PORTS OF THE CARIBBEAN
Though it was once considered a niche market, new figures suggest that more than 10 million sailing holidays are taken each year - with new marinas and ports in the planning to keep up with the demand across the Caribbean isles. Most Caribbean islands have several options for docking, due to its huge popularity with the sailing scene. Due to the spread of the Caribbean islands, itineraries tare typically established by region: Eastern Caribbean, Western Caribbean, and the up-and-coming region of the Southern Caribbean.
Typical Eastern Caribbean ports of call include San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, and the Bahamas; the British Virgin Islands also may be included.
Western Caribbean itineraries typically include Grand Cayman, Jamaica, the Mexican Caribbean, and sometimes Central American destinations like Belize and Honduras.
Yachts sailing the Southern Caribbean isles usually incorporate the French West Indies and the ABC Islands, with possible stops in Martinique, Guadaloupe, St. Barts, St. Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, Aruba, Bonaire, andCuracao.
Entry points with larger capacity moorings include:
Antigua: St. John
Anguilla: Blowing Point
Aruba: Oranjestad
Bahamas: Nassau, Lucaya (Grand Bahama Island)
Barbados: Bridgetown
Belize: Belize City
Bermuda: Hamilton, St. George, Royal Navy Dockyard
Bonaire: Kralendijk
British Virgin Islands: Tortola, Virgin Gorda
Cayman Islands: George Town (Grand Cayman)
Colombia: Cartagena
Costa Rica: Puerto Limon
Cuba: Havana
Curacao: Willemstad
Dominica: Roseau
DominicanRepublic: Santo Domingo, Isla Catalina, Puerto Plata
Florida Keys: Key West
Grenada: St. George
Guadeloupe: Pointe-a-Pitre, Iles des Saintes
Guatemala: Santo Tomas de Castilla
Guyana: Georgetown
Honduras: Roatan
Jamaica: MontegoBay, Ocho Rios, Falmouth
Martinique: Fort de France
MexicanCaribbean: Cozumel, Costa Maya
Nevis: Charleston
Panama: Cristobal
Puerto Rico: San Juan
St. Barts: Gustavia
St. Kitts: Basse-Terre
St. Lucia: Castries
St. Maarten/St. Martin: Philipsburg, Marigot
St. Vincent: Kingstown
Suriname: Paramaribo
Trinidad and Tobago: Port of Spain, Trinidad, and Scarborough, Tobago
Turks & Caicos: Grand Turk
U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John
Venezuela: Isla Margarita
