Enjoy your charter to any islands or beaches around Fort DeSoto, Egmont Key, Passage Key, Bunce’s Pass, Tierra Verde, St. Pete Beach, downtown Saint Petersburg or Clearwater!!!
When booking, click on “More Pricing Options” for Discounts!
Your better rate or whatever is most cost-efficient to you is applied!
“Per Person Rate” – as low as $75 per person per hour with gas included! This rate works best for a single guest or for a couple, or could be the best for one-two hours introductory rides! Kids below 13 y.o are always free! Unbeatable Deal for luxury top of the line boat!
“Boat Hourly Rate” – only $150 per hour for the boat if you prefer a longer rental period or have a larger crew, up to 6 or 8 people, with no minimum of booking hours, and you pay your gas. Discounts available!
“Capacity” – Yamaha 242X has a capacity of up to 12 people, but we offer an instant booking for up to 6 adult passengers in your crew so you would have a maximum safety and comfort! Or ask for up to 8 people with additional charge of $50 per additional over 6 passengers guest. We need to know who is in your crew, if you have any Seniors or Kids, etc. Kids below 13 y.o. are always free!
“Speed” – The Yamaha 242X Wake is a sport boat that’s designed to handle high speeds with confidence. The boat is powered by 360 HP two water jet pump engines that gives you safety, quick acceleration, and shoal draft runs 50 MPH.
“Watersports” – Cruise and surf in style with the 242X, Yamaha’s ultimate wakesurf boat, designed for the watersports-focused family looking for all the must-have wake features along with the exciting performance, cutting-edge electronics and fun that only Yamaha Jet Boats can deliver. You will get best memories, photos and videos for your Instagram, Facebook or Tik Tok!
“Privacy” – Looking for discreet travel such as a romantic ride to Saint Petersburg downtown waterfront bistro, or relaxing day on Egmont Key, or nude privacy on the Passage Key a.k.a. Naked Island – this is your ride!
“Safety” – This Boat is safely offered with the captain only, please don’t ask for “no captain” options, you don’t want to leave over $5000 deposit and be responsible for over $85K of collateral, don’t you :)?
All rentals include USCG Licensed Captain and a Boat Assistant wakebaord Instructor as your safety is first!
What To Expect Onboard:
This boat is a “Barefoot Onboard” Policy:
“Barefoot Onboard” means the state of not wearing any outside walking footwear. You may stay Barefoot onboard, or you may purchase at the boarding time the “Barefoot Aqua Socks for Boating or Beach” for $10 per pair, (not sure if we may have all sizes thought), or we may recommend to you to buy your right size “Aqua Sock Water Shoes” in advance at any Publix around here for approximately $13-15.
This boat is a “Non-Smoking Onboard” Policy:
“Non-Smoking Onboard” means, we would be happy to stop at any place you like, any Sand-Bar, Bunce’s Pass, any Beach, any Tiki-Bar with a Boat-Dock like “Donna’s Loft Bar” at “Billy’s Stone Crab, Seafood and Lobster Restaurant”, and you may enjoy your cigarette as well as we do, but outside of the boat.
This boat is a “Non-Drinking Onboard while in motion” Policy:
“Non-Drinking Onboard while in motion” means, we would be happy to stop at any place you like, any SandBar, where we will setup for you a floating cooler/bar and an umbrella to protect you form sun, such as Bunce’s Pass, any Beach, any Tiki-Bar with a Boat-Dock like “Donna’s Loft Bar” at “Billy’s Stone Crab, Seafood and Lobster Restaurant”, and you may enjoy your beer, wine, liquor or plastic flute of champagne, but primary when boat is on the anchor (or below planing speed). For your drinking convenience we provide to you “Aqua Oasis Floating Cooler” and “Large Umbrella” so you may enjoy a sand-bar drinking activities with a style! We may also setup a boat stern platform “Dinette Table” for your romantic dinner with best sunset views!
This boat is a “Kids Wear A Life Jacket Onboard” Policy:
“Kids Wear A Life Jacket Onboard” means we are simply compliant with a state of Florida laws: A child under the age of 6 must wear a USCG-approved Type I, II or III personal flotation device while onboard a vessel under 26 feet in length while the vessel is underway. “Underway” is defined as anytime except when the vessel is anchored, moored, made fast to the shore or aground. We personally recommend for all kids under age of 13 to wear a life jacket while we are in motion.
We expect you know how to swim, and we have onboard for your safety all the necessary Personal Foliation Devices as:
- A set of 8 USCG approved Type II universal PFD, Adults 90 lb and Over.
