Private Sunset Cruise in Englewood

One boat, one departure, your group

Most sunset trips on this coast put you on a big pontoon with twenty strangers and a loudspeaker. This is the other thing. One booking takes the whole boat, the only people aboard are the ones you brought, and the route gets built around what you want to see rather than a timetable.

Captain ET runs one sunset departure an evening. When you book a date, that evening is yours.

What time do we leave?

That depends entirely on the date, because sunset in Englewood moves by more than two and a half hours across the year. Rather than guess, the booking page works it out from the real sunset time: back at the dock fifteen minutes after the sun is down, ninety minutes on the water, so departure sits about an hour and fifteen before.

Roughly where it lands, month by month:

Pick your date on the booking page and it shows the exact minute. Captain ET confirms it by text.

Where the boat goes

Out of the ramp on S McCall Rd, down Lemon Bay past the mangroves, then through Stump Pass into the Gulf for the last of the light. Dolphins are out most evenings and often come to the boat on the way back in.

If the Gulf is too choppy, we watch the sunset from inside Stump Pass. The current keeps the waves from breaking in there, so it stays calm and you still get the sun going down over open horizon. It is also where you have a shot at a green flash, the moment the last sliver of sun turns green as it drops. He makes that call on the day and tells you why.

Bring a bottle

There is a cooler aboard and ice in it. Bring beer, wine, whatever you want, 21 and over for the alcohol. Bluetooth stereo, so bring your playlist too. Captain ET stays dry, he is driving.

Some people book it for an anniversary, a birthday or a proposal. Tell him what the evening is for and he will plan around it, including where to be when the light goes.

What it costs

That is the price for the whole group, not per person. Six people works out at about $42 each. A $50 deposit holds the date and the balance is due on the day by cash, card, Venmo or Zelle.

We launch from 1000 S McCall Rd in Englewood, or Captain ET collects you from your own dock anywhere in Englewood at no extra cost.

Questions people ask

The rest of what we run

Same boat, same captain, different evening. Dolphin and wildlife tours on Lemon Bay, a Day on the Bay with sandbars and lunch on the water, and wakesurf charters with pro instruction. All of it runs out of Englewood, and wakesurf is the one Captain ET trailers up the coast. If you only want one or two seats rather than the whole boat, there are wakesurf lessons on a Saturday Session. Staying on Manasota Key? He picks you up from the dock.

Pick an evening

One departure a night, so the date is yours once it is booked.

Or call and text Captain ET on 941-883-1360