THE FACTS ABOUT BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

WHERE Flexible itineraries may include Cooper Island, Jost Van Dyke, Norman Island, Peter Island, Salt Island, Tortola and Virgin Gorda. From £2,765 per person in a deck cabin with private shower room. This includes all meals and some drinks (including early-morning Bloody Marys, Rum Swizzles and wine with dinner). You can hire snorkel gear (approx £17 per week) and scuba diving is on offer to qualified divers WHICH One of the smallest and most intimate of the tallship fleet is SV Flying Cloud. Sleeping 66 (with a crew of 28), she was built in the 1930s and was used to spy for the Allied forces during World War II before being renovated WHY A very laid-back cruise with the chance to take a turn at the helm or hoist the sails if you feel so inclined WHO Seafarer Cruising & Sailing (01202 685 500; www.seafarercruises.com). UK booking agent for Windjammer Barefoot Cruisers, which also sails to the French Antilles and Grenadines, the Windward Islands and elsewhere in the Caribbean