Le Marin is one of the largest and best-protected yachting harbours in the entire Caribbean — a deep bay ringed by mangroves where hundreds of boats ride out the hurricane season. Locals say you can sleep through a squall here and never feel the boat move. That calm is your first night on board.

The Tobago Cays are five uninhabited islets inside a horseshoe reef, and the water inside is so shallow and so clear you can count the turtles from the deck before breakfast. You do not visit the Cays, you anchor in them, swim off the transom and let the reef do the rest of the entertainment.

Martinique’s south coast is where the Atlantic and the Caribbean almost meet, and the trade winds fill in almost like clockwork by mid-morning. Sailors plan their hops around that breeze and look like geniuses by lunchtime. Ask your skipper to show you the rhythm — it is the best free upgrade on the island.

A catamaran does not heel, does not roll and does not rush. Your morning coffee stays in the cup, your guests stay in a good mood, and the skipper gets to look like the calmest person in the Caribbean. That is not a small thing on a seven-day charter.

Solar panels on a charter catamaran are not a gimmick — they are what let you stay on anchor an extra night instead of running into a marina to plug in. That means one more sunset in a bay with no other boats, and one less evening tied up next to strangers.

A boat this size with a water maker and solar power does not need to rush back to a marina for anything. Your morning coffee stays in the cup, your guests stay in a good mood, and the skipper gets to look like the calmest person in the Grenadines.