This coming spring will be our 10th holiday in the Windwards. We have always used Barefoot Yacht Charters out of Blue Lagoon, St. Vincent. It is a great family run 'boutique' charter company with good amenities. This puts you right on the doorstep of the Grenadines, which is where you want to hang. Bequia is only 10 miles and then it's a short hop (25 miles) to Mayreau, Tobago Cays, and Union Island....Carriacou is then only a short trip away. Sailing out of SVG just saves a lot of time vs. chartering out of St. Lucia or Grenada. At the end of the charter, we have dropped the boat off in Bequia and then spend a couple of days on that island before taking the ferry back to St. Vincent to catch out flight.

We fly into Barbados and then to SVG on Liat (with minimal problems). We actually plan an overnight in Barbados as part of our trip as the Oistens Fish Market can't be missed - incredible Bajan cooking.