Destination Guides · Antigua · St. Martin · Leeward Islands
Islands of the Leewards
A short guide to the anchorages, ashore moments, and best sailing windows for each island reachable from our two home ports — Antigua and St. Martin.
Every named island within a day's sail
The Leeward Islands are a chain of islands curving north and west from Antigua — each a few hours' sail from the next, within the same trade-wind belt. From either home port — Antigua in the south, St. Martin in the north — every named destination is reachable as a day charter or as a stop on a week-long private voyage.
Home port
Antigua
Our home port. 365 beaches, English Harbour's Georgian dockyard, and the calmest sailing waters in the Caribbean.
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30 nautical miles north
Barbuda
Antigua's quiet sister island, 30 nm north. Pink-sand beaches, a frigate-bird sanctuary, and almost no one ashore.
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80 nautical miles north-west
St. Martin
Our second home port. Two countries on one island — French gastronomy, Dutch nightlife, Simpson Bay's anchorages.
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85 nautical miles north
St. Barts
85 nm north of Antigua. Gustavia harbour, Saline Beach, and the most concentrated luxury in the Eastern Caribbean.
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55 nautical miles west
St. Kitts & Nevis
55 nm west of Antigua. Two islands, two volcanoes, Pinney's Beach, and Brimstone Hill fortress — the quietest sail in the Leewards.
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95 nautical miles north
Anguilla
95 nm north of Antigua, just past St. Martin. Long flat island, white-sand cays, and the best beach restaurants in the Caribbean.
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40 nautical miles south
Guadeloupe
40 nm south of Antigua. Two islands shaped like a butterfly — French food, French roads, and the best rainforest in the Eastern Caribbean.
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80 nautical miles south
Dominica
80 nm south of Antigua. The Nature Island — rainforest, hot springs, whale-watching, and the wildest coast in the Lesser Antilles.
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