- A set of 4 Adults’ Men’s Seadoo OEM Motion Life Jackets, USCG Type III PFD, Adults 90+ lb
- A set of 4 Adults’ Women’s Seadoo OEM Motion Life Jackets, USCG Type III PFD, Adults 90+ lb
- A set of 2 Adults’ Wakeboard Life Jackets, USCG approved Type III PFD, Adults 90+ lb
- A set of 2 Youth’ Wakeboard Life Jackets, USCG approved Type III PFD, Youth 50-90 lb
- A set of 2 Kids’ Wakeboard Life Jackets, USCG approved Type III PFD, Child 30-50 lb
If you have any questions, we can answer those through the messaging platform before you pay. Just hit, “Request to Book” and send us an inquiry for a custom offer. Y
ou may also read all the Florida State Boating Regulations here “myfwc.com/boating/regulations”
— COMMON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS—
“Drinking onboard” – We always have questions about “drinking onboard” – it is all OK to drink on the boat while we on a slow speed, below “planing 10-12 mph speed”. If we are in motion on a full speed like 30-50 MPH, We will ask people to postpone drinking moments, and this is for your own safety, we don’t want any beer can flying across the boat from one person into a face of another person, for anyone who is familiar with the fast boat rides it is very understandable.
Therefore, drinking on the boat is fine as far as it is safe, and as far as we don’t advertise this too much to authorities on the water :), and we don’t attract any extra attention from Sheriffs on the boat and/or Coast Guard crews. However, the best for drinking/parting is to get to the sandbar, and I will show the best sandbar(s) in hidden lagoons, and to setup a food table and a floating bar there, I have great experience how to do this and all people were always happy for such setups.
“Boat planing speed” – As more power (and speed) is applied, lift increases, and the boat, in effect, rides over its bow wave, reducing wetted area and thus reducing drag. At this point, the boat is said to be “on a plane” or simply “planing”, and it is cool and fast!
“Glass, Red Wine, Food” – this is what “boat owners” would always recommend:
1. No glass, nothing that can be easy broken. We would say such things asa bottle of Champaign is fine as it is hard to break. But please no easy breakable glassware as champaign flutes, etc.
2. No “Red Wine” on the boat – if spilled, it really stains to the surface and almost not removable. Any bottles of Red Wine would wait for the “Off boat” table on the sandbar, etc.
3. Beer in aluminum cans is always preferable, again, we better not to have any glass bottles as it is breakable, so better to avoid if possible.
4. Any food which may wait for the table is better to keep off-boat until table is set, such as all kind of souses, ketchup, etc.
The coast of a cleaning of any red stains on the boat is underestimated, boat’s white plastic surface is a “gel coating” and to polish it and to re-coat the boat surface it very costly. For the same reason we keep any “Street shoes” off the boat – we collect all shoes on the dock and store it in the shoes box on the boat. Therefore it is a normal “boating culture” to keep a boat as “No Red Wine, No Glass, No Shoes“.
You will also need to keep in mind that your loose personal stuff may fly away, so it is recommended to have “sunglasses strings” so any expensive glasses would not fly away and sink, also if possible to have iPhones in water protected cases, etc.. Of cause if someone would lose the cap or something We’ll turn around and we try to catch it up, but better to secure such things…
We would also recommend not to take a lot of un-needed stuff as purses, large bags, etc. We would recommend for you to have One Cooler with drinks and food; with more people in your group you will have one large under-seat storage for the cooler and a second storage in the middle of the boat for some personal stuff if any, We also have for you one cooler with ice and water bottles onboard.
— FLORIDA STATE LIMITATIONS—
The following are requirements for vessel operators on Florida waters.
To operate a vessel powered by a motor of 10 horsepower or greater, a person born on or after January 1, 1988, must have:
– Completed a boater education course approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) or…
– Passed an approved equivalency exam or…
– Passed an approved temporary certificate examination. No one under 14 years of age may operate any personal watercraft (PWC) on Florida waters at any time, even if such person possesses a Florida Boating Safety Education ID Card.
No one under the age of 18 years may rent/lease a PWC.It is also illegal for the owner of a PWC to knowingly allow a person under 14 years of age to operate a PWC. —
If you have any other question, please always ask me and I’ll try to cover all your needs. Sincerely, Rei.
