One long chain of small islands running north from Grenada through Carriacou and into St Vincent’s Grenadines — small populations, few big resorts, and a working economy of fishing, farming and boatbuilding that tourism sits alongside rather than replaces.
Sailing conditions
The trade winds are steady and reliable, and the islands sit far enough apart that most passages are proper stretches of open water rather than short hops — the crossing from Grenada to Carriacou is usually planned as a dedicated sail with an eye on the weather. Grenada also sits at the southern edge of the main hurricane belt, which is why so many yachts base there through the season.
On the water and on shore
Grenada is the "Spice Isle" — nutmeg and cocoa plantations inland, waterfalls like Concord and Annandale, and St George’s a genuinely pretty working harbour town. North of Grenada, Carriacou is quieter still, with Tyrrel Bay the main anchorage and Sandy Island off Hillsborough good for a swim. Crossing into St Vincent and the Grenadines, the Tobago Cays Marine Park is the standout — uninhabited islets inside Horseshoe Reef where turtles are a near-certainty. Mayreau’s Salt Whistle Bay, Union Island’s harbour at Clifton, and Bequia’s Admiralty Bay — still tied to its whaling and model-boatbuilding history — round out a route that keeps changing character island to island.
Chartering Grenada and the Grenadines with LV
This route runs through two countries as it heads north from Grenada, so we plan the stops and the pace around that rather than just plotting a straight line — along with the longer open-water passages, so the itinerary, yacht and crew all suit a route with real sea time between stops.
