Fleet Miami announces today that it has partnered with The International SeaKeepers Society to promote a Fleet Miami/ SeaKeepers Experience. 

The first Experience will be offered in conjunction with a charter aboard Fleet Miami’s 154ft M/Y Usher beginning the week of August 15^th in the Bahamas. The charter and SeaKeepers Experience will be offered at a discounted weekly rate of $175,000 for Usher (plus APA).

As part of the Fleet Miami/SeaKeepers Experience, guests who book a charter aboard Usher will have the opportunity to be joined by marine research scientists and participate in ocean research and conservation expeditions. The researchers will stay aboard Fleet Miami’s DISCOVERY YACHT Shredder, a 54’ East Bay.

The first SeaKeepers Learning Expedition will be a fully immersive shark educational and research workshop experience. By pairing educational presentations with fieldwork, participants will receive a well-rounded shark experience and contribute to real life research. Over four days, participants will enjoy interactive presentations learning about sharks and their plight, how to identify species of sharks common to Bahamian waters, and learn about current research projects going on at the Save Our Seas Shark Research Center and Guy Harvey Research Institute. Participants will also enjoy three to four reef snorkeling trips. The participants will be paired together and tasked with photographing all sharks seen and recording the species, sex and size estimates. We suggest an age minimum of 16 to participate in the snorkel trips. All ages are welcome for the educational presentations.

 “We are proud to announce our support of and partnership with such an influential and active organization as The International SeaKeepers Society,” said Glen Allen, Fleet Miami’s Fleet Captain. “Now, each Fleet Miami charter that incorporates a SeaKeepers Learning Expedition will not only be memorable and educational for each charter guest, but will lend a positive impact on overall ocean conservancy efforts.”

The first SeaKeepers Learning Expedition charter experience will be available for the week commencing August 15, 2015.  

Contact information:  Info@fleetmiami.com  +1-305-615-3190

About Fleet Miami

Fleet Miami is known for its Yachting Membership Club, which offers a fleet of luxurious yachts in a variety of lengths and styles to members in sought-after locations around the world. Along with stellar yacht management and innovative crewing solutions, Fleet Miami is dedicated to creating an exceptional yachting experience for each guest, and offers bespoke and creative charter itineraries to both members and non-members that range from half-day to multi-week in length.

 About The International SeaKeepers Society

The International SeaKeepers Society promotes oceanographic research, conservation and education through direct involvement with the yachting community. SeaKeepers enables the yachting community to take full advantage of their unique potential to advance marine sciences and to raise awareness about global ocean issues. Members of SeaKeepers include influential opinion leaders who believe that the best way to protect the environment is to protect the world’s oceans. The Society’s distinguished membership includes entrepreneurs, yachtsmen, corporations, divers, scientists and concerned citizens building a global effort to help restore and protect the world’s oceans. As a Private/Public collaborative effort, the Society focuses on critical ocean issues in cooperation with government agencies, other likeminded organizations, the academic community, and the public.

About SeaKeepers DISCOVERY Yachts Program

The SeaKeepers DISCOVERY Yachts Program is the organization’s foremost initiative in accomplishing its mission and goals. The program is comprised of scientific expeditions, instrument deployments and educational outreach events. SeaKeepers collaborates with numerous organizations, academic institutions, and government agencies in order to accomplish its DISCOVERY Yacht missions. SeaKeepers staff work closely with yacht owners and crew to coordinate research and outreach activities that reflect the yacht owner’s ocean-related interests. The degree of participation can vary from an afternoon outreach trip with children or even a ten-minute instrument deployment while en route to the next port to week-long expeditions with a team of expert researchers.