Lapsed
SPIRIT OF CAROLINA
United States · passenger boat · 29 m · Aramark Services, Inc
A 29 m passenger boat that used to cross the window about 5 times a week; last seen June 2026.
About her
A 90-foot, three-deck dining yacht run by SpiritLine Cruises & Events and built for large groups. She has two enclosed, air-conditioned dining decks under an open-air observation deck, and sails dining cruises and daytime charters from Aquarium Wharf and Patriots Point.
How often we see her
Seen on 48 days in our last year of watching, here most months. Last seen Jun 1. She hasn't been back in a long while, so we're no longer expecting her.
SPIRIT OF CAROLINA was seen on 2 days since May 1, 2026, most recently Jun 1, 2026. We were not recording from Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026.
- May 5, 2026
- Jun 1, 2026
Where she's been
- Charleston, SC · in port Oct 6 to Oct 15 · 38 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
Size
- Length overall
- 29 m (95 ft)
- Beam
- 10 m (33 ft)
Capacity
- Gross tonnage
- not yet known
- Deadweight
- not yet known
Registry and management
- Call sign
- WCY2556
- Registered owner
- Aramark Services, Inc
- Manager
- not yet known
In the window
Lapsed · seen on 537 days across 6 years · first seen Sep 2021 · last seen Jun 2026 · visits a year about 128 · busiest months Mar, Nov, May · usually arrives in the afternoon · usual stay about 6 hours · speed past the window 7.1 kn
Records
Observed top speed 9.8 kn · off Charleston, SC · 30 Jan 2024 · national archive 2021-25
Backstory, spoken
Nothing recorded yet.
Backstory, written
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1047 seen · 622 inbound · 371 outbound · dwell 21.3h
Passages (20)
| When | Direction | Draught | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2026, 2:18 PM | inbound | — | — |
| May 5, 2026, 3:55 PM | outbound | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2026, 3:13 PM | inbound | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2026, 2:03 PM | outbound | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2026, 12:28 PM | outbound | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2026, 11:14 AM | outbound | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2026, 3:24 PM | inbound | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2026, 2:03 PM | outbound | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2026, 11:18 AM | loiter | — | — |
| Mar 26, 2026, 2:06 PM | outbound | — | — |
| Mar 26, 2026, 11:23 AM | loiter | — | — |
| Mar 23, 2026, 3:11 PM | inbound | — | — |
| Mar 23, 2026, 1:59 PM | outbound | — | — |
| Mar 23, 2026, 11:18 AM | inbound | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2026, 1:58 PM | inbound | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2026, 12:34 PM | unknown | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2026, 11:24 AM | unknown | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2026, 12:31 PM | unknown | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2026, 11:16 AM | inbound | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2026, 9:50 AM | inbound | — | — |
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.