Cape Cod Charter Sailing Links
WHERE TO SAIL-SEE BELOW
Every charter boat on cape cod listed!

Provided as a Public Service
(Rentals, Bareboats, and Sailing Schools at bottom)

 If you want to take your dog, call Dog Gone Charters or Hindu in P-Town!
CONTENTS
Introduction
 6 passenger Charters and Lessons
Larger Schooners and Yacht Charters- up to 141' carrying up to 49 passengers
Hourly, Daily or Weekly Rentals
Sailing Schools

Introduction
  • Try different sailboats: 6 passenger or larger Schooners
  • Avoid driving in Cape Cod traffic: Find something close to your accomodations

6 PASSENGER (6 PACK) CHARTERS AND LESSONS
This is the class of smaller uninspected passenger vessels requiring the captain to have a Coast Guard OUPV license (Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels), otherwise known as a "6 pack" license.

6 passenger charters are more private with only your family or a few other people onboard,
on smaller vessels up to about 50'.  They are often for a half or full day or you can book for overnights, and usually more expensive.  They sometimes include food and drinks.

Cape Cod Catamaran-Wellfleet Harbor
30' Discover Catamaran
6 passengers
4 hr Morning or Afternoon Cruise
2 hr Sunset Cruise
Wellfleet partner.
 
Cape Cod Sailing School-Cataumet (on Buzzards Bay-part of Bourne).
No longer listed. Another company using URL

Cape Sail-Saquatucket Harbor, Route 28 in Harwichport.
35' Southern Cross Cutter
6 passengers
3hr sails
Lessons

Cape Cod Maritime Museum, Historic Catboat Sarah-Hyannis
1886 Crosby catboat replica
Adults & Children

Captain Curley Sailing-Wellfleet
19' O'Day Mariner-6 passengers

Dog Gone Charters-Provincetown Harbor
Full day, half day, sunsets, burial at sea.

Moment Sailing Adventures-Provincetown
Tartan 34' or Stevens 47' sloop
6 passengers
2hr to 8hrs

Postcard Harbor Tours-Wellfleet Harbor
18' Marshall Sanderling Catboat
6 passengers
3hrs
Wellfleet partner.

Schooner Tyrone-Chatham, Stage Harbor
Some other company has taken their website

Selkie Charters-Hyannis Harbor
Now features a motor trawler

Storm Petrel Charters-North Falmouth
No longer listed

LARGER CG INSPECTED VESSELS/SCHOONERS UP TO 49 PASSENGERS

This is the class for larger Coast Guard Inspected Vessels and the Captain is required to have a
USCG Master license at the rated tonnage for the vessel such as 50 or 100 tons.  Tonnage is a
cargo volume measurement, not a weight measure which is called displacement.  Coast
Guard Inspected doesn't just mean the boat is inspected annually for safety.  It is designed and built t
o strict Coast Guard safety requirements due to the large number of passengers they carry,
including waterproof bulkheads, built-in fire extinguishers, fireproof construction materials, etc.

Sailing on a big schooner or catboat is a pleasant, nostalgic adventure, reminiscent of the sailing
days of yore, and is often the least expensive family option.

Down Cape Sailing Charters-Chatham, Pleasant Bay
33' daysailer: 1966 Glander Tavana
12 passengers
1 1/2 hrs

Kalmar Nyckel-Tall Ship-Provincetown (July 18-29)
1625 Dutch 200 tonne Pinnace-141' including bowsprit
49 passengers
3 hrs

La Liberte-Falmouth, Vineyard Sound
74' Schooner
49 passengers
2-3 hrs

Schooner Bay Lady II-Provincetown Harbor
70' schooner sails in Cape Cod Bay.
41 passengers
2 hrs

Schooner Hindu-Provincetown Harbor (July-Sept)
1925 William H. Hand Schooner, 79' including bowsprit
35 passengers
1.5-2hrs

HOURLY AND DAILY RENTALS: Take the boat out by yourself.

Bay Sails Marine (Wellfleet-Rt 6)
Sunfish or Rhodes 19 rentals

Chatham Sailboat Rentals (Chatham-Ridgevale Beach)
Hobie Cat, sunfish, SUP rentals

Down Cape Boat Rentals (Chatham-Pleasant Bay-Wequassett Resort and Golf Club) Hobie Cat
and Daysailor rentals

Flyer's Boatyard (Provincetown)
Sailboat rentals and ferry to Long Point

Iggy Biggy Rentals (West Yarmouth-Englewood beach)
Sunfish rentals.  Link doesn't seem to be working.
 
Jack's Boat Rentals (Wellfleet and Brewster)
Small sailboat and kayak rentals, delivered or in Nickerson State Park Ponds in Brewster

Wellfleet Marine (Wellfleet Harbor)
Sailboat and powerboat rentals in Wellfleet Harbor

WEEKLY BAREBOAT RENTALS: Charter a Yacht for a week or more.
 Swift Yacht Charters and Villas, LLC
30-54' Bareboat sloops in Cape Cod and Rhode Island area.

Compass Point Yacht Charters
Link seems to be broken.

SAILING SCHOOLS: Learn to Sail!
US Sailing list of Schools. Click on state or put in zip code.
ASA list of Schools
RYA Yachtmaster Training
Q. What is the difference between US Sailing and ASA (American Sailing Association) you ask?

A.  US Sailing is a non-profit organization designated by Congress as the official rule making body for
sailing in the US and runs the Olympic team.  They are mainly focussed on racing and
Olympic development starting with small boat certification (<20'). 
They also have a cruising program, and training from keel boats up to cruising yachts.  US Sailing
was created by some sailing schools that were not satisfied with the training being offered by ASA at
the time.  US Sailing training is more rigorous.

ASA is a for profit organization dedicated to marketing sailing for its member organizations, and
mainly focussed on Cruising training starting with keelboat Certification.  They don't have any focus
on small boats or racing.  ASA was created as a professional training body based on the Canadian
Sailing Association.  The quality standards of ASA are much improved since competition from US
Sailing.  There are many more ASA Schools than US Sailing Schools.

RYA Yachtmaster is internationally recognized as among the best training for amateur and
professional skippers.