Premium Private Maritime Memorial Cruise & Sea Scattering Ceremony in Safety Harbor, 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 burial at sea starting from Safety Harbor at the top of Old Tampa Bay, aboard a 38-foot Axopar.

Safety Harbor sits far up the bay, so reaching the Gulf of Mexico is a long run: roughly 30 to 35 nautical miles to the mouth of Tampa Bay past Egmont Key, then 3 nautical miles offshore. Plan for a longer day on the water, or ask the captain about a shorter departure closer to the Gulf. Old Tampa Bay is inside water, so the scattering itself happens in the Gulf. 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.

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 110 Veterans Memorial Ln, Safety Harbor, FL 34695

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.