Pitons etc very good and fab food in Martinique
 
BobsFolly said:
Hello all,
2 years previously I sought and received great tips for an upcoming charter to Antigua and had a very successful trip.
Off to St Lucia in January for a 7 day charter, 4 sailors, not afraid of some longer passages.
A (very) rough itinerary at the moment is to head South, overnighting on west coast of St Lucia on departure day then to Bequia for a night, a few nights in and around Tobago Cays then back north with perhaps 1 night in St Vincent.

Just curious if there are any must-sees or indeed must-avoids(!) along the way?
I have the Doyle cruising guide for the region to aid us.

Thanks,
Bob.
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Sounds very doable.

Regarding your return trip north, St Vincent doesn’t have the greatest of reputation as regards security but we’ve stopped in a couple of places without problems. If you want somewhere halfway up the coast try Wallilabou Bay. There is a customs and immigration post there so you can check In and out and it’s also the site where lots of Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed. You’ll find it’s pretty rough and rundown but there’s an interesting ‘sort of’ museum with bits of the set and notes from the director pinned to the wall. The approved way of staying in this bay is to allow one of the boat boys to take a long line, ashore from your stern while you put an anchor down from the bow. The bottom slopes away sharply so it’s very difficult to find a good spot with swinging room to anchor.

We’ve also anchored at the north end of Cumberland Bay on St Vincent but be prepared to be pestered by boat boys looking for gifts or donations, or trying to sell you things. et cetera.
 
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john_morris_uk said:
Sounds very doable.

Regarding your return trip north, St Vincent doesn’t have the greatest of reputation as regards security but we’ve stopped in a couple of places without problems. If you want somewhere halfway up the coast try Wallilabou Bay. There is a customs and immigration post there so you can check In and out and it’s also the site where lots of Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed. You’ll find it’s pretty rough and rundown but there’s an interesting ‘sort of’ museum with bits of the set and notes from the director pinned to the wall. The approved way of staying in this bay is to allow one of the boat boys to take a long line, ashore from your stern while you put an anchor down from the bow. The bottom slopes away sharply so it’s very difficult to find a good spot with swinging room to anchor.

We’ve also anchored at the north end of Cumberland Bay on St Vincent but be prepared to be pestered by boat boys looking for gifts or donations, or trying to sell you things. et cetera.
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That's very helpful, thank you.
I had looked at Wallilabou Bay as a likely stop heading south and perhaps Keartons Bay on the return north.

Bob.
 
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So I’ve just returned a week ago. Did the arc then a 7 day cruise. We headed south to Tobago Cays via Bequia, then Mayreau and then St Vincent. On the way back North Chateaublair to check out and then anchored on St Lucia by the Pitons. Wonderful week tbh.
 
I was about to post a new thread and then saw this. Basically it’s a significant birthday for my wife so looking to charter (3 people) in May from Rodney Bay. Depending on cost could be 10-14 days. Is it better to go down to St Vincent and Grenadines in a loop and return to St Lucia or make it a 1 way trip to Grenada which obviously involves cost of getting boat returned to Rodney Bay. Been to Martinique so only want to go south from St Lucia
 
It is obviously "better" to go one way, downhill. Carriacou is worth a visit, as is the southern tip of Grenada, the bits inbetween not so much so. So it is purely the extra expense as no-one voluntarily does the one way the other way so will probably need a deliveryreturn and flights may be more expensive
 
The Moorings have a base there. Boats seem to be modern and well kept. But that’s a view from the pontoons and not personal experience.
 
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