Premium Private Maritime Memorial Cruise & Sea Scattering Ceremony in Virginia Beach, 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 Virginia Beach aboard a 38-foot Axopar, from the Lynnhaven area out past Cape Henry to the Atlantic.

Departing on the Bay side near Lynnhaven Inlet, the boat crosses the lower Chesapeake and rounds Cape Henry into the ocean, then goes 3 nautical miles offshore. The Bay is inside water, so the ceremony is held out in the Atlantic. 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.

Navy training areas sit off Lynnhaven Roads, Little Creek and Dam Neck; the captain plans the course 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 3576 Piedmont Cir, Virginia Beach, VA 23455

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.