| The Caribbean offers fantastic sailing trips throughout | | | | smooth sailing, have made this area the favorite sailing |
| the year. Temperatures rarely vary more than a few | | | | area for many North American sailors, particularly in |
| degrees year round. Trade winds blow throughout | | | | the winter months. Because of this, an increase in |
| most of the year, and are strongest and most reliable | | | | numbers of people sailing have increased so |
| during the winter months. Rain showers occur often | | | | dramatically that it is important to come into many |
| throughout the year, but are more frequently during the | | | | anchorages as early in the day as possible. |
| summer months. | | | | Iles des Saintes, Guadeloupe is an archipelago of small, |
| During the summer months there is always a danger | | | | beautiful, mountainous islands lying just a few miles |
| of hurricanes. However, in the southern part of the | | | | south of the main island Guadeloupe. These islands |
| Caribbean, hurricanes are quite rare. Many cruising | | | | consist of two larger islands, Terre d'en Haut and |
| sailors return to the United States during these | | | | Terre d'en Bas, and a number of small rocky, and |
| summer months, and others go further south to | | | | uninhabited islands. There are many good anchorages |
| Grenada,Venezuela, or the Dutch Antilles, which are | | | | throughout this gorgeous area. |
| south of the hurricane zone. | | | | Having 100,000 square miles of stunning blue water just |
| Throughout the Caribbean, there are quite a few | | | | begging to be sailed across, and captivating islands |
| opportunities for amazing sailing trips. Although these | | | | worth exploring from every angle, the Out Islands of |
| are one person's views, the following destinations offer | | | | the Bahamas are the world's premier sailing trip |
| some of the finest sailing in the Caribbean, and | | | | destination. Sailing trips out on the water in a sailboat is |
| throughout the world. | | | | one of true vacation pleasures of visiting the Out |
| St. Lucia is a popular destination for sailing trips, in part | | | | Islands of the Bahamas. This location is key to enjoying |
| because of its popularity. But aside from that, it is | | | | much of what this great island chain has to offer to |
| home to many ports through which sailors can make | | | | sailors. |
| their way onto this beautiful island. As a matter of fact, | | | | Of course, these Caribbean destinations are just a |
| the government of St. Lucia has actively encouraged | | | | few of the many sailing trips available in this area. |
| sailing, with an eye toward making this island one of | | | | There are hundreds of islands in the Caribbean. There |
| the Caribbean's top sailing centers. | | | | are no bad choices, and a true sailor will find no |
| The beauty of the British Virgin Islands, with the short | | | | disappointments in what this sea has to offer. Book a |
| distances between anchorages and the relatively | | | | sailing adventure in the Caribbean and see for yourself. |