Antigua

Antigua rewards skippers with a compact, coral-fringed playground that blends blue-water passages with genuinely sheltered bays. You can thread palm-backed anchorages on the west coast one day, then feel the full breath of the trades across Antigua’s windward reefs the next. Harbours such as English and Falmouth offer world-class facilities and a lively regatta scene, while Green Island and Nonsuch Bay deliver that South Pacific feeling without the long haul. For crews who like a clear plan, dependable easterly trades, short hops, and plenty of shore support, Antigua is both forgiving and deeply satisfying. If you want to test your mettle, step out to Barbuda’s surf‑washed beaches – a blue‑water mile or two, yet still within a week’s holiday.