If you are looking for a Caribbean island charter with a cruise ship docking station, unloading hundreds of passengers, fast food restaurants and T-shirt shops, television or even a structure that rises above the sailboat mast, you will not find it on St. Petersburg island. Instead, located 4 miles south of Tortola, across the Sir Francis Drake canal, you will find a paradise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Drake Canal, 6 spectacular bays and 20 secluded bays. At 1.00 acres, this is the fifth largest of the approximately 60 islands, bays and bare reefs that make up the British Virgin Islands. Although the island is home to the super exclusive, ultra-luxurious resort of Peter Island and the yacht harbor (this means that cruisers are asked to adjust their outfit to suit the tone of the hotel), the rest of the island is private and very underdeveloped. A Caribbean charter on this island offers scenic walks on private beaches, stunning views of the emerging islands, great snorkeling and scuba diving and peaceful seclusion in some incredibly scenic anchors.
Mounts
The little harbor is the westernmost pier. This is a well-protected night spot with a good platform above the sandy bottom. Even in the peak season there are usually less than a dozen yachts here. There is no restaurant on the beach, so if you are on a charter in the Caribbean, plan your preparation to cook on board.
The large harbor is large, secluded and surprisingly beautiful, but it is very deep. Therefore, in order to use it as an anchor, you need to use several mooring balls available in Bitvudd Bay in the western part of the Grand Harbor. As soon as Callaloo's house in the Beach restaurant, owned by Prospect Reef, he re-opened as Ocean Beach Club. Food is great for lunch and for lunch. Every 2nd Saturday there is pork roast and a seafood buffet with live music and dancing. There are water trampolines and kayaks for rent, or just enjoy relaxing on the beach in one of your sun loungers.
Sprat Bay, popular with boaters from all over the world (with berths, ice, water, fuel and showers) is the entrance to the Peter Island Resort. Here you will also find a full dive service. Compared with most of the Caribbean charters, the pier here is expensive. Expect to pay $ 65.00 per night, not $ 20.00 - $ 25.00 per night across the rest of the British Virgin Islands. After going ashore, you can take many walks, but do not forget to take a short hike to the top of the hill to the east side of the harbor and admire the beautiful view of the canal and the island of the Dead Chest.
Dead Man’s Bay is the easternmost pillar on St. Petersburg Island. Because of the surge, this is best as a wonderful stop of the day. The grassy bottom of the Dead Man’s Bay can make anchoring difficult, but it makes good snorkeling over the beds of sea grass. Watch out for green sea turtles. The milky white crescent, lined with sea grape forests and coconut palms, was rated as one of the ten most romantic beaches in the world. The western end of the beach is intended only for hotel guests, so stay behind the line of buoys denoting the swimming area. The beach bar and grill Deadman are located in the center of the beach. This is a popular place with good food. Barbecues are often held with dancing on the beach. Every Sunday, a steel drum group plays with a West Indian brunch. Monday is an evening in the West Indies with Moko Jumbee dancers on stilts.
In the background (on the southern coast) of the island of St. Petersburg there are two beautiful anchors, taking into account the correct conditions of sea and wind. White Bay is named after a long sandy beach. Snorkelers will find friable grunts, a small variety of octopus and an occasional tarpon on a long shallow reef. Key Bay to the west of Key Point is a small jetty with room for several boats. Since it is open to the prevailing winds, it is error free. Scuba diving is great.
Dive sites
Peter Island has 30 dive sites within a 20-minute boat ride, including Black Tip Reef, Rhone Anchor, Dive Wreck Fearless and Truck Reef (a collection of underwater cars and trucks). Some of the most impressive sites are:
Shark Point is an advanced site for diving, formed by the canopy of the island of Pirle Island Bluff. Along the steep rocky ridges, waiting to see schools of fish butterflies, horse nests and sharks.
Dive down and check out the “underwater bar” of old Willy T. This Baltic schooner is an original floating bar and restaurant.
Carrot Shoal consists of rocky ledges that resemble underwater cars on the station platform. This open water formation gets its name from the beautiful branches of the protected black coral found here, which look like lace carrot tops.
Next to the dead chest, an uninhabited national park, there are 3 dive sites, reached by a boat trip from Deadman Bay:
Painted walls: this is a shallow dive from the southern point of the Dead Chest. Here divers will admire a kaleidoscope of colors created by encrustation of cup corals and neon bright sponges on the walls of four long canyons. This is probably the most photogenic site for diving in the British Virgin Islands.
Coral Gardens: This is a great site for beginners and snorkelers. It got its name from many massive brain heads, star and leaf corals, similar to a water garden.
Dead Chest West: Divers will open coral arches, caves, bowls and labyrinths.
If the soothing sea waters, reflecting the endless bridges of turquoise and miles across miles of seductive, often secluded anchors and beaches, sound like the perfect definition of peace, then you will have a Caribbean charter on Peter's Island. Climb aboard and let your worries simply melt into a sea of serenity.
