Given the unrivaled natural beauty of the Mt. Desert Island area, as well as the nearly endless list of things to see and experience during your trip with Sea Venture, there is no shortage of options when it comes to designing your tour.

That said, please do not feel that you have to choose a particular trip when booking your tour. In fact, I would suggest that you simply specify the amount of time you would like to reserve and delay choosing a specific trip until the day of your tour. After greeting you at my dock I will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Having discussed your personal preferences, I'll suggest various trip options based upon what I feel you might most enjoy.

With that in mind here are just a few of the many trips to choose from:

TRIP #1 - PORCUPINE ISLAND CRUISE
Explore the Spruce-clad Islands of Frenchman Bay!

The Porcupine Islands of Frenchman Bay once sheltered 17th Century French warships seeking refuge from the British Navy. Join me for a leisurely cruise through this lovely five-island archipelago and you are likely to see Bald Eagles, Osprey, Harbor Seals, Harbor Porpoise, and Black Guillemots as we glide slowly past surf-laced island shorelines pocketed with pristine coves.

Bring your camera and plenty of film for dramatic shots of 100' sea cliffs soaring steeply up from the sea, Bald Eagles floating upon an afternoon thermal, or local lobstermen hauling their traps!

Trip Length: 1 - 2 ½ Hours - Call for Details

TRIP #2 - LIGHTHOUSE CRUISE
A Lighthouse for Every Taste!

If you wish to truly see and experience the most beautiful lighthouses Maine has to offer there is no company more qualified to introduce you to the lighthouses of Down East Maine than Sea Venture Custom Boat Tours. In fact, I feel confident in saying that no other boat tour company in the State of Maine offers a wider variety of relaxing, informative, and highly affordable lighthouse tours than Sea Venture Custom Boat Tours!

Whether you are in search of a freshly whitewashed lighthouse tucked away in a sheltered harbor such as that found on tiny Mark Island, or a stark granite tower such as the 119' lighthouse found guarding remote Petit Manan Island off Pigeon Hill Bay, I have just the lighthouse for you! Better yet, while visiting any one of these 12 highly photogenic light houses you will travel along some of the most spectacularly beautiful coastline to be found anywhere in the world and experience a side of Down East Maine that few visitors even know exists!

As the 12 highly picturesque lighthouses found in this area are widely scattered over a very large area, I have put together several lighthouse tour packages for your consideration. While each of these packages typically lasts from 3-6 hours and traverses 20-60 miles, I also offer Trip #L-1, the 14 mile, 2 hour, Egg Rock Light package for those who would prefer something a little less ambitious.

Picturesque lighthouses to choose from include:

	Pond Island Light	Petit Manan Light
	Prospect Harbor Light	Mark Island Light
	Egg Rock Light	Baker Island Light
	Bear Island Light	Bass Harbor Head Light
	Great Duck Light	Burn Coat Harbor Light
	Blue Hill Bay Light	Pumpkin Island Light

As with all my trips, I will be happy to "custom design" a lighthouse tour package for those wishing to explore a particular lighthouse, or combination of area lighthouses. For more information on the many enjoyable lighthouse options to choose from, contact me at 288-3355.

Trip Length: 2 ½ Hours to All Day - Call for Details

TRIP #3 -WEDDING BELLS ARE RINGING!
The Romantic's Ultimate Dream Come True!

If your idea of the perfect wedding includes bridesmaids, ring bearers, a church organ, and vases of flowers on every window sill wide enough to support them, than Weddings by Sea Venture more than likely has nothing to offer you.

If, on the other hand, you'd rather leave the Pomp & Circumstance behind in favor of a simple ceremony performed by a Maine Sea Captain amidst some of the most gorgeous coastal scenery to be found anywhere in the world, than you need look no further!

It's as simple as this:

1. Secure a marriage license.

2. Sign up for any one of my more than thirty cruises and set out on a relaxing and enjoyable search for the "perfect" spot to get married.

