Destinations
Coastlines we know well.
Destinations
The 25th parallel runs through Miami, the Bahamas, Cuba, and across the Atlantic toward the Mediterranean. These are the waters we charter — and the ones we keep returning to.
01 · South Florida
The 25th parallel begins here.
Miami, Fort Lauderdale, the Keys. The launch point for day charters and Bahamas crossings. Winter is the season — November through April — when the water settles and the light turns gold.
02 · The Bahamas
Forty thousand square miles of clear water.
Bimini for crossings, the Exumas for the sandbars and swimming pigs, Eleuthera for the pink sand, the Abacos for the protected cruising grounds. A short hop from Florida, an entirely different sea.
03 · The Virgin Islands
An archipelago made for chartering.
St Thomas, St John, Tortola, Virgin Gorda. Short passages between anchorages, reliable trade winds, the Baths at sunrise. The classic first-time Caribbean charter, and still the one many return to.
04 · Leewards & Windwards
St Barts and the islands south.
St Barts in the high season — Christmas through New Year, then again in March. Anguilla's beaches. The Grenadines for the quiet weeks: Bequia, Mustique, Mayreau, Tobago Cays.
05 · Western Mediterranean
Côte d'Azur to the Balearics.
Antibes, Saint-Tropez, Porto Cervo. The summer circuit. Best in June and September — July and August are crowded and we will say so. Crossings to Corsica and Sardinia from the French coast take a single overnight.
06 · Central Mediterranean
Amalfi, Sicily, the Aeolians.
Capri at dawn before the day-trippers arrive. The Amalfi coast in late September. The Aeolian Islands for a quieter week — Stromboli at night, Salina for lunch ashore, Filicudi for a deserted anchorage.
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