Guadeloupe is shaped like a butterfly — two islands, Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre, stitched together by a bridge. From the water the difference is obvious: flat sugar-cane plains on one side, a live volcano and rainforest on the other. Your skipper can show you both in a single week.

The Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin is a protected lagoon of mangroves, seagrass and tiny islets — one of the best snorkelling grounds in the French Antilles. You do not visit it, you anchor in it, swim off the transom and watch the pelicans work the shallows. That is the whole itinerary.

Les Saintes is a tiny archipelago south of Guadeloupe that most visitors never reach — and it is one of the most beautiful bays in the world. The trick is timing: arrive late in the afternoon after the day boats have gone, and the whole anchorage is yours until sunrise.

A catamaran this size 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 trade winds.

Solar panels on a charter catamaran are not a gimmick — they are the reason your evening in the bay stays silent. No generator drone, no diesel smell drifting into the cockpit, just the trade wind and the sound of the water against the hulls.