Caviar on tap, beach barbecues and a yacht for just 82 guests. A Caribbean cruise? It's more like a giant floating house party

Caviar on tap, beach barbecues and a yacht for just 82 guests. A Caribbean cruise? It's more like a giant floating house party Sara Macefield boards a SeaDream cruise sailing on a one-week voyage Her itinerary covers the Caribbean’s lesser-travelled islands READ MORE: My move from Berkshire to Barbados fulfilled all of my fantasies By Sara Macefield For The Mail On Sunday Published: 06:59 EDT, 18 July 2024 | Updated: 07:10 EDT, 18 July 2024 e-mail View comments As we glide across neon turquoise waters into shore on our Zodiac inflatable, I spy a waiter standing patiently on the ivory sands proffering a tray of painkillers. Not the medicinal sort, but the enticingly sweet rum cocktails linked to the British Virgin Islands that are scattered like jewels across this corner of the Caribbean Sea.

It’s a glamorous start to our week-long voyage on one of the mega-yachts of boutique line SeaDream Yacht Club, holding up to 112 guests. There are just 82 on our sailing, making the ambience even more chummy – like one big floating house party. We’ve arrived at the island of Jost Van Dyke for today’s Champagne & Caviar Splash beach barbecue – a signature SeaDream indulgence, while crew dispense caviar with trimmings from a floating surfboard in the shallows.

Small world: Sara Macefield boards a Caribbean cruise with SeaDream. Above, Jost Van Dyke, one of the stops on her tour It’s a cocktail party like no other, and the first of innumerable pinch-me moments during a voyage t.