Premium Private Maritime Memorial Cruise & Sea Scattering Ceremony in Cape Charles, VA

Boat: Axopar 37 XC, 38 ft, ultra-luxury class Up to 13 guests, private bareboat charter (only your group aboard)

How this charter works: this boat is offered as a bareboat charter. You sign a bareboat agreement with SeaEO Luxury Boat Charters and take charge of the boat for your trip. You choose your own licensed captain, either from SeaEO's list of qualified captains or one you find yourself, and you pay the captain directly. The price here is for the boat; the captain's fee is separate. Up to 13 people may come aboard: you plus 12 guests. Your captain is not counted. SeaEO operates and insures its own boat.

A private memorial cruise from Cape Charles on Virginia's Eastern Shore aboard a 38-foot Axopar, from the Chesapeake Bay out to the Atlantic.

Cape Charles harbor is on the Bay side, so the boat runs south and out the mouth of the Chesapeake past Fisherman Island, then 3 nautical miles beyond land: roughly 15 to 20 nautical miles each way. The Bay is inside water, so the ceremony itself is held in the ocean. The scattering happens at least 3 nautical miles from land, as the federal EPA burial-at-sea rule requires, and your captain can file the EPA report for you afterward.

The captain routes around the naval restricted area at the Bay entrance and the Air Force range off the ocean side.

You lead the ceremony, or your captain can help guide it: share memories, read a passage or prayer, play a song, then release the ashes together. There is no rush.

Departure time is up to you and the weather. Many families choose late afternoon or near sunset, when the water is often calmer. If anything needs to change after booking, SeaEO will contact you.

Pickup location 11 Marina Rd, Cape Charles, VA 23310

Weather and family plans can change. If you or the captain need to change the date, we first find a new date that works for everyone. If no new date works, you can cancel: when you cancel, the charter is refunded minus the 11.5% booking fee and card processing; when the captain cancels, you receive a full refund.