Tampa Bay Yacht Charter offers private, crewed luxury motor yacht cruises aboard the Smooth C’s, a 43-foot Viking Motor Yacht, USCG Inspected and Certified for 20 passengers plus 2 crew — the only crewed luxury motor yacht in the St. Pete/Tampa area certified to carry more than 6 passengers for hire. Docked at The Harborage Marina in downtown St. Petersburg, near I-275 with free on-site parking, the business also offers a smaller vessel, “Victory,” for up to 6 passengers.
The business specializes in corporate, executive, and team-building events, along with social occasions like weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, bachelor/bachelorette parties, and memorials at sea, plus sunset cruises, dolphin watching, and sightseeing. Catering is available for events.
The typical 2-4 hour cruise route heads north to the coves of Snell Island (manatees and dolphins commonly spotted), past waterfront homes, then south through the North Yacht Basin by the historic Vinoy Renaissance Resort, taking in views of Straub Park, Beach Drive, the Museum of Fine Arts, the St. Pete Museum of History, and the New St. Pete Pier. The route continues to the South Yacht Basin for views of the world-famous Dali Museum, Al Lang Stadium, and Albert Whitted Airport, then to Bayboro Harbor near U.S. Coast Guard St. Petersburg and USF’s Bayboro Campus. Weather and time permitting, longer cruises may reach the open Bay for skyline or sunset views of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, or extend to Downtown Tampa, Tierra Verde, Pass-A-Grille, Isla del Sol, Boca Ciega Bay, and Anna Maria Island.
For groups near St. Petersburg/Tampa, Florida looking for a genuinely certified, larger-capacity crewed luxury yacht charter, Tampa Bay Yacht Charter offers a distinctive operation aboard the Smooth C’s.
