I have never been on a sail boat and was looking foward to this during our visit to Anna Maria Island. Captain Ed was very friendly and flexible with scheduling the time of the trip since as we Floridians know, the only thing predictable about the weather in the summer is that it will be hot! The boat is a simple, older sail boat. You can fit 6 but I recommend only having a total of 4 on the boat to be comfortable (which is how many we had in our group). We scheduled for a 2 1/2 hour ride which was more than enough time! You can bring a small cooler (food, alcoholic beverages allowed) and he had water and soda on-board as well. We set sail and it was very smooth and peaceful. Captain Ed allowed the girls (age 11 and 13) the whole time until they both were tired of it and he took over. He was very informative and the conversation was great but also allowed us to just sit and enjoy the scenery. Most of our trip it was overcast, which I am thankful for. The last hour the sun came out and it was so very hot and the sail was not catching any wind, so he turned the engine on the get us back to the dock! This was a very nice experience and would recommend this charter to others. read more