Premium Private Maritime Memorial Cruise & Sea Scattering Ceremony in Downtown Tampa, FL

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 Channelside in downtown Tampa aboard a 38-foot Axopar, from the city waterfront to the Gulf of Mexico.

Leaving from Channelside Walk Way, the boat runs down Hillsborough Bay and Tampa Bay, roughly 30 to 35 nautical miles to the mouth past Egmont Key, then 3 nautical miles out into the Gulf. It is the longest run of the Tampa Bay departures, a good fit for families who want an unhurried afternoon together. 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.

Port Tampa Bay and MacDill Air Force Base have security and restricted zones along the way, and the captain routes around them.

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 700 Channelside Walk Way, Tampa, FL 33602

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.