Meet Captain
Mark

One boat and one captain removes the gap entirely. There is nobody else it could be.

45 Years on the Water

Forty-five years is the number worth sitting with. More than twenty of them have been on this boat, in these waters, running these trips.

You Always Get Captain Mark

Mark runs every charter himself. Not most of them, and not the ones that happen to suit his diary — every one. There is no rotating crew, no second captain, and no deckhand who ends up running the trip. The person you spoke to on the phone is the person who takes the wheel.

It is worth being plain about why that is unusual. An operator with several boats and a roster of captains is selling you a service, and whoever is on shift that morning delivers it. That can be perfectly good. But the experience you read about and the experience you get are only loosely connected, and you find out which one you booked when you step aboard.

Here there is one diary, one boat, and one name on it.

The Sweet Melissa

The Sweet Melissa is a 31-foot Stamas running twin 225 Suzuki outboards, and Mark has had her for more than twenty years. She carries up to 6 guests, with an enclosed restroom below deck and shade up top. Twenty years is long enough to stop thinking about a boat and start simply knowing it — which is the sort of thing you only notice on the water, not in a specification. There are photographs and the full detail on the yacht page. Every trip aboard her is a private charter, and shelling is included on all three cruises.