3. As soon as you spot the "perfect" spot (a secluded sun-lit cove, a scenic fishing harbor, a two-mile section of rugged seacliffs, a pristine whitewashed lighthouse) ask Capt. Shaw to stop.

4. Present Capt. Shaw with a ceremony you've prepared, or select one from several traditional ceremonies he has used in the past.

5. Wait until the right moment and say, "I do!"

6. Kiss the bride!

All you need to bring is the marriage license and two witnesses. Capt. Shaw will supply all the rest, including a certificate attesting to the fact that you were married by a bona fide sea captain, along with a full color map of the exact spot on the chart where you were married!

Trip Length: 1½ Hours to All Day - Call for Details

TRIP #4 - ACADIA WILDLIFE CRUISE
Nature Lover's Dream Come True!

Come explore breathtakingly beautiful backcountry areas of the Acadia Region seldom experienced by 99% of Park visitors! Sign up for this exceptionally popular wildlife cruise and you'll get an up-close look at:

	Harbor Seal	Bald Eagle	Black-backed Gull
	Harbor Porpoise	Osprey	Double-crested Cormorants
	Gray Seal	Belted Kingfisher	Bonaparte's Gull
	Red Fox	Black Guillemot	Herring Gull
	Racoon	Common Loon	Laughing Gull
	White-tail Deer	Great Blue Herron	Common Tern
	Minke Whale (rare)	Shorebirds (in season)	Spotted Sandpiper

As you'll discover, Captain Shaw's more than 25 years of local experience as a professional naturalist and Director of the Coastal Maine Bald Eagle Project leaves him extraordinarily well qualified to deliver an abundance of wildlife sightings with minimal impact upon the environment!

Trip Length: 3 - 4 Hours - Call for Details

TRIP #5 - OCEAN DRIVE & BEYOND
Photo Excursion Par Excellence!

Many of the several million people visiting Mount Desert Island each year are drawn here by the fabled scenery of Acadia National Park's spectacular Ocean Drive. And yet most visitors never really capture the breathtaking beauty of this glacier-carved section of coastline on film.

Join me for an "on the water" photo exploration of this Jewel in The Crown of Acadia and bring home memorable shots of such legendary landmarks as Schooner Head, Anemone Cave, Great Head, Sand Beach, Thunder Hole, Monument Cove and Otter Cliffs.

Sign up for this dramatically different view of Acadia National Park today and discover dozens of photogenic park features that you never even knew existed.

Trip Length: 2 ½ - 3 Hours - Call for Details

TRIP #6 - YOUR WORLD IS AN ISLAND
In the footsteps of Robinson Caruso!

Before Television, E-Mail, and Cellular Phones folks lived at a slower pace. They took time to "smell the roses."

Like to try a few hours of life in the slow lane? Well let me "shipwreck" you on one of the many pristine islands dotting the waters of Frenchman Bay where you can sunbathe, swim, beach comb, take photos, or enjoy a leisurely picnic with only the whispering wind and soothing lap of waves on the shore to disturb the tranquil silence!

Should you wish, I can even supply you with a delicious picnic lunch to enjoy as you let the cares of busy Twenty-first Century life slip from your shoulders.

Trip Length: 3 Hours to All Day - Call for Details

TRIP #7 - MT DESERT ISLAND CIRCUMNAVIGATION
Around Mt. Desert Island In One Day!

I'd be willing to bet that less than 1% of folks born and raised on Mount Desert Island have ever made a complete circumnavigation of her more than 100 miles of spectacular shoreline. And, until now, such a voyage was simply not possible for island visitors unless they owned a boat and were skilled at coastal navigation.

Room simply doesn't allow me to do justice to this full-day excursion. Suffice it to say that when you hop aboard for this cruise you can count upon seeing all manner of interesting wildlife, numerous elegant shore side estates, countless pristine coves and unsettled offshore islands, unspoiled working harbors complete with operating lighthouses and all manner of other sights seldom if ever encountered by visitors to the area.

