Word on the street
What locals are saying
The Schooner Pride is an 84-foot, three-masted tall ship — the only vessel of its kind open to public sails in Charleston Harbor — and it leans hard into the experience over education: no scripted narration, no running history lesson, just two hours of open water between the Battery and Fort Sumter. The crew consistently earns the loudest praise, quick with local lore and dry humor when asked but content to let the harbor do the talking. Sunset sails draw the strongest loyalty; dolphin sightings are common enough to feel like a near-guarantee rather than a bonus. The one recurring friction point is a firm non-refundable ticket policy that has caught visitors off guard.
deliberately narration-free sailingsunset sail as the consensus pickdolphin sightings nearly every tripcrew personality drives repeat enthusiasmFort Sumter framing on the open waternon-refundable policy catches visitors off guard
In the feed
