Water sports equipment

• 2×2 seaters kayaks,
• windsurf,
• water-skiing,
• wakeboard,
• snorkeling.

If you wish it, you can practise the scuba diving. We can take care to book an appointment with a local club.

Fishing equipment

Beach equipment

• Games, sea mattress, towing ring, beach towels.

You can also avail of the top-of-the-range indoor equipment :

• Wii games console with 12 games and 4 joysticks,
• Plasma TV screen in the saloon,
• TV in each cabin,
• DVD player,
• CD player with spekers aft and in the interior saloon,
• Numerous books, DVD and CD,
• Table games (scrabble, Uno, card game, etc.).

Discover the Windward Islands (St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines)

• Many mooring places and paradisiacal, often-deserted beaches where you can savour the pleasure of lazing on the beach.
• Excursions to discover local villages, stunning locations and breath-taking scenery.
• Local markets where you can discover all the local produce, tropical fruit and vegetables, spices and flowers.

Nightlife

• Many restaurants, casinos and discotheques.

Sailing in Martinique and  the Grenadines

Sample itinerary:

The GRENADINES 8 DAYS/7 NIGHTS

Day 1 : Fort de France / Ste Anne (1/2 h)

Your catamaran waits for you in the marina of  Le Marin in the South of the island from 6 pm. Le Marin is a peaceful village enclosing a profound bay, line with mangrove swamps, strewed with cliffs and with îlets, closed by a narrow isthmus protecting her from the swell and the winds. First marina of sailing of Lesser Antilles, it is the front door by excellence cruises due to leave for Grenadines! Welcome on board by your crew and installation in cabin. Departure for the first mooring to Ste Anne, a traditional village lined by a very beautiful beach. Dinner and night on board.

Day 2 :  Sainte Anne / BEQUIA (10 h)

Departure early. Day of navigation until Bequia by following successively the coast of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent. You will discover in particular Les Deux Pitons, peaking in 800 m over the town of La Soufrière. Have lunch in navigation. More in the South, on the island of Saint Vincent, succeeds one another hills of luxuriant rain forests and deserted shingle beaches. To Bequia (pronounce « Békoué »), first one of the islands of the archipelago of Grenadines, you are closed in the harbor of Admiralty Bay. The capital Port Elisabeth is a livened up town bars of which show proudly the portrait of the Queen of England, mark of the attachment in the ancient colonial power. Dinner and night on board.

Day 3 : BEQUIA / MOUSTIQUE / MAYREAU (4 h)

Breakfast on board. Discover Mosquito the island of the « Jet set », all Hollywood and the eminent princely faces of the planet! Luxury hotels, intimate villas, sélects bars and gourmet restaurants compose a sophisticated universe surprising in the heart of the tropical paradise of Grenadines. In the mooring, the bathing and the nautical activities: free dive, kayak, windsurfing board, wake board. After the lunch, the visit on foot of the island and its beaches. Departure for Mayreau late in the afternoon. Mooring for night in front of the beach of Saline Bay. Dinner and night on board.

Day 4 : MAYREAU / TOBAGO CAYS (1/2 h)

Mayreau is the island the least populated with the archipelago with approximately 300 inhabitants. The only village, accessible within one hour on foot since the beach of Saline Bay, is worth seeing for its small houses, bars and colored wooden restaurants, its small church in stones set up at the top of a hill where the panorama on the nearby islands is magnificent. At the end of morning, short navigation towards famous Tobago Cays in îlets, lagoons and cliffs crowning the most beautiful lagoon of Granadines. Lunch in the heart of this tropical paradise. Bathing in the submarine spectacular of coral reefs, in low depth and in freestyle with flippers, mask and snorkel. Taste with happiness the pleasure of the idleness on fine sand beaches. Take advantage of numerous nautical activities on board: free dive, kayak, windsurfing board, wake board. Venture on the paths of the desert islands in the discovery of the cactus, the frangipani trees and the endemic shrubs. Dinner and night on board.

Day 5 : TOBAGO CAYS / ST VINCENT (4 h)

After the breakfast, still take advantage of this paradisiac place and its coral reef. Departure after the lunch and the navigation towards Cumberland Bay under saint Vincent’s wind. After the dinner taken on board, you can finish the evening to the « BLACK BARON » in a décor of  » Pirates of the Caribbean », very warm atmosphere.

