SkyWater Boat Tours

07/18/2024

It's time for me to move on. I'm ready to retire, and have decided to sell our vessel.

Cindi and I sold the Maiden Heaven today, August 7, 2024.

I will be helping the new owner move her to Portland Oregon tomorrow.
It has been a privilege taking so many people out for a boat ride. We hope that everyone had a pleasant and enjoyable trip with us.
I spent about 50 years in the U.S. Merchant Marine. I loved my career, but I always had one regret, not being able to share the wonderful beauty that I saw each day with my family and friends.
SkyWater Boat Tours was my way of sharing the wonders and beauty that you can only experience from the deck of a vessel.
Lastly, it has been a privilege and honor to be able to provide Burial At Sea for dozens of families. It's such a special and intimate moment for the loved ones to render one last service to their departed family member.
God bless you all, with love and respect, Cindi and Larry.

1984 Bayliner, Explorer. Used as a sightseeing vessel for the past 5 years. Take a look at SkyWater Boat Tours on Facebook. Twin Chrysler/ Mitsubishi diesel engines. 120 H.P. naturally aspirated.

06/10/2024

SkyWater Boat Tours will be on a limited schedule in 2024.
We will be accepting all Burial at Sea requests until August 31, 2024.
Please call 206-488-8021 and ask for Larry, I will be happy to answer your questions.

11/20/2023

Cindi and I want to thank everyone who sailed on the Maiden Heaven this year.
We enjoyed every trip with you.
We are shutting down tours for the winter, but we will be back in operation in the Spring of 2024.
With love and respect,
Larry and Cindi

08/20/2023

Nice day for a tour up to Astoria Oregon

08/20/2023

The sea lions at the East end mooring basin, Astoria Oregon

08/06/2023

Another August day, with fog...

08/04/2023

August on the Columbia River Bar.

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !

from Larry & Cindi

11/28/2022

08/13/2022

08/07/2022

Cape Disappointment...North wind & August Sunshine

07/17/2022

One more view of Cape "D"

07/17/2022

Today at the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse

07/17/2022

Mid July weather at Cape Disappointment

05/04/2022

A quick hello/good by Sunday May 1st from a friendly Gray whale in the Columbia River...

02/13/2022

Sunset tour, Columbia River Bar...Feb. 12, 2022

02/13/2022

Sunset tour Feb. 12, 2022...Columbia River Bar

01/22/2022

12/12/2021

15 September 2019 The SkyWater Gallery is a shop just east of Jessie’s fish processing plant on the west end of the Port of Ilwaco. The owners, Larry and Cindy, sell a wide range of locally …

10/12/2021

Oct.b11th Sunset tour...

09/26/2021

Saturday's tour to Astoria Oregon...

09/25/2021

Our Friday River tour up to Brookfield...

09/12/2021

Friday evening Sunset Tour...

08/21/2021

Join us for our next Wings Over Willapa festival on September 24-26, 2021! This annual birding and nature festival is a celebration of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge’s many species and diverse habitats. We’ll have an amazing array of tours, workshops and other events happening all around the L...

08/13/2021

August at Cape Disappointment...

07/25/2021

July 19, 2021

This was the most fabulous part of our vacation!!! Captain Larry was extremely knowledgeable. He was well versed in the history of the region. We were welcomed warmly and that feeling continued until we left. The price point was also a big plus!
Kay.

07/22/2021

Late afternoon cruise around Cape Disappointment

07/09/2021

Bill Buck;
Many thanks to Captain Larry for an excellent two hour experience out of Ilwaco July 4th, 2021. Our purpose was to scatter some if my brother's ashes in an area he liked to enjoy. My heart is filled with gratitude for this opportunity. The time we spent on the Maiden Heaven was perfect.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Gloria, Bill, & Anna

07/06/2021

The marine layer has been thick lately, so when the Sun breaks through and highlights Astoria it is extra special.

07/06/2021

Thank you to Skywater Boat Tours for a lovely and professional trip, out to spread my Uncles ashes in the place he loved to fish! Captain Larry, his deckhand and the main office treated us like family throughout the reservation process and the trip. You let us focus on laying to rest our loved one, thank you so much!
Anna Lynn