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PALMETTO SPIRIT

United States · passenger boat · 23 m · Aramark Services, Inc

A 23 m passenger boat that crosses the window several times most days.

About her

SpiritLine Cruises' custom-designed touring vessel: 70 feet long, room for 125 passengers and a large snack bar. She runs harbor tours, dinner and specialty cruises and private events from Aquarium Wharf and Patriots Point.

From SpiritLine Cruises: Palmetto Spirit.

How often we see her

PALMETTO SPIRIT is a Charleston Harbor regular, seen almost every day. Last seen Oct 15.

PALMETTO SPIRIT was seen on 82 days since Apr 1, 2026, most recently Oct 15, 2026. We were not recording from Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026.

  • April 2026: seen on 18 days
  • May 2026: seen on 24 days
  • June 2026: seen on 28 days
  • September 2026: seen on 1 days
  • October 2026: seen on 11 days

Where she's been

  • Charleston, SC · in port Oct 6 to Oct 15 · 23 samples

From shore receivers' AIS samples: volunteer networks, our own antenna and NOAA's archive. A port call means she was heard stopped there; ocean passages are not heard, and the times are bounds, not events.

Her particulars

Build

Built
not yet known
Former names
General Beauregard

Size

Length overall
23 m (75 ft)
Beam
8 m (26 ft)

Capacity

Gross tonnage
not yet known
Deadweight
not yet known

Registry and management

Call sign
WDP4625
Registered owner
Aramark Services, Inc
Manager
not yet known

In the window

Local regular · seen on 1118 days across 6 years · first seen Sep 2021 · last seen Oct 2026 · visits a year about 237 · busiest months Oct, May, Jun · usually arrives in the afternoon · usual stay about 2 hours · speed past the window 7.5 kn

Records

Observed top speed 10.0 kn · off Charleston, SC · 9 Oct 2021 · national archive 2021-25

Backstory, spoken

Nothing recorded yet.

Backstory, written

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2673 seen · 1158 inbound · 1448 outbound · dwell 22.3h

Passages (20)
WhenDirectionDraughtStatus
Oct 15, 2026, 4:35 PMloiter—captured
Oct 15, 2026, 12:38 PMloiter—missed
Oct 15, 2026, 10:04 AMloiter—missed
Oct 14, 2026, 7:10 PMinbound—missed
Oct 14, 2026, 3:39 PMinbound—captured
Oct 13, 2026, 3:50 PMinbound—skipped_recent
Oct 13, 2026, 3:40 PMoutbound——
Oct 12, 2026, 5:02 PMinbound—missed
Oct 9, 2026, 3:20 PMloiter—captured
Oct 9, 2026, 11:14 AMloiter—missed
Oct 8, 2026, 7:02 PMinbound—missed
Oct 8, 2026, 3:06 PMoutbound—captured
Oct 8, 2026, 12:21 PMinbound—captured
Oct 7, 2026, 4:27 PMloiter—missed
Oct 7, 2026, 12:49 PMloiter—missed
Oct 7, 2026, 9:59 AMloiter—missed
Oct 6, 2026, 4:48 PMinbound—skipped_recent
Oct 6, 2026, 4:30 PMinbound——
Oct 6, 2026, 3:30 PMoutbound——
Oct 6, 2026, 1:24 PMoutbound—captured

Sightings come from the national AIS record through Jun 30, 2026, then our own window receiver from Sep 29, 2026. Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026 was not recorded.