Day 6 : SAINT VINCENT / SAINTE LUCIE (4 h)

Breakfast on board. Optional, a ballad in taxi on the island is proposed to you: typical village, panorama, waterfall. After the lunch, the navigation towards 2 Pitons, saint Lucie’s emblem. Dinner and night on board.

Day 7 : SAINTE LUCIE / STE ANNE (MARTINIQUE) (3 h 30)

Breakfast on board. Optional, excursion in the heart of the mountain covered with a dense vegetation, a visit of the botanical garden, the walk in the crater of La Soufrière always in service, the bathing in mineral springs and waterfall of warm water. Lunch in Oxbow lake and navigation in the afternoon to Ste Anne in Martinique. Dinner and night on board.

Day 8 : SAINTE ANNE / LE MARIN (3 h 30)

Breakfast on board. Short navigation and disembarkation in the marina of Le Marin at 10 am.

Discover the Mediterranean islands (Corsica, Tuscan islands, Sardinia, Balearics)

• Many mooring places and paradisiacal, often-deserted beaches where you can savour the pleasure of lazing on the beach.
• Excursions to discover local villages, stunning locations and breath-taking scenery.
• Local markets where you can discover all the local produce.

Nightlife

• Many restaurants, casinos and discotheques.

Sailing in Corsica

In a week’s charter, you can sail along the West coast and discover Calvi, Cargese, Girolata, the Lavezzi Islands, Bonifacio or go to the Tuscan islands, Capraia and Elba.

In two weeks, you have enough time to go around the island. Corsica has some very beautiful white sandy beaches, quaint Corsican villages, museums and diving spots of global renown. Don’t miss an opportunity to experience the unique culinary style.

 

Sample of itinerary:

FROM MACINAGGIO TO THE TUSCAN ISLANDS AND NORTH CORSICA             8 DAYS/7 NIGHTS

DAY 1 : MACINAGGIO/CAPRAIA (3 h)

The rare beauty of this island can be best appreciated from the sea: dotting the coast the island presents charming coves, ancient watch towers and islets where seagulls nest. With only a three hour sail from Macinaggio, there is a small old harbour with a safe and clean anchorage to moor should all berths be taken.

DAY 2 : CAPRAIA/PORTO FERRAIO (ELBA) (3 h)

The Island of Elba and its beautiful, 16th C. Florentine harbour of Portoferraio lies a few miles off the coast of Tuscany, within sight of Corsica and several neighboring islands. Famed as the exile of Napoleon, Elba has been prized through the ages for its abundant mineral wealth and natural beauty.

DAY 3 : PORTO FERRAIO/PORTO AZZURO (ELBA) (2 h)

This harbour was named « Porto Longone », when the citadel above was a prison for hardened criminals, and in Italy this name has always been associated with them. And it is because of this, that the name was changed to Porto Azzuro in order to break this association. Many excellent restaurants and pizzerias are situated around the harbour.

DAY 4 : PORTO AZZURO/MARCIANA MARINA (ELBA) (3 h)

Pretty Marina with superb restaurants and the possibility of obtaining water and electricity, if required. In this little village you can enjoy the Tuscan way of life and take time to ascend « Monte Capanne », the highest peak of the Island.

DAY 5 : MARCIANA MARINA/BASTIA (4.30 h)

Three harbours in this city « The vieux port », picturesque old fishing harbour in the centre of the old town, with good restaurants and attractive shops; the marina « Port Toga » in the north of the city, as good facilities but very uncomfortable with E/NE winds and « Port Saint Nicolas » the commercial harbour which is reserved for the ferries and cargo ships.

DAY 6 : BASTIA/CENTURI (3 h)

This beautiful fishing harbour is to small to try and enter with a sailing boat, but the anchorage in front of it is extremely pleasant and safe even allowing for strong winds which may blow from SW to NW. This first or last stop near our base in Macinaggio will leave you with pleasant memories of the traditional Corsican fish based food.

DAY 7 : CENTURI/MACINAGGIO (1. 30 h)

Return to Macinaggio in the afternoon.

DAY 8 : MACINAGGIO

Disembarkation.