Ocean Reef Yacht Club

Only 8 of the Grenadines are populated and others are bird sanctuaries and very popular for hiking and snorkeling. All are of volcanic origin and accented with deep inlets where the sea washed up on beaches of fine white sand. St Vincent has lush green mountains. A yacht in St. Vincent and the Grenadines also provides an opportunity to visit some of the sites used in the manufacture of the film xPirates Caribbeanx. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a destination of yacht for those seeking peace and solitude.

The choice of boat rentals in St Vincent and the Grenadines is broad including both sailing and motor boats, bareboat, skippered boats, luxury yachts and both monohulls and catamarans.

Carib Indians aggressively prevented European settlement on St. Vincent until the 18th century. African slaves who escaped or shipwrecked or in a neighboring islands and take refuge in St. Vincent, intermarried with the Caribbean and became known as Garifuna or Black Caribs. In 1719, French settlers cultivated coffee, tobacco, indigo, cotton and sugar plantations worked by African slaves. In 1763, Saint Vincent was ceded to Great Britain. It has been restored to French rule in 1779, but retaken by the British under the Treaty of Paris in 1783. The conflict between the British and the black Caribs continued until 1796, when General Sir Ralph Abercromby crushed a revolt fomented by the French radical Victor Hugues. Over 5,000 Black Caribbean have been deported to Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras.

After Slavery was abolished in 1834, shortages of labor in the plantations resulted in the immigration of committed. Portuguese came to the Atlantic island of Madeira and shiploads of East Indian laborers who arrived between 1861-1880. Conditions remained difficult for former slaves and immigrant agricultural workers, as the decline in world sugar prices kept the economy stagnant until the turn of the century.

St. Vincent was granted the status of associated State on Oct. 27, 1969, giving him complete control over its internal affairs. After a referendum in 1979, under Milton Cato St. Vincent and the Grenadines became the last of the Windward Islands to gain independence on the 10th anniversary of its statehood associated Oct. 27, 1979.

winds throughout the year in St. Vincent and the Grenadines make for the perfect yacht vacation. During the current 10 months of summer? 20 knots of wind under the blows of the Southeast. The winter months will be harder to see winds of 20? 25 knots generally from the north-east. Although St. Vincent is below the hurricane belt, there is always a possibility during the months from July to October. Check with your yacht charter company. Average high temperatures range from 25 ° C to 30 ° C with the highest from July to October.

The main airport in St Vincent and the Grenadines is Joshua Airport St. Vincent. There are flights from Barbados, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Martinique and Grenada. Both U.S. Dollars and Euro X are used. Major credit cards are accepted in hotels, restaurants and shops. It has many locations throughout the area yacht changing money. English was spoken throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Many yacht charters start at the Lagoon Hotel and Marina at the southern tip of St Vincent. There is a pool to cool off on the shore before or after your yacht and good supermarket for supplies. It is a well protected yacht anchorage well positioned to sail south to the Grenadines and for land travel around the island of St Vincent. Take one day land and follow the trail up along the windward coast, through plantations of bananas and coconuts to the Soufriere Hills volcano. On the leeward side Trinity Falls can be reached by Foll.