Virgin Islands

Line-of-sight sailing between anchorages, which is why more charter yachts are based here than anywhere else on earth.

26 places on the chart: 2 harbour towns and ports, 18 islands, 2 anchorages and bays and 4 beaches.

Why the fleet comes here

Saint Thomas: Charlotte Amalie and Yacht Haven Grande, the USVI superyacht berth
Saint John: Two thirds national park, and the mooring fields on the north shore
Charlotte Amalie: The harbour of St Thomas, and the American clearance port
Tortola: The largest BVI, and the biggest charter fleet base in the world
Necker Island: Richard Branson’s island in the North Sound, anchored off
Road Town: Where most Caribbean charters begin
Virgin Gorda: The Baths, and the North Sound behind it
Anegada: The only coral island in the group, ringed by reef and the one passage many charter contracts forbid
Jost Van Dyke: White Bay and Great Harbour — the shortest, most famous night out in the Caribbean
The Baths: Granite boulders the size of houses; a day mooring field, no anchoring
Trunk Bay: The north shore of St John, inside the national park
Peter Island: Deadman’s Bay and Great Harbour, across the channel from Tortola
Norman Island: The Bight, the Indians, and the caves at Treasure Point