Cut the engine, and sing with the city behind you
Birthdays are most of what we do. Bring the cake and the playlist; we handle the timing, the ice and the moment everyone actually came for.
The cake is our job, not yours
Bring it and hand it over. It goes straight into the fridge and stays there until you ask for it, which on a Miami afternoon is the difference between a cake and a puddle.
Same with the balloons and the banner. Tell us in advance and it's all up before the group walks down the dock, because nobody wants to watch a party being assembled around them.
The moment everybody actually wants
It's the same on almost every trip: cut the engine somewhere with downtown filling the background, and sing there. We know which spots hold that view and roughly what time the light is behind you rather than in your eyes.
Tell us when you book whether you want that early — good for kids and grandparents — or right at the end of the charter, which is the better photograph but a later night.
Which boat for which birthday
A thirtieth with a big group goes on the Chris Craft 45 — thirteen guests, a proper bathroom, room to spread out.
A quieter family birthday, especially one with grandparents or small kids, is better on the covered Sea Ray Sundancer 40, where there's shade all day.
Four or five friends who mainly want the sandbar can take the Sea Ray Amberjack 32 and spend less doing it. Tell us the headcount and we'll tell you which one, and why.
The same kit on all three boats
Captain and fuel
Both in the price. You never rent a hull and sort the rest out yourself.
Cooler on ice
Ice and drinking water aboard, with room for whatever you bring.
Floating pool
Goes in the water as soon as we anchor, on all three boats.
Life jackets, every size
Child sizes carried as standard. You never have to ask or bring your own.
Your playlist
Bluetooth speaker aboard. You pick the music and you pick where we stop.
Your own food and cake
Bring the food, the drinks and the balloons. We keep the cake cold until you ask.
Birthday charter questions
Can we bring a cake on the boat?
Yes, and we'd prefer you did. Hand it to the captain when you arrive and it goes in the fridge until you ask for it. Candles are fine; we'll find you somewhere out of the wind to light them.
Is a birthday charter good for kids?
Yes. We carry child-size life jackets as standard, and the covered Sundancer 40 keeps everyone out of the sun. We'll anchor somewhere the water is chest-deep so the kids can get in and stay in.
Can we play our own music?
Yes. The speaker is already on board and connects to your phone. You control it, and you control the volume — we only ask you turn it down when we're close to other anchored boats.
How long should a birthday charter be?
Four hours is the most-booked and it's enough for the sandbar plus the skyline. Six hours is the one people pick when there's food involved and they want the sunset on the way back.
Whose birthday is it?
Send us the date and the age if it's a round one. We'll come back with a price and a plan for the moment with the skyline.
Other celebrations
Bachelorette boat party
Up to 13, the whole day photographed, and the bride organising nothing.
Sunset cruise
Forty good minutes, timed backwards from the sun. The shortest charter we run.
Sandbar day
Waist-deep water, white sand under it, and the floating pool in.
Family boat day
Shade all day, child-size life jackets as standard, and nobody in a hurry.
Skyline & photos
Star Island, the big houses, and the hour the light lands on the city.
Corporate days at sea
Up to 13, booked with the captain, invoiced properly, no event agency in the middle.
Large groups
Too many people for one boat? All three go out together and raft up at the sandbar.
Romantic evenings at sea
The whole boat for two, the cockpit table, and a captain who stays out of the photographs.
Ash scattering at sea
A private boat past the three-mile line, and as long as you need once the engine is off.