Hungry? I'll be happy to stop at a dockside restaurant along the way, or, if you'd prefer, I can provide a delicious picnic lunch to be consumed while drifting silently along the shore of an unsettled island or bobbing peacefully with the sun-lit shelter of a pristine cove.

Sign up for this relaxing, stimulating and educational adventure and you'll bring back photos and memories of America's most beautiful island that will last a lifetime!

Trip Length: 6 - 8 Hours - Call for Details

TRIP #8 - SCHOODIC POINT - THE PARK LESS TRAVELED
Take A Step Back In Time!

Lying five miles - and half a century - due east of Mt. Desert Island, this picturesque and relatively unknown 2,000-acre mainland unit of Acadia National Park is located on the rock-ribbed Schoodic Peninsular. Avoid the tiring 100-mile round-trip drive to this unspoiled national treasure by joining me for a refreshing cruise across beautiful Frenchman Bay.

We'll make our way quietly along a pristine necklace of jewel-like islands, cruise slowly past spectacular 120' granite cliffs soaring dramatically up from the sea, and pause for a look at white-washed island lighthouses erected in the mid 1800s. If we are lucky, we may even spot a Minke Whale or one of the very rare 600-800 lb. Gray Seals found in this area.

Trip Length: 3 - 4 Hours - Call for Details

TRIP #9 - SUNSET CRUISE
A Relaxing Way to End the Day!

Many visitors to Mount Desert Island enjoy ending the day with a visit to one of the many fine restaurants found in downtown Bar Harbor. Add a little something extra to your night on the town by joining me after dinner for a romantic Sunset or Moonlight cruise through the Porcupine Islands.

Should you so desire, I would also be happy to transport you by boat to one of several dockside restaurants, drop you off for dinner, and then pick you up for a romantic sunset or moonlight cruise home.

Trip Length: 1 - 3 Hours - Call for Details

TRIP #10 - ESTATE CRUISE
Visit A Hidden Side of Mt. Desert Island!

Known far and wide for their exquisite coastal scenery, the towns of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor host the fabulous summer homes of some of America's most wealthy and influential families.

Join me for a relaxing boat tour of these highly exclusive and seldom seen coastal areas and you will behold dozens of elegant estates not visible from the road. Better yet, along the way we'll pass within touching distance of some of the most spectacular coastal scenery found within Acadia National Park!

Trip Length: 3 - 4 Hours - Call for Details

Trip #11 - DESIGN YOUR OWN CRUISE
For Those Desiring A Little Something "Extra!"

As my wife Joyce recently pointed out to me, each and every Sea Venture Custom Boat Tour that departs from my dock is "custom designed" around the individual guest's interests and timetable. No two tours are ever alike! So why, my wife asked me, bother to include Trip #11 Design Your Own Cruise?

Simply put, although Sea Venture Custom Boat Tours already offers the widest variety of boat tours to be found in the entire state of Maine - a virtual smorgasbord of more than 30 prepackaged tours - I want everyone reading these pages to realize that I am always open to new ideas and new destinations!

In other words when you sign up for a Sea Venture Custom Boat Tour the only limitations placed upon your itinerary are those placed there by safe and prudent seamanship. I won't attempt to take you to England in a 20' boat, nor will I set out in a fifty-knot gale. Other than that I guess you could say that Sea Venture's motto is "Have Boat Will Travel!"

With hundreds of miles of spectacular shoreline and more than 100 beautiful islands to explore it's no exaggeration to say that available trip options are literally endless, limited only by your own budget, schedule, and imagination!

So if none of the trips described in these pages rings your bell, give me a call and I'll help you quite literally "Design Your Own Cruise!" And don't be surprised if the end result adds up to the vacation boat trip of a lifetime!

Trip Length: 1 Hour to All Day - Call for Details

For Information or Reservations Call 207-288-3355

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