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CHARLESTON PRINCESS

US · passenger boat · 69 m · Charleston Cruises and Events LLC

A 69 m passenger boat that crosses the window about 3 times a week.

About her

The 100-foot event yacht of Charleston Tours & Events, used for weddings, rehearsal dinners, reunions and corporate parties of up to 250 guests. She has three decks: an enclosed, climate-controlled lower deck, a mid deck with a glass solarium and an open-air top deck, with two bars.

From Charleston Tours & Events: our vessels.

How often we see her

CHARLESTON PRINCESS is a Charleston Harbor regular, seen about 4 days a week. Last seen Oct 1.

CHARLESTON PRINCESS was seen on 19 days since Apr 1, 2026, most recently Oct 1, 2026. We were not recording from Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026.

  • Apr 2, 2026
  • Apr 9, 2026
  • Apr 10, 2026
  • Apr 16, 2026
  • Apr 18, 2026
  • Apr 23, 2026
  • Apr 24, 2026
  • Apr 28, 2026
  • Apr 30, 2026
  • May 7, 2026
  • May 12, 2026
  • May 21, 2026
  • May 27, 2026
  • May 28, 2026
  • May 29, 2026
  • Jun 4, 2026
  • Jun 27, 2026
  • Sep 30, 2026
  • Oct 1, 2026

Where she's been

  • Charleston, SC · in port Oct 5 to Oct 13 · 97 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
1986

Size

Length overall
69 m (226 ft)
Beam
19 m (62 ft)

Capacity

Gross tonnage
not yet known
Deadweight
not yet known

Registry and management

Call sign
WDK9315
Flag
United States
Registered owner
Charleston Cruises and Events LLC
Manager
not yet known

In the window

Local regular · seen on 417 days across 6 years · first seen Sep 2021 · last seen Oct 2026 · visits a year about 150 · busiest months Oct, Jul, May · usually arrives in the afternoon · usual stay about 4 hours · speed past the window 7.2 kn

Records

Observed top speed 11.9 kn · off Charleston, SC · 13 Mar 2024 · national archive 2021-25

Backstory, spoken

Nothing recorded yet.

Backstory, written

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738 seen · 708 inbound · 85 outbound · dwell 3.6h · draught 2.2m in / 2.2m out

Passages (20)
WhenDirectionDraughtStatus
Oct 1, 2026, 8:07 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)no_camera
Sep 30, 2026, 6:58 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)no_camera
Jun 27, 2026, 8:44 PMoutbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
Jun 4, 2026, 8:16 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
May 29, 2026, 8:02 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
May 28, 2026, 7:57 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
May 27, 2026, 2:34 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
May 27, 2026, 12:24 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
May 21, 2026, 8:15 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
May 12, 2026, 7:03 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
May 7, 2026, 7:53 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
Apr 30, 2026, 8:06 PMunknown2.2 m (7 ft)—
Apr 28, 2026, 8:07 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
Apr 24, 2026, 7:59 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
Apr 23, 2026, 7:49 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
Apr 18, 2026, 8:23 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
Apr 16, 2026, 7:29 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
Apr 10, 2026, 6:55 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
Apr 9, 2026, 8:02 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—
Apr 2, 2026, 8:01 PMinbound2.2 m (7 ft)—

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.