St Lucia / Special Interests / Sailing & Regattas
As a single island, St Lucia is not one of the Caribbean’s leading sailing areas, but it is a very popular base (particularly in the north around Rodney Bay) and it has a number of good bays for yachts. It is not far from the Grenadines to the south, and Guadeloupe and its islands to the north, so St Lucia is certainly a reasonable starting and dropping off point for a sailing trip in the region.
The north of the island, around Rodney Bay, has been a major anchorage for centuries (it was an important naval base in the days of empire, when the British based in St Lucia and the French in Martinique vied with one another for control of the region).
St Lucia is also the arrival point for ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers), in which yachts crossing the Atlantic for the Caribbean winter sailing season travel together for company and an added level of safety. After as much as a month at sea the celebrations, which take place in early December, are extremely lively.
Sailing & Regattas on St Lucia
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