Mustique Yacht Charter and Top Charter Yachts

Boatbookings' Guide to Mustique Yacht Charter and our Recommendations for the Best Mustique Charter Yachts

Mustique is a private island in the Grenadines that is a famous low-key hideaway for celebrities, aristocracy, and families who want to enjoy the full fruits of the Caribbean without the hassles of modern-day life. Famously bought as a cotton ranch by Colin Tennant, a visionary and eccentric member of the British Aristocracy, for £45,000, who spent his life transforming it from "mosquito island" to an island with 100 stunning villas and a true feeling of community.

The island boasts a tiny airport where you can be dropped off just before your time of departure, a club where all islanders are invited for weekly backgammon tournaments and cocktail parties, one famous beach-side bar (Basils, see below), and many beautiful beaches where Princess Margaret, the Queen, virtually the entire royal family, and many household name celebrities have bathed in anonymity.

If you sail or cruise through the Grenadines, you will pass by this beautiful and exclusive island. You will need to have Grenadines entry papers, normally obtained in nearby St Vincent, and you can then moor or anchor in the one harbor, fittingly called Britannia Bay, in honor of the Royal Yacht of the same name that moored there when Queen Elizabeth first visited in 1977. A stay on Mustique normally would entail a day on "Princess Margaret Beach" (Les Jolies Eaux) or Macaroni Beach, a sunset drink at the Cotton House, and a night of Rum Punch and dancing at Basils Bar, with the possibility of Mick Jagger showing up and playing along with the band.

Attractions and things to do on Mustique

Mustique is a small island, measuring just 3 miles by 1 mile, and has just one small town that offers a grocery store, outdoor fruit and vegetable market,  the "Sweetie Pie" bakery, and fresh fish caught daily. There are no hotels on the island (the Cotton House offers 12 exclusive rooms), no golf course, no tourist traps. And the islanders want to keep it that way.

Instead, the daily cycle runs something like this: walk or jog to get some exercise while air is still cool before a healthy breakfast of fruit and eggs. Then get in your "mule" (golf cart - no one drives cars here) and head off to one of the pristine beaches such as Macaroni, Princess Margaret, or l'Ansecoy. Lunch at the Cotton House, and then maybe some shopping at the two boutiques, and grab a donut or other treat from the bakery between them. Dinner on your yacht, or just straight to Basils for sunset Rum Punch, a local caught grilled fish, and then some dancing!

Here are some of the key attractions on Mustique.

Basil's Bar

Basil Charles was famously found by Colin Tenant on the side of the road in St. Vincent after a motorcycle accident. Once he recovered from his injuries, Tennant took a liking to him and brought him to Mustique to run the Cotton House bar, the first on the island. Basil eventually started his own beach bar nearby and proceeded to build one of the best in the Caribbean, "Basil's" famous for its Wednesday night "Jump ups" and the Mustique Blues Festival. While Basil no longer runs the bar, he can frequently be seen there hobnobbing with the customers. Virtually everyone on the island visits Basils on a regular basis.