We got a nice weather passage to the island of Nevis from Antigua.
Pretty soon, we had Nevis in our view.
We arrived to Charlestown, Nevis’ main city and the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in the afternoon. We dropped our anchor somewhat south of town in a pretty open and unprotected anchorage where we spent the night. The next morning, I launched our dinghy in order to get to the Immigration and Customs offices to check in our arrival.
Nevis and its main town of Charlestown, the birthplace of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States, are not high on the radar for tourists or cruisers. Besides, since hurricane Earl in 2010 destroyed all small boat facilities around town, it is virtually impossible to make a dinghy landfall there. One has to use a ferry dock which is over 15 ft./5 m. of high cement wharf and then climb over huge earth mover tires hanging on chains.
On approach to Basseterre, Saint Kitts
The next morning, we sailed off on a course for Saint Kitts, which is somewhat more interesting than Nevis with respect to boating and tourism in general. Its main town, Basseterre, which is also a port of entry, has a pretty expansive cruising ship terminal which unloads droves of tourists each day, keen mostly on shopping at the nearby pedestrian mall. It is somewhat gaudy, full of Duty Free stores selling virtually everything and anything.
