Destination Guide · The Grenadines
Mustique
Britannia Bay, Macaroni Beach, and the legendary Basil's Bar — the most exclusive private island in the Caribbean.
From Canouan
15 nautical miles · 2-3 hour reach
Best time to sail
December through May for the village and the windward beaches. Avoid Christmas and New Year's (Mustique fills with private guests).
Mustique is two square miles of green hill, ringed by white-sand beaches, with about a hundred private villas hidden in the trees. Princess Margaret had a house here. David Bowie built another. The island is owned and run by the Mustique Company, which keeps things quiet — no cruise ships, no day-trippers, no commercial development. For yachts, this means a small, exquisite anchorage and the best beach-bar in the Grenadines.
We anchor in Britannia Bay on the leeward coast, opposite the village. Tender into the dock, walk five minutes to Basil's Bar — the open-air, over-the-water bar that's been the social centre of the island since 1976. The Wednesday night Jump-Up is the classic visit, but lunch on any day is the easier window. Macaroni Beach on the windward side (a short tender run or a 20-minute walk through the village) is the best swim beach on the island.
Mustique is best as a single day stop on a longer charter — the village is small, the beach options limited, and the magic is in the contrast with whatever quieter island comes before or after it. Most charters fit Mustique between Canouan and Bequia or pair it with a Tobago Cays day for a perfect 48-hour stretch.
Anchorages
Britannia Bay
The main anchorage on Mustique. Mooring balls only (no anchoring permitted) — the harbour master sells the night's mooring at the dinghy dock. Calm in settled trades.
Endeavour Bay
Smaller, quieter cove on the south-west — used as a lunch anchor when Britannia is full. Glass-clear water, no facilities ashore.
L'Ansecoy Bay
North-coast anchorage on the windward side of the island, accessible only on settled-trade days. Long arc of sand and turtle grass — a swim stop, not an overnight.
Ashore
Basil's Bar
The legendary over-the-water bar in the village. Wednesday Jump-Up is the famous night; lunch any day works without a reservation. Punch, lobster, the Mustique blues board.
Macaroni Beach
The best swim beach on the island. Long stretch of white sand on the windward side, only one beach restaurant (the Mustique Beach Café), waves on a swell day.
The View
Hilltop restaurant above the village — open-air dining, the full sweep of the leeward bay below, and one of the better dinners in the Grenadines if guests want a night ashore.
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