Tall Ship Voyage to Turks & Caicos & Bahamas

Caribbean Sail Northwards to The Bahamas

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Anguilla, St Barts, St Martin (Sint Maarten)

On your way north from Antigua this group of islands offers lots of short but invigorating passages. The whole of Anguilla's coastline has offshore reefs and are rich in fish. Unusual destinations might be Prickly Pear Cay - an offshore desert island with a remote beach bar !

St Barts (St Barthelemy) has the allure of a small island whose economy has always been intricately linked to its excellent harbour. The fine harbour and many sheltered bays for ships meant that it was fought after by the British, Spanish, French, pirates and was eventually given to the Swedes by the French in exchange for free port rights to Gothenburg ! The Swedes made St Barts a free port which it remains today, which is a major reason for its prosperity.

British Virgin Isles

The definitive favourite for Caribbean yacht charter, the British Virgin Isles offer a vast variety of islands and anchorages to explore, wonderful sea swimming and many wooden jetties and waterside bars.

San Salvador - First Landing place of Columbus

If you want to take part in Classic Sailing skippers facination with remote islands then San Salvador is a good one for your logbook. Even a google search on the computer failed to turn up any more information about the first landing place of Columbus.  (Not to be confused with El Salvador !)

Turks & Caicos - Manta Rays

The Turks and Caicos Islands are about 40 low lying islands perched on on the Southeastern end of the Bahamas island chain.  The Caicos typical wild landscape is arid limestone lacking vegetation apart from dense coastal mangroves. They sit on a vast sandbank creating wonderful swimming and those classic turquiose seas that are so bright you need sunglasses on at breakfast time.

Humpback Whale Migration

The Turks are seperated from Caicos group by the Turk Island Passage with a massive ocean trench 1.2 miles deep. A quintessential sleepy Caribbean set of islands that is quietly one of the top dive locations in the world. Even from the deck of a ship you could potentially see manta rays underwater- especially off the walls of the oceanic trench. Between December and April the Turks & Caicos islands sit in the path of the annual humpback whale migration.

British Tall Ship in the Bahamas

The Bahaman chain consists of 700 islands and 2000 smaller sandy cays extending for some 750 miles from South East of Florida to Cuba. The combination of deep oceanic trenches and shallow seas around the islands creates a mecca for divers. They come seeking large wildlife encounters with dolphins, barracuda and sharks in crystal clear visability (regularly down to 100ft or 30m). Over 5 % of the worlds coral reefs are in the Bahamas so bring your diving mask or at least a pair of tinted swimming goggles.

Tall Ship built for disabled crew

US citizens - on your doorstep ?

There are American owned tall ships sailing in the Caribbean but few are true 'hands on' sailing adventures where you are  relied on to be the crew, stand watches, steer the ship and work aloft (correct us if we are wrong). Classic Sailing are unaware of any American or Canadian tall ships ships that will take applications from  crew who want to participate as fully as they can but have a disability - whether it be physical, or a visual or hearing impediment. So if you are a sun starved Canadian or  a US citizen who lives just accross the water in Miami there is nothing to stop you signing up to sail on our purpose designed windjammer 'Tenacious.'

Caribbean style Itinerary

As with all our sailing holidays the Captain has many considerations to plan for when choosing the weeks itinerary so these islands are only an informed guess at where you might sail. 

Weather, swell from unusual directions, customs clearance regulations and new marine wildlife reserve anchoring restrictions or even booking an alongside berth to change crews, fuel or water the ship can all affect the plans for the 10-15 days. Even the time of day and whether the sun is ahead or behind you, can influence pilotage in these coral reef strewn coastlines - but it is all fascinating stuff the the Captain or mate will brief you each day to explain the latest plan !

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