Weird Things About Boating Culture
There’s a joke in boating circles that it’s not really a boat but rather a hole in the ocean into which you throw money. But actually it’s not a joke maybe we’ll get into that in another post all the hidden costs of owning a boat and there are a lot but… that’s not what we’re here about today. There are some weird, weird things that happen in boating circles and it might not be the dream it’s cracked up to be. Then again there are other weird aspects to the culture that you might not suspect. Whether it’s you’re dream, you’re going out on a fancy boat or your dating a boat person here are some things you might want to know about.
High tide, low tide and mid tide are legit times
Let’s start with what is a tide because unless you spend some time on the ocean you might not know. Every day there are two high tides and two low tides in the worlds oceans, it has to do with the gravitational pull of the moon on the water but we don’t need to get into that. Basically that means that the water level rises and falls through out the day, changing the shoreline and making hazards like rocks more and less dangerous. Certain boats can’t even go certain places at low tide. In boating circles people are or at least should be (read on) aware of this. As such you might say to people, “I stopped by you’re place at low tide but you weren’t home.” Or “We’ll head out at mid-tide and have a picnic on the island.”
People who don’t clean their own house or car but spend hours cleaning their boat
Boats need constant maintenance and cleaning and while you can hire someone to do it generally working on a boat is considered a specialty so it’s expensive. Also there is a lot of liability involved so most owners do all of the cleaning themselves pretty much no matter how rich or how big their boat is. Most of these people pay $100 to get their house cleaned, $150 to get their car detailed, would never have to clean their own office and might even get man manicures but they spend hours every weekend rubbing scuff marks, scrapping barnacles in their shorts. So owning a boat can be very humbling!
You might not be able to wear your shoes
Most boats are very, very white and gel coated. Most shoes have black soles and heels damage the gel coat. No matter how big, small, simple or fancy a boat is don’t assume you can wear your shoes on it. If you’re going to be hanging around boat people a lot get yourself a pair of boat shoes with light coloured, very flat, non-marking soles one great and therefore popular brand is topsiders if you want to fit in, or you may purchase “Aqua Sock Water Shoes” at any Publix around here for approximately $13-15
Sailors and motorboat people are different and they don’t really mix
Rich or poor, fancy or not, big or small sailboat owners are different people and they don’t really mix. It’s not to say they don’t get along but … Most communities will have a yacht club and a sailing club but anything goes at a marina. Generally sailors are tougher, more knowledgeable saltier folk. Even if a sailor doesn’t have time to undertake longer journeys on their boat they generally want too and know how to do it. On one of those journeys they might have to lower the mast while underway, beach the boat at low tide to fix it, or take the night watch plus pirates they know about pirates too. Motorboat people while often they’re in it for the prestige a bit more. They might not go beyond their home bay ever. Sorry guys but it’s true. Oh and sailors can only drive Boston Whalers if they drive a motorboat at all. Not really but… It kinda seems that way!
Owning a boat is the dream once you arrive but some people shouldn’t
I’m going to change some details here but this all happened, I swear. Owning a boat to park at your ocean front home is the dream right? I say ocean front because lake fronts don’t quite have the same level of work or danger. One customer was all excited to get their brand new boat in the water since they just completed the boat operators licence and bought the ocean front home, the first question she asked was “where does the water go everyday.” She had no idea what the tide was!
Another calls the coast guard pretty much every time they leave the bay. One couldn’t understand that you had to run the boat motor all the time to keep the battery charged so it starts when you want to drive it and on and on and on.
A decent amount of boats are just floating bars that don’t really move
I’m not going to expand on this but a lot of boats, both motor boats but especially sailboats never leave the dock or rarely do. Instead their owners walk down weekly or every second week let the engine idle and get well and thoroughly ripped on their boats. Sometimes they have friends over and all drink on the dock together perhaps after a 10 minute cruise. In some cases it’s laziness, busyness or just the cost of gas.
It’s a bit like being a parent… of a kid that’s sexually attracted to fire
The idea of having a boat its all freedom and the open ocean, having arrived and been able to go anywhere at a moments notice. The reality of it is that when the boat is in the water you can’t really travel and you’re constantly worried about it. You have to check the weather constantly, keep checking the weather, move it back and forth to the mooring, clean it, drain it, put any covers back on, check systems, charge batteries, check pumps and generally protect your investment. Plus sometimes a wind kicks up thats not forecasted and all of a sudden you’re busy with the boat, plus sheer panic. Boats are a bit like teenagers they have away of getting themselves into trouble the very moment you turn your head! The reality is way more worry then open ocean. Plus it’s virtually impossible to get a comprehensive boat and forget about wharf policy anymore even if you can afford it!