A particularly fun aspect of bareboat chartering is that you can often visit places most only dream of for a relatively modest price. A great example of that is Mustique Island. It's a pretty exclusive postal code, boasting homes of Rachel Welch, David Bowie, Mark Cuban, and Mick Jagger (I can verify this - we saw him - a story for another time ;-). In other words, you either need to have a net worth way north of $10M USD or be willing to rent a villa for $4,000 ECD/week or more to visit.

Although the anchorage is pretty rolly and exposed, Britannia Bay, the main harbor, is quite charming (as you can see from the picture below, shot looking SSW). But, for about $50 USD, we were able to tie on to one of the Mustique Company's moorings, take the dinghy ashore, and visit the shops and bakery. In fact, the bakery has real-time print out for an amazing array of worldwide newspapers so that you can get your information fix, even while in paradise.

I won't even get started on our experience at Basil's Bar... (visible in the picture at lower right with waves crashing near the deck). Stay tuned.

I plan to write a more detailed article about Mustique soon, but thought I would post this picture. It's just a beautiful island - one of the cleanest and most quiet islands I've seen - and something that is accessible by charter boat if you choose to visit.