Private Schooner Charter

The whole schooner for your group, with a captain who sets the route: the Inner Harbor, Fort McHenry, or wherever the wind and your afternoon want to go

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Duration: Customizable, about 2 hours and up
Group: Private, your group only
Meeting point: Baltimore Inner Harbor
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Included: By arrangement
Run by: American Sailing Tours

The only way onto one of these schooners without sharing it. You get the boat, a captain and crew, and a route you help set: the standard Inner Harbor and Fort McHenry loop, a longer reach down the Patapsco, or a slow anchor-and-drift for a birthday or a proposal. It is priced per boat rather than per seat, so it starts making sense fast once a group is splitting it. Ratings and current pricing sit on the live listing.

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