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Caribbean Charter
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CRUISING GROUNDS
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During the Winter and Spring (December to May) Stormbird is based at Village Cay Tortola from where she cruises the delightful British Virgin Islands.
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In the Summer months she heads South and clear of the Hurricane belt to Grenada, the heart of the ‘old Caribbean’, from where the Grenadines Island chain is only a short sail away.
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British Virgin Islands
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A perennial delight to yachtsmen and land lovers alike, some 60 islands of the BVI have succeeded in safeguarding their special charm from the inroads of mass tourism. However the secret is out as an increasing number of escapists discover this ancient archipelago has many natural advantages - from sanctuaries for exotic fauna and flora to fabulous fishing and dive sites. Among the most frequently visited of the BVI’s handful of inhabited islands are Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Beef Island, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke, Peter, Mosquito and Iguana Island. All of these lilting place names reflect idyllic sites for unwinding and wriggling your toes in the sand and absorbing the pleasures of tranquil sunshine and sapphire seas.
Tortola is Stormbird’s home port and in this friendly and diversified community travellers are tempted with every sort of regional and international cuisine found in a choice of cheerful pastel painted restaurants, former forts, and sugar mills. Palate-pleasing menus feature West Indian specialities of fresh lobster, conch, turtle, spicy goat and curries of every description. An authentic English pub serves Pusser’s Rum, traditional drink of the British Navy for 300 years, as well as a popular fruit flavoured local concoction known as the ‘Painkiller‘.
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Grenada
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Grenada is a rolling mountainous island covered with fragrant spice trees and rare tropical flowers. Bordered by stunning beaches and dotted with picturesque towns, this verdant island has long been a major source of nutmeg, cloves, ginger, cinnamon and cocoa. The seductive scents drift through, the colourful Saturday Markets and Grenada’s dense forests. In the interior of this volcanic island are cascading rivers and waterfalls, lush rainforests, and one of the most breathtakingly beautiful mountain lakes imaginable. The capital, St George’s, is widely held to be the loveliest city in the Caribbean. Its horseshoe-shaped harbour is surrounded by a pastel rainbow of dockside warehouses and the red-tiled roofs of traditional shops and homes.
The Grenadines form a multi-island nation well known to wintering yachties, aristocrats and rock stars but off the beaten path for most other visitors. Despite its pockets of lotus eating luxury, for the most part it’s a refreshingly rugged and raw-edged backwater.
The 30 islands and cays that comprise the Grenadines are among the most popular cruising grounds in the Caribbean. They reach like stepping stones between St Vincent and Grenada and are surrounded by coral reefs and clear blue waters ideal for diving, snorkelling and boating. Fewer than a dozen are inhabited and even these are lightly populated and barely developed.
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