St Vincent and the Grenadines / Special Interests / Yachts clubs and marinas

The main marinas in St Vincent are in the south-east of the island, to the east of Villa, but no more than a 10 minute drive from the airport.

The longest standing facility is at Blue Lagoon, where a handful of charter companies are based. Facilities include showers, a laundrette, a restaurant and bar, internet café and a small supermarket that can provide all you need in the way of provisioning services. There is a new marina in Calliaqua nearby. It is fully equipped, offers repair facilities and has berths for around 40 yachts.

If you arrive by sea, Customs and Immigration can be cleared at Kingstown harbour and ET Joshua Airport or at Port Elizabeth in Bequia.

Sam’s Taxi Tours - Caters to yachtsmen, offering mooring and customs and immigration clearance.

Bequia

Customs and Immigration are both located at the harbour jetty in Port Elizabeth.

Admiralty Bay, an excellent natural harbour and a favourite anchorage, has easy access to the very pretty waterfront of Port Elizabeth. There are other anchorages on the south side of the island, particularly Friendship Bay

The charismatic local character Winston Simmons (known to everyone as African) will find you a mooring for a reasonable fee or offer you some useful advice about the harbour. He is easily contacted on VHF CH68.

Mustique

There is a jetty located in Britannia Bay and immigration and customs clearance is at the airport. There are 28 moorings controlled by Mustique Moorings, VHF 16/68. Sailing vessels carrying more than 25 people are not permitted.

Canouan

Charlestown Bay, the main anchorage, is marked by red and green beacons. Contact Marcus, known locally as ‘Iceman’, for fuel, ice, water and moorings. VHF 16. Canouan Foodstore, right by the Moorings, has a good selection of provisions. There are day anchorages in the isolated bays in the north of the island.

Mayreau

There are good anchorages in Saline Bay and Saltwhistle Bay. Onshore you will find just a couple of small food stores offering the basics.

Union Island

Union Island is a useful stopover with plenty of possibility if you need to provision or repair your yacht. There are 15 berths in the main harbour at Bougainvilla, where dockage, ice and water is available. Anchorage Yacht Club Hotel & Marina, also has dockage. By the airport in Clifton, boat repairs and gas are available with Laurent.

The island is the last port of call before you arrive in Grenadian territory to the south and so can clear Customs and Immigration here. With its air connections, it is also a popular pick up and drop off point for sailors.

Captain Gourmet on Clifton high street, offers full provisioning and a delivery service on high quality food produce.

Tobago Cays

All visitors to the Tobago Cays are required to pay an entry fee of US$4 per person per day. If you decide to sail there the fee will cover 24 hours on the islands and the charge varies on the size of your yacht; 40ft and under costs EC$40, 41ft to 70ft costs EC$50 and 71ft to 100 ft costs EC$60.

There are many good anchorages but no facilities for sailors